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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Franklin Finale
Kenny Florian
Kenny Florian
3-2 · USA
VS
Kit Cope
Kit Cope
2-2 · USA
November 5, 2005 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Kenny Florian def. Kit Cope by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 0:37
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Florian10/192/703:54
Cope8/140/000:15
R2 · 0:37
Florian0/11/100:24
Cope0/10/000:00
Total
Florian10/203/804:18
Cope8/150/000:15

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
FlorianWin probabilityCope
81.9%18.1%
KO / TKO
14%
Submission
16%
Decision
70%
Expected fight time: 11.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Florian82%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%15%
Submission13%16%
Decision57%69%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2455)act 10
Takedowns1.8 (0.23.9)act 3
Cope18%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%10%
Submission3%17%
Decision13%73%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 8
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 0
Combined totals~75 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R121%
R25%
R34%
Distance70%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Florian
61.7%-167
Cope
+16736.9%
Most takedownstie 6.7%
Florian
91.3%-4484
Cope
+44842.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Florian
Expected: 42.4
42.5
Over 42.5
42.4%
+136
Under 42.5
57.6%
-136
054107
Cope
Expected: 32.3
32.5
Over 32.5
42.1%
+138
Under 32.5
57.9%
-138
04181
Takedowns — over/under
Florian
Expected: 1.8
2
Over 2
35.8%
+103
Exactly 2
27.3%
push
Under 2
36.8%
-103
036
Cope
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
14.9%
Exactly 0
85.1%
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 11.9 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

No market on record for this bout.

Trait web
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FlorianCope
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1504
Pound-for-pound
1496
1517
Divisional
1496
1507
Striking offense
1500
1507
Striking defense
1533
1495
Grappling offense
1480
1499
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
29 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'10"
Height
6'0"
74"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.74
Strikes landed / min
56%
Strike accuracy
3.00
Strikes absorbed / min
63%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
1.40
Takedowns / 15 min
50%
Takedown accuracy
50%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
50%
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
91
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kenny Florian
  • WAlex KaralexisKO/TKO R2
    3mo before
  • LDiego SanchezKO/TKO R1
    7mo before
Kit Cope
No prior UFC fights.
Florian — win / loss by method
Record: 3-2-0

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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Cope — win / loss by method
Record: 2-2-0

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
1 win, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
50% 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
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (50%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Florian
Cope
2
UFC fights
0
10.7 min · 5.3 avg
Octagon time
23y 6m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Florian
Cope
16W–0L · 100.0%
Overall
5W–0L · 100.0%
Wins
11W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Florian
Cope
22W–3L · 88.0%
Overall
5W–7L · 41.7%
0W–1L · 0.0%
Wins
0W–5L · 0.0%
22W–2L · 91.7%
Losses
5W–2L · 71.4%
Distance striking
Florian
Cope
4.63
Landed / min
47.4%
Accuracy
85.7%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
36.4%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Florian
Cope
1.40
Takedowns / 15 min
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
20.3%
Control share
Strike target map
Florian
  • Head48%(19)div 70%
  • Body50%(20)div 20%
  • Legs3%(1)div 10%
Cope
  • Head0%(0)div 70%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 10%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Kenny Florian
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Kit Cope

No UFC fights on record.

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