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UFC 72: Victory
Rich Franklin
Rich Franklin
23-2 · USA
VS
Yushin Okami
Yushin Okami
20-3 · JPN
June 16, 2007 · Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Middleweight · 3 rounds · Main event
185.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Rich Franklin def. Yushin Okami by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Franklin15/440/000:42
Okami5/200/000:00
R2
Franklin14/470/100:34
Okami7/280/100:00
R3
Franklin7/111/201:42
Okami5/111/101:57
Total
Franklin36/1021/302:58
Okami17/591/201:57

Scorecards

Franklin vs Okami

RdAndy RobertsDouglas CrosbyJeff MullenCommunity
R1---10-9
R2---10-9
R3---9-10
Total29-2829-2829-2829-28

Media (1 card) · avg 2928 · 1 Franklin · 0 Okami

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Franklin-Okami.

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
FranklinWin probabilityOkami
37.0%63.0%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
6%
Decision
70%
Expected fight time: 12.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Franklin37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%34%
Submission4%11%
Decision20%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 36
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 1
Okami63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%18%
Submission2%3%
Decision50%79%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1841)act 17
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.1)act 1
Combined totals~75 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R17%
R219%
R34%
Distance70%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Franklin
62.7%-174
Okami
+17435.9%
Most takedownstie 38.5%
Franklin
5.1%+1111
Okami
-111156.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Franklin
Expected: 42.8
43
Over 43
41.5%
+138
Exactly 43
1.5%
push
Under 43
57.0%
-138
054108
Okami
Expected: 31.9
32
Over 32
41.2%
+138
Exactly 32
2.1%
push
Under 32
56.8%
-138
04080
Takedowns — over/under
Franklin
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
10.0%
Exactly 0
90.0%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Okami
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
37.7%
+108
Exactly 1
21.7%
push
Under 1
40.6%
-108
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 12.6 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
Franklin37.0%65.1%−28.1-215
Okami63.0%34.9%+28.1+173

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
80.6Striking69.9
Franklin +10.7
58.6Grappling80.3
Okami +21.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FranklinOkami
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1636
Pound-for-pound
1598
1597
Divisional
1598
1539
Striking offense
1496
1541
Striking defense
1521
1506
Grappling offense
1536
1512
Grappling defense
1537
Physical
32 yrs
Age
25 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'2"
76"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
5.01
Strikes landed / min
2.05
48%
Strike accuracy
44%
1.57
Strikes absorbed / min
1.49
59%
Strike defense
71%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.64
Takedowns / 15 min
4.04
90%
Takedown accuracy
58%
75%
Takedown defense
100%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
89%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+4
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
88%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
105
Days since last fight
70
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rich Franklin
  • WJason MacDonaldKO/TKO R2
    Close -3503mo before
  • LAnderson SilvaKO/TKO R1
    Close -2258mo before
  • WDavid LoiseauU-DEC R5
    Close -3001y 3mo before
  • WNate QuarryKO/TKO R1
    Close -3501y 7mo before
  • WEvan TannerKO/TKO R4
    2y before
Yushin Okami
  • WMike SwickU-DEC R3
    Close +1052mo before
  • WRory SingerKO/TKO R3
    Close -4216mo before
  • WKalib StarnesKO/TKO R3
    Close -1158mo before
  • WAlan BelcherU-DEC R3
    Close -18510mo before
Franklin — win / loss by method
Record: 23-2-0, 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
74% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
4% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (75%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (13%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
15win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
11 (73%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
4 (27%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Okami — win / loss by method
Record: 20-3-0

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
10 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
5% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 2 losses
W
40% of wins
L
67% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
5% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
16win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (50%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (6%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (38%)Decision(67%) 2
1 (6%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Franklin
Okami
9
UFC fights
4
82.4 min · 9.2 avg
Octagon time
55.7 min · 13.9 avg
27y 1m
Career length
23y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Franklin
Okami
178W–38L · 82.4%
Overall
36W–8L · 81.8%
160W–34L · 82.5%
Wins
36W–8L · 81.8%
18W–4L · 81.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Franklin
Okami
178W–111L · 61.6%
Overall
174W–94L · 64.9%
176W–111L · 61.3%
Wins
129W–83L · 60.8%
2W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
45W–11L · 80.4%
Distance striking
Franklin
Okami
5.45
Landed / min
2.02
38.4%
Accuracy
27.1%
73.2%
Defense
82.5%
1.27
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
47.4%
Time at distance
40.9%
Grappling & control
Franklin
Okami
1.64
Takedowns / 15 min
4.04
90.0%
Takedown accuracy
57.7%
75.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.36
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.81
83.8%
Control share
82.6%
Strike target map
Franklin
  • Head73%(300)div 64%
  • Body22%(89)div 19%
  • Legs6%(24)div 17%
Okami
  • Head76%(87)div 64%
  • Body12%(14)div 19%
  • Legs11%(13)div 17%

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

Rich Franklin
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Yushin Okami
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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