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UFC 144: Edgar vs Henderson
Benson Henderson
Benson Henderson
15-2 · USA
VS
Frankie Edgar
Frankie Edgar
15-1-1 · USA
February 25, 2012 · Saitama, Japan
Lightweight · 5 rounds · Main event
154.0lb
Weigh-in
154.0lb
Benson Henderson def. Frankie Edgar by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Henderson13/490/000:00
Edgar13/431/100:02
R2
Henderson23/580/000:12
Edgar17/432/201:00
R3
Henderson15/521/100:21
Edgar13/331/400:06
R4
Henderson20/560/000:00
Edgar13/330/100:39
R5
Henderson16/490/000:04
Edgar12/381/400:20
Total
Henderson87/2641/100:37
Edgar68/1905/1202:07

Scorecards

Henderson vs Edgar

RdChris LeeHoward HughesSal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-109-109-109.2-9.9
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-99.6-9.4
R410-910-910-99.8-9.2
R510-99-1010-99.4-9.7
Total49-4648-4749-4647.9-47.3

Media (7 cards) · avg 48.346.9 · 7 Henderson · 0 Edgar

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

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
HendersonWin probabilityEdgar
64.9%35.1%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
25%
Decision
51%
Expected fight time: 17.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Henderson65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%24%
Submission18%28%
Decision31%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes68 (3988)act 87
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 1
Edgar35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%26%
Submission7%19%
Decision19%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2966)act 68
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 5
Combined totals~119 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R216%
R310%
R46%
R54%
Distance51%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Henderson
62.7%-172
Edgar
+17236.4%
Most takedownstie 48.2%
Henderson
30.2%-139
Edgar
+13921.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Henderson
Expected: 67.8
68
Over 68
41.8%
+137
Exactly 68
1.0%
push
Under 68
57.2%
-137
085170
Edgar
Expected: 50.9
51
Over 51
41.7%
+137
Exactly 51
1.3%
push
Under 51
57.0%
-137
064128
Takedowns — over/under
Henderson
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
36.9%
+171
Under 0.5
63.1%
-171
035
Edgar
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
29.1%
+243
Under 0.5
70.9%
-243
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 17.8 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
Henderson64.9%44.6%+20.3+120
Edgar35.1%55.4%−20.3-130

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
79.8Striking72.7
Henderson +7.0
72.8Grappling52.2
Henderson +20.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HendersonEdgar
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1589
Pound-for-pound
1648
1589
Divisional
1647
1496
Striking offense
1496
1536
Striking defense
1536
1511
Grappling offense
1508
1500
Grappling defense
1521
Physical
28 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'6"
70"
Reach
68"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.58
Strikes landed / min
3.49
46%
Strike accuracy
41%
0.80
Strikes absorbed / min
1.88
69%
Strike defense
74%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.90
67%
Takedown accuracy
36%
70%
Takedown defense
62%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
90%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
0%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
105
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Benson Henderson
  • WClay GuidaU-DEC R3
    Close -2653mo before
  • WJim MillerU-DEC R3
    Close +1606mo before
  • WMark BocekU-DEC R3
    missedClose -15010mo before
Frankie Edgar
  • WGray MaynardKO/TKO R4
    Close -1255mo before
  • DGray MaynardS-DEC R5
    Close +1251y 2mo before
  • WBJ PennU-DEC R5
    Close +2481y 6mo before
  • WBJ PennU-DEC R5
    Close +6201y 11mo before
  • WMatt VeachSUB R2
    Close -6002y 3mo before
Henderson — win / loss by method
Record: 15-2-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
27% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (50%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (17%)Decision(50%) 1
Edgar — win / loss by method
Record: 15-1-1

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
27% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 1 loss
W
53% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
9win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (11%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (67%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (33%)Submission() 0
2 (33%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Henderson
Edgar
3
UFC fights
11
45.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
181.2 min · 16.5 avg
19y 8m
Career length
21y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Henderson
Edgar
58W–16L · 78.4%
Overall
140W–23L · 85.9%
58W–16L · 78.4%
Wins
136W–23L · 85.5%
0W–0L
Losses
4W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Henderson
Edgar
94W–30L · 75.8%
Overall
11W–5L · 68.8%
77W–25L · 75.5%
Wins
11W–5L · 68.8%
17W–5L · 77.3%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Henderson
Edgar
4.19
Landed / min
3.54
26.3%
Accuracy
34.1%
75.6%
Defense
76.6%
0.33
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.08
21.2%
Time at distance
63.1%
Grappling & control
Henderson
Edgar
4.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.90
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
36.1%
70.0%
Takedown defense
61.8%
0.67
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.33
76.2%
Control share
75.1%
Strike target map
Henderson
  • Head51%(82)div 65%
  • Body38%(61)div 19%
  • Legs11%(18)div 17%
Edgar
  • Head70%(443)div 65%
  • Body19%(122)div 19%
  • Legs11%(68)div 17%

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

Benson Henderson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Frankie Edgar
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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