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UFC Fight Night 5
Rashad Evans
Rashad Evans
7-0 · USA
VS
Stephan Bonnar
Stephan Bonnar
10-2 · USA
June 28, 2006 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.0lb
Weigh-in
205.0lb
Rashad Evans def. Stephan Bonnar by M-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Evans7/174/503:05
Bonnar2/110/000:00
R2
Evans6/112/603:17
Bonnar7/190/000:04
R3
Evans4/91/104:32
Bonnar3/60/000:00
Total
Evans17/377/12010:54
Bonnar12/360/000:04

Scorecards

Evans vs Bonnar

RdCecil PeoplesDalby ShirleyNelson HamiltonCommunity
R1---10-9
R2---9.6-9.3
R3---10-9
Total29-2829-2930-2729.6-27.3

Media (1 card) · avg 2929 · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Evans-Bonnar.

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 probabilityBonnar
34.5%65.5%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
24%
Decision
41%
Expected fight time: 9.0 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 Bonnar. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Evans34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%40%
Submission5%14%
Decision15%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1433)act 17
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 7
Bonnar66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%32%
Submission19%29%
Decision26%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1332)act 12
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Combined totals~50 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R140%
R212%
R37%
Distance41%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.2%
Evans
49.9%-104
Bonnar
+10448.0%
Most takedownstie 46.6%
Evans
35.7%-201
Bonnar
+20117.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Evans
Expected: 25.1
25
Over 25
41.5%
+135
Exactly 25
2.6%
push
Under 25
55.9%
-135
03263
Bonnar
Expected: 24.6
24.5
Over 24.5
42.7%
+134
Under 24.5
57.3%
-134
03162
Takedowns — over/under
Evans
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
42.2%
+137
Under 0.5
57.8%
-137
035
Bonnar
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
25.5%
+293
Under 0.5
74.5%
-293
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 9.0 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
Evans34.5%36.8%−2.3+165
Bonnar65.5%63.2%+2.3-185

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
68.4Striking57.2
Evans +11.1
61.4Grappling61.5
Bonnar +0.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EvansBonnar
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1548
Pound-for-pound
1552
1533
Divisional
1552
1485
Striking offense
1488
1505
Striking defense
1504
1547
Grappling offense
1530
1548
Grappling defense
1527
Physical
26 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'4"
75"
Reach
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.37
Strikes landed / min
2.73
42%
Strike accuracy
40%
2.00
Strikes absorbed / min
3.39
75%
Strike defense
50%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.50
Takedowns / 15 min
1.82
82%
Takedown accuracy
38%
50%
Takedown defense
73%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.2
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
75%
+2
Win/loss streak
+3
100%
Last-5 win rate
75%
0%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
83
Days since last fight
83
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rashad Evans
  • WSam HogerS-DEC R3
    Close -2053mo before
  • WBrad ImesS-DEC R3
    8mo before
Stephan Bonnar
  • WKeith JardineU-DEC R3
    Close -3353mo before
  • WJames IrvinSUB R1
    Close -1755mo before
  • WSam HogerU-DEC R3
    11mo before
  • LForrest GriffinU-DEC R3
    1y 3mo before
Evans — win / loss by method
Record: 7-0-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (20%)Submission() 0
2 (40%)Decision() 0
Bonnar — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

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, 1 loss
W
10% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
5 (71%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Evans
Bonnar
2
UFC fights
4
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
49.5 min · 12.4 avg
22y 4m
Career length
24y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Evans
Bonnar
9W–1L · 90.0%
Overall
34W–4L · 89.5%
9W–1L · 90.0%
Wins
25W–2L · 92.6%
0W–0L
Losses
9W–2L · 81.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Evans
Bonnar
65W–44L · 59.6%
Overall
27W–16L · 62.8%
65W–44L · 59.6%
Wins
26W–16L · 61.9%
0W–0L
Losses
1W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Evans
Bonnar
3.57
Landed / min
3.56
38.5%
Accuracy
31.8%
78.3%
Defense
57.7%
1.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.30
46.7%
Time at distance
42.5%
Grappling & control
Evans
Bonnar
4.50
Takedowns / 15 min
1.82
81.8%
Takedown accuracy
37.5%
50.0%
Takedown defense
72.7%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.21
87.6%
Control share
78.0%
Strike target map
Evans
  • Head92%(65)div 69%
  • Body8%(6)div 13%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
Bonnar
  • Head86%(116)div 69%
  • Body10%(13)div 13%
  • Legs4%(6)div 18%

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.

Stephan Bonnar
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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