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UFC 99: The Comeback
Dan Hardy
Dan Hardy
21-6 · GBR
VS
Marcus Davis
Marcus Davis
16-4 · USA
June 13, 2009 · Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Dan Hardy def. Marcus Davis by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Hardy8/130/000:38
Davis5/101/503:26
R2
Hardy13/340/012:08
Davis10/221/100:36
R3
Hardy7/141/101:41
Davis4/90/002:05
Total
Hardy28/611/114:27
Davis19/412/606:07

Scorecards

Hardy vs Davis

RdAndy RobertsDouglas CrosbyTony WeeksCommunity
R1---9.1-9.9
R2---9.8-9.2
R3---9.9-9.2
Total28-2929-2829-2828.8-28.3

Media (6 cards) · avg 2928 · 6 Hardy · 0 Davis

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Hardy-Davis.

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
HardyWin probabilityDavis
67.4%32.6%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
24%
Decision
48%
Expected fight time: 10.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Hardy67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%32%
Submission11%16%
Decision35%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2046)act 28
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 1
Davis33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%18%
Submission13%41%
Decision14%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1639)act 19
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 2
Combined totals~66 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R216%
R39%
Distance48%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Hardy
57.3%-140
Davis
+14041.0%
Most takedownstie 48.6%
Hardy
15.8%+225
Davis
-22535.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hardy
Expected: 35.7
35.5
Over 35.5
42.8%
+134
Under 35.5
57.2%
-134
04590
Davis
Expected: 29.8
30
Over 30
41.0%
+138
Exactly 30
2.2%
push
Under 30
56.8%
-138
03875
Takedowns — over/under
Hardy
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
22.1%
+353
Under 0.5
77.9%
-353
035
Davis
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
41.3%
+142
Under 0.5
58.7%
-142
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 10.2 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
Hardy67.4%36.1%+31.3+166
Davis32.6%63.9%−31.3-200

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
56.7Striking71.4
Davis +14.6
6.9Grappling52.3
Davis +45.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HardyDavis
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1567
Pound-for-pound
1590
1567
Divisional
1588
1506
Striking offense
1502
1507
Striking defense
1518
1490
Grappling offense
1512
1501
Grappling defense
1520
Physical
27 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'10"
74"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.84
Strikes landed / min
3.13
31%
Strike accuracy
47%
3.59
Strikes absorbed / min
2.41
49%
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.69
Takedown accuracy
56%
25%
Takedown defense
0%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.5
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
80%
+2
Win/loss streak
+2
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
50%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
112
Days since last fight
147
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Dan Hardy
  • WRory MarkhamKO/TKO R1
    Close -1094mo before
  • WAkihiro GonoS-DEC R3
    Close +2768mo before
Marcus Davis
  • WChris LytleS-DEC R3
    Close -1585mo before
  • WPaul KellySUB R2
    Close -3138mo before
  • LMike SwickU-DEC R3
    Close +1041y before
  • WJess LiaudinKO/TKO R1
    Close -3331y 5mo before
  • WPaul TaylorSUB R1
    Close -1881y 9mo before
Hardy — win / loss by method
Record: 21-6-0, 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
13 wins, 0 losses
W
62% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 3 losses
W
10% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
29% of wins
L
33% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
19win6loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
12 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (11%)Submission(50%) 3
5 (26%)Decision(33%) 2
0 (0%)DQ / other(17%) 1
Davis — win / loss by method
Record: 16-4-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
31% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
19% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (25%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
4 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (25%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (50%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (13%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Hardy
Davis
2
UFC fights
10
16.1 min · 8.1 avg
Octagon time
79.7 min · 8.0 avg
22y 2m
Career length
22y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Hardy
Davis
45W–16L · 73.8%
Overall
159W–59L · 72.9%
45W–16L · 73.8%
Wins
130W–53L · 71.0%
0W–0L
Losses
29W–6L · 82.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hardy
Davis
195W–89L · 68.7%
Overall
22W–49L · 31.0%
149W–76L · 66.2%
Wins
14W–38L · 26.9%
46W–13L · 78.0%
Losses
8W–11L · 42.1%
Distance striking
Hardy
Davis
4.11
Landed / min
4.04
31.5%
Accuracy
39.0%
50.5%
Defense
70.3%
0.93
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.56
85.9%
Time at distance
49.7%
Grappling & control
Hardy
Davis
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.69
Takedown accuracy
56.3%
25.0%
Takedown defense
0.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.51
5.7%
Control share
52.4%
Strike target map
Hardy
  • Head44%(27)div 64%
  • Body19%(12)div 21%
  • Legs37%(23)div 15%
Davis
  • Head64%(160)div 64%
  • Body20%(51)div 21%
  • Legs15%(38)div 15%

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

Dan Hardy
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Marcus Davis
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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