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UFC 98: Evans vs Machida
Drew McFedries
Drew McFedries
7-5 · USA
VS
Xavier Foupa-Pokam
Xavier Foupa-Pokam
18-10 · FRA
May 23, 2009 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Drew McFedries def. Xavier Foupa-Pokam by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 0:37
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:37
McFedries8/120/020:10
Foupa-Pokam0/00/000:00
Total
McFedries8/120/020:10
Foupa-Pokam0/00/000:00

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
McFedriesWin probabilityFoupa-Pokam
70.7%29.3%
KO / TKO
39%
Submission
23%
Decision
38%
Expected fight time: 8.9 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward McFedries, blue toward Foupa-Pokam. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
McFedries71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO30%42%
Submission12%17%
Decision29%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2967)act 8
Takedowns1.1 (0.02.9)act 0
Foupa-Pokam29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%30%
Submission10%37%
Decision10%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2455)act 0
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.6)act 0
Combined totals~94 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R136%
R220%
R36%
Distance38%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
McFedries
58.3%-144
Foupa-Pokam
+14440.5%
Most takedownstie 20.2%
McFedries
66.9%-518
Foupa-Pokam
+51812.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
McFedries
Expected: 51.4
51.5
Over 51.5
42.3%
+136
Under 51.5
57.7%
-136
065129
Foupa-Pokam
Expected: 42.3
42.5
Over 42.5
42.2%
+137
Under 42.5
57.8%
-137
053106
Takedowns — over/under
McFedries
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
45.4%
-321
Exactly 1
40.4%
push
Under 1
14.2%
+321
035
Foupa-Pokam
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
35.6%
+181
Under 0.5
64.4%
-181
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 8.9 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
McFedries70.7%36.5%+34.2+165
Foupa-Pokam29.3%63.5%−34.2-190

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
70.0Striking60.5
McFedries +9.6
63.9Grappling4.6
McFedries +59.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
McFedriesFoupa-Pokam
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1496
Pound-for-pound
1493
1486
Divisional
1493
Striking offense
Striking defense
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
30 yrs
Age
26 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'1"
72"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Open Stance
Striking (UFC career)
5.76
Strikes landed / min
1.53
54%
Strike accuracy
43%
4.51
Strikes absorbed / min
2.07
50%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.08
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
100%
Takedown accuracy
56%
Takedown defense
17%
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
43%
UFC win rate
0%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
0%
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
210
Days since last fight
35
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Drew McFedries
  • LThales LeitesSUB R1
    Close +3767mo before
  • LMike MassenzioSUB R1
    Close -2498mo before
  • WMarvin EastmanKO/TKO R1
    Close -14511mo before
  • LPatrick CoteKO/TKO R1
    Close +1211y 4mo before
  • WJordan RadevKO/TKO R1
    Close -1451y 11mo before
Xavier Foupa-Pokam
  • LDenis KangU-DEC R3
    Close +25335d before
McFedries — win / loss by method
Record: 7-5-0

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, 2 losses
W
86% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 3 losses
W
0% of wins
L
60% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(75%) 3
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Foupa-Pokam — win / loss by method
Record: 18-10-0

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, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 4 losses
W
39% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
11% of wins
L
10% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 3 losses
W
0% of wins
L
30% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
18win9loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (50%)KO/TKO(22%) 2
7 (39%)Submission(44%) 4
2 (11%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(33%) 3

Profiles

Experience
McFedries
Foupa-Pokam
7
UFC fights
1
14.4 min · 2.1 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
24y 11m
Career length
24y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

McFedries
Foupa-Pokam
81W–19L · 81.0%
Overall
29W–11L · 72.5%
36W–11L · 76.6%
Wins
0W–0L
45W–8L · 84.9%
Losses
29W–11L · 72.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
McFedries
Foupa-Pokam
6W–2L · 75.0%
Overall
155W–81L · 65.7%
6W–2L · 75.0%
Wins
106W–54L · 66.3%
0W–0L
Losses
49W–27L · 64.5%
Distance striking
McFedries
Foupa-Pokam
6.07
Landed / min
3.10
42.9%
Accuracy
40.0%
62.0%
Defense
73.5%
4.17
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
44.6%
Time at distance
38.6%
Grappling & control
McFedries
Foupa-Pokam
2.08
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
55.6%
Takedown defense
16.7%
1.04
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
15.2%
Control share
1.2%
Strike target map
McFedries
  • Head77%(64)div 62%
  • Body13%(11)div 20%
  • Legs10%(8)div 17%
Foupa-Pokam
  • Head35%(8)div 62%
  • Body52%(12)div 20%
  • Legs13%(3)div 17%

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

Drew McFedries
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Xavier Foupa-Pokam
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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