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UFC 115: Liddell vs Franklin
Ben Rothwell
Ben Rothwell
30-7 · USA
VS
Gilbert Yvel
Gilbert Yvel
36-14-1 · NLD
June 12, 2010 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
264.0lb
Weigh-in
242.0lb
Ben Rothwell def. Gilbert Yvel by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Rothwell13/272/303:35
Yvel9/240/000:37
R2
Rothwell18/233/403:53
Yvel24/370/000:59
R3
Rothwell13/220/004:52
Yvel0/00/100:00
Total
Rothwell44/725/7012:20
Yvel33/610/101:36

Scorecards

Rothwell vs Yvel

RdBill MahoodNelson HamiltonTony WeeksCommunity
R1---9.7-9.3
R2---9.2-9.9
R3---10-8.5
Total30-2729-2829-2828.9-27.7

Media (5 cards) · avg 29.427.6 · 5 Rothwell · 0 Yvel

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Rothwell-Yvel.

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
RothwellWin probabilityYvel
64.1%35.9%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
59%
Decision
14%
Expected fight time: 5.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Rothwell64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%25%
Submission37%58%
Decision11%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1536)act 44
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 5
Yvel36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%31%
Submission22%61%
Decision3%8%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1331)act 33
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 0
Combined totals~52 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R166%
R26%
R314%
Distance14%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.1%
Rothwell
55.2%-129
Yvel
+12942.7%
Most takedownstie 50.5%
Rothwell
41.0%-484
Yvel
+4848.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Rothwell
Expected: 27.7
27.5
Over 27.5
42.9%
+133
Under 27.5
57.1%
-133
03570
Yvel
Expected: 24.1
24
Over 24
41.4%
+135
Exactly 24
2.7%
push
Under 24
55.9%
-135
03161
Takedowns — over/under
Rothwell
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
44.4%
+125
Under 0.5
55.6%
-125
035
Yvel
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
13.2%
Exactly 0
86.8%
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 5.9 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
Rothwell64.1%36.3%+27.8+170
Yvel35.9%63.7%−27.8-185

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
21.2Striking34.5
Yvel +13.3
0.0Grappling0.0
Rothwell +0.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RothwellYvel
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1539
Pound-for-pound
1523
1539
Divisional
1523
1497
Striking offense
1495
1493
Striking defense
1493
1488
Grappling offense
1500
1492
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
28 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'2"
78"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
0.50
Strikes landed / min
1.42
14%
Strike accuracy
17%
10.39
Strikes absorbed / min
6.61
35%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
231
Days since last fight
161
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ben Rothwell
  • LCain VelasquezKO/TKO R2
    Close +2538mo before
Gilbert Yvel
  • LJunior Dos SantosKO/TKO R1
    Close +2625mo before
Rothwell — win / loss by method
Record: 30-7-0

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
24 wins, 4 losses
W
80% of wins
L
57% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
7% of wins
L
29% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
30win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
24 (80%)KO/TKO(50%) 3
4 (13%)Submission(17%) 1
2 (7%)Decision(33%) 2
Yvel — win / loss by method
Record: 36-14-1, 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
31 wins, 4 losses
W
86% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
14% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 5 losses
W
0% of wins
L
36% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 3 losses
W
0% of wins
L
21% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
36win13loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
31 (86%)KO/TKO(23%) 3
5 (14%)Submission(15%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(38%) 5
0 (0%)DQ / other(23%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Rothwell
Yvel
1
UFC fights
1
6.0 min · 6.0 avg
Octagon time
2.1 min · 2.1 avg
25y 7m
Career length
29y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Rothwell
Yvel
6W–0L · 100.0%
Overall
9W–1L · 90.0%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
6W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
9W–1L · 90.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Rothwell
Yvel
509W–183L · 73.6%
Overall
492W–227L · 68.4%
472W–168L · 73.8%
Wins
273W–163L · 62.6%
37W–15L · 71.2%
Losses
219W–64L · 77.4%
Distance striking
Rothwell
Yvel
2.31
Landed / min
1.57
15.8%
Accuracy
17.6%
52.4%
Defense
60.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
21.7%
Time at distance
90.2%
Grappling & control
Rothwell
Yvel
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
0.0%
Control share
0.0%
Strike target map
Rothwell
  • Head100%(3)div 66%
  • Body0%(0)div 17%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
Yvel
  • Head100%(3)div 66%
  • Body0%(0)div 17%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%

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

Ben Rothwell
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Gilbert Yvel
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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