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UFC 69: Shootout
Heath Herring
Heath Herring
26-12 · USA
VS
Brad Imes
Brad Imes
6-2 · USA
April 7, 2007 · Houston, Texas, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
245.0lb
Weigh-in
260.5lb
Heath Herring def. Brad Imes by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Herring21/310/014:06
Imes0/31/100:04
R2
Herring29/570/013:18
Imes5/240/100:22
R3
Herring14/351/101:49
Imes14/250/000:50
Total
Herring64/1231/129:13
Imes19/521/201:16

Scorecards

Herring vs Imes

RdDouglas CrosbyGale Van HoyRobert BishCommunity
R1---10-8.2
R2---9.6-9
R3---9.2-9.4
Total29-2830-2530-2728.8-26.6

Media (1 card) · avg 3027 · 1 Herring · 0 Imes

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Herring-Imes.

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
HerringWin probabilityImes
51.3%48.7%
KO / TKO
50%
Submission
21%
Decision
29%
Expected fight time: 7.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Herring51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%51%
Submission13%25%
Decision12%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2354)act 64
Takedowns1.1 (0.02.9)act 1
Imes49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%49%
Submission8%16%
Decision17%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1637)act 19
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 1
Combined totals~70 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R147%
R217%
R37%
Distance29%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Herring
66.3%-205
Imes
+20532.3%
Most takedownstie 17.3%
Herring
76.3%-1199
Imes
+11996.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Herring
Expected: 41.6
41.5
Over 41.5
42.7%
+134
Under 41.5
57.3%
-134
053105
Imes
Expected: 28.4
28.5
Over 28.5
42.2%
+137
Under 28.5
57.8%
-137
03671
Takedowns — over/under
Herring
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
46.0%
-357
Exactly 1
41.2%
push
Under 1
12.9%
+357
035
Imes
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
21.1%
Exactly 0
78.9%
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 7.7 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
Herring51.3%70.2%−18.9-265
Imes48.7%29.8%+18.9+225

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
56.7Striking53.2
Herring +3.5
49.4Grappling42.0
Herring +7.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HerringImes
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1520
Pound-for-pound
1480
1520
Divisional
1480
1497
Striking offense
1497
1509
Striking defense
1497
1499
Grappling offense
1501
1494
Grappling defense
1498
Physical
29 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'7"
78"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
0.73
Strikes landed / min
3.49
18%
Strike accuracy
31%
0.87
Strikes absorbed / min
4.23
68%
Strike defense
50%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.10
100%
Takedown accuracy
80%
25%
Takedown defense
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
72
Days since last fight
366
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Heath Herring
  • LJake O'BrienU-DEC R3
    Close -4502mo before
Brad Imes
  • LDan ChristisonSUB R3
    Close -2251y before
  • LRashad EvansS-DEC R3
    1y 5mo before
Herring — win / loss by method
Record: 26-12-0, 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
10 wins, 5 losses
W
38% of wins
L
42% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
8% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 6 losses
W
8% of wins
L
50% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
4% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
26win11loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
10 (38%)KO/TKO(45%) 5
13 (50%)Submission(9%) 1
2 (8%)Decision(45%) 5
1 (4%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Imes — win / loss by method
Record: 6-2-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(50%) 1
0 ()Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Herring
Imes
1
UFC fights
2
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
28.6 min · 14.3 avg
29y 3m
Career length
21y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Herring
Imes
9W–0L · 100.0%
Overall
12W–3L · 80.0%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
9W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
12W–3L · 80.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Herring
Imes
333W–117L · 74.0%
Overall
6W–3L · 66.7%
207W–93L · 69.0%
Wins
6W–3L · 66.7%
126W–24L · 84.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Herring
Imes
0.94
Landed / min
3.77
8.2%
Accuracy
26.2%
90.0%
Defense
52.9%
1.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
28.2%
Time at distance
53.7%
Grappling & control
Herring
Imes
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.10
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
80.0%
25.0%
Takedown defense
1.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.52
6.4%
Control share
57.2%
Strike target map
Herring
  • Head82%(9)div 66%
  • Body18%(2)div 17%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
Imes
  • Head82%(82)div 66%
  • Body16%(16)div 17%
  • Legs2%(2)div 17%

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

Heath Herring
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Brad Imes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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