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UFC 98: Evans vs Machida
Frankie Edgar
Frankie Edgar
10-1 · USA
VS
Sean Sherk
Sean Sherk
35-3-1 · USA
May 23, 2009 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Frankie Edgar def. Sean Sherk by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Edgar27/611/300:44
Sherk12/610/000:04
R2
Edgar33/720/200:00
Sherk6/700/000:00
R3
Edgar14/580/200:00
Sherk9/731/300:20
Total
Edgar74/1911/700:44
Sherk27/2041/300:24

Scorecards

Edgar vs Sherk

RdJeff CollinsPatricia Morse JarmanTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9.2
R210-910-910-910-8.8
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-27

Media (5 cards) · avg 3027 · 5 Edgar · 0 Sherk

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

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 probabilitySherk
70.6%29.4%
KO / TKO
20%
Submission
31%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 9.9 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 Sherk. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Edgar71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%21%
Submission20%28%
Decision36%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2252)act 74
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 1
Sherk29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%19%
Submission11%37%
Decision13%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1639)act 27
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.1)act 1
Combined totals~70 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R136%
R25%
R310%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Edgar
62.9%-177
Sherk
+17735.6%
Most takedownstie 41.6%
Edgar
15.2%+284
Sherk
-28443.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Edgar
Expected: 40.1
40
Over 40
41.8%
+135
Exactly 40
1.7%
push
Under 40
56.5%
-135
051101
Sherk
Expected: 29.6
29.5
Over 29.5
42.7%
+134
Under 29.5
57.3%
-134
03875
Takedowns — over/under
Edgar
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
24.8%
Exactly 0
75.2%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Sherk
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
51.4%
-106
Under 0.5
48.6%
+106
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 9.9 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
Edgar70.6%26.2%+44.4+275
Sherk29.4%73.8%−44.4-305

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
79.8Striking60.4
Edgar +19.3
61.9Grappling59.7
Edgar +2.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EdgarSherk
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1568
Pound-for-pound
1592
1566
Divisional
1568
1489
Striking offense
1471
1516
Striking defense
1504
1529
Grappling offense
1510
1528
Grappling defense
1520
Physical
27 yrs
Age
35 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'6"
68"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.44
Strikes landed / min
2.23
53%
Strike accuracy
40%
1.34
Strikes absorbed / min
2.52
69%
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
6.24
Takedowns / 15 min
4.21
63%
Takedown accuracy
48%
43%
Takedown defense
44%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
70%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
25%
Finish rate
29%
Recent opp. quality
308
Days since last fight
210
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Frankie Edgar
  • WHermes FrancaU-DEC R3
    Close -15810mo before
  • LGray MaynardU-DEC R3
    Close -2231y 2mo before
  • WSpencer FisherU-DEC R3
    Close -1281y 6mo before
  • WMark BocekKO/TKO R1
    Close -2201y 11mo before
  • WTyson GriffinU-DEC R3
    Close +5252y 4mo before
Sean Sherk
  • WTyson GriffinU-DEC R3
    Close -2487mo before
  • LBJ PennKO/TKO R3
    Close +2081y before
  • WHermes FrancaU-DEC R5
    Close -2531y 11mo before
  • WKenny FlorianU-DEC R5
    Close -3652y 7mo before
  • WNick DiazU-DEC R3
    Close -1803y 1mo before
Edgar — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-0

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
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (75%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (33%)Submission() 0
2 (33%)Decision() 0
Sherk — win / loss by method
Record: 35-3-1

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
9 wins, 2 losses
W
26% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 0 losses
W
34% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
14 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
7win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (71%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
28win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (29%)KO/TKO() 0
11 (39%)Submission() 0
9 (32%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Edgar
Sherk
5
UFC fights
10
64.9 min · 13.0 avg
Octagon time
156.9 min · 15.7 avg
21y 1m
Career length
27y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Edgar
Sherk
54W–9L · 85.7%
Overall
127W–29L · 81.4%
50W–9L · 84.7%
Wins
72W–21L · 77.4%
4W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
55W–8L · 87.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Edgar
Sherk
11W–5L · 68.8%
Overall
99W–63L · 61.1%
11W–5L · 68.8%
Wins
99W–63L · 61.1%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Edgar
Sherk
2.97
Landed / min
3.32
34.5%
Accuracy
28.9%
71.9%
Defense
58.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
30.1%
Time at distance
31.5%
Grappling & control
Edgar
Sherk
6.24
Takedowns / 15 min
4.21
62.8%
Takedown accuracy
47.8%
42.9%
Takedown defense
43.8%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.38
80.7%
Control share
79.0%
Strike target map
Edgar
  • Head81%(181)div 67%
  • Body13%(30)div 18%
  • Legs5%(12)div 15%
Sherk
  • Head74%(258)div 67%
  • Body11%(37)div 18%
  • Legs16%(55)div 15%

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.

Sean Sherk
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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