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UFC 52: Couture vs Liddell 2
Joe Doerksen
Joe Doerksen
29-6 · CAN
VS
Patrick Cote
Patrick Cote
6-1 · CAN
April 16, 2005 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Joe Doerksen def. Patrick Cote by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R3 2:35
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Doerksen3/92/304:06
Cote3/90/000:16
R2
Doerksen5/112/301:03
Cote15/220/012:51
R3 · 2:35
Doerksen1/40/000:18
Cote19/230/011:32
Total
Doerksen9/244/605:27
Cote37/540/024:39

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
DoerksenWin probabilityCote
51.1%48.9%
KO / TKO
39%
Submission
21%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 9.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Doerksen51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%34%
Submission17%34%
Decision17%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1536)act 9
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.6)act 4
Cote49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%44%
Submission4%8%
Decision23%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2047)act 37
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.3)act 0
Combined totals~64 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R237%
R33%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Doerksen
37.8%+160
Cote
-16060.5%
Most takedownstie 54.7%
Doerksen
36.8%-438
Cote
+4388.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Doerksen
Expected: 27.9
28
Over 28
41.1%
+138
Exactly 28
2.3%
push
Under 28
56.6%
-138
03570
Cote
Expected: 35.9
36
Over 36
41.4%
+137
Exactly 36
1.8%
push
Under 36
56.8%
-137
04590
Takedowns — over/under
Doerksen
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
39.4%
+154
Under 0.5
60.6%
-154
035
Cote
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
11.9%
Exactly 0
88.1%
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 9.7 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
56.9Striking47.7
Doerksen +9.2
39.6Grappling9.3
Doerksen +30.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DoerksenCote
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1535
Pound-for-pound
1504
1535
Divisional
1517
1496
Striking offense
1499
1493
Striking defense
1510
1501
Grappling offense
1492
1494
Grappling defense
1497
Physical
27 yrs
Age
25 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'11"
75"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
0.69
Strikes landed / min
0.73
86%
Strike accuracy
41%
3.35
Strikes absorbed / min
3.00
47%
Strike defense
40%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.47
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
29%
Takedown accuracy
0%
33%
Takedown defense
33%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
238
Days since last fight
176
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Joe Doerksen
  • LJoe RiggsKO/TKO R2
    8mo before
Patrick Cote
  • LTito OrtizU-DEC R3
    Close +3506mo before
Doerksen — win / loss by method
Record: 29-6-0

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
4 wins, 2 losses
W
14% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
23 wins, 2 losses
W
79% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
7% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
29win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (14%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
23 (79%)Submission(40%) 2
2 (7%)Decision(40%) 2
Cote — win / loss by method
Record: 6-1-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (17%)Submission() 0
2 (33%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Doerksen
Cote
1
UFC fights
1
8.7 min · 8.7 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
27y 6m
Career length
23y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Doerksen
Cote
18W–4L · 81.8%
Overall
10W–4L · 71.4%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
18W–4L · 81.8%
Losses
10W–4L · 71.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Doerksen
Cote
249W–120L · 67.5%
Overall
39W–16L · 70.9%
221W–107L · 67.4%
Wins
39W–16L · 70.9%
28W–13L · 68.3%
Losses
0W–0L
1 of Doerksen's non-UFC opponents have no record in our data, so this is understated. Refresh data to fill them in.
Distance striking
Doerksen
Cote
3.24
Landed / min
3.20
80.0%
Accuracy
31.8%
71.4%
Defense
80.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
14.3%
Time at distance
14.6%
Grappling & control
Doerksen
Cote
3.47
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
28.6%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
33.3%
Takedown defense
33.3%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
11.0%
Control share
0.0%
Strike target map
Doerksen
  • Head33%(2)div 65%
  • Body17%(1)div 19%
  • Legs50%(3)div 16%
Cote
  • Head100%(11)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%

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

Joe Doerksen
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Patrick Cote
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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