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UFC 118: Edgar vs Penn 2
Frankie Edgar
Frankie Edgar
13-1 · USA
VS
BJ Penn
BJ Penn
15-6-1 · USA
August 28, 2010 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Lightweight · 5 rounds · Main event
154.0lb
Weigh-in
154.0lb
Frankie Edgar def. BJ Penn by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Edgar8/332/301:48
Penn8/250/000:00
R2
Edgar18/521/300:22
Penn6/430/000:00
R3
Edgar30/760/300:14
Penn12/480/000:00
R4
Edgar16/370/001:40
Penn6/161/100:52
R5
Edgar22/360/002:37
Penn4/141/200:33
Total
Edgar94/2343/906:41
Penn36/1462/301:25

Scorecards

Edgar vs Penn

RdCecil PeoplesDavid GinsbergSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.3
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
R410-910-910-910-9
R510-910-910-910-9
Total50-4550-4550-4549.8-45.3

Media (7 cards) · avg 49.745.3 · 7 Edgar · 0 Penn

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

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
EdgarWin probabilityPenn
54.8%45.2%
KO / TKO
47%
Submission
1%
Decision
52%
Expected fight time: 20.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Edgar55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%36%
Submission0%1%
Decision35%63%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes109 (63142)act 94
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 3
Penn45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%61%
Submission1%1%
Decision17%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes69 (3989)act 36
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 2
Combined totals~178 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R14%
R27%
R319%
R411%
R57%
Distance52%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Edgar
70.5%-244
Penn
+24428.9%
Most takedownstie 57.4%
Edgar
28.9%-211
Penn
+21113.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Edgar
Expected: 109.1
109
Over 109
42.2%
+135
Exactly 109
0.6%
push
Under 109
57.1%
-135
0137273
Penn
Expected: 68.5
68.5
Over 68.5
42.5%
+135
Under 68.5
57.5%
-135
086172
Takedowns — over/under
Edgar
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
32.3%
+210
Under 0.5
67.7%
-210
035
Penn
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.8%
Exactly 0
82.2%
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 20.1 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
Edgar54.8%28.3%+26.5+248
Penn45.2%71.7%−26.5-270

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
73.6Striking74.4
Penn +0.7
57.0Grappling63.0
Penn +6.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EdgarPenn
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1616
Pound-for-pound
1609
1615
Divisional
1623
1487
Striking offense
1506
1529
Striking defense
1541
1512
Grappling offense
1529
1517
Grappling defense
1555
Physical
28 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'9"
68"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.41
Strikes landed / min
2.96
42%
Strike accuracy
54%
1.71
Strikes absorbed / min
2.00
76%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.88
Takedowns / 15 min
1.35
44%
Takedown accuracy
64%
52%
Takedown defense
81%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
88%
UFC win rate
69%
+4
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
29%
Finish rate
91%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Frankie Edgar
  • WBJ PennU-DEC R5
    Close +6205mo before
  • WMatt VeachSUB R2
    Close -6009mo before
  • WSean SherkU-DEC R3
    Close +2751y 3mo before
  • WHermes FrancaU-DEC R3
    Close -1582y 1mo before
  • LGray MaynardU-DEC R3
    Close -2232y 5mo before
BJ Penn
  • LFrankie EdgarU-DEC R5
    Close -7805mo before
  • WDiego SanchezKO/TKO R5
    Close -2689mo before
  • WKenny FlorianSUB R4
    Close -2551y 1mo before
  • LGeorges St-PierreKO/TKO R4
    Close +1491y 7mo before
  • WSean SherkKO/TKO R3
    Close -2532y 3mo before
Edgar — win / loss by method
Record: 13-1-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 1 loss
W
54% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (71%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (33%)Submission() 0
2 (33%)Decision() 0
Penn — win / loss by method
Record: 15-6-1

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
6 wins, 2 losses
W
40% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 4 losses
W
20% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
11win5loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (55%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
4 (36%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (9%)Decision(60%) 3
Non-UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Edgar
Penn
8
UFC fights
17
112.3 min · 14.0 avg
Octagon time
233.5 min · 13.7 avg
21y 1m
Career length
25y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Edgar
Penn
115W–17L · 87.1%
Overall
276W–39L · 87.6%
111W–17L · 86.7%
Wins
185W–30L · 86.0%
4W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
91W–9L · 91.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Edgar
Penn
11W–5L · 68.8%
Overall
43W–8L · 84.3%
11W–5L · 68.8%
Wins
38W–8L · 82.6%
0W–0L
Losses
5W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Edgar
Penn
3.22
Landed / min
3.85
31.9%
Accuracy
43.8%
77.7%
Defense
70.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.32
54.0%
Time at distance
42.1%
Grappling & control
Edgar
Penn
3.88
Takedowns / 15 min
1.35
43.9%
Takedown accuracy
63.6%
51.5%
Takedown defense
80.7%
0.27
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.71
77.0%
Control share
41.1%
Strike target map
Edgar
  • Head74%(283)div 66%
  • Body19%(71)div 18%
  • Legs8%(29)div 16%
Penn
  • Head75%(521)div 66%
  • Body17%(119)div 18%
  • Legs7%(51)div 16%

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

Frankie Edgar
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

BJ Penn
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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