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UFC 48: Payback
Ken Shamrock
Ken Shamrock
24-7-2 · USA
VS
Kimo Leopoldo
Kimo Leopoldo
9-3-1 · USA
June 19, 2004 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds · Main event
218.0lb
Weigh-in
244.0lb
Ken Shamrock def. Kimo Leopoldo by KO/TKO (Knee), R1 1:26
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:26
Shamrock12/150/010:08
Leopoldo4/50/000:06
Total
Shamrock12/150/010:08
Leopoldo4/50/000:06

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
ShamrockWin probabilityLeopoldo
41.9%58.1%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
8%
Decision
69%
Expected fight time: 12.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Shamrock42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%17%
Submission6%13%
Decision29%70%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 12
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.4)act 0
Leopoldo58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%27%
Submission3%4%
Decision40%69%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 4
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.3)act 0
Combined totals~74 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R28%
R35%
Distance69%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Shamrock
54.6%-124
Leopoldo
+12443.9%
Most takedownstie 12.8%
Shamrock
84.0%-2608
Leopoldo
+26083.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Shamrock
Expected: 38.9
39
Over 39
41.5%
+137
Exactly 39
1.7%
push
Under 39
56.8%
-137
04998
Leopoldo
Expected: 34.7
34.5
Over 34.5
42.8%
+134
Under 34.5
57.2%
-134
04487
Takedowns — over/under
Shamrock
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
53.1%
-113
Under 1.5
46.9%
+113
035
Leopoldo
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.9%
Exactly 0
87.1%
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 12.0 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
Shamrock41.9%54.1%−12.2-135
Leopoldo58.1%45.9%+12.2+105

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
63.1Striking54.3
Shamrock +8.8
58.2Grappling64.9
Leopoldo +6.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ShamrockLeopoldo
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1562
Pound-for-pound
1494
1517
Divisional
1499
1444
Striking offense
1478
1552
Striking defense
1515
1503
Grappling offense
1516
1556
Grappling defense
1511
Physical
40 yrs
Age
36 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'3"
72"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
0.77
Strikes landed / min
0.94
40%
Strike accuracy
46%
0.80
Strikes absorbed / min
1.93
57%
Strike defense
38%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.66
Takedowns / 15 min
1.71
60%
Takedown accuracy
40%
73%
Takedown defense
80%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.3
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
40%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
40%
Last-5 win rate
40%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
575
Days since last fight
379
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ken Shamrock
  • LTito OrtizKO/TKO R3
    Close +1201y 7mo before
  • WBrian JohnstonSUB R1
    7y 6mo before
  • LDan SevernS-DEC R3
    8y 1mo before
  • WKimo LeopoldoSUB R1
    8y 4mo before
  • DOleg TaktarovOther R2
    8y 9mo before
Kimo Leopoldo
  • WDavid AbbottSUB R1
    Close -1501y before
  • LTsuyoshi KohsakaU-DEC R2
    6y 3mo before
  • WPaul VarelansKO/TKO R1
    7y 6mo before
  • LKen ShamrockSUB R1
    8y 4mo before
  • LRoyce GracieSUB R1
    9y 9mo before
Shamrock — win / loss by method
Record: 24-7-2

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
2 wins, 2 losses
W
8% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
20 wins, 3 losses
W
83% of wins
L
43% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
8% of wins
L
29% of losses
UFC
5win2loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
4 (80%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
19win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (5%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
16 (84%)Submission(60%) 3
2 (11%)Decision(20%) 1
Leopoldo — win / loss by method
Record: 9-3-1

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, 0 losses
W
44% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
56% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
2win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(67%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
7win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (57%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Shamrock
Leopoldo
9
UFC fights
5
135.8 min · 15.1 avg
Octagon time
35.2 min · 7.0 avg
32y 10m
Career length
31y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Shamrock
Leopoldo
27W–8L · 77.1%
Overall
47W–20L · 70.1%
10W–4L · 71.4%
Wins
14W–12L · 53.8%
17W–4L · 81.0%
Losses
33W–8L · 80.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Shamrock
Leopoldo
113W–63L · 64.2%
Overall
18W–11L · 62.1%
72W–55L · 56.7%
Wins
18W–11L · 62.1%
41W–8L · 83.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Shamrock
Leopoldo
0.20
Landed / min
0.43
16.7%
Accuracy
21.6%
71.9%
Defense
38.5%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
84.6%
Time at distance
53.3%
Grappling & control
Shamrock
Leopoldo
0.66
Takedowns / 15 min
1.71
60.0%
Takedown accuracy
40.0%
72.7%
Takedown defense
80.0%
0.77
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.28
0.2%
Control share
99.1%
Strike target map
Shamrock
  • Head72%(76)div 69%
  • Body20%(21)div 15%
  • Legs8%(8)div 16%
Leopoldo
  • Head85%(28)div 69%
  • Body12%(4)div 15%
  • Legs3%(1)div 16%

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

Ken Shamrock
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Kimo Leopoldo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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