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UFC 74: Respect
VS
Josh Koscheck
Josh Koscheck
9-1 · USA
August 25, 2007 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Georges St-Pierre def. Josh Koscheck by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
St-Pierre2/61/102:53
Koscheck1/91/201:26
R2
St-Pierre9/121/104:41
Koscheck0/00/000:00
R3
St-Pierre27/430/001:43
Koscheck3/320/200:00
Total
St-Pierre38/612/209:17
Koscheck4/411/401:26

Scorecards

St-Pierre vs Koscheck

RdAdalaide ByrdGlenn TrowbridgeJeff CollinsCommunity
R1-10-9-9.9-9.2
R2-10-9-10-8.9
R3-10-9-10-8.9
Total29-2830-2729-2829.9-27

Media (3 cards) · avg 29.727.7 · 3 St-Pierre · 0 Koscheck

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: St-Pierre-Koscheck.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
St-PierreWin probabilityKoscheck
91.5%8.5%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
2%
Decision
70%
Expected fight time: 13.4 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward St-Pierre, blue toward Koscheck. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
St-Pierre91%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%28%
Submission2%2%
Decision64%70%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes62 (3581)act 38
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.5)act 2
Koscheck9%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%18%
Submission0%3%
Decision7%79%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes19 (1024)act 4
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 1
Combined totals~81 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R13%
R210%
R316%
Distance71%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
St-Pierre
90.8%-1061
Koscheck
+10618.6%
Most takedownstie 21.1%
St-Pierre
70.0%-784
Koscheck
+7848.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
St-Pierre
Expected: 62.5
62.5
Over 62.5
42.5%
+135
Under 62.5
57.5%
-135
079157
Koscheck
Expected: 18.8
19
Over 19
40.2%
+140
Exactly 19
3.4%
push
Under 19
56.4%
-140
02448
Takedowns — over/under
St-Pierre
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
50.9%
-103
Under 1.5
49.1%
+103
035
Koscheck
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
26.6%
Exactly 0
73.4%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 13.4 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
St-Pierre91.5%69.0%+22.5-286
Koscheck8.5%31.0%−22.5+200

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
81.9Striking72.8
St-Pierre +9.1
85.2Grappling75.2
St-Pierre +10.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
St-PierreKoscheck
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1598
Pound-for-pound
1599
1593
Divisional
1587
1517
Striking offense
1478
1526
Striking defense
1523
1526
Grappling offense
1530
1533
Grappling defense
1525
Physical
26 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'10"
76"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.53
Strikes landed / min
1.85
54%
Strike accuracy
45%
1.55
Strikes absorbed / min
0.71
61%
Strike defense
77%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.28
Takedowns / 15 min
4.70
78%
Takedown accuracy
68%
85%
Takedown defense
50%
1.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
78%
UFC win rate
88%
-1
Win/loss streak
+5
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
57%
Finish rate
57%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Georges St-Pierre
  • LMatt SerraKO/TKO R1
    Close -13005mo before
  • WMatt HughesKO/TKO R2
    Close +1159mo before
  • WBJ PennS-DEC R3
    Close -1151y 6mo before
  • WSean SherkKO/TKO R2
    Close -3001y 9mo before
  • WFrank TriggSUB R1
    Close -1752y before
Josh Koscheck
  • WDiego SanchezU-DEC R3
    Close +1605mo before
  • WJeff JoslinU-DEC R3
    Close -3058mo before
  • WJonathan GouletKO/TKO R1
    Close -3501y before
  • WDave MenneU-DEC R3
    Close -4751y 2mo before
  • WAnsar ChalangovSUB R1
    Close -2701y 5mo before
St-Pierre — win / loss by method
Record: 13-2-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
6 wins, 1 loss
W
46% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
31% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (14%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (43%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (50%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Koscheck — win / loss by method
Record: 9-1-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
44% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(100%) 1
3 (43%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
St-Pierre
Koscheck
9
UFC fights
8
73.5 min · 8.2 avg
Octagon time
73.3 min · 9.2 avg
24y 6m
Career length
22y 7m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

St-Pierre
Koscheck
163W–23L · 87.6%
Overall
130W–34L · 79.3%
118W–15L · 88.7%
Wins
103W–31L · 76.9%
45W–8L · 84.9%
Losses
27W–3L · 90.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
St-Pierre
Koscheck
56W–21L · 72.7%
Overall
10W–8L · 55.6%
56W–21L · 72.7%
Wins
10W–8L · 55.6%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
St-Pierre
Koscheck
5.58
Landed / min
1.72
45.2%
Accuracy
25.7%
66.7%
Defense
79.0%
0.82
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.20
39.2%
Time at distance
36.6%
Grappling & control
St-Pierre
Koscheck
4.28
Takedowns / 15 min
4.70
77.8%
Takedown accuracy
67.6%
84.6%
Takedown defense
50.0%
1.22
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.02
88.8%
Control share
97.8%
Strike target map
St-Pierre
  • Head72%(240)div 66%
  • Body17%(55)div 20%
  • Legs11%(38)div 14%
Koscheck
  • Head80%(109)div 66%
  • Body15%(20)div 20%
  • Legs5%(7)div 14%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Georges St-Pierre
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Josh Koscheck
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.