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UFC 136: Edgar vs Maynard 3
Darren Elkins
Darren Elkins
12-2 · USA
VS
Zhang Tiequan
Zhang Tiequan
15-1 · CHN
October 8, 2011 · Houston, Texas, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.0lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Darren Elkins def. Zhang Tiequan by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Elkins8/240/104:28
Tiequan1/80/000:11
R2
Elkins5/80/204:18
Tiequan0/50/000:14
R3
Elkins14/171/304:20
Tiequan1/50/000:20
Total
Elkins27/491/6013:06
Tiequan2/180/000:45

Scorecards

Elkins vs Tiequan

RdCharles PhillipsDan MathisenDanny DealejandroCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-810-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2630-2730-27

Media (6 cards) · avg 3027 · 6 Elkins · 0 Tiequan

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Elkins-Tiequan.

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
ElkinsWin probabilityTiequan
40.2%59.8%
KO / TKO
14%
Submission
76%
Decision
10%
Expected fight time: 4.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Elkins40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%19%
Submission25%63%
Decision7%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes17 (922)act 27
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.0)act 1
Tiequan60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%11%
Submission51%85%
Decision3%4%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes14 (719)act 2
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.6)act 0
Combined totals~31 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R179%
R23%
R38%
Distance10%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 3.3%
Elkins
55.9%-137
Tiequan
+13740.8%
Most takedownstie 39.1%
Elkins
51.8%-573
Tiequan
+5739.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Elkins
Expected: 17.0
17
Over 17
40.7%
+136
Exactly 17
3.7%
push
Under 17
55.5%
-136
02243
Tiequan
Expected: 14.3
14.5
Over 14.5
41.6%
+140
Under 14.5
58.4%
-140
01836
Takedowns — over/under
Elkins
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
58.4%
-140
Under 0.5
41.6%
+140
035
Tiequan
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
17.6%
Exactly 0
82.4%
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 4.7 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
Elkins40.2%43.6%−3.4+125
Tiequan59.8%56.4%+3.4-135

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
57.6Striking74.0
Tiequan +16.4
47.1Grappling25.0
Elkins +22.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ElkinsTiequan
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1539
Pound-for-pound
1557
1540
Divisional
1557
1498
Striking offense
1501
1504
Striking defense
1531
1543
Grappling offense
1490
1524
Grappling defense
1507
Physical
27 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'8"
71"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.75
Strikes landed / min
5.00
27%
Strike accuracy
36%
4.20
Strikes absorbed / min
2.50
54%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.74
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
43%
Takedown accuracy
50%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
18.8
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
67%
Last-5 win rate
100%
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
224
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Darren Elkins
  • WMichihiro OmigawaU-DEC R3
    Close +1754mo before
  • LCharles OliveiraSUB R1
    Close +2001y 2mo before
  • WDuane LudwigKO/TKO R1
    Close +1351y 7mo before
Zhang Tiequan
  • WJason ReinhardtSUB R1
    Close -3007mo before
Elkins — 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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (30%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Tiequan — win / loss by method
Record: 15-1-0

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
11 wins, 0 losses
W
73% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
14win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
10 (71%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Elkins
Tiequan
3
UFC fights
1
16.4 min · 5.5 avg
Octagon time
0.8 min · 0.8 avg
19y 6m
Career length
20y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Elkins
Tiequan
43W–19L · 69.4%
Overall
20W–1L · 95.2%
31W–19L · 62.0%
Wins
20W–1L · 95.2%
12W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Elkins
Tiequan
56W–47L · 54.4%
Overall
35W–14L · 71.4%
31W–28L · 52.5%
Wins
29W–13L · 69.0%
25W–19L · 56.8%
Losses
6W–1L · 85.7%
Distance striking
Elkins
Tiequan
5.49
Landed / min
6.97
26.6%
Accuracy
40.0%
54.8%
Defense
60.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
86.5%
Time at distance
71.7%
Grappling & control
Elkins
Tiequan
2.74
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
42.9%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
18.75
31.6%
Control share
0.0%
Strike target map
Elkins
  • Head90%(70)div 61%
  • Body10%(8)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 20%
Tiequan
  • Head100%(4)div 61%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 20%

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

Darren Elkins
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Zhang Tiequan
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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