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UFC Macao: Franklin vs Le
Cung Le
Cung Le
8-2 · USA
VS
Rich Franklin
Rich Franklin
29-6 · USA
November 10, 2012 · Macau, China
Middleweight · 5 rounds · Main event
186.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Cung Le def. Rich Franklin by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 2:17
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:17
Le8/160/010:02
Franklin12/210/000:00
Total
Le8/160/010:02
Franklin12/210/000:00

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
LeWin probabilityFranklin
40.7%59.3%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
10%
Decision
66%
Expected fight time: 19.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Le41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%19%
Submission2%5%
Decision31%76%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes52 (2967)act 8
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Franklin59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%29%
Submission8%13%
Decision34%58%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes96 (55125)act 12
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Combined totals~148 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R29%
R36%
R44%
R53%
Distance65%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Le
23.1%+330
Franklin
-33076.3%
Most takedownstie 61.6%
Le
21.8%-131
Franklin
+13116.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Le
Expected: 51.7
51.5
Over 51.5
42.8%
+134
Under 51.5
57.2%
-134
065130
Franklin
Expected: 96.1
96
Over 96
42.2%
+135
Exactly 96
0.7%
push
Under 96
57.1%
-135
0121241
Takedowns — over/under
Le
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
24.8%
+303
Under 0.5
75.2%
-303
035
Franklin
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
19.9%
+402
Under 0.5
80.1%
-402
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 19.6 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
Le40.7%19.6%+21.1+400
Franklin59.3%80.4%−21.1-450

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
64.6Striking75.3
Franklin +10.7
56.0Grappling49.9
Le +6.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LeFranklin
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1526
Pound-for-pound
1631
1526
Divisional
1607
1499
Striking offense
1541
1519
Striking defense
1552
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
40 yrs
Age
38 yrs
5'9"
Height
6'1"
70"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.51
Strikes landed / min
4.22
45%
Strike accuracy
43%
3.79
Strikes absorbed / min
2.03
60%
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.21
Takedowns / 15 min
1.05
67%
Takedown accuracy
64%
100%
Takedown defense
64%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.1
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
74%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
50%
Last-5 win rate
60%
0%
Finish rate
71%
Recent opp. quality
126
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cung Le
  • WPatrick CoteU-DEC R3
    Close +1854mo before
  • LWanderlei SilvaKO/TKO R2
    Close -2201y before
Rich Franklin
  • WWanderlei SilvaU-DEC R5
    Close -1355mo before
  • LForrest GriffinU-DEC R3
    Close -1281y 9mo before
  • WChuck LiddellKO/TKO R1
    Close +1092y 5mo before
  • LVitor BelfortKO/TKO R1
    Close -1283y 2mo before
  • WWanderlei SilvaU-DEC R3
    Close -1563y 5mo before
Le — win / loss by method
Record: 8-2-0

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
7 wins, 2 losses
W
88% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Franklin — win / loss by method
Record: 29-6-0, 1 NC

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
20 wins, 4 losses
W
69% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
14% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
14win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (64%)KO/TKO(60%) 3
1 (7%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (29%)Decision(40%) 2
Non-UFC
15win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
11 (73%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
4 (27%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Le
Franklin
2
UFC fights
19
24.8 min · 12.4 avg
Octagon time
200.1 min · 10.5 avg
20y 5m
Career length
27y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Le
Franklin
50W–17L · 74.6%
Overall
377W–96L · 79.7%
17W–7L · 70.8%
Wins
281W–67L · 80.7%
33W–10L · 76.7%
Losses
96W–29L · 76.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Le
Franklin
110W–52L · 67.9%
Overall
178W–111L · 61.6%
94W–45L · 67.6%
Wins
176W–111L · 61.3%
16W–7L · 69.6%
Losses
2W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Le
Franklin
3.92
Landed / min
4.90
43.1%
Accuracy
37.6%
63.9%
Defense
72.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.75
80.2%
Time at distance
59.5%
Grappling & control
Le
Franklin
1.21
Takedowns / 15 min
1.05
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
63.6%
100.0%
Takedown defense
64.2%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.15
46.5%
Control share
59.5%
Strike target map
Le
  • Head46%(40)div 64%
  • Body39%(34)div 19%
  • Legs15%(13)div 17%
Franklin
  • Head66%(553)div 64%
  • Body23%(198)div 19%
  • Legs11%(93)div 17%

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

Cung Le
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Rich Franklin
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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