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UFC 98: Evans vs Machida
George Roop
George Roop
8-4 · USA
VS
David Kaplan
David Kaplan
3-2 · USA
May 23, 2009 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
154.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
George Roop def. David Kaplan by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Roop31/1060/000:00
Kaplan26/521/200:17
R2
Roop11/440/000:00
Kaplan7/213/603:03
R3
Roop20/760/000:00
Kaplan17/321/601:55
Total
Roop62/2260/000:00
Kaplan50/1055/1405:15

Scorecards

Roop vs Kaplan

RdLester GriffinSal D'AmatoTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-9-10-9
R210-910-9-9.5-9.5
R310-910-9-9.5-9.5
Total30-2730-2728-2929-28

Media (3 cards) · avg 29.327.7 · 3 Roop · 0 Kaplan

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Roop-Kaplan.

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
RoopWin probabilityKaplan
49.7%50.3%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
42%
Decision
32%
Expected fight time: 7.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Roop50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%22%
Submission21%42%
Decision18%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2355)act 62
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.0)act 0
Kaplan50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%28%
Submission21%43%
Decision15%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 50
Takedowns1.1 (0.02.9)act 5
Combined totals~80 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R151%
R28%
R39%
Distance32%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Roop
54.0%-121
Kaplan
+12144.6%
Most takedownstie 26.8%
Roop
25.8%+183
Kaplan
-18347.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Roop
Expected: 42.0
42
Over 42
41.7%
+136
Exactly 42
1.6%
push
Under 42
56.7%
-136
053106
Kaplan
Expected: 37.9
38
Over 38
41.5%
+137
Exactly 38
1.7%
push
Under 38
56.8%
-137
04895
Takedowns — over/under
Roop
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
73.1%
-271
Under 0.5
26.9%
+271
035
Kaplan
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
45.4%
-260
Exactly 1
37.2%
push
Under 1
17.5%
+260
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 7.8 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
Roop49.7%60.6%−10.9-166
Kaplan50.3%39.4%+10.9+146

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
64.4Striking49.1
Roop +15.4
49.4Grappling73.0
Kaplan +23.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RoopKaplan
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1492
Pound-for-pound
1487
1492
Divisional
1487
1497
Striking offense
1483
1510
Striking defense
1495
1501
Grappling offense
1555
1497
Grappling defense
1542
Physical
27 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'7"
72"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.40
Strikes landed / min
1.84
28%
Strike accuracy
41%
0.67
Strikes absorbed / min
4.74
69%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
4.59
100%
Takedown accuracy
100%
70%
Takedown defense
0%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.3
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
161
Days since last fight
161
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
George Roop
  • LShane NelsonS-DEC R3
    Close -1235mo before
David Kaplan
  • LJunie BrowningSUB R2
    Close +2285mo before
Roop — win / loss by method
Record: 8-4-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 3 losses
W
38% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
8win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (38%)Submission(100%) 3
3 (38%)Decision(0%) 0
Kaplan — win / loss by method
Record: 3-2-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Roop
Kaplan
1
UFC fights
1
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
6.5 min · 6.5 avg
20y 2m
Career length
21y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Roop
Kaplan
10W–3L · 76.9%
Overall
2W–0L · 100.0%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
10W–3L · 76.9%
Losses
2W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Roop
Kaplan
35W–25L · 58.3%
Overall
14W–6L · 70.0%
21W–14L · 60.0%
Wins
8W–4L · 66.7%
14W–11L · 56.0%
Losses
6W–2L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Roop
Kaplan
3.69
Landed / min
3.97
17.8%
Accuracy
36.4%
88.9%
Defense
47.9%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
14.5%
Time at distance
30.9%
Grappling & control
Roop
Kaplan
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
4.59
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
70.0%
Takedown defense
0.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.30
33.1%
Control share
24.3%
Strike target map
Roop
  • Head48%(10)div 67%
  • Body38%(8)div 18%
  • Legs14%(3)div 15%
Kaplan
  • Head42%(5)div 67%
  • Body25%(3)div 18%
  • Legs33%(4)div 15%

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

George Roop
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

David Kaplan
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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