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UFC 70: Nations Collide
Cheick Kongo
Cheick Kongo
9-3-1 · FRA
VS
Assuerio Silva
Assuerio Silva
13-5 · BRA
April 21, 2007 · Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
229.0lb
Weigh-in
241.0lb
Cheick Kongo def. Assuerio Silva by M-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Kongo15/280/000:07
Silva7/93/502:49
R2
Kongo21/380/000:04
Silva4/72/403:27
R3
Kongo28/470/002:47
Silva2/81/300:55
Total
Kongo64/1130/002:58
Silva13/246/1207:11

Scorecards

Kongo vs Silva

RdChris WattsDouglas CrosbyJeff MullenCommunity
R1---9.3-9.9
R2---9.6-9.7
R3---10-9
Total29-2828-2829-2828.9-28.6

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Kongo-Silva.

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
KongoWin probabilitySilva
58.8%41.2%
KO / TKO
49%
Submission
33%
Decision
18%
Expected fight time: 6.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Kongo59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO32%54%
Submission17%29%
Decision10%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 64
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.4)act 0
Silva41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%43%
Submission16%38%
Decision8%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes18 (1024)act 13
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.7)act 6
Combined totals~56 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R157%
R220%
R35%
Distance18%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Kongo
78.6%-395
Silva
+39519.9%
Most takedownstie 16.5%
Kongo
78.5%-1588
Silva
+15884.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Kongo
Expected: 37.6
37.5
Over 37.5
42.7%
+134
Under 37.5
57.3%
-134
04895
Silva
Expected: 18.2
18
Over 18
41.4%
+133
Exactly 18
3.5%
push
Under 18
55.0%
-133
02346
Takedowns — over/under
Kongo
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
38.0%
-394
Exactly 1
52.4%
push
Under 1
9.6%
+394
035
Silva
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
19.9%
Exactly 0
80.1%
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 6.2 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
Kongo58.8%32.3%+26.5+195
Silva41.2%67.7%−26.5-245

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
75.4Striking56.7
Kongo +18.7
48.6Grappling11.8
Kongo +36.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
KongoSilva
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1523
Pound-for-pound
1495
1523
Divisional
1495
1514
Striking offense
1497
1545
Striking defense
1499
1506
Grappling offense
1495
1484
Grappling defense
1494
Physical
31 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'4"
Height
5'10"
82"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.67
Strikes landed / min
2.55
64%
Strike accuracy
47%
1.00
Strikes absorbed / min
5.27
50%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.68
Takedowns / 15 min
0.85
33%
Takedown accuracy
17%
47%
Takedown defense
1.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
67%
Last-5 win rate
0%
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
189
Days since last fight
329
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cheick Kongo
  • LCarmelo MarreroS-DEC R3
    Close -5506mo before
  • WChristian WellischKO/TKO R1
    Close -1708mo before
  • WGilbert AldanaKO/TKO R1
    Close -1179mo before
Assuerio Silva
  • LBrandon VeraSUB R1
    Close +19011mo before
  • LTim SylviaU-DEC R3
    Close +2501y 3mo before
Kongo — win / loss by method
Record: 9-3-1

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
11% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(50%) 1
Silva — win / loss by method
Record: 13-5-0, 1 NC

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
20% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
38% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
15% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(50%) 1
0 ()Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
6 (46%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
5 (38%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (15%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Kongo
Silva
3
UFC fights
2
22.1 min · 7.4 avg
Octagon time
17.6 min · 8.8 avg
25y 2m
Career length
29y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Kongo
Silva
16W–3L · 84.2%
Overall
25W–2L · 92.6%
11W–3L · 78.6%
Wins
0W–0L
5W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
25W–2L · 92.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Kongo
Silva
102W–62L · 62.2%
Overall
87W–44L · 66.4%
65W–46L · 58.6%
Wins
78W–42L · 65.0%
37W–16L · 69.8%
Losses
9W–2L · 81.8%
Distance striking
Kongo
Silva
5.27
Landed / min
3.23
38.6%
Accuracy
43.7%
100.0%
Defense
66.7%
0.68
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
14.6%
Time at distance
66.6%
Grappling & control
Kongo
Silva
0.68
Takedowns / 15 min
0.85
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
16.7%
47.1%
Takedown defense
1.36
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
26.4%
Control share
34.0%
Strike target map
Kongo
  • Head53%(31)div 67%
  • Body25%(15)div 17%
  • Legs22%(13)div 17%
Silva
  • Head22%(10)div 67%
  • Body47%(21)div 17%
  • Legs31%(14)div 17%

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

Cheick Kongo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Assuerio Silva
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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