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The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber Finale
Evan Dunham
Evan Dunham
16-6 · USA
VS
Joe Lauzon
Joe Lauzon
25-10 · USA
December 11, 2015 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
155.5lb
Evan Dunham def. Joe Lauzon by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Dunham39/941/100:09
Lauzon19/550/100:14
R2
Dunham36/800/201:37
Lauzon13/270/100:00
R3
Dunham52/1170/000:04
Lauzon10/310/100:00
Total
Dunham127/2911/301:50
Lauzon42/1130/300:14

Scorecards

Dunham vs Lauzon

RdDerek ClearyGlenn TrowbridgeSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-99.9-9.2
R310-910-810-810-8.8
Total30-2730-2630-2629.9-27

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.927 · 13 Dunham · 0 Lauzon

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

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
DunhamWin probabilityLauzon
57.9%42.1%
KO / TKO
52%
Submission
10%
Decision
38%
Expected fight time: 9.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Dunham58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%44%
Submission3%6%
Decision29%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes61 (3580)act 127
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 1
Lauzon42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%62%
Submission7%17%
Decision9%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2150)act 42
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.6)act 0
Combined totals~100 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R223%
R311%
Distance38%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Dunham
70.0%-242
Lauzon
+24229.0%
Most takedownstie 43.8%
Dunham
11.2%+401
Lauzon
-40145.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Dunham
Expected: 61.4
61.5
Over 61.5
42.4%
+136
Under 61.5
57.6%
-136
077154
Lauzon
Expected: 38.6
38.5
Over 38.5
42.7%
+134
Under 38.5
57.3%
-134
04997
Takedowns — over/under
Dunham
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.9%
Exactly 0
82.1%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Lauzon
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
35.5%
+143
Exactly 1
13.8%
push
Under 1
50.8%
-143
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 9.5 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
Dunham57.9%63.5%−5.6-190
Lauzon42.1%36.5%+5.6+165

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
70.7Striking53.4
Dunham +17.4
61.2Grappling73.9
Lauzon +12.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DunhamLauzon
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1573
Pound-for-pound
1586
1572
Divisional
1584
1512
Striking offense
1472
1495
Striking defense
1472
1515
Grappling offense
1551
1516
Grappling defense
1531
Physical
33 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'10"
70"
Reach
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.11
Strikes landed / min
2.50
38%
Strike accuracy
38%
3.38
Strikes absorbed / min
4.63
63%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.90
Takedowns / 15 min
2.59
35%
Takedown accuracy
44%
79%
Takedown defense
58%
1.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.8
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
63%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
40%
Last-5 win rate
60%
33%
Finish rate
92%
Recent opp. quality
146
Days since last fight
139
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Evan Dunham
  • WRoss PearsonU-DEC R3
    Close +2055mo before
  • WRodrigo DammU-DEC R3
    Close -70511mo before
  • LEdson BarbozaKO/TKO R1
    Close +2601y 5mo before
  • LDonald CerroneSUB R2
    Close +1152y 1mo before
  • LRafael Dos AnjosU-DEC R3
    Close +1902y 7mo before
Joe Lauzon
  • WTakanori GomiKO/TKO R1
    Close -3105mo before
  • LAl IaquintaKO/TKO R2
    Close +17010mo before
  • WMichael ChiesaKO/TKO R2
    Close +1901y 3mo before
  • WMac DanzigU-DEC R3
    Close -1752y before
  • LMichael JohnsonU-DEC R3
    Close -2452y 4mo before
Dunham — win / loss by method
Record: 16-6-0

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
19% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 3 losses
W
44% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
9win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
1 (11%)Submission(17%) 1
6 (67%)Decision(50%) 3
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (71%)Submission() 0
1 (14%)Decision() 0
Lauzon — win / loss by method
Record: 25-10-0

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
7 wins, 4 losses
W
28% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
17 wins, 3 losses
W
68% of wins
L
30% of losses
Decision
1 win, 3 losses
W
4% of wins
L
30% of losses
UFC
12win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (33%)KO/TKO(43%) 3
7 (58%)Submission(14%) 1
1 (8%)Decision(43%) 3
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (23%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
10 (77%)Submission(67%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Dunham
Lauzon
15
UFC fights
19
174.1 min · 11.6 avg
Octagon time
138.9 min · 7.3 avg
19y 3m
Career length
22y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Dunham
Lauzon
278W–74L · 79.0%
Overall
314W–95L · 76.8%
147W–43L · 77.4%
Wins
222W–68L · 76.6%
131W–31L · 80.9%
Losses
92W–27L · 77.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Dunham
Lauzon
26W–14L · 65.0%
Overall
63W–21L · 75.0%
26W–14L · 65.0%
Wins
36W–16L · 69.2%
0W–0L
Losses
27W–5L · 84.4%
1 of Lauzon's non-UFC opponents have no record in our data, so this is understated. Refresh data to fill them in.
Distance striking
Dunham
Lauzon
7.37
Landed / min
2.47
35.5%
Accuracy
25.1%
66.0%
Defense
61.5%
0.17
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.22
58.9%
Time at distance
52.1%
Grappling & control
Dunham
Lauzon
1.90
Takedowns / 15 min
2.59
34.9%
Takedown accuracy
43.6%
78.8%
Takedown defense
58.1%
1.12
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.81
63.3%
Control share
57.7%
Strike target map
Dunham
  • Head85%(752)div 63%
  • Body11%(96)div 20%
  • Legs5%(41)div 17%
Lauzon
  • Head89%(308)div 63%
  • Body9%(31)div 20%
  • Legs2%(8)div 17%

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

Evan Dunham
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Joe Lauzon
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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