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Kendall Grove
Kendall Grove
5-3 · USA
VS
Ed Herman
Ed Herman
13-3 · USA
June 24, 2006 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
184.5lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Kendall Grove def. Ed Herman by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Grove4/50/000:14
Herman18/312/404:24
R2
Grove10/150/002:04
Herman3/81/202:23
R3
Grove11/190/001:05
Herman12/182/402:56
Total
Grove25/390/003:23
Herman33/575/1009:43

Scorecards

Grove vs Herman

RdJeff MullenLester GriffinMarcos RosalesCommunity
R1---9.2-9.8
R2---9.7-9.3
R3---9.2-9.7
Total29-2829-2829-2828.1-28.8

Media (1 card) · avg 3029 · 1 Grove · 0 Herman

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Grove-Herman.

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
GroveWin probabilityHerman
58.6%41.4%
KO / TKO
45%
Submission
36%
Decision
19%
Expected fight time: 8.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Grove59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%46%
Submission20%34%
Decision12%20%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1741)act 25
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Herman41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%43%
Submission16%38%
Decision8%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (1229)act 33
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.8)act 5
Combined totals~53 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R252%
R36%
Distance19%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Grove
64.5%-192
Herman
+19233.6%
Most takedownstie 50.2%
Grove
11.0%+354
Herman
-35438.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Grove
Expected: 31.3
31.5
Over 31.5
42.1%
+138
Under 31.5
57.9%
-138
04079
Herman
Expected: 22.1
22
Over 22
41.2%
+136
Exactly 22
2.9%
push
Under 22
55.9%
-136
02856
Takedowns — over/under
Grove
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.1%
Exactly 0
83.9%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Herman
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
27.9%
+206
Exactly 1
14.6%
push
Under 1
57.6%
-206
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 8.1 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
Grove58.6%37.7%+20.9+155
Herman41.4%62.3%−20.9-185

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.

Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1500
Pound-for-pound
1524
1500
Divisional
1524
1500
Striking offense
1482
1500
Striking defense
1500
1500
Grappling offense
1500
1500
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
23 yrs
Age
25 yrs
6'6"
Height
6'1"
79"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
Strike accuracy
Strikes absorbed / min
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
Win/loss streak
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kendall Grove
No prior UFC fights.
Ed Herman
No prior UFC fights.
Grove — win / loss by method
Record: 5-3-0, 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
1 win, 2 losses
W
20% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
80% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
4 (80%)Submission(33%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Herman — win / loss by method
Record: 13-3-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 3 losses
W
69% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (23%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
9 (69%)Submission(100%) 3
1 (8%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Grove
Herman
0
UFC fights
0
Octagon time
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Grove
Herman
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Grove
Herman
34W–14L · 70.8%
Overall
162W–62L · 72.3%
9W–7L · 56.3%
Wins
121W–52L · 69.9%
25W–7L · 78.1%
Losses
41W–10L · 80.4%
Distance striking
Grove
Herman
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Grove
Herman
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Grove
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.
Herman
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Kendall Grove

No UFC fights on record.

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

Ed Herman

No UFC fights on record.

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