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UFC 216: Ferguson vs. Lee
Beneil Dariush
Beneil Dariush
14-3 · USA
VS
Evan Dunham
Evan Dunham
18-6 · USA
October 7, 2017 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Draw
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Dariush36/540/012:42
Dunham5/230/200:02
R2
Dariush19/350/000:14
Dunham9/201/302:20
R3
Dariush26/680/000:00
Dunham22/720/200:52
Total
Dariush81/1570/012:56
Dunham36/1151/703:14

Scorecards

Dariush vs Dunham

RdDave HagenGlenn TrowbridgeSal D'AmatoCommunity
R1---10-8.1
R2---9.2-9.7
R3---9.5-9.6
Total28-2828-2829-2828.7-27.4

Media (15 cards) · avg 28.327.7 · 5 Dariush · 0 Dunham · 10 draws

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Dariush-Dunham.

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
DariushWin probabilityDunham
75.4%24.6%
KO / TKO
46%
Submission
22%
Decision
33%
Expected fight time: 9.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Dariush75%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO35%47%
Submission17%23%
Decision23%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2866)act 81
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.5)act 0
Dunham25%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%43%
Submission4%17%
Decision10%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2047)act 36
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 1
Combined totals~86 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R220%
R314%
Distance33%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Dariush
64.9%-191
Dunham
+19133.9%
Most takedownstie 35.2%
Dariush
55.0%-564
Dunham
+5649.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Dariush
Expected: 50.4
50.5
Over 50.5
42.4%
+136
Under 50.5
57.6%
-136
064127
Dunham
Expected: 35.8
36
Over 36
41.2%
+138
Exactly 36
1.8%
push
Under 36
57.0%
-138
04590
Takedowns — over/under
Dariush
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
40.6%
-103
Exactly 1
20.0%
push
Under 1
39.4%
+103
035
Dunham
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.7%
Exactly 0
81.3%
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 9.0 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
Dariush75.4%66.4%+9.0-240
Dunham24.6%33.6%−9.0+180

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
70.1Striking73.7
Dunham +3.6
48.4Grappling61.5
Dunham +13.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DariushDunham
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1604
Pound-for-pound
1603
1605
Divisional
1602
1503
Striking offense
1520
1509
Striking defense
1496
1494
Grappling offense
1518
1520
Grappling defense
1527
Physical
28 yrs
Age
35 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'10"
72"
Reach
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.83
Strikes landed / min
5.68
46%
Strike accuracy
40%
2.93
Strikes absorbed / min
3.38
60%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.33
Takedowns / 15 min
1.91
26%
Takedown accuracy
35%
75%
Takedown defense
81%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
73%
UFC win rate
65%
-1
Win/loss streak
+4
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
50%
Finish rate
27%
Recent opp. quality
210
Days since last fight
385
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Beneil Dariush
  • LEdson BarbozaKO/TKO R2
    Close +1407mo before
  • WRashid MagomedovU-DEC R3
    Close -11511mo before
  • WJames VickKO/TKO R1
    Close -1401y 4mo before
  • LMichael ChiesaSUB R2
    Close -1651y 6mo before
  • WMichael JohnsonS-DEC R3
    Close +1202y 2mo before
Evan Dunham
  • WRicky GlennU-DEC R3
    Close -3401y 1mo before
  • WJoe LauzonU-DEC R3
    Close -1901y 10mo before
  • WRoss PearsonU-DEC R3
    Close +2052y 3mo before
  • WRodrigo DammU-DEC R3
    Close -7052y 9mo before
  • LEdson BarbozaKO/TKO R1
    Close +2603y 3mo before
Dariush — win / loss by method
Record: 14-3-0

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
3 wins, 2 losses
W
21% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
43% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
8win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
3 (38%)Submission(33%) 1
4 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0
Dunham — win / loss by method
Record: 18-6-0

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
3 wins, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 3 losses
W
50% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
11win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (18%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
1 (9%)Submission(17%) 1
8 (73%)Decision(50%) 3
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (71%)Submission() 0
1 (14%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Dariush
Dunham
11
UFC fights
17
101.5 min · 9.2 avg
Octagon time
204.1 min · 12.0 avg
16y 8m
Career length
19y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Dariush
Dunham
159W–35L · 82.0%
Overall
321W–87L · 78.7%
122W–25L · 83.0%
Wins
190W–56L · 77.2%
37W–10L · 78.7%
Losses
131W–31L · 80.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Dariush
Dunham
19W–24L · 44.2%
Overall
26W–14L · 65.0%
19W–24L · 44.2%
Wins
26W–14L · 65.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Dariush
Dunham
4.83
Landed / min
8.01
39.8%
Accuracy
37.1%
64.9%
Defense
66.1%
0.44
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.15
51.1%
Time at distance
59.3%
Grappling & control
Dariush
Dunham
1.33
Takedowns / 15 min
1.91
25.7%
Takedown accuracy
34.7%
75.0%
Takedown defense
80.6%
0.74
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.10
76.1%
Control share
67.6%
Strike target map
Dariush
  • Head56%(216)div 63%
  • Body28%(108)div 20%
  • Legs17%(65)div 17%
Dunham
  • Head84%(980)div 63%
  • Body11%(129)div 20%
  • Legs4%(51)div 17%

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

Beneil Dariush
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Evan Dunham
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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