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Kalib Starnes
Kalib Starnes
7-1-1 · CAN
VS
Chris Leben
Chris Leben
16-4 · USA
May 26, 2007 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Kalib Starnes def. Chris Leben by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Starnes19/271/101:29
Leben16/500/000:00
R2
Starnes15/321/101:13
Leben17/610/000:00
R3
Starnes13/200/102:25
Leben11/240/001:18
Total
Starnes47/792/305:07
Leben44/1350/001:18

Scorecards

Starnes vs Leben

RdChris LeeJeff CollinsPatricia Morse JarmanCommunity
R1---9.9-9.1
R2---9.8-9.4
R3---9.5-9.6
Total30-2729-2829-2829.2-28.1

Media (3 cards) · avg 29.328.3 · 3 Starnes · 0 Leben

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Starnes-Leben.

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
StarnesWin probabilityLeben
50.7%49.3%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
18%
Decision
52%
Expected fight time: 10.6 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Starnes, blue toward Leben. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Starnes51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%25%
Submission12%24%
Decision26%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 47
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 2
Leben49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%35%
Submission6%12%
Decision26%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2149)act 44
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.1)act 0
Combined totals~70 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R121%
R222%
R35%
Distance52%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Starnes
42.7%+131
Leben
-13155.8%
Most takedownstie 46.6%
Starnes
29.0%-118
Leben
+11824.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Starnes
Expected: 32.4
32.5
Over 32.5
42.4%
+136
Under 32.5
57.6%
-136
04182
Leben
Expected: 37.4
37.5
Over 37.5
42.3%
+136
Under 37.5
57.7%
-136
04794
Takedowns — over/under
Starnes
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
36.1%
+177
Under 0.5
63.9%
-177
035
Leben
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
31.9%
+214
Under 0.5
68.1%
-214
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 10.6 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
Starnes50.7%30.9%+19.8+210
Leben49.3%69.1%−19.8-260

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
68.0Striking66.1
Starnes +1.9
44.7Grappling64.2
Leben +19.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
StarnesLeben
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1519
Pound-for-pound
1570
1519
Divisional
1571
1489
Striking offense
1492
1501
Striking defense
1510
1504
Grappling offense
1529
1500
Grappling defense
1505
Physical
32 yrs
Age
26 yrs
6'3"
Height
5'11"
74"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.74
Strikes landed / min
2.47
62%
Strike accuracy
46%
2.88
Strikes absorbed / min
1.70
51%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.03
Takedowns / 15 min
3.16
17%
Takedown accuracy
61%
25%
Takedown defense
71%
2.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
75%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
224
Days since last fight
147
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kalib Starnes
  • LYushin OkamiKO/TKO R3
    Close -1157mo before
  • WDanny AbbadiSUB R1
    Close -80011mo before
Chris Leben
  • LJason MacDonaldSUB R2
    Close -1705mo before
  • WJorge SantiagoKO/TKO R2
    Close -3009mo before
  • LAnderson SilvaKO/TKO R1
    Close +17011mo before
  • WLuigi FioravantiU-DEC R3
    Close -5751y 2mo before
  • WJorge RiveraKO/TKO R1
    Close -1351y 4mo before
Starnes — win / loss by method
Record: 7-1-1

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, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
71% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (67%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Leben — win / loss by method
Record: 16-4-0

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
8 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
6win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (17%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (30%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (20%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Starnes
Leben
2
UFC fights
8
14.6 min · 7.3 avg
Octagon time
52.2 min · 6.5 avg
28y 0m
Career length
23y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Starnes
Leben
18W–3L · 85.7%
Overall
103W–29L · 78.0%
1W–0L · 100.0%
Wins
69W–18L · 79.3%
17W–3L · 85.0%
Losses
34W–11L · 75.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Starnes
Leben
19W–10L · 65.5%
Overall
85W–30L · 73.9%
19W–10L · 65.5%
Wins
59W–25L · 70.2%
0W–0L
Losses
26W–5L · 83.9%
Distance striking
Starnes
Leben
2.07
Landed / min
3.12
33.3%
Accuracy
27.6%
64.7%
Defense
55.6%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.57
33.1%
Time at distance
12.9%
Grappling & control
Starnes
Leben
1.03
Takedowns / 15 min
3.16
16.7%
Takedown accuracy
61.1%
25.0%
Takedown defense
71.4%
2.05
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.29
47.5%
Control share
69.6%
Strike target map
Starnes
  • Head35%(14)div 64%
  • Body30%(12)div 19%
  • Legs35%(14)div 17%
Leben
  • Head72%(93)div 64%
  • Body22%(29)div 19%
  • Legs5%(7)div 17%

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

Kalib Starnes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Chris Leben
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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