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Frankie Edgar
Frankie Edgar
22-6-1 · USA
VS
Cub Swanson
Cub Swanson
25-8 · USA
April 21, 2018 · Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.6lb
Weigh-in
145.0lb
Frankie Edgar def. Cub Swanson by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Edgar16/430/300:14
Swanson13/420/000:00
R2
Edgar21/530/300:00
Swanson18/500/000:00
R3
Edgar21/400/200:37
Swanson17/380/000:00
Total
Edgar58/1360/800:51
Swanson48/1300/000:00

Scorecards

Edgar vs Swanson

RdCardo UrsoDerek ClearyEric ColónCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-99.7-9.3
Total30-2730-2730-2729.5-27.5

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.927.1 · 14 Edgar · 0 Swanson

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

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
EdgarWin probabilitySwanson
44.3%55.7%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
2%
Decision
68%
Expected fight time: 12.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Edgar44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%27%
Submission1%2%
Decision31%71%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes60 (3478)act 58
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Swanson56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%34%
Submission1%1%
Decision36%65%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes74 (4296)act 48
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~134 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R111%
R215%
R36%
Distance68%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Edgar
39.6%+150
Swanson
-15059.6%
Most takedownstie 53.0%
Edgar
41.6%-770
Swanson
+7705.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Edgar
Expected: 59.8
60
Over 60
41.7%
+137
Exactly 60
1.1%
push
Under 60
57.1%
-137
075150
Swanson
Expected: 74.1
74
Over 74
42.2%
+135
Exactly 74
0.9%
push
Under 74
56.9%
-135
093186
Takedowns — over/under
Edgar
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
43.8%
+128
Under 0.5
56.2%
-128
035
Swanson
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
8.3%
Exactly 0
91.7%
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 12.3 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
Edgar44.3%71.1%−26.8-275
Swanson55.7%28.9%+26.8+235

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
71.4Striking73.6
Swanson +2.2
51.8Grappling49.9
Edgar +2.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EdgarSwanson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1660
Pound-for-pound
1623
1596
Divisional
1617
1503
Striking offense
1528
1552
Striking defense
1524
1500
Grappling offense
1475
1563
Grappling defense
1498
Physical
36 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'8"
68"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.58
Strikes landed / min
4.68
40%
Strike accuracy
52%
2.18
Strikes absorbed / min
3.64
70%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.56
Takedowns / 15 min
0.84
35%
Takedown accuracy
58%
66%
Takedown defense
68%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
73%
UFC win rate
71%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
44%
Finish rate
40%
Recent opp. quality
49
Days since last fight
133
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Frankie Edgar
  • LBrian OrtegaKO/TKO R1
    Close -15549d before
  • WYair RodriguezKO/TKO R2
    Close -14011mo before
  • WJeremy StephensU-DEC R3
    Close -3251y 5mo before
  • LJose AldoU-DEC R5
    Close -1401y 9mo before
  • WChad MendesKO/TKO R1
    Close -1352y 4mo before
Cub Swanson
  • LBrian OrtegaSUB R2
    Close +1004mo before
  • WArtem LobovU-DEC R5
    Close -6001y before
  • WDooho ChoiU-DEC R3
    Close +1951y 4mo before
  • WTatsuya KawajiriU-DEC R3
    Close -3301y 8mo before
  • WHacran DiasU-DEC R3
    Close -1152y before
Edgar — win / loss by method
Record: 22-6-1

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
32% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
18% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
11 wins, 5 losses
W
50% of wins
L
83% of losses
UFC
16win6loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (31%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
2 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
9 (56%)Decision(83%) 5
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (33%)Submission() 0
2 (33%)Decision() 0
Swanson — win / loss by method
Record: 25-8-0

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
11 wins, 1 loss
W
44% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 6 losses
W
16% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
13% of losses
UFC
10win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 4
6 (60%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
15win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (47%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
4 (27%)Submission(50%) 2
4 (27%)Decision(25%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Edgar
Swanson
23
UFC fights
14
392.6 min · 17.1 avg
Octagon time
196.2 min · 14.0 avg
21y 1m
Career length
22y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Edgar
Swanson
372W–70L · 84.2%
Overall
234W–68L · 77.5%
278W–63L · 81.5%
Wins
183W–59L · 75.6%
94W–7L · 93.1%
Losses
51W–9L · 85.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Edgar
Swanson
11W–5L · 68.8%
Overall
126W–37L · 77.3%
11W–5L · 68.8%
Wins
84W–28L · 75.0%
0W–0L
Losses
42W–9L · 82.4%
Distance striking
Edgar
Swanson
3.41
Landed / min
5.64
32.5%
Accuracy
48.2%
72.6%
Defense
65.9%
0.11
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.46
67.4%
Time at distance
66.0%
Grappling & control
Edgar
Swanson
2.56
Takedowns / 15 min
0.84
35.3%
Takedown accuracy
57.9%
65.6%
Takedown defense
67.6%
0.38
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.15
85.4%
Control share
27.6%
Strike target map
Edgar
  • Head66%(934)div 65%
  • Body19%(268)div 19%
  • Legs14%(203)div 17%
Swanson
  • Head61%(562)div 65%
  • Body20%(183)div 19%
  • Legs19%(174)div 17%

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

Frankie Edgar
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Cub Swanson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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