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UFC 24: First Defense
Bob Cook
Bob Cook
4-0 · USA
VS
Tiki Ghosn
Tiki Ghosn
3-0-1 · USA
March 10, 2000 · Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
167.0lb
Weigh-in
169.0lb
Bob Cook def. Tiki Ghosn by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 1:29
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Cook20/380/400:28
Ghosn22/500/002:07
R2 · 1:29
Cook2/91/100:41
Ghosn2/130/000:00
Total
Cook22/471/501:09
Ghosn24/630/002:07

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
CookWin probabilityGhosn
52.2%47.8%
KO / TKO
36%
Submission
20%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 10.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Cook52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%40%
Submission11%22%
Decision20%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes83 (48108)act 22
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 1
Ghosn48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%31%
Submission9%19%
Decision24%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes59 (3477)act 24
Takedowns2.5 (0.15.1)act 0
Combined totals~142 sig strikes~2.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R230%
R38%
Distance43%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Cook
65.0%-190
Ghosn
+19034.3%
Most takedownstie 18.0%
Cook
8.6%+851
Ghosn
-85173.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cook
Expected: 83.1
83
Over 83
42.2%
+135
Exactly 83
0.8%
push
Under 83
57.0%
-135
0104208
Ghosn
Expected: 59.4
59.5
Over 59.5
42.4%
+136
Under 59.5
57.6%
-136
075149
Takedowns — over/under
Cook
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
72.0%
-258
Under 0.5
28.0%
+258
035
Ghosn
Expected: 2.5
2.5
Over 2.5
48.3%
+107
Under 2.5
51.7%
-107
048

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 10.2 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)
1512
Pound-for-pound
1509
1512
Divisional
1509
1500
Striking offense
1500
1500
Striking defense
1500
1500
Grappling offense
1500
1500
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
Age
23 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'10"
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)
Bob Cook
No prior UFC fights.
Tiki Ghosn
No prior UFC fights.
Cook — 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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
50% 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
2 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (50%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Ghosn — win / loss by method
Record: 3-0-1

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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
3win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (33%)Submission() 0
2 (67%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Cook
Ghosn
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.

Cook
Ghosn
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cook
Ghosn
11W–7L · 61.1%
Overall
3W–4L · 42.9%
11W–7L · 61.1%
Wins
3W–4L · 42.9%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Cook
Ghosn
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Cook
Ghosn
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Cook
  • Head0%(0)div 57%
  • Body0%(0)div 27%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.
Ghosn
  • Head0%(0)div 57%
  • Body0%(0)div 27%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Bob Cook

No UFC fights on record.

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

Tiki Ghosn

No UFC fights on record.

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