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Bantamweight

3 Rounds

Kyler Phillips won · U-DEC

Elo1518

Elo1476

Song YadongvsKyler PhillipsUFC Prediction Result

UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya · Saturday, March 6, 2021Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Official fight result

Kyler Phillips won

U-DEC

Style matchupSong Yadong: Pressure fightervsKyler Phillips: Wrestler

The wrestler can defuse pressure by changing levels and going to the mat.

Model Prediction: Kyler Phillips wins(55.6%)

Actual result: Kyler Phillips wins · Model version: ufc_v6_2_pure_lightgbm_20260715_055615

Correct

Hypothetical $100 stake on the replay pick

Kyler Phillips at +180 American odds

+$180 profit

$280 total returned

Scouting Report

Auto-generated signals worth knowing before you read the deep stats below.

Kyler Phillips enters on a 3-fight losing streak.
Kyler Phillips has a 13cm reach advantage.

Tale of the Tape

Song Yadong

Red Corner

Kyler Phillips

Blue Corner

-220

(69%)

Vegas Odds

+180

(36%)

1518

Elo

1476

Age

Orthodox

Stance

Orthodox

5'8"

Height

5'8"

170.18 cm

Reach

182.88 cm

Recent Form

Last 5 fights for each fighter — most recent on the right. Hover any result for the matchup.

Song Yadong

oldest →

vs Chris Gutierrez · Dec 23

vs Petr Yan · Mar 24

vs Henry Cejudo · Feb 25

vs Sean O'Malley · Jan 26

SUBvs Deiveson Figueiredo · May 26

latest

Kyler PhillipsL3 streak

oldest →

vs Raoni Barcelos · Aug 23

vs Pedro Munhoz · Mar 24

vs Rob Font · Oct 24

vs Vinicius Oliveira · Jul 25

DECvs Charles Jourdain · Apr 26

latest

Output & Defense Comparison

Rate-normalized career statistics. Bold side has the edge per metric.

Song YadongMetricKyler Phillips

4.42

Strikes / min

4.75

3.94

Strikes absorbed / min

3.83

55%

Strike defense

58%

0.78

TDs / 15 min

2.82

73%

Takedown defense

75%

0.10

Sub atts / 15 min

0.30

Net striking (SLpM − SApM)

+0.48evenly matched on net striking+0.92

Statistical Profile

Career averages · bigger area = stronger across dimensions

Song YadongKyler Phillips

Recent Elo Trajectory

Last 10 fights for each fighter, aligned right (most recent on the right).

Song Yadong(10 fights)Kyler Phillips(10 fights)

Model Feature Differentials

Red − Blue for each engineered feature. Bar leans toward the stronger fighter.Hover a label to see what it measures.

ELO Rating

Red +41.7|Blue -41.7

Recent Form

Red +0.1|Blue -0.1

Striker Score

Red -0.4|Blue +0.4

Grappler Score

Red +0.1|Blue -0.1

Layoff

Red +140.0|Blue -140.0

Red Corner advantageBlue Corner advantage

Strike Breakdown

Where the strikes landed. Head accuracy is the single strongest predictor of fight outcomes.

Song YadongTargetKyler Phillips

By target zone

33% acc · 58%

Head

34% acc · 64%

63% acc · 30%

Body

70% acc · 27%

89% acc · 12%

Leg

71% acc · 8%

By position

42% acc · 100%

Distance

39% acc · 92%

0% acc

Clinch

100% acc · 3%

0% acc

Ground

100% acc · 5%

Round-by-Round Scoring (Model)

Statistical round-winner heuristic based on strikes, takedowns, control time, and knockdowns. Not the official judges' scorecard.

Song Yadong rounds

even

Kyler Phillips rounds

Round 1Kyler Phillips edged it

Sig. strikes21

Takedowns0

Control0:05

27Sig. strikes

1Takedowns

0:27Control

Round 2Kyler Phillips edged it

Sig. strikes20

Takedowns0

Control0:00

19Sig. strikes

1Takedowns

0:41Control

Round 3Song Yadong edged it

Sig. strikes26

Takedowns0

Control1:01

13Sig. strikes

1Takedowns

0:28Control

Statistical round count agrees with the official result.

Fight Stats

Totals

67 / 161

Sig Strikes

59 / 142

42.3%

Sig Str %

40.3%

89 / 189

Total Strikes

69 / 152

0 / 0

TDs

3 / 5

—

TD %

66.7%

Sub Att

Rev

1:06

Ctrl Time

1:36

Round-by-Round

Round	Fighter	Sig Str	Total Str	TD
1	Kyler Phillips	27 / 59	28 / 60	1 / 1
1	Song Yadong	21 / 39	28 / 48	0 / 0
2	Kyler Phillips	19 / 47	22 / 50	1 / 2
2	Song Yadong	20 / 61	23 / 64	0 / 0
3	Kyler Phillips	13 / 36	19 / 42	1 / 2
3	Song Yadong	26 / 61	38 / 77	0 / 0

Song Yadong

StanceOrthodox

Height68.0"

Reach67.0"

Fights17

Kyler Phillips

StanceOrthodox

Height68.0"

Reach72.0"

Fights9