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UFC 73: Stacked
Rashad Evans
Rashad Evans
10-0 · USA
VS
Tito Ortiz
Tito Ortiz
15-5 · USA
July 7, 2007 · Sacramento, California, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
204.0lb
Weigh-in
205.5lb
Draw
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Evans7/180/100:19
Ortiz7/191/603:01
R2
Evans4/201/601:24
Ortiz13/261/100:57
R3
Evans8/261/200:49
Ortiz4/121/401:57
Total
Evans19/642/902:32
Ortiz24/573/1105:55

Scorecards

Evans vs Ortiz

RdCecil PeoplesNelson HamiltonRichard BertrandCommunity
R1---9.2-9.9
R2---9.3-8.8
R3---9.7-9.3
Total28-2828-2828-2828.2-28

Media (3 cards) · avg 28.328 · 1 Evans · 0 Ortiz · 2 draws

Point deductions: R21 Ortiz (Grabbing the Cage)

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Evans-Ortiz. Judge totals are round sums; the official result applies the deduction.

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 probabilityOrtiz
53.1%46.9%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
9%
Decision
65%
Expected fight time: 12.0 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 Ortiz. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Evans53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%21%
Submission4%8%
Decision38%71%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 19
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 2
Ortiz47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%32%
Submission4%9%
Decision28%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 24
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.7)act 3
Combined totals~63 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R116%
R29%
R310%
Distance65%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Evans
55.9%-132
Ortiz
+13242.4%
Most takedownstie 39.9%
Evans
16.5%+264
Ortiz
-26443.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Evans
Expected: 33.7
33.5
Over 33.5
43.0%
+133
Under 33.5
57.0%
-133
04385
Ortiz
Expected: 29.1
29
Over 29
41.5%
+135
Exactly 29
2.3%
push
Under 29
56.2%
-135
03773
Takedowns — over/under
Evans
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
26.0%
+284
Under 0.5
74.0%
-284
035
Ortiz
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
30.9%
+157
Exactly 1
20.6%
push
Under 1
48.5%
-157
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 12.0 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
Evans53.1%46.3%+6.8+103
Ortiz46.9%53.7%−6.8-133

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
70.5Striking72.8
Ortiz +2.3
65.4Grappling59.6
Evans +5.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EvansOrtiz
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1595
Pound-for-pound
1634
1582
Divisional
1574
1501
Striking offense
1482
1524
Striking defense
1543
1521
Grappling offense
1557
1516
Grappling defense
1575
Physical
27 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'3"
75"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.16
Strikes landed / min
2.55
44%
Strike accuracy
54%
1.51
Strikes absorbed / min
1.59
72%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
6.16
Takedowns / 15 min
3.41
77%
Takedown accuracy
52%
56%
Takedown defense
59%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
74%
+5
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
40%
Finish rate
64%
Recent opp. quality
163
Days since last fight
189
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rashad Evans
  • WSean SalmonKO/TKO R2
    Close -6505mo before
  • WJason LambertKO/TKO R2
    Close -2409mo before
  • WStephan BonnarM-DEC R3
    Close +1651y before
  • WSam HogerS-DEC R3
    Close -2051y 3mo before
  • WBrad ImesS-DEC R3
    1y 8mo before
Tito Ortiz
  • LChuck LiddellKO/TKO R3
    Close +1806mo before
  • WKen ShamrockKO/TKO R1
    Close -8009mo before
  • WKen ShamrockKO/TKO R1
    Close -4801y before
  • WForrest GriffinS-DEC R3
    Close -3351y 3mo before
  • WVitor BelfortS-DEC R3
    Close +1052y 5mo before
Evans — win / loss by method
Record: 10-0-0

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
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
5win0loss0draw0NC
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
Ortiz — 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
9 wins, 3 losses
W
60% of wins
L
60% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
7% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
14win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (57%)KO/TKO(60%) 3
1 (7%)Submission(20%) 1
5 (36%)Decision(20%) 1
Non-UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Evans
Ortiz
5
UFC fights
19
58.5 min · 11.7 avg
Octagon time
210.9 min · 11.1 avg
22y 4m
Career length
29y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Evans
Ortiz
50W–9L · 84.7%
Overall
284W–77L · 78.7%
50W–9L · 84.7%
Wins
212W–55L · 79.4%
0W–0L
Losses
72W–22L · 76.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Evans
Ortiz
65W–44L · 59.6%
Overall
0W–1L · 0.0%
65W–44L · 59.6%
Wins
0W–1L · 0.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Evans
Ortiz
2.61
Landed / min
1.99
33.9%
Accuracy
34.5%
79.3%
Defense
66.5%
0.77
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.07
38.6%
Time at distance
29.1%
Grappling & control
Evans
Ortiz
6.16
Takedowns / 15 min
3.41
77.4%
Takedown accuracy
51.6%
55.6%
Takedown defense
59.1%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.21
90.0%
Control share
79.2%
Strike target map
Evans
  • Head83%(105)div 68%
  • Body17%(21)div 14%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
Ortiz
  • Head77%(412)div 68%
  • Body10%(54)div 14%
  • Legs13%(71)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.

Tito Ortiz
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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