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UFC 49: Unfinished Business
Chuck Liddell
Chuck Liddell
14-3 · USA
VS
Vernon White
Vernon White
20-23-2 · USA
August 21, 2004 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
206.0lb
Weigh-in
200.0lb
Chuck Liddell def. Vernon White by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 4:05
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:05
Liddell31/681/121:31
White13/370/100:00
Total
Liddell31/681/121:31
White13/370/100:00

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
LiddellWin probabilityWhite
65.0%35.0%
KO / TKO
40%
Submission
23%
Decision
37%
Expected fight time: 8.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Liddell65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%43%
Submission11%16%
Decision26%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2966)act 31
Takedowns1.2 (0.12.9)act 1
White35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%34%
Submission13%37%
Decision10%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2047)act 13
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~87 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R139%
R217%
R37%
Distance37%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Liddell
65.0%-192
White
+19233.8%
Most takedownstie 10.2%
Liddell
88.0%-4766
White
+47661.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Liddell
Expected: 50.7
50.5
Over 50.5
42.8%
+134
Under 50.5
57.2%
-134
064127
White
Expected: 35.9
36
Over 36
41.4%
+137
Exactly 36
1.8%
push
Under 36
56.7%
-137
04590
Takedowns — over/under
Liddell
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
49.4%
-714
Exactly 1
43.7%
push
Under 1
6.9%
+714
035
White
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
10.1%
Exactly 0
89.9%
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 8.7 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
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Liddell65.0%70.9%−5.9-280
White35.0%29.1%+5.9+230

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
67.9Striking79.4
White +11.5
48.2Grappling30.8
Liddell +17.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LiddellWhite
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1606
Pound-for-pound
1478
1572
Divisional
1476
1498
Striking offense
1497
1548
Striking defense
1506
1502
Grappling offense
1502
1537
Grappling defense
1497
Physical
34 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'0"
76"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.63
Strikes landed / min
3.00
42%
Strike accuracy
55%
1.43
Strikes absorbed / min
1.20
55%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.27
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
67%
Takedown accuracy
20%
78%
Takedown defense
60%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
82%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
0
80%
Last-5 win rate
0%
44%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
141
Days since last fight
442
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Chuck Liddell
  • WTito OrtizKO/TKO R2
    Close +1455mo before
  • LRandy CoutureKO/TKO R3
    Close -2301y 3mo before
  • WRenato SobralKO/TKO R1
    Close -3751y 9mo before
  • WVitor BelfortU-DEC R3
    2y 2mo before
  • WAmar SuloevU-DEC R3
    2y 7mo before
Vernon White
  • DIan FreemanS-DEC R3
    Close -1401y 3mo before
Liddell — win / loss by method
Record: 14-3-0

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
7 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
7% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
5 (56%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
White — win / loss by method
Record: 20-23-2

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
7 wins, 2 losses
W
35% of wins
L
9% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 12 losses
W
35% of wins
L
52% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 9 losses
W
30% of wins
L
39% of losses
UFC
0win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
20win23loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (35%)KO/TKO(9%) 2
7 (35%)Submission(52%) 12
6 (30%)Decision(39%) 9

Profiles

Experience
Liddell
White
11
UFC fights
1
110.4 min · 10.0 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
28y 2m
Career length
32y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Liddell
White
119W–29L · 80.4%
Overall
87W–20L · 81.3%
Wins
32W–9L · 78.0%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Liddell
White
81W–19L · 81.0%
Overall
226W–116L · 66.1%
63W–16L · 79.7%
Wins
73W–40L · 64.6%
18W–3L · 85.7%
Losses
153W–76L · 66.8%
Distance striking
Liddell
White
2.44
Landed / min
4.58
34.3%
Accuracy
38.1%
58.3%
Defense
76.2%
0.68
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
68.9%
Time at distance
11.6%
Grappling & control
Liddell
White
0.27
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
20.0%
78.5%
Takedown defense
60.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
56.3%
Control share
43.4%
Strike target map
Liddell
  • Head49%(142)div 63%
  • Body7%(20)div 14%
  • Legs44%(128)div 23%
White
  • Head49%(22)div 63%
  • Body24%(11)div 14%
  • Legs27%(12)div 23%

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

Chuck Liddell
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Vernon White
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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