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UFC 61: Bitter Rivals
Frank Mir
Frank Mir
8-2 · USA
VS
Dan Christison
Dan Christison
8-3 · USA
July 8, 2006 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
262.0lb
Weigh-in
264.5lb
Frank Mir def. Dan Christison by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Mir23/301/102:32
Christison18/300/001:06
R2
Mir10/151/302:00
Christison21/420/001:23
R3
Mir20/441/203:19
Christison9/130/000:44
Total
Mir53/893/607:51
Christison48/850/003:13

Scorecards

Mir vs Christison

RdAbe BelardoAdalaide ByrdGlenn TrowbridgeCommunity
R1---9.3-9.7
R2---9-10
R3---10-9
Total29-2829-2829-2828.3-28.7

Media (1 card) · avg 2928 · 1 Mir · 0 Christison

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Mir-Christison.

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
MirWin probabilityChristison
74.3%25.7%
KO / TKO
37%
Submission
49%
Decision
14%
Expected fight time: 5.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Mir74%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%36%
Submission36%49%
Decision11%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1331)act 53
Takedowns1.0 (0.02.7)act 3
Christison26%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%40%
Submission13%48%
Decision3%12%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1433)act 48
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~49 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R171%
R27%
R38%
Distance14%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.2%
Mir
46.1%+112
Christison
-11251.7%
Most takedownstie 13.6%
Mir
84.5%-4612
Christison
+46121.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Mir
Expected: 23.5
23.5
Over 23.5
42.5%
+135
Under 23.5
57.5%
-135
03059
Christison
Expected: 25.0
25
Over 25
41.3%
+136
Exactly 25
2.6%
push
Under 25
56.1%
-136
03263
Takedowns — over/under
Mir
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
42.9%
-381
Exactly 1
45.8%
push
Under 1
11.3%
+381
035
Christison
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
8.1%
Exactly 0
91.9%
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 5.4 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
Mir74.3%72.2%+2.1-305
Christison25.7%27.8%−2.1+245

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
54.8Striking72.7
Christison +17.8
73.3Grappling13.8
Mir +59.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MirChristison
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1563
Pound-for-pound
1524
1561
Divisional
1524
1505
Striking offense
1503
1497
Striking defense
1500
1548
Grappling offense
1507
1481
Grappling defense
1498
Physical
27 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'8"
79"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.08
Strikes landed / min
5.36
61%
Strike accuracy
49%
3.60
Strikes absorbed / min
4.26
31%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.29
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
44%
Takedown accuracy
25%
Takedown defense
0%
8.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
100%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
83%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
93
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Frank Mir
  • LMarcio CruzKO/TKO R1
    Close -3005mo before
  • WTim SylviaSUB R1
    Close +1852y 1mo before
  • WWes SimsKO/TKO R2
    Close -2252y 5mo before
  • WWes SimsDQ R1
    Close -5003y 1mo before
  • WDavid AbbottSUB R1
    Close +1053y 4mo before
Dan Christison
  • WBrad ImesSUB R3
    Close +1753mo before
Mir — win / loss by method
Record: 8-2-0

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
1 win, 2 losses
W
13% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
63% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
6win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
4 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (17%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Non-UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Christison — win / loss by method
Record: 8-3-0

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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
75% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
5 (71%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(67%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Mir
Christison
8
UFC fights
1
24.5 min · 3.1 avg
Octagon time
13.6 min · 13.6 avg
25y 0m
Career length
24y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Mir
Christison
65W–21L · 75.6%
Overall
3W–1L · 75.0%
52W–16L · 76.5%
Wins
3W–1L · 75.0%
13W–5L · 72.2%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Mir
Christison
4W–1L · 80.0%
Overall
153W–35L · 81.4%
4W–1L · 80.0%
Wins
42W–20L · 67.7%
0W–0L
Losses
111W–15L · 88.1%
Distance striking
Mir
Christison
5.79
Landed / min
8.80
50.0%
Accuracy
47.9%
75.0%
Defense
68.0%
0.61
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
12.7%
Time at distance
46.7%
Grappling & control
Mir
Christison
4.29
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
43.8%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
Takedown defense
0.0%
8.58
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.10
56.2%
Control share
32.9%
Strike target map
Mir
  • Head49%(25)div 66%
  • Body27%(14)div 17%
  • Legs24%(12)div 17%
Christison
  • Head53%(39)div 66%
  • Body14%(10)div 17%
  • Legs33%(24)div 17%

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

Frank Mir
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Dan Christison
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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