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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs Team Miller Finale
Tony Ferguson
Tony Ferguson
12-2 · USA
VS
Yves Edwards
Yves Edwards
41-16-1 · USA
December 3, 2011 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.5lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Tony Ferguson def. Yves Edwards by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ferguson28/920/000:00
Edwards14/490/100:03
R2
Ferguson20/581/100:10
Edwards14/460/100:00
R3
Ferguson13/820/000:00
Edwards17/550/100:00
Total
Ferguson61/2321/100:10
Edwards45/1500/300:03

Scorecards

Ferguson vs Edwards

RdJunichiro KamijoMark SmithTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9.1
R29-1010-910-99.6-9.4
R310-910-910-99.3-9.7
Total29-2830-2730-2728.9-28.2

Media (7 cards) · avg 29.327.9 · 7 Ferguson · 0 Edwards

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Ferguson-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
FergusonWin probabilityEdwards
59.3%40.7%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
24%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 10.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Ferguson59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%33%
Submission11%19%
Decision28%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (2660)act 61
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 1
Edwards41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%22%
Submission13%31%
Decision19%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2354)act 45
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Combined totals~88 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R27%
R317%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Ferguson
54.5%-123
Edwards
+12344.2%
Most takedownstie 67.1%
Ferguson
13.3%+148
Edwards
-14819.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ferguson
Expected: 46.4
46.5
Over 46.5
42.4%
+136
Under 46.5
57.6%
-136
059117
Edwards
Expected: 41.5
41.5
Over 41.5
42.5%
+135
Under 41.5
57.5%
-135
052104
Takedowns — over/under
Ferguson
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
15.6%
Exactly 0
84.4%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Edwards
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
22.0%
Exactly 0
78.0%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 10.5 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
Ferguson59.3%76.5%−17.2-350
Edwards40.7%23.5%+17.2+318

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
79.8Striking72.6
Ferguson +7.2
41.9Grappling61.1
Edwards +19.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FergusonEdwards
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1551
Pound-for-pound
1575
1537
Divisional
1585
1501
Striking offense
1507
1504
Striking defense
1544
1551
Grappling offense
1511
1550
Grappling defense
1507
Physical
27 yrs
Age
35 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'9"
76"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
5.84
Strikes landed / min
2.50
43%
Strike accuracy
46%
2.58
Strikes absorbed / min
1.46
78%
Strike defense
70%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.37
Takedowns / 15 min
0.43
67%
Takedown accuracy
57%
Takedown defense
74%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
64%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
70
Days since last fight
63
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tony Ferguson
  • WAaron RileyKO/TKO R1
    Close -3402mo before
  • WRamsey NijemKO/TKO R1
    Close -1156mo before
Yves Edwards
  • WRafaello OliveiraKO/TKO R2
    Close -1552mo before
  • LSam StoutKO/TKO R1
    Close +1676mo before
  • WCody McKenzieSUB R2
    Close -31010mo before
  • WJohn GundersonU-DEC R3
    Close +1051y 3mo before
  • LJoe StevensonKO/TKO R2
    Close -2005y 5mo before
Ferguson — win / loss by method
Record: 12-2-0

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, 0 losses
W
75% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (70%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (20%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (10%)Decision(50%) 1
Edwards — win / loss by method
Record: 41-16-1

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
16 wins, 4 losses
W
39% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
16 wins, 4 losses
W
39% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 8 losses
W
22% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
9win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
2 (22%)Submission(20%) 1
3 (33%)Decision(40%) 2
Non-UFC
32win11loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
12 (38%)KO/TKO(18%) 2
14 (44%)Submission(27%) 3
6 (19%)Decision(55%) 6

Profiles

Experience
Ferguson
Edwards
2
UFC fights
14
8.9 min · 4.5 avg
Octagon time
140.2 min · 10.0 avg
18y 3m
Career length
28y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ferguson
Edwards
34W–13L · 72.3%
Overall
166W–47L · 77.9%
34W–13L · 72.3%
Wins
100W–24L · 80.6%
0W–0L
Losses
66W–23L · 74.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ferguson
Edwards
70W–47L · 59.8%
Overall
384W–141L · 73.1%
54W–40L · 57.4%
Wins
298W–117L · 71.8%
16W–7L · 69.6%
Losses
86W–24L · 78.2%
Distance striking
Ferguson
Edwards
5.87
Landed / min
3.63
39.8%
Accuracy
36.8%
77.7%
Defense
78.8%
1.69
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.75
82.3%
Time at distance
37.5%
Grappling & control
Ferguson
Edwards
3.37
Takedowns / 15 min
0.43
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
57.1%
Takedown defense
74.1%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.07
100.0%
Control share
47.1%
Strike target map
Ferguson
  • Head79%(41)div 65%
  • Body13%(7)div 18%
  • Legs8%(4)div 17%
Edwards
  • Head57%(201)div 65%
  • Body22%(76)div 18%
  • Legs21%(74)div 17%

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

Tony Ferguson
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.