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UFC 88: Breakthrough
Rich Franklin
Rich Franklin
25-3 · USA
VS
Matt Hamill
Matt Hamill
5-1 · USA
September 6, 2008 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
204.5lb
Weigh-in
205.0lb
Rich Franklin def. Matt Hamill by KO/TKO (Kick), R3 0:39
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Franklin29/540/000:00
Hamill6/301/100:27
R2
Franklin37/730/000:02
Hamill6/240/500:05
R3 · 0:39
Franklin5/90/010:02
Hamill1/40/000:00
Total
Franklin71/1360/010:04
Hamill13/581/600:32

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
FranklinWin probabilityHamill
57.2%42.8%
KO / TKO
55%
Submission
3%
Decision
42%
Expected fight time: 9.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Franklin57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO34%59%
Submission3%5%
Decision20%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 71
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Hamill43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%48%
Submission0%1%
Decision22%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 13
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 1
Combined totals~72 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R224%
R37%
Distance42%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Franklin
66.1%-204
Hamill
+20432.5%
Most takedownstie 54.9%
Franklin
6.4%+601
Hamill
-60138.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Franklin
Expected: 42.7
42.5
Over 42.5
42.8%
+133
Under 42.5
57.2%
-133
054107
Hamill
Expected: 29.3
29.5
Over 29.5
42.0%
+138
Under 29.5
58.0%
-138
03774
Takedowns — over/under
Franklin
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
9.6%
Exactly 0
90.4%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Hamill
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
40.9%
+144
Under 0.5
59.1%
-144
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 9.6 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
Franklin57.2%67.1%−9.9-228
Hamill42.8%32.9%+9.9+193

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
76.8Striking74.2
Franklin +2.6
57.5Grappling74.9
Hamill +17.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FranklinHamill
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1642
Pound-for-pound
1550
1583
Divisional
1549
1543
Striking offense
1512
1547
Striking defense
1503
1507
Grappling offense
1531
1512
Grappling defense
1544
Physical
33 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'1"
76"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.47
Strikes landed / min
3.61
47%
Strike accuracy
49%
1.67
Strikes absorbed / min
2.43
57%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.48
Takedowns / 15 min
4.98
73%
Takedown accuracy
58%
78%
Takedown defense
100%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
83%
UFC win rate
80%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
80%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
157
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rich Franklin
  • WTravis LutterKO/TKO R2
    Close -3005mo before
  • LAnderson SilvaKO/TKO R2
    Close +17511mo before
  • WYushin OkamiU-DEC R3
    Close -2151y 3mo before
  • WJason MacDonaldKO/TKO R2
    Close -3501y 6mo before
  • LAnderson SilvaKO/TKO R1
    Close -2251y 11mo before
Matt Hamill
  • WTim BoetschKO/TKO R2
    Close -2035mo before
  • LMichael BispingS-DEC R3
    Close +2151y before
  • WRex HolmanKO/TKO R1
    1y 6mo before
  • WSeth PetruzelliU-DEC R3
    Close -2551y 11mo before
  • WJesse ForbesKO/TKO R1
    Close -5252y 2mo before
Franklin — win / loss by method
Record: 25-3-0, 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
18 wins, 3 losses
W
72% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (70%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
1 (10%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
15win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
11 (73%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
4 (27%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Hamill — win / loss by method
Record: 5-1-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
80% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Franklin
Hamill
12
UFC fights
5
111.5 min · 9.3 avg
Octagon time
45.2 min · 9.0 avg
27y 1m
Career length
20y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Franklin
Hamill
228W–49L · 82.3%
Overall
33W–4L · 89.2%
189W–41L · 82.2%
Wins
20W–4L · 83.3%
39W–8L · 83.0%
Losses
13W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Franklin
Hamill
178W–111L · 61.6%
Overall
0W–1L · 0.0%
176W–111L · 61.3%
Wins
0W–1L · 0.0%
2W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Franklin
Hamill
5.17
Landed / min
4.44
37.7%
Accuracy
40.6%
71.8%
Defense
67.7%
1.08
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
47.1%
Time at distance
48.4%
Grappling & control
Franklin
Hamill
1.48
Takedowns / 15 min
4.98
73.3%
Takedown accuracy
57.7%
78.1%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.27
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
74.5%
Control share
98.8%
Strike target map
Franklin
  • Head68%(339)div 66%
  • Body23%(115)div 16%
  • Legs9%(45)div 18%
Hamill
  • Head94%(154)div 66%
  • Body2%(3)div 16%
  • Legs4%(6)div 18%

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

Rich Franklin
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Matt Hamill
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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