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Yves Edwards
Yves Edwards
42-18-1 · USA
July 27, 2013 · Seattle, Washington, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Daron Cruickshank def. Yves Edwards by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Cruickshank14/440/000:00
Edwards17/400/000:00
R2
Cruickshank18/570/000:00
Edwards18/530/000:00
R3
Cruickshank12/410/100:00
Edwards13/330/000:00
Total
Cruickshank44/1420/100:00
Edwards48/1260/000:00

Scorecards

Cruickshank vs Edwards

RdGlenn HamadaLester GriffinTerry BoehlkeCommunity
R110-910-99-109.2-9.8
R210-910-99-109.6-9.5
R310-910-99-109.7-9.3
Total30-2730-2727-3028.5-28.6

Media (12 cards) · avg 29.227.8 · 12 Cruickshank · 0 Edwards

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Cruickshank-Edwards.

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
CruickshankWin probabilityEdwards
68.2%31.8%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
11%
Decision
62%
Expected fight time: 11.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Cruickshank68%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%27%
Submission4%6%
Decision46%67%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2150)act 44
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Edwards32%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%29%
Submission7%21%
Decision16%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1945)act 48
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Combined totals~73 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R212%
R38%
Distance62%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Cruickshank
54.2%-123
Edwards
+12344.3%
Most takedownstie 52.0%
Cruickshank
28.3%-143
Edwards
+14319.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cruickshank
Expected: 38.3
38.5
Over 38.5
42.2%
+137
Under 38.5
57.8%
-137
04896
Edwards
Expected: 34.4
34.5
Over 34.5
42.3%
+137
Under 34.5
57.7%
-137
04386
Takedowns — over/under
Cruickshank
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
33.7%
+196
Under 0.5
66.3%
-196
035
Edwards
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
26.0%
+285
Under 0.5
74.0%
-285
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 11.6 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
Cruickshank68.2%63.5%+4.7-190
Edwards31.8%36.5%−4.7+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
63.8Striking70.2
Edwards +6.4
51.3Grappling49.7
Cruickshank +1.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CruickshankEdwards
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1537
Pound-for-pound
1555
1538
Divisional
1563
1506
Striking offense
1511
1517
Striking defense
1545
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
28 yrs
Age
36 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'9"
72"
Reach
73"
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.16
Strikes landed / min
2.68
38%
Strike accuracy
44%
3.24
Strikes absorbed / min
2.02
64%
Strike defense
70%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.58
Takedowns / 15 min
0.44
44%
Takedown accuracy
36%
83%
Takedown defense
73%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.9
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
59%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
67%
Last-5 win rate
40%
50%
Finish rate
70%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
175
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Daron Cruickshank
  • LJohn MakdessiU-DEC R3
    Close +1204mo before
  • WHenry MartinezKO/TKO R2
    opp missedClose -1708mo before
  • WChris TickleU-DEC R3
    Close -1741y 2mo before
Yves Edwards
  • LIsaac Vallie-FlaggS-DEC R3
    Close -2156mo before
  • WJeremy StephensKO/TKO R1
    Close +2008mo before
  • LTony FergusonU-DEC R3
    Close +3181y 8mo before
  • WRafaello OliveiraKO/TKO R2
    Close -1551y 10mo before
  • LSam StoutKO/TKO R1
    Close +1672y 2mo before
Cruickshank — win / loss by method
Record: 12-3-0

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, 1 loss
W
58% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (60%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (10%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (30%)Decision(0%) 0
Edwards — win / loss by method
Record: 42-18-1

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
17 wins, 4 losses
W
40% of wins
L
22% of losses
Submission
16 wins, 4 losses
W
38% of wins
L
22% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 10 losses
W
21% of wins
L
56% of losses
UFC
10win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(29%) 2
2 (20%)Submission(14%) 1
3 (30%)Decision(57%) 4
Non-UFC
32win11loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
12 (38%)KO/TKO(18%) 2
14 (44%)Submission(27%) 3
6 (19%)Decision(55%) 6

Profiles

Experience
Cruickshank
Edwards
3
UFC fights
17
38.0 min · 12.7 avg
Octagon time
172.1 min · 10.1 avg
16y 10m
Career length
28y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cruickshank
Edwards
26W–8L · 76.5%
Overall
211W–60L · 77.9%
16W–6L · 72.7%
Wins
120W–32L · 78.9%
10W–2L · 83.3%
Losses
91W–28L · 76.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cruickshank
Edwards
69W–31L · 69.0%
Overall
384W–141L · 73.1%
42W–22L · 65.6%
Wins
298W–117L · 71.8%
27W–9L · 75.0%
Losses
86W–24L · 78.2%
Distance striking
Cruickshank
Edwards
4.24
Landed / min
3.75
32.0%
Accuracy
36.8%
63.5%
Defense
76.6%
0.40
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.70
54.7%
Time at distance
44.6%
Grappling & control
Cruickshank
Edwards
1.58
Takedowns / 15 min
0.44
44.4%
Takedown accuracy
35.7%
83.3%
Takedown defense
73.5%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.87
53.1%
Control share
47.7%
Strike target map
Cruickshank
  • Head59%(71)div 64%
  • Body26%(31)div 19%
  • Legs15%(18)div 17%
Edwards
  • Head58%(266)div 64%
  • Body21%(98)div 19%
  • Legs21%(98)div 17%

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

Daron Cruickshank
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Yves Edwards
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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