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UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 2
Daniel Kelly
Daniel Kelly
12-1 · AUS
VS
Rashad Evans
Rashad Evans
19-5-1 · USA
March 4, 2017 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Daniel Kelly def. Rashad Evans by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Kelly12/460/200:00
Evans8/300/100:00
R2
Kelly23/570/300:10
Evans10/341/200:07
R3
Kelly39/900/300:00
Evans35/740/100:00
Total
Kelly74/1930/800:10
Evans53/1381/400:07

Scorecards

Kelly vs Evans

RdChris LeeDave HagenDerek ClearyCommunity
R19-109-109-109.6-9.4
R29-1010-910-99.8-9.2
R310-910-910-99.7-9.4
Total28-2929-2829-2829.1-28

Media (22 cards) · avg 2928 · 22 Kelly · 0 Evans

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Kelly-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
KellyWin probabilityEvans
35.2%64.8%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
7%
Decision
67%
Expected fight time: 12.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Kelly35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%20%
Submission5%15%
Decision23%65%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2047)act 74
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Evans65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%29%
Submission2%3%
Decision44%68%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (2659)act 53
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 1
Combined totals~82 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R19%
R217%
R37%
Distance67%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Kelly
39.0%+153
Evans
-15359.7%
Most takedownstie 44.8%
Kelly
20.9%+165
Evans
-16534.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Kelly
Expected: 36.4
36.5
Over 36.5
42.3%
+136
Under 36.5
57.7%
-136
04692
Evans
Expected: 45.6
45.5
Over 45.5
42.7%
+134
Under 45.5
57.3%
-134
058115
Takedowns — over/under
Kelly
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
29.1%
+244
Under 0.5
70.9%
-244
035
Evans
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
41.8%
+140
Under 0.5
58.2%
-140
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 12.4 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
Kelly35.2%31.6%+3.6+205
Evans64.8%68.4%−3.6-245

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
64.5Striking64.2
Kelly +0.2
60.1Grappling53.8
Kelly +6.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
KellyEvans
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1583
Pound-for-pound
1635
1583
Divisional
1517
1505
Striking offense
1479
1487
Striking defense
1540
1507
Grappling offense
1504
1523
Grappling defense
1543
Physical
39 yrs
Age
37 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'0"
70"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.67
Strikes landed / min
2.11
41%
Strike accuracy
38%
3.99
Strikes absorbed / min
2.29
66%
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.42
Takedowns / 15 min
2.91
50%
Takedown accuracy
45%
80%
Takedown defense
68%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
83%
UFC win rate
74%
+3
Win/loss streak
-2
80%
Last-5 win rate
40%
40%
Finish rate
43%
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
322
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Daniel Kelly
  • WChris CamozziU-DEC R3
    Close +1653mo before
  • WAntonio Carlos JuniorKO/TKO R3
    Close +38511mo before
  • WSteve MontgomeryU-DEC R3
    Close +2301y 4mo before
  • LSam AlveyKO/TKO R1
    Close +3001y 10mo before
  • WPatrick WalshU-DEC R3
    Close +1052y 1mo before
Rashad Evans
  • LGlover TeixeiraKO/TKO R1
    Close +18511mo before
  • LRyan BaderU-DEC R3
    Close -1351y 5mo before
  • WChael SonnenKO/TKO R1
    Close -2403y 4mo before
  • WDan HendersonS-DEC R3
    Close -1903y 9mo before
  • LRogerio NogueiraU-DEC R3
    Close -5254y 1mo before
Kelly — win / loss by method
Record: 12-1-0

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, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
42% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (60%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (57%)Submission() 0
1 (14%)Decision() 0
Evans — win / loss by method
Record: 19-5-1

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
40% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
5% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 3 losses
W
53% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
14win5loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (43%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
8 (57%)Decision(60%) 3
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (20%)Submission() 0
2 (40%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Kelly
Evans
6
UFC fights
20
61.9 min · 10.3 avg
Octagon time
257.7 min · 12.9 avg
20y 0m
Career length
22y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Kelly
Evans
81W–25L · 76.4%
Overall
319W–70L · 82.0%
56W–19L · 74.7%
Wins
227W–56L · 80.2%
25W–6L · 80.6%
Losses
92W–14L · 86.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Kelly
Evans
35W–19L · 64.8%
Overall
65W–44L · 59.6%
35W–19L · 64.8%
Wins
65W–44L · 59.6%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Kelly
Evans
4.01
Landed / min
2.11
34.1%
Accuracy
28.9%
69.4%
Defense
70.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.23
61.3%
Time at distance
54.9%
Grappling & control
Kelly
Evans
2.42
Takedowns / 15 min
2.91
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
44.6%
80.0%
Takedown defense
68.2%
0.24
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
76.6%
Control share
81.5%
Strike target map
Kelly
  • Head89%(201)div 63%
  • Body5%(12)div 19%
  • Legs6%(14)div 18%
Evans
  • Head80%(432)div 63%
  • Body13%(72)div 19%
  • Legs7%(39)div 18%

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

Daniel Kelly
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.