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UFC 240: Holloway vs. Edgar
Max Holloway
Max Holloway
20-4 · USA
VS
Frankie Edgar
Frankie Edgar
23-6-1 · USA
July 27, 2019 · Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Featherweight · 5 rounds · Main event
145.0lb
Weigh-in
145.0lb
Max Holloway def. Frankie Edgar by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Holloway13/480/000:00
Edgar18/530/100:00
R2
Holloway27/690/000:00
Edgar13/550/200:05
R3
Holloway30/610/000:00
Edgar17/481/400:59
R4
Holloway29/760/000:00
Edgar22/470/600:28
R5
Holloway30/740/000:00
Edgar26/610/200:14
Total
Holloway129/3280/000:00
Edgar96/2641/1501:46

Scorecards

Holloway vs Edgar

RdChris LeeDave HagenTony WeeksCommunity
R110-99-109-109.6-9.5
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
R410-910-99-109.8-9.2
R510-910-910-910-9
Total50-4549-4648-4749.3-45.8

Media (21 cards) · avg 49.445.6 · 21 Holloway · 0 Edgar

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Holloway-Edgar.

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
HollowayWin probabilityEdgar
74.8%25.2%
KO / TKO
79%
Submission
1%
Decision
21%
Expected fight time: 18.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Holloway75%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO62%82%
Submission0%0%
Decision13%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes173 (100226)act 129
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.3)act 0
Edgar25%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%69%
Submission0%1%
Decision8%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes96 (55125)act 96
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 1
Combined totals~269 sig strikes~0.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R11%
R26%
R336%
R421%
R515%
Distance21%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikes
Holloway
75.7%-316
Edgar
+31624.0%
Most takedownstie 67.6%
Holloway
10.4%+211
Edgar
-21122.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Holloway
Expected: 173.4
173.5
Over 173.5
42.5%
+135
Under 173.5
57.5%
-135
0217434
Edgar
Expected: 95.8
96
Over 96
42.0%
+136
Exactly 96
0.7%
push
Under 96
57.3%
-136
0120240
Takedowns — over/under
Holloway
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.7%
Exactly 0
87.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Edgar
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
24.2%
Exactly 0
75.8%
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 18.3 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
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Holloway74.8%74.3%+0.5-335
Edgar25.2%25.7%−0.5+275

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
75.3Striking71.3
Holloway +4.0
55.4Grappling50.5
Holloway +4.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HollowayEdgar
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1693
Pound-for-pound
1675
1697
Divisional
1613
1564
Striking offense
1502
1516
Striking defense
1554
1484
Grappling offense
1490
1592
Grappling defense
1562
Physical
27 yrs
Age
37 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'6"
69"
Reach
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
6.93
Strikes landed / min
3.59
45%
Strike accuracy
40%
4.33
Strikes absorbed / min
2.22
63%
Strike defense
70%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.29
Takedowns / 15 min
2.47
83%
Takedown accuracy
34%
83%
Takedown defense
66%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
74%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
69%
Finish rate
41%
Recent opp. quality
105
Days since last fight
462
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Max Holloway
  • LDustin PoirierU-DEC R5
    Close -2203mo before
  • WBrian OrtegaKO/TKO R4
    Close -1108mo before
  • WJose AldoKO/TKO R3
    Close -2601y 8mo before
  • WJose AldoKO/TKO R3
    Close +1252y 2mo before
  • WAnthony PettisKO/TKO R3
    opp missedClose -3002y 8mo before
Frankie Edgar
  • WCub SwansonU-DEC R3
    Close -2751y 3mo before
  • LBrian OrtegaKO/TKO R1
    Close -1551y 5mo before
  • WYair RodriguezKO/TKO R2
    Close -1402y 2mo before
  • WJeremy StephensU-DEC R3
    Close -3252y 8mo before
  • LJose AldoU-DEC R5
    Close -1403y 1mo before
Holloway — win / loss by method
Record: 20-4-0

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
10 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
10% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 3 losses
W
40% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
16win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (56%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (13%)Submission(25%) 1
5 (31%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (75%)Decision() 0
Edgar — win / loss by method
Record: 23-6-1

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
12 wins, 5 losses
W
52% of wins
L
83% of losses
UFC
17win6loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (29%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
2 (12%)Submission(0%) 0
10 (59%)Decision(83%) 5
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (33%)Submission() 0
2 (33%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Holloway
Edgar
20
UFC fights
24
260.8 min · 13.0 avg
Octagon time
407.6 min · 17.0 avg
15y 11m
Career length
21y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Holloway
Edgar
326W–78L · 80.7%
Overall
397W–78L · 83.6%
268W–67L · 80.0%
Wins
303W–71L · 81.0%
58W–11L · 84.1%
Losses
94W–7L · 93.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Holloway
Edgar
48W–46L · 51.1%
Overall
11W–5L · 68.8%
48W–46L · 51.1%
Wins
11W–5L · 68.8%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Holloway
Edgar
7.39
Landed / min
3.43
42.0%
Accuracy
32.8%
64.9%
Defense
72.3%
0.46
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.11
76.9%
Time at distance
68.2%
Grappling & control
Holloway
Edgar
0.29
Takedowns / 15 min
2.47
83.3%
Takedown accuracy
33.8%
83.5%
Takedown defense
65.6%
0.46
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.37
35.8%
Control share
85.6%
Strike target map
Holloway
  • Head74%(1,335)div 65%
  • Body21%(377)div 19%
  • Legs5%(96)div 16%
Edgar
  • Head66%(967)div 65%
  • Body19%(274)div 19%
  • Legs15%(222)div 16%

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

Max Holloway
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Frankie Edgar
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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