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UFC 83: Serra vs St-Pierre 2
Rich Franklin
Rich Franklin
24-3 · USA
VS
Travis Lutter
Travis Lutter
9-4 · USA
April 19, 2008 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.5lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Rich Franklin def. Travis Lutter by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 3:01
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Franklin4/70/000:49
Lutter1/41/503:22
R2 · 3:01
Franklin24/360/011:16
Lutter0/50/400:00
Total
Franklin28/430/012:05
Lutter1/91/903:22

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 probabilityLutter
54.7%45.3%
KO / TKO
37%
Submission
28%
Decision
35%
Expected fight time: 9.0 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 Lutter. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Franklin55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%48%
Submission10%19%
Decision18%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (2046)act 28
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.2)act 0
Lutter45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%22%
Submission17%39%
Decision18%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes18 (923)act 1
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 1
Combined totals~53 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R136%
R216%
R312%
Distance36%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Franklin
77.2%-364
Lutter
+36421.2%
Most takedownstie 47.7%
Franklin
17.3%+203
Lutter
-20335.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Franklin
Expected: 35.2
35
Over 35
42.0%
+134
Exactly 35
1.9%
push
Under 35
56.1%
-134
04589
Lutter
Expected: 17.8
18
Over 18
39.9%
+142
Exactly 18
3.5%
push
Under 18
56.6%
-142
02345
Takedowns — over/under
Franklin
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
24.7%
Exactly 0
75.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Lutter
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
41.8%
+139
Under 0.5
58.2%
-139
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 9.0 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
Franklin54.7%71.5%−16.8-300
Lutter45.3%28.5%+16.8+235

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
76.0Striking49.9
Franklin +26.1
57.1Grappling37.2
Franklin +19.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FranklinLutter
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1632
Pound-for-pound
1496
1596
Divisional
1483
1536
Striking offense
1486
1540
Striking defense
1515
1504
Grappling offense
1519
1513
Grappling defense
1496
Physical
33 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'11"
76"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.55
Strikes landed / min
0.47
46%
Strike accuracy
36%
1.79
Strikes absorbed / min
2.20
56%
Strike defense
45%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.59
Takedowns / 15 min
1.96
73%
Takedown accuracy
31%
74%
Takedown defense
30%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
82%
UFC win rate
40%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
40%
78%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
182
Days since last fight
441
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rich Franklin
  • LAnderson SilvaKO/TKO R2
    Close +1756mo before
  • WYushin OkamiU-DEC R3
    Close -21510mo before
  • WJason MacDonaldKO/TKO R2
    Close -3501y 2mo before
  • LAnderson SilvaKO/TKO R1
    Close -2251y 6mo before
  • WDavid LoiseauU-DEC R5
    Close -3002y 2mo before
Travis Lutter
  • LAnderson SilvaSUB R2
    missedClose +4001y 2mo before
  • WPatrick CoteSUB R1
    Close -1601y 5mo before
  • LTrevor PrangleyU-DEC R3
    Close -1052y 8mo before
  • LMatt LindlandSUB R2
    Close +1553y before
  • WMarvin EastmanKO/TKO R2
    3y 6mo before
Franklin — win / loss by method
Record: 24-3-0, 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
17 wins, 3 losses
W
71% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (67%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
1 (11%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (22%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
15win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
11 (73%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
4 (27%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Lutter — win / loss by method
Record: 9-4-0

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
1 win, 1 loss
W
11% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 2 losses
W
78% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
11% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
2win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(67%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
6 (86%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Franklin
Lutter
11
UFC fights
5
103.5 min · 9.4 avg
Octagon time
38.3 min · 7.7 avg
27y 1m
Career length
27y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Franklin
Lutter
219W–45L · 83.0%
Overall
56W–15L · 78.9%
180W–37L · 82.9%
Wins
14W–6L · 70.0%
39W–8L · 83.0%
Losses
42W–9L · 82.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Franklin
Lutter
178W–111L · 61.6%
Overall
75W–37L · 67.0%
176W–111L · 61.3%
Wins
72W–36L · 66.7%
2W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
3W–1L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Franklin
Lutter
5.09
Landed / min
0.56
37.0%
Accuracy
16.7%
71.1%
Defense
73.4%
1.01
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.39
49.0%
Time at distance
23.5%
Grappling & control
Franklin
Lutter
1.59
Takedowns / 15 min
1.96
73.3%
Takedown accuracy
31.3%
73.9%
Takedown defense
30.0%
0.29
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.39
79.6%
Control share
38.4%
Strike target map
Franklin
  • Head68%(321)div 63%
  • Body23%(106)div 20%
  • Legs9%(44)div 18%
Lutter
  • Head67%(12)div 63%
  • Body33%(6)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)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.

Travis Lutter
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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