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UFC 78: Validation
Rashad Evans
Rashad Evans
10-0-1 · USA
VS
Michael Bisping
Michael Bisping
14-0 · GBR
November 17, 2007 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds · Main event
206.0lb
Weigh-in
205.0lb
Rashad Evans def. Michael Bisping by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Evans6/233/604:14
Bisping11/170/000:00
R2
Evans8/341/401:54
Bisping19/491/100:06
R3
Evans9/302/601:35
Bisping10/301/100:27
Total
Evans23/876/1607:43
Bisping40/962/200:33

Scorecards

Evans vs Bisping

RdDouglas CrosbyEric ColónRomulo BittencourtCommunity
R1---9.9-9.2
R2---9.2-9.8
R3---9.4-9.6
Total29-2829-2828-2928.5-28.6

Media (3 cards) · avg 2928 · 3 Evans · 0 Bisping

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Evans-Bisping.

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
EvansWin probabilityBisping
41.5%58.5%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
2%
Decision
69%
Expected fight time: 12.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Evans41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%18%
Submission1%2%
Decision33%80%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2251)act 23
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 6
Bisping59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%36%
Submission2%3%
Decision36%61%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes54 (3070)act 40
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 2
Combined totals~93 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R114%
R211%
R36%
Distance69%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Evans
35.6%+177
Bisping
-17763.2%
Most takedownstie 55.7%
Evans
41.2%-1329
Bisping
+13293.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Evans
Expected: 39.5
39.5
Over 39.5
42.5%
+135
Under 39.5
57.5%
-135
05099
Bisping
Expected: 53.5
53.5
Over 53.5
42.5%
+135
Under 53.5
57.5%
-135
067134
Takedowns — over/under
Evans
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
42.3%
+137
Under 0.5
57.7%
-137
035
Bisping
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
4.7%
Exactly 0
95.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 12.3 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
Evans41.5%69.7%−28.2-263
Bisping58.5%30.3%+28.2+217

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
68.6Striking71.3
Bisping +2.7
68.1Grappling72.1
Bisping +4.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EvansBisping
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1596
Pound-for-pound
1590
1581
Divisional
1590
1500
Striking offense
1521
1528
Striking defense
1508
1514
Grappling offense
1508
1502
Grappling defense
1494
Physical
28 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'1"
75"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.97
Strikes landed / min
4.05
42%
Strike accuracy
43%
1.52
Strikes absorbed / min
2.12
70%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
5.31
Takedowns / 15 min
2.12
65%
Takedown accuracy
71%
65%
Takedown defense
55%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.7
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
100%
0
Win/loss streak
+4
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
40%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
70
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rashad Evans
  • DTito OrtizU-DEC R3
    Close +1034mo before
  • WSean SalmonKO/TKO R2
    Close -65010mo before
  • WJason LambertKO/TKO R2
    Close -2401y 2mo before
  • WStephan BonnarM-DEC R3
    Close +1651y 5mo before
  • WSam HogerS-DEC R3
    Close -2051y 7mo before
Michael Bisping
  • WMatt HamillS-DEC R3
    Close -2652mo before
  • WElvis SinosicKO/TKO R2
    Close -5257mo before
  • WEric SchaferKO/TKO R1
    Close -58011mo before
  • WJosh HaynesKO/TKO R2
    Close -5251y 5mo before
Evans — win / loss by method
Record: 10-0-1

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
UFC
5win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (60%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (20%)Submission() 0
2 (40%)Decision() 0
Bisping — win / loss by method
Record: 14-0-0

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
11 wins, 0 losses
W
79% of wins
L
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (80%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (20%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Evans
Bisping
6
UFC fights
4
73.5 min · 12.2 avg
Octagon time
35.3 min · 8.8 avg
22y 4m
Career length
22y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Evans
Bisping
50W–9L · 84.7%
Overall
27W–15L · 64.3%
50W–9L · 84.7%
Wins
27W–15L · 64.3%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Evans
Bisping
65W–44L · 59.6%
Overall
39W–23L · 62.9%
65W–44L · 59.6%
Wins
39W–23L · 62.9%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Evans
Bisping
2.46
Landed / min
5.04
30.4%
Accuracy
33.5%
78.1%
Defense
59.9%
0.61
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.85
37.6%
Time at distance
39.3%
Grappling & control
Evans
Bisping
5.31
Takedowns / 15 min
2.12
65.0%
Takedown accuracy
71.4%
65.0%
Takedown defense
55.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.70
77.1%
Control share
56.3%
Strike target map
Evans
  • Head81%(118)div 67%
  • Body19%(27)div 16%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
Bisping
  • Head73%(105)div 67%
  • Body20%(28)div 16%
  • Legs7%(10)div 18%

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

Rashad Evans
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Michael Bisping
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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