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UFC 77: Hostile Territory
Anderson Silva
Anderson Silva
21-4 · BRA
VS
Rich Franklin
Rich Franklin
24-2 · USA
October 20, 2007 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Middleweight · 5 rounds · Main event
184.5lb
Weigh-in
184.0lb
Anderson Silva def. Rich Franklin by KO/TKO (Knees), R2 1:07
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Silva27/330/110:42
Franklin18/391/201:31
R2 · 1:07
Silva12/140/020:12
Franklin4/170/000:00
Total
Silva39/470/130:54
Franklin22/561/201:31

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
SilvaWin probabilityFranklin
43.2%56.8%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
9%
Decision
57%
Expected fight time: 19.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Silva43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%31%
Submission3%7%
Decision27%62%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes64 (3683)act 39
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Franklin57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%37%
Submission6%10%
Decision30%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes78 (45102)act 22
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 1
Combined totals~142 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R112%
R26%
R313%
R47%
R55%
Distance57%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Silva
40.3%+146
Franklin
-14659.0%
Most takedownstie 70.1%
Silva
15.2%-103
Franklin
+10314.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Silva
Expected: 63.9
64
Over 64
41.9%
+136
Exactly 64
1.1%
push
Under 64
57.1%
-136
080160
Franklin
Expected: 78.1
78
Over 78
42.2%
+135
Exactly 78
0.9%
push
Under 78
57.0%
-135
098196
Takedowns — over/under
Silva
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.0%
Exactly 0
83.0%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Franklin
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.7%
Exactly 0
83.3%
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 19.4 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
Silva43.2%65.2%−22.0-215
Franklin56.8%34.8%+22.0+175

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
84.4Striking79.5
Silva +4.9
65.4Grappling56.8
Silva +8.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SilvaFranklin
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1604
Pound-for-pound
1651
1602
Divisional
1613
1517
Striking offense
1536
1538
Striking defense
1547
1504
Grappling offense
1503
1504
Grappling defense
1512
Physical
32 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'1"
77"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
4.24
Strikes landed / min
4.61
82%
Strike accuracy
47%
1.39
Strikes absorbed / min
1.50
62%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.95
Takedowns / 15 min
1.54
100%
Takedown accuracy
77%
43%
Takedown defense
73%
1.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
90%
+4
Win/loss streak
+2
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
100%
Finish rate
78%
Recent opp. quality
105
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Anderson Silva
  • WNate MarquardtKO/TKO R1
    Close -1633mo before
  • WTravis LutterSUB R2
    opp missedClose -5009mo before
  • WRich FranklinKO/TKO R1
    Close +1851y before
  • WChris LebenKO/TKO R1
    Close -2001y 4mo before
Rich Franklin
  • WYushin OkamiU-DEC R3
    Close -2154mo before
  • WJason MacDonaldKO/TKO R2
    Close -3508mo before
  • LAnderson SilvaKO/TKO R1
    Close -2251y before
  • WDavid LoiseauU-DEC R5
    Close -3001y 8mo before
  • WNate QuarryKO/TKO R1
    Close -3501y 11mo before
Silva — win / loss by method
Record: 21-4-0

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
14 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
10% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
24% of wins
L
25% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (25%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
17win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (65%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (6%)Submission(50%) 2
5 (29%)Decision(25%) 1
0 (0%)DQ / other(25%) 1
Franklin — win / loss by method
Record: 24-2-0, 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, 2 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
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (67%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
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

Profiles

Experience
Silva
Franklin
4
UFC fights
10
15.8 min · 4.0 avg
Octagon time
97.4 min · 9.7 avg
29y 1m
Career length
27y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Silva
Franklin
71W–12L · 85.5%
Overall
198W–41L · 82.8%
71W–12L · 85.5%
Wins
180W–37L · 82.9%
0W–0L
Losses
18W–4L · 81.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Silva
Franklin
200W–78L · 71.9%
Overall
178W–111L · 61.6%
174W–64L · 73.1%
Wins
176W–111L · 61.3%
26W–14L · 65.0%
Losses
2W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Silva
Franklin
4.45
Landed / min
5.00
80.0%
Accuracy
37.3%
68.6%
Defense
73.8%
3.79
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.08
34.1%
Time at distance
49.5%
Grappling & control
Silva
Franklin
0.95
Takedowns / 15 min
1.54
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
76.9%
42.9%
Takedown defense
72.7%
1.90
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.31
18.7%
Control share
80.7%
Strike target map
Silva
  • Head58%(39)div 63%
  • Body36%(24)div 19%
  • Legs6%(4)div 17%
Franklin
  • Head70%(313)div 63%
  • Body22%(99)div 19%
  • Legs8%(37)div 17%

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

Anderson Silva
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Rich Franklin
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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