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UFC 68: The Uprising
Rich Franklin
Rich Franklin
22-2 · USA
VS
Jason MacDonald
Jason MacDonald
18-7 · CAN
March 3, 2007 · Columbus, Ohio, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
183.5lb
Rich Franklin def. Jason MacDonald by KO/TKO (to Corner Stoppage), R2 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Franklin24/441/101:48
MacDonald14/211/601:04
R2
Franklin25/450/003:08
MacDonald2/60/500:54
Total
Franklin49/891/104:56
MacDonald16/271/1101:58

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 probabilityMacDonald
70.3%29.7%
KO / TKO
45%
Submission
19%
Decision
35%
Expected fight time: 9.2 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 MacDonald. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Franklin70%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO39%55%
Submission8%12%
Decision23%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 49
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 1
MacDonald30%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%22%
Submission11%38%
Decision12%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes18 (1024)act 16
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 1
Combined totals~56 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R125%
R233%
R37%
Distance35%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Franklin
78.5%-393
MacDonald
+39320.0%
Most takedownstie 55.3%
Franklin
19.1%+135
MacDonald
-13525.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Franklin
Expected: 37.9
38
Over 38
41.4%
+137
Exactly 38
1.7%
push
Under 38
56.9%
-137
04895
MacDonald
Expected: 18.4
18.5
Over 18.5
42.0%
+138
Under 18.5
58.0%
-138
02346
Takedowns — over/under
Franklin
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
24.0%
+317
Under 0.5
76.0%
-317
035
MacDonald
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
30.4%
+229
Under 0.5
69.6%
-229
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 9.2 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
Franklin70.3%75.2%−4.9-350
MacDonald29.7%24.8%+4.9+290

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
81.0Striking61.0
Franklin +20.0
53.9Grappling45.9
Franklin +8.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FranklinMacDonald
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1624
Pound-for-pound
1544
1582
Divisional
1544
1532
Striking offense
1495
1536
Striking defense
1507
1501
Grappling offense
1514
1510
Grappling defense
1492
Physical
32 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'3"
76"
Reach
80"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.03
Strikes landed / min
1.19
48%
Strike accuracy
41%
1.56
Strikes absorbed / min
1.44
61%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.66
Takedowns / 15 min
1.27
89%
Takedown accuracy
17%
56%
Takedown defense
25%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.8
Form & résumé
88%
UFC win rate
100%
-1
Win/loss streak
+2
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
86%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
63
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rich Franklin
  • LAnderson SilvaKO/TKO R1
    Close -2255mo before
  • WDavid LoiseauU-DEC R5
    Close -3001y before
  • WNate QuarryKO/TKO R1
    Close -3501y 3mo before
  • WEvan TannerKO/TKO R4
    1y 9mo before
  • WKen ShamrockKO/TKO R1
    Close -2001y 11mo before
Jason MacDonald
  • WChris LebenSUB R2
    Close +1402mo before
  • WEd HermanSUB R1
    Close +2255mo before
Franklin — win / loss by method
Record: 22-2-0, 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
16 wins, 2 losses
W
73% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
5% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (71%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
15win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
11 (73%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
4 (27%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
MacDonald — win / loss by method
Record: 18-7-0

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, 2 losses
W
6% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
16 wins, 2 losses
W
89% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
1 win, 3 losses
W
6% of wins
L
43% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
16win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (6%)KO/TKO(29%) 2
14 (88%)Submission(29%) 2
1 (6%)Decision(43%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Franklin
MacDonald
8
UFC fights
2
72.4 min · 9.0 avg
Octagon time
11.8 min · 5.9 avg
27y 1m
Career length
26y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Franklin
MacDonald
160W–31L · 83.8%
Overall
29W–7L · 80.6%
142W–27L · 84.0%
Wins
29W–7L · 80.6%
18W–4L · 81.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Franklin
MacDonald
178W–111L · 61.6%
Overall
194W–98L · 66.4%
176W–111L · 61.3%
Wins
114W–72L · 61.3%
2W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
80W–26L · 75.5%
Distance striking
Franklin
MacDonald
5.50
Landed / min
3.60
38.2%
Accuracy
28.6%
73.3%
Defense
61.5%
1.45
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
51.0%
Time at distance
14.2%
Grappling & control
Franklin
MacDonald
1.66
Takedowns / 15 min
1.27
88.9%
Takedown accuracy
16.7%
55.6%
Takedown defense
25.0%
0.41
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.82
87.1%
Control share
64.8%
Strike target map
Franklin
  • Head70%(256)div 64%
  • Body24%(86)div 19%
  • Legs6%(22)div 17%
MacDonald
  • Head43%(6)div 64%
  • Body29%(4)div 19%
  • Legs29%(4)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.

Jason MacDonald
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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