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UFC Fight Night: Evans vs Salmon
Rashad Evans
Rashad Evans
9-0 · USA
VS
Sean Salmon
Sean Salmon
9-1 · USA
January 25, 2007 · Hollywood, Florida, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds · Main event
205.5lb
Weigh-in
206.0lb
Rashad Evans def. Sean Salmon by KO/TKO (Kick), R2 1:06
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Evans5/240/000:00
Salmon10/252/300:52
R2 · 1:06
Evans8/110/010:03
Salmon0/30/000:00
Total
Evans13/350/010:03
Salmon10/282/300:52

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 probabilitySalmon
42.8%57.2%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
50%
Decision
27%
Expected fight time: 6.9 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 Salmon. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Evans43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%24%
Submission16%38%
Decision17%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1536)act 13
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.2)act 0
Salmon57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%22%
Submission34%60%
Decision10%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1331)act 10
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 2
Combined totals~51 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R160%
R24%
R39%
Distance27%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.1%
Evans
56.0%-134
Salmon
+13441.9%
Most takedownstie 26.4%
Evans
58.3%-382
Salmon
+38215.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Evans
Expected: 27.5
27.5
Over 27.5
42.5%
+135
Under 27.5
57.5%
-135
03569
Salmon
Expected: 23.5
23.5
Over 23.5
42.6%
+135
Under 23.5
57.4%
-135
03059
Takedowns — over/under
Evans
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
86.3%
-632
Under 0.5
13.7%
+632
035
Salmon
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
46.9%
+113
Under 0.5
53.1%
-113
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 6.9 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
Evans42.8%82.7%−39.9-650
Salmon57.2%17.3%+39.9+450

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EvansSalmon
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1581
Pound-for-pound
1525
1568
Divisional
1525
1491
Striking offense
1482
1517
Striking defense
1500
1537
Grappling offense
1561
1528
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
27 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'10"
75"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.16
Strikes landed / min
45%
Strike accuracy
1.49
Strikes absorbed / min
73%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
6.87
Takedowns / 15 min
77%
Takedown accuracy
67%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
+4
Win/loss streak
100%
Last-5 win rate
25%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
124
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rashad Evans
  • WJason LambertKO/TKO R2
    Close -2404mo before
  • WStephan BonnarM-DEC R3
    Close +1657mo before
  • WSam HogerS-DEC R3
    Close -20510mo before
  • WBrad ImesS-DEC R3
    1y 3mo before
Sean Salmon
No prior UFC fights.
Evans — win / loss by method
Record: 9-0-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (75%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (20%)Submission() 0
2 (40%)Decision() 0
Salmon — win / loss by method
Record: 9-1-0

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
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (56%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (11%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Evans
Salmon
4
UFC fights
0
52.4 min · 13.1 avg
Octagon time
22y 4m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Evans
Salmon
41W–8L · 83.7%
Overall
41W–8L · 83.7%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Evans
Salmon
65W–44L · 59.6%
Overall
58W–32L · 64.4%
65W–44L · 59.6%
Wins
52W–32L · 61.9%
0W–0L
Losses
6W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Evans
Salmon
2.86
Landed / min
35.8%
Accuracy
78.7%
Defense
0.57
Knockdowns / 15 min
35.4%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Evans
Salmon
6.87
Takedowns / 15 min
77.4%
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
92.6%
Control share
Strike target map
Evans
  • Head84%(95)div 68%
  • Body16%(18)div 14%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
Salmon
  • Head0%(0)div 68%
  • Body0%(0)div 14%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
  • No strike data on record.

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.

Sean Salmon

No UFC fights on record.

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