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UFC Fight Night: Arlovski vs. Barnett
VS
Veronica Hardy
Veronica Hardy
5-0-1 · VEN
September 3, 2016 · Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
135.0lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
Ashlee Evans-Smith def. Veronica Hardy by KO/TKO (Elbows), R3 2:46
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Evans-Smith16/271/301:51
Hardy11/160/000:31
R2
Evans-Smith29/451/202:26
Hardy9/140/001:16
R3 · 2:46
Evans-Smith28/430/001:44
Hardy3/110/000:00
Total
Evans-Smith73/1152/506:01
Hardy23/410/001:47

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
Evans-SmithWin probabilityHardy
36.4%63.6%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
16%
Decision
63%
Expected fight time: 11.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Evans-Smith36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%24%
Submission4%13%
Decision23%63%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 73
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 2
Hardy64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%20%
Submission11%17%
Decision40%63%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2661)act 23
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 0
Combined totals~84 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R112%
R221%
R34%
Distance63%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Evans-Smith
39.2%+152
Hardy
-15259.5%
Most takedownstie 44.3%
Evans-Smith
21.8%+155
Hardy
-15533.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Evans-Smith
Expected: 37.5
37.5
Over 37.5
42.5%
+135
Under 37.5
57.5%
-135
04794
Hardy
Expected: 46.8
47
Over 47
41.5%
+138
Exactly 47
1.4%
push
Under 47
57.1%
-138
059117
Takedowns — over/under
Evans-Smith
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
30.7%
+226
Under 0.5
69.3%
-226
035
Hardy
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
41.5%
+141
Under 0.5
58.5%
-141
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 11.8 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
Evans-Smith36.4%67.9%−31.5-240
Hardy63.6%32.1%+31.5+200

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Evans-SmithHardy
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1509
Pound-for-pound
1515
1509
Divisional
1515
1484
Striking offense
1500
1503
Striking defense
1533
1546
Grappling offense
1480
1540
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
29 yrs
Age
20 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'4"
67"
Reach
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.30
Strikes landed / min
29%
Strike accuracy
2.90
Strikes absorbed / min
61%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
1.50
Takedowns / 15 min
50%
Takedown accuracy
33%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
50%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
195
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ashlee Evans-Smith
  • WMarion ReneauS-DEC R3
    Close +1656mo before
  • LRaquel PenningtonSUB R1
    Close -1901y 9mo before
Veronica Hardy
No prior UFC fights.
Evans-Smith — win / loss by method
Record: 4-1-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (33%)Decision() 0
Hardy — win / loss by method
Record: 5-0-1

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (20%)Submission() 0
3 (60%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Evans-Smith
Hardy
2
UFC fights
0
20.0 min · 10.0 avg
Octagon time
13y 5m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Evans-Smith
Hardy
10W–6L · 62.5%
Overall
6W–2L · 75.0%
Wins
4W–4L · 50.0%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Evans-Smith
Hardy
7W–1L · 87.5%
Overall
8W–11L · 42.1%
7W–1L · 87.5%
Wins
8W–11L · 42.1%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Evans-Smith
Hardy
3.52
Landed / min
22.7%
Accuracy
62.7%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
64.0%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Evans-Smith
Hardy
1.50
Takedowns / 15 min
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
71.7%
Control share
Strike target map
Evans-Smith
  • Head45%(30)div 64%
  • Body45%(30)div 19%
  • Legs9%(6)div 17%
Hardy
  • Head0%(0)div 64%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Ashlee Evans-Smith
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Veronica Hardy

No UFC fights on record.

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