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UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Miller
Edson Barboza
Edson Barboza
13-2 · BRA
VS
Evan Dunham
Evan Dunham
14-5 · USA
July 16, 2014 · Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.5lb
Edson Barboza def. Evan Dunham by KO/TKO (Kick), R1 3:06
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 3:06
Barboza10/170/010:02
Dunham10/270/100:02
Total
Barboza10/170/010:02
Dunham10/270/100:02

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
BarbozaWin probabilityDunham
32.5%67.5%
KO / TKO
45%
Submission
9%
Decision
45%
Expected fight time: 12.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Barboza33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%59%
Submission1%3%
Decision12%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes78 (44101)act 10
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Dunham67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%38%
Submission8%13%
Decision33%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes79 (45103)act 10
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.1)act 0
Combined totals~157 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R28%
R334%
Distance45%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Barboza
48.8%+104
Dunham
-10450.5%
Most takedownstie 62.6%
Barboza
3.5%+958
Dunham
-95833.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Barboza
Expected: 77.8
78
Over 78
41.9%
+137
Exactly 78
0.9%
push
Under 78
57.3%
-137
098195
Dunham
Expected: 79.2
79
Over 79
42.2%
+135
Exactly 79
0.9%
push
Under 79
56.9%
-135
099198
Takedowns — over/under
Barboza
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
4.9%
Exactly 0
95.1%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Dunham
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
34.8%
+187
Under 0.5
65.2%
-187
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 12.0 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
Barboza32.5%73.3%−40.8-320
Dunham67.5%26.7%+40.8+260

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
67.7Striking68.5
Dunham +0.8
54.0Grappling61.8
Dunham +7.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BarbozaDunham
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1593
Pound-for-pound
1557
1593
Divisional
1556
1528
Striking offense
1517
1505
Striking defense
1493
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
28 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'10"
75"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
4.17
Strikes landed / min
4.97
40%
Strike accuracy
37%
3.44
Strikes absorbed / min
3.66
63%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.72
Takedowns / 15 min
1.70
67%
Takedown accuracy
34%
83%
Takedown defense
79%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.3
Form & résumé
78%
UFC win rate
58%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
60%
Last-5 win rate
40%
57%
Finish rate
43%
Recent opp. quality
88
Days since last fight
242
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Edson Barboza
  • LDonald CerroneSUB R1
    Close -1703mo before
  • WDanny CastilloM-DEC R3
    Close -2807mo before
  • WRafaello OliveiraKO/TKO R2
    Close -6001y before
  • WLucas MartinsKO/TKO R1
    Close -3201y 6mo before
  • LJamie VarnerKO/TKO R1
    Close -5402y 2mo before
Evan Dunham
  • LDonald CerroneSUB R2
    Close +1158mo before
  • LRafael Dos AnjosU-DEC R3
    Close +1901y 2mo before
  • WGleison TibauS-DEC R3
    Close -1351y 5mo before
  • LTJ GrantU-DEC R3
    Close -1251y 10mo before
  • WNik LentzKO/TKO R2
    Close -3552y 6mo before
Barboza — win / loss by method
Record: 13-2-0

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, 1 loss
W
69% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (43%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (17%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Dunham — win / loss by method
Record: 14-5-0

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
21% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
43% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 3 losses
W
36% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
7win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
1 (14%)Submission(20%) 1
4 (57%)Decision(60%) 3
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (71%)Submission() 0
1 (14%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Barboza
Dunham
9
UFC fights
12
83.5 min · 9.3 avg
Octagon time
141.0 min · 11.7 avg
17y 3m
Career length
19y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Barboza
Dunham
133W–35L · 79.2%
Overall
236W–56L · 80.8%
92W–23L · 80.0%
Wins
118W–27L · 81.4%
41W–12L · 77.4%
Losses
118W–29L · 80.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Barboza
Dunham
43W–32L · 57.3%
Overall
26W–14L · 65.0%
43W–32L · 57.3%
Wins
26W–14L · 65.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Barboza
Dunham
4.67
Landed / min
7.16
39.0%
Accuracy
34.0%
65.1%
Defense
65.9%
1.26
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.21
82.6%
Time at distance
58.9%
Grappling & control
Barboza
Dunham
0.72
Takedowns / 15 min
1.70
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
34.0%
83.3%
Takedown defense
78.8%
0.18
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.28
54.4%
Control share
55.1%
Strike target map
Barboza
  • Head41%(143)div 63%
  • Body24%(83)div 20%
  • Legs35%(122)div 17%
Dunham
  • Head85%(598)div 63%
  • Body10%(73)div 20%
  • Legs4%(30)div 17%

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

Edson Barboza
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Evan Dunham
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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