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UFC 78: Validation
Ed Herman
Ed Herman
15-5 · USA
VS
Joe Doerksen
Joe Doerksen
39-10 · CAN
November 17, 2007 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
185.5lb
Ed Herman def. Joe Doerksen by KO/TKO (Punch), R3 0:39
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Herman20/341/103:23
Doerksen5/100/400:57
R2
Herman18/311/203:08
Doerksen4/51/100:58
R3 · 0:39
Herman5/90/010:02
Doerksen0/40/000:00
Total
Herman43/742/316:33
Doerksen9/191/501:55

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
HermanWin probabilityDoerksen
37.1%62.9%
KO / TKO
8%
Submission
84%
Decision
8%
Expected fight time: 4.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Herman37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%7%
Submission32%86%
Decision3%7%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes14 (719)act 43
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 2
Doerksen63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%8%
Submission53%84%
Decision5%8%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes14 (718)act 9
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 1
Combined totals~28 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R186%
R21%
R35%
Distance8%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 3.7%
Herman
50.2%-109
Doerksen
+10946.1%
Most takedownstie 52.9%
Herman
31.5%-202
Doerksen
+20215.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Herman
Expected: 14.4
14.5
Over 14.5
42.2%
+137
Under 14.5
57.8%
-137
01937
Doerksen
Expected: 13.8
14
Over 14
39.3%
+143
Exactly 14
4.4%
push
Under 14
56.3%
-143
01835
Takedowns — over/under
Herman
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
36.8%
+172
Under 0.5
63.2%
-172
035
Doerksen
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
21.8%
Exactly 0
78.2%
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 4.0 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
Herman37.1%58.2%−21.1-148
Doerksen62.9%41.8%+21.1+133

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
65.0Striking50.6
Herman +14.4
98.9Grappling52.7
Herman +46.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HermanDoerksen
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1524
Pound-for-pound
1519
1524
Divisional
1519
1482
Striking offense
1489
1515
Striking defense
1487
1525
Grappling offense
1505
1490
Grappling defense
1485
Physical
27 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
77"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.28
Strikes landed / min
0.96
58%
Strike accuracy
39%
1.35
Strikes absorbed / min
2.75
33%
Strike defense
45%
Grappling (UFC career)
5.34
Takedowns / 15 min
2.93
53%
Takedown accuracy
38%
100%
Takedown defense
8%
2.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.5
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
25%
+2
Win/loss streak
-2
50%
Last-5 win rate
25%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
623
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ed Herman
  • WScott SmithSUB R2
    Close -1635mo before
  • WChris PriceSUB R1
    opp missedClose -45010mo before
  • LJason MacDonaldSUB R1
    Close -2851y 1mo before
  • LKendall GroveU-DEC R3
    Close -1851y 5mo before
Joe Doerksen
  • LNate MarquardtU-DEC R3
    Close +1601y 8mo before
  • LMatt LindlandU-DEC R3
    Close +2502y 3mo before
  • WPatrick CoteSUB R3
    2y 7mo before
  • LJoe RiggsKO/TKO R2
    3y 3mo before
Herman — win / loss by method
Record: 15-5-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 4 losses
W
73% of wins
L
80% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
7% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (100%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (23%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
9 (69%)Submission(100%) 3
1 (8%)Decision(0%) 0
Doerksen — win / loss by method
Record: 39-10-0

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
7 wins, 3 losses
W
18% of wins
L
30% of losses
Submission
29 wins, 3 losses
W
74% of wins
L
30% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 4 losses
W
8% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
1win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
38win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (18%)KO/TKO(29%) 2
28 (74%)Submission(43%) 3
3 (8%)Decision(29%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Herman
Doerksen
4
UFC fights
4
28.1 min · 7.0 avg
Octagon time
51.2 min · 12.8 avg
23y 3m
Career length
27y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Herman
Doerksen
42W–14L · 75.0%
Overall
60W–14L · 81.1%
21W–4L · 84.0%
Wins
6W–1L · 85.7%
21W–10L · 67.7%
Losses
54W–13L · 80.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Herman
Doerksen
162W–62L · 72.3%
Overall
346W–171L · 66.9%
121W–52L · 69.9%
Wins
293W–153L · 65.7%
41W–10L · 80.4%
Losses
53W–18L · 74.6%
1 of Doerksen's non-UFC opponents have no record in our data, so this is understated. Refresh data to fill them in.
Distance striking
Herman
Doerksen
2.78
Landed / min
3.27
31.6%
Accuracy
34.7%
57.9%
Defense
44.9%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.29
7.7%
Time at distance
19.7%
Grappling & control
Herman
Doerksen
5.34
Takedowns / 15 min
2.93
52.6%
Takedown accuracy
38.5%
100.0%
Takedown defense
8.3%
2.67
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.46
81.3%
Control share
23.9%
Strike target map
Herman
  • Head77%(49)div 63%
  • Body20%(13)div 19%
  • Legs3%(2)div 18%
Doerksen
  • Head57%(28)div 63%
  • Body29%(14)div 19%
  • Legs14%(7)div 18%

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

Ed Herman
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Joe Doerksen
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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