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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Couture vs. Team Liddell Finale
Josh Koscheck
Josh Koscheck
2-0 · USA
VS
Chris Sanford
Chris Sanford
4-0 · USA
April 9, 2005 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
183.5lb
Josh Koscheck def. Chris Sanford by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 4:21
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:21
Koscheck14/172/203:10
Sanford1/20/000:00
Total
Koscheck14/172/203:10
Sanford1/20/000:00

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
KoscheckWin probabilitySanford
83.8%16.2%
KO / TKO
15%
Submission
52%
Decision
33%
Expected fight time: 7.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Koscheck84%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%14%
Submission43%51%
Decision29%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 14
Takedowns1.5 (0.23.4)act 2
Sanford16%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%18%
Submission9%56%
Decision4%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 1
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~58 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R158%
R24%
R35%
Distance33%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Koscheck
58.5%-147
Sanford
+14739.7%
Most takedownstie 5.9%
Koscheck
93.0%-8654
Sanford
+86541.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Koscheck
Expected: 32.2
32
Over 32
41.9%
+134
Exactly 32
2.1%
push
Under 32
56.1%
-134
04181
Sanford
Expected: 26.2
26
Over 26
41.6%
+134
Exactly 26
2.5%
push
Under 26
55.9%
-134
03366
Takedowns — over/under
Koscheck
Expected: 1.5
1.5
Over 1.5
56.5%
-130
Under 1.5
43.5%
+130
035
Sanford
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
9.0%
Exactly 0
91.0%
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 7.3 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.

Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1504
Pound-for-pound
1515
1504
Divisional
1515
1474
Striking offense
1500
1500
Striking defense
1500
1561
Grappling offense
1500
1558
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
27 yrs
Age
37 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'11"
73"
Reach
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)
Josh Koscheck
No prior UFC fights.
Chris Sanford
No prior UFC fights.
Koscheck — win / loss by method
Record: 2-0-0

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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Sanford — win / loss by method
Record: 4-0-0

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, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
75% of wins
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (75%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Koscheck
Sanford
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.

Koscheck
Sanford
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Koscheck
Sanford
10W–8L · 55.6%
Overall
5W–3L · 62.5%
10W–8L · 55.6%
Wins
5W–3L · 62.5%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Koscheck
Sanford
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Koscheck
Sanford
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Koscheck
  • Head0%(0)div 64%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.
Sanford
  • Head0%(0)div 64%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Josh Koscheck

No UFC fights on record.

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

Chris Sanford

No UFC fights on record.

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