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UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs Faber
Frankie Edgar
Frankie Edgar
18-4-1 · USA
VS
Urijah Faber
Urijah Faber
32-7 · USA
May 16, 2015 · Manila, Philippines
Featherweight · 5 rounds · Main event
146.0lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Frankie Edgar def. Urijah Faber by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Edgar16/440/100:37
Faber11/290/100:00
R2
Edgar16/540/000:00
Faber12/380/000:00
R3
Edgar16/453/702:03
Faber6/170/000:00
R4
Edgar18/531/200:36
Faber9/280/200:00
R5
Edgar17/621/300:28
Faber10/350/000:00
Total
Edgar83/2585/1303:44
Faber48/1470/300:00

Scorecards

Edgar vs Faber

RdBarry FoleyHowie BoothKon PapaioannouCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-99.8-9.2
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
R410-910-910-910-9.1
R510-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total50-4550-4550-4549.5-45.6

Media (14 cards) · avg 49.945.1 · 14 Edgar · 0 Faber

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Edgar-Faber.

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
EdgarWin probabilityFaber
50.3%49.7%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
3%
Decision
62%
Expected fight time: 20.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Edgar50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%30%
Submission1%1%
Decision34%69%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes83 (48108)act 83
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 5
Faber50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%39%
Submission2%5%
Decision28%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes65 (3784)act 48
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~148 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R17%
R28%
R311%
R47%
R55%
Distance62%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Edgar
61.4%-162
Faber
+16237.9%
Most takedownstie 53.7%
Edgar
21.0%+120
Faber
-12025.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Edgar
Expected: 83.1
83
Over 83
42.2%
+135
Exactly 83
0.8%
push
Under 83
57.0%
-135
0104208
Faber
Expected: 64.5
64.5
Over 64.5
42.5%
+135
Under 64.5
57.5%
-135
081162
Takedowns — over/under
Edgar
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
26.3%
+280
Under 0.5
73.7%
-280
035
Faber
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
30.2%
+231
Under 0.5
69.8%
-231
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 20.4 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
Edgar50.3%81.6%−31.3-550
Faber49.7%18.4%+31.3+425

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
71.7Striking70.8
Edgar +0.9
53.4Grappling54.4
Faber +1.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EdgarFaber
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1641
Pound-for-pound
1635
1560
Divisional
1565
1494
Striking offense
1475
1546
Striking defense
1525
1513
Grappling offense
1526
1555
Grappling defense
1527
Physical
33 yrs
Age
36 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'6"
68"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.52
Strikes landed / min
3.13
40%
Strike accuracy
46%
2.09
Strikes absorbed / min
2.47
71%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.71
Takedowns / 15 min
1.94
38%
Takedown accuracy
34%
64%
Takedown defense
67%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.9
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
73%
+3
Win/loss streak
+2
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
42%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
175
Days since last fight
161
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Frankie Edgar
  • WCub SwansonSUB R5
    Close -1706mo before
  • WBJ PennKO/TKO R3
    Close -37010mo before
  • WCharles OliveiraU-DEC R3
    Close -6401y 10mo before
  • LJose AldoU-DEC R5
    Close +1652y 3mo before
  • LBenson HendersonS-DEC R5
    Close +1702y 9mo before
Urijah Faber
  • WFrancisco RiveraSUB R2
    Close -9255mo before
  • WAlex CaceresSUB R3
    Close -70510mo before
  • LRenan BaraoKO/TKO R1
    Close +3051y 3mo before
  • WMichael McDonaldSUB R2
    Close -1501y 5mo before
  • WIuri AlcantaraU-DEC R3
    Close -2151y 9mo before
Edgar — win / loss by method
Record: 18-4-1

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
28% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 4 losses
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
12win4loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
7 (58%)Decision(100%) 4
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (33%)Submission() 0
2 (33%)Decision() 0
Faber — win / loss by method
Record: 32-7-0

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
9 wins, 3 losses
W
28% of wins
L
43% of losses
Submission
17 wins, 0 losses
W
53% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 4 losses
W
16% of wins
L
57% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
3% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
8win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
6 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (25%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
24win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (38%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
11 (46%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (13%)Decision(50%) 2
1 (4%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Edgar
Faber
17
UFC fights
11
310.4 min · 18.3 avg
Octagon time
139.1 min · 12.6 avg
21y 1m
Career length
22y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Edgar
Faber
245W–45L · 84.5%
Overall
207W–39L · 84.1%
189W–40L · 82.5%
Wins
131W–36L · 78.4%
56W–5L · 91.8%
Losses
76W–3L · 96.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Edgar
Faber
11W–5L · 68.8%
Overall
309W–96L · 76.3%
11W–5L · 68.8%
Wins
251W–87L · 74.3%
0W–0L
Losses
58W–9L · 86.6%
Distance striking
Edgar
Faber
3.41
Landed / min
3.21
32.9%
Accuracy
39.1%
73.4%
Defense
68.8%
0.10
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.32
65.7%
Time at distance
61.4%
Grappling & control
Edgar
Faber
2.71
Takedowns / 15 min
1.94
38.1%
Takedown accuracy
34.0%
63.9%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.39
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.86
84.0%
Control share
79.7%
Strike target map
Edgar
  • Head67%(735)div 64%
  • Body20%(215)div 19%
  • Legs13%(141)div 17%
Faber
  • Head73%(316)div 64%
  • Body20%(87)div 19%
  • Legs7%(32)div 17%

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

Frankie Edgar
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Urijah Faber
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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