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UFC 74: Respect
Frank Mir
Frank Mir
9-3 · USA
VS
Antoni Hardonk
Antoni Hardonk
5-3 · NLD
August 25, 2007 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
255.0lb
Weigh-in
244.0lb
Frank Mir def. Antoni Hardonk by SUB (Kimura), R1 1:17
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:17
Mir4/51/101:02
Hardonk1/30/000:02
Total
Mir4/51/101:02
Hardonk1/30/000:02

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
MirWin probabilityHardonk
61.7%38.3%
KO / TKO
47%
Submission
32%
Decision
21%
Expected fight time: 6.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Mir62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%39%
Submission23%37%
Decision15%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes19 (1025)act 4
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.6)act 1
Hardonk38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%60%
Submission9%24%
Decision6%16%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1331)act 1
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~43 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R158%
R212%
R39%
Distance21%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.4%
Mir
39.5%+147
Hardonk
-14758.1%
Most takedownstie 56.1%
Mir
41.0%-1409
Hardonk
+14092.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Mir
Expected: 19.2
19
Over 19
41.3%
+134
Exactly 19
3.4%
push
Under 19
55.3%
-134
02448
Hardonk
Expected: 23.6
23.5
Over 23.5
42.8%
+134
Under 23.5
57.2%
-134
03060
Takedowns — over/under
Mir
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
41.9%
+138
Under 0.5
58.1%
-138
035
Hardonk
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
4.5%
Exactly 0
95.5%
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 6.6 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
Mir61.7%60.2%+1.5-170
Hardonk38.3%39.8%−1.5+140

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
57.6Striking71.5
Hardonk +13.9
70.2Grappling19.5
Mir +50.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MirHardonk
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1560
Pound-for-pound
1501
1559
Divisional
1501
Striking offense
Striking defense
1538
Grappling offense
1472
1477
Grappling defense
1490
Physical
28 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'4"
79"
Reach
78"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.61
Strikes landed / min
1.97
59%
Strike accuracy
77%
3.72
Strikes absorbed / min
1.37
35%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.69
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
43%
Takedown accuracy
25%
Takedown defense
33%
5.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
70%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
50%
71%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
280
Days since last fight
142
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Frank Mir
  • LBrandon VeraKO/TKO R1
    Close +2959mo before
  • WDan ChristisonU-DEC R3
    Close -3051y 2mo before
  • LMarcio CruzKO/TKO R1
    Close -3001y 7mo before
  • WTim SylviaSUB R1
    Close +1853y 2mo before
  • WWes SimsKO/TKO R2
    Close -2253y 7mo before
Antoni Hardonk
  • LJustin McCullyU-DEC R3
    Close -4255mo before
  • WSherman PendergarstKO/TKO R1
    9mo before
Mir — win / loss by method
Record: 9-3-0

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, 3 losses
W
11% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
7win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO(100%) 3
4 (57%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (14%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Non-UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Hardonk — win / loss by method
Record: 5-3-0

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
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 3 losses
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Mir
Hardonk
10
UFC fights
2
40.6 min · 4.1 avg
Octagon time
18.3 min · 9.1 avg
25y 0m
Career length
25y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Mir
Hardonk
80W–24L · 76.9%
Overall
16W–6L · 72.7%
60W–19L · 75.9%
Wins
8W–3L · 72.7%
20W–5L · 80.0%
Losses
8W–3L · 72.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Mir
Hardonk
4W–1L · 80.0%
Overall
28W–15L · 65.1%
4W–1L · 80.0%
Wins
24W–15L · 61.5%
0W–0L
Losses
4W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Mir
Hardonk
4.78
Landed / min
14.06
47.4%
Accuracy
71.4%
60.2%
Defense
75.0%
0.37
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.82
13.9%
Time at distance
3.9%
Grappling & control
Mir
Hardonk
3.69
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
43.5%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
Takedown defense
33.3%
5.17
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.82
60.3%
Control share
0.0%
Strike target map
Mir
  • Head43%(46)div 67%
  • Body42%(44)div 17%
  • Legs15%(16)div 17%
Hardonk
  • Head42%(15)div 67%
  • Body44%(16)div 17%
  • Legs14%(5)div 17%

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

Frank Mir
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Antoni Hardonk
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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