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Hermes Franca
Hermes Franca
18-7 · BRA
VS
Marcus Aurelio
Marcus Aurelio
16-6 · BRA
October 25, 2008 · Rosemont, Illinois, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Hermes Franca def. Marcus Aurelio by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Franca18/450/000:00
Aurelio18/480/000:00
R2
Franca23/450/000:00
Aurelio16/350/100:00
R3
Franca19/320/000:02
Aurelio6/211/801:50
Total
Franca60/1220/000:02
Aurelio40/1041/901:50

Scorecards

Franca vs Aurelio

RdAugustine RodriguezCheryl ClancyGabriel SabaitisCommunity
R1--10-99.3-9.7
R2--10-910-9
R3--10-910-9
Total29-2829-2830-2729.3-27.7

Media (3 cards) · avg 3027 · 3 Franca · 0 Aurelio

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Franca-Aurelio.

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
FrancaWin probabilityAurelio
43.4%56.6%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
12%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 10.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Franca43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%38%
Submission6%13%
Decision21%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2047)act 60
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Aurelio57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%31%
Submission6%11%
Decision33%58%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1637)act 40
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 1
Combined totals~65 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R217%
R37%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Franca
59.9%-156
Aurelio
+15638.5%
Most takedownstie 44.4%
Franca
28.0%-101
Aurelio
+10127.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Franca
Expected: 36.3
36.5
Over 36.5
42.2%
+137
Under 36.5
57.8%
-137
04691
Aurelio
Expected: 28.7
28.5
Over 28.5
42.9%
+133
Under 28.5
57.1%
-133
03672
Takedowns — over/under
Franca
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
36.8%
+172
Under 0.5
63.2%
-172
035
Aurelio
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
36.3%
+175
Under 0.5
63.7%
-175
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 10.8 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
Franca43.4%63.2%−19.8-188
Aurelio56.6%36.8%+19.8+163

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
59.6Striking55.4
Franca +4.3
59.8Grappling28.2
Franca +31.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FrancaAurelio
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1538
Pound-for-pound
1527
1523
Divisional
1527
1500
Striking offense
1494
1536
Striking defense
1504
1513
Grappling offense
1517
1481
Grappling defense
1528
Physical
34 yrs
Age
35 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'10"
71"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.48
Strikes landed / min
2.47
40%
Strike accuracy
34%
2.28
Strikes absorbed / min
4.09
56%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.90
Takedowns / 15 min
0.43
38%
Takedown accuracy
9%
29%
Takedown defense
40%
2.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.9
Form & résumé
56%
UFC win rate
50%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
50%
80%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
112
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Hermes Franca
  • LFrankie EdgarU-DEC R3
    Close +1483mo before
  • LSean SherkU-DEC R5
    Close +2081y 4mo before
  • WSpencer FisherKO/TKO R2
    Close -1701y 9mo before
  • WJamie VarnerSUB R3
    Close -5502y 2mo before
  • WJoe JordanSUB R3
    2y 4mo before
Marcus Aurelio
  • LTyson GriffinU-DEC R3
    Close +2504mo before
  • WRyan RobertsSUB R1
    Close -7017mo before
  • WLuke CaudilloKO/TKO R1
    Close -41111mo before
  • LClay GuidaS-DEC R3
    Close -1051y 2mo before
Franca — win / loss by method
Record: 18-7-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 0 losses
W
61% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 6 losses
W
6% of wins
L
86% of losses
UFC
5win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(100%) 4
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (31%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
9 (69%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(67%) 2
Aurelio — win / loss by method
Record: 16-6-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 6 losses
W
19% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
14win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (21%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (57%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (21%)Decision(100%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Franca
Aurelio
9
UFC fights
4
126.1 min · 14.0 avg
Octagon time
34.8 min · 8.7 avg
24y 8m
Career length
24y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Franca
Aurelio
152W–29L · 84.0%
Overall
57W–21L · 73.1%
79W–18L · 81.4%
Wins
25W–12L · 67.6%
73W–11L · 86.9%
Losses
32W–9L · 78.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Franca
Aurelio
155W–75L · 67.4%
Overall
189W–65L · 74.4%
107W–57L · 65.2%
Wins
129W–54L · 70.5%
48W–18L · 72.7%
Losses
60W–11L · 84.5%
Distance striking
Franca
Aurelio
3.10
Landed / min
2.84
35.7%
Accuracy
26.2%
68.0%
Defense
67.1%
0.48
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.43
29.7%
Time at distance
58.7%
Grappling & control
Franca
Aurelio
1.90
Takedowns / 15 min
0.43
38.1%
Takedown accuracy
9.1%
28.8%
Takedown defense
40.0%
2.74
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.86
22.3%
Control share
22.9%
Strike target map
Franca
  • Head77%(144)div 68%
  • Body13%(24)div 18%
  • Legs10%(19)div 14%
Aurelio
  • Head85%(73)div 68%
  • Body13%(11)div 18%
  • Legs2%(2)div 14%

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

Hermes Franca
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Marcus Aurelio
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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