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Sam Alvey
Sam Alvey
30-9 · USA
VS
Rashad Evans
Rashad Evans
19-6-1 · USA
August 5, 2017 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Sam Alvey def. Rashad Evans by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Alvey8/140/000:05
Evans4/61/302:27
R2
Alvey12/280/000:00
Evans7/151/301:08
R3
Alvey20/450/000:00
Evans6/240/200:52
Total
Alvey40/870/000:05
Evans17/452/804:27

Scorecards

Alvey vs Evans

RdDerek ClearyEric ColónJeff MullenCommunity
R19-1010-99-109.3-9.8
R210-910-910-99.8-9.2
R310-99-109-109.8-9.2
Total29-2829-2828-2928.9-28.2

Media (19 cards) · avg 29.227.8 · 19 Alvey · 0 Evans

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Alvey-Evans.

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
AlveyWin probabilityEvans
34.8%65.2%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
2%
Decision
70%
Expected fight time: 13.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Alvey35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%37%
Submission1%3%
Decision21%60%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2252)act 40
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Evans65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%24%
Submission0%1%
Decision49%75%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes52 (2968)act 17
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.6)act 2
Combined totals~92 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R13%
R28%
R319%
Distance70%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Alvey
37.0%+167
Evans
-16761.9%
Most takedownstie 42.8%
Alvey
2.7%+2005
Evans
-200554.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Alvey
Expected: 39.8
40
Over 40
41.3%
+138
Exactly 40
1.7%
push
Under 40
57.0%
-138
050100
Evans
Expected: 52.2
52
Over 52
42.2%
+134
Exactly 52
1.3%
push
Under 52
56.5%
-134
066131
Takedowns — over/under
Alvey
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
5.1%
Exactly 0
94.9%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Evans
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
38.8%
+114
Exactly 1
17.0%
push
Under 1
44.2%
-114
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 13.5 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
Alvey34.8%54.3%−19.5-130
Evans65.2%45.7%+19.5+110

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
63.4Striking63.9
Evans +0.4
25.6Grappling54.3
Evans +28.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AlveyEvans
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1583
Pound-for-pound
1616
1585
Divisional
1504
1508
Striking offense
1477
1503
Striking defense
1539
1478
Grappling offense
1504
1532
Grappling defense
1548
Physical
31 yrs
Age
37 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'0"
75"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.32
Strikes landed / min
2.19
47%
Strike accuracy
38%
3.60
Strikes absorbed / min
2.43
55%
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.81
0%
Takedown accuracy
44%
85%
Takedown defense
73%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
64%
UFC win rate
70%
-1
Win/loss streak
-3
80%
Last-5 win rate
40%
71%
Finish rate
43%
Recent opp. quality
105
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sam Alvey
  • LThales LeitesU-DEC R3
    Close +1053mo before
  • WNate MarquardtU-DEC R3
    Close -1406mo before
  • WAlex NicholsonU-DEC R3
    Close -1659mo before
  • WKevin CaseyKO/TKO R2
    Close -27011mo before
  • WEric SpicelySUB R1
    Close -2751y 1mo before
Rashad Evans
  • LDaniel KellyS-DEC R3
    Close -2455mo before
  • LGlover TeixeiraKO/TKO R1
    Close +1851y 4mo before
  • LRyan BaderU-DEC R3
    Close -1351y 10mo before
  • WChael SonnenKO/TKO R1
    Close -2403y 9mo before
  • WDan HendersonS-DEC R3
    Close -1904y 2mo before
Alvey — win / loss by method
Record: 30-9-0, 1 NC

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
18 wins, 1 loss
W
60% of wins
L
11% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
10% of wins
L
11% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 7 losses
W
30% of wins
L
78% of losses
UFC
7win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
23win5loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
14 (61%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (9%)Submission(20%) 1
7 (30%)Decision(80%) 4
Evans — win / loss by method
Record: 19-6-1

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
8 wins, 2 losses
W
42% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
5% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 4 losses
W
53% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
14win6loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (43%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
8 (57%)Decision(67%) 4
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (20%)Submission() 0
2 (40%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Alvey
Evans
11
UFC fights
21
96.6 min · 8.8 avg
Octagon time
272.7 min · 13.0 avg
18y 0m
Career length
22y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Alvey
Evans
154W–47L · 76.6%
Overall
331W–71L · 82.3%
88W–29L · 75.2%
Wins
227W–56L · 80.2%
66W–18L · 78.6%
Losses
104W–15L · 87.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Alvey
Evans
265W–160L · 62.4%
Overall
65W–44L · 59.6%
220W–153L · 59.0%
Wins
65W–44L · 59.6%
45W–7L · 86.5%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Alvey
Evans
3.10
Landed / min
2.22
40.0%
Accuracy
29.6%
57.4%
Defense
69.7%
0.62
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.22
71.1%
Time at distance
56.7%
Grappling & control
Alvey
Evans
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.81
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
44.0%
85.2%
Takedown defense
73.1%
0.16
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
31.4%
Control share
81.4%
Strike target map
Alvey
  • Head69%(222)div 63%
  • Body19%(60)div 19%
  • Legs12%(39)div 18%
Evans
  • Head80%(475)div 63%
  • Body14%(82)div 19%
  • Legs7%(39)div 18%

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

Sam Alvey
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Rashad Evans
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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