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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Couture vs. Team Liddell Finale
Rich Franklin
Rich Franklin
18-1 · USA
VS
Ken Shamrock
Ken Shamrock
25-7-2 · USA
April 9, 2005 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds · Main event
203.0lb
Weigh-in
202.0lb
Rich Franklin def. Ken Shamrock by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 2:42
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:42
Franklin23/360/000:17
Shamrock0/41/100:26
Total
Franklin23/360/000:17
Shamrock0/41/100:26

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 probabilityShamrock
82.9%17.1%
KO / TKO
49%
Submission
8%
Decision
43%
Expected fight time: 11.3 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 Shamrock. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Franklin83%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO44%53%
Submission5%6%
Decision34%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 23
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 0
Shamrock17%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%29%
Submission3%19%
Decision9%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes18 (1024)act 0
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 1
Combined totals~62 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R117%
R212%
R328%
Distance43%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Franklin
82.8%-519
Shamrock
+51916.0%
Most takedownstie 53.5%
Franklin
8.8%+430
Shamrock
-43037.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Franklin
Expected: 43.3
43.5
Over 43.5
42.3%
+137
Under 43.5
57.7%
-137
055109
Shamrock
Expected: 18.3
18.5
Over 18.5
41.8%
+139
Under 18.5
58.2%
-139
02346
Takedowns — over/under
Franklin
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.8%
Exactly 0
87.2%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Shamrock
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
41.0%
+144
Under 0.5
59.0%
-144
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 11.3 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
Franklin82.9%64.3%+18.6-200
Shamrock17.1%35.7%−18.6+170

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
79.2Striking64.0
Franklin +15.3
58.8Grappling58.0
Franklin +0.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FranklinShamrock
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1584
Pound-for-pound
1575
1570
Divisional
1502
1512
Striking offense
1451
1537
Striking defense
1555
1508
Grappling offense
1504
1503
Grappling defense
1561
Physical
30 yrs
Age
41 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'1"
76"
Reach
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.54
Strikes landed / min
0.85
60%
Strike accuracy
42%
1.54
Strikes absorbed / min
0.82
48%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.17
Takedowns / 15 min
0.66
100%
Takedown accuracy
60%
50%
Takedown defense
73%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
75%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
169
Days since last fight
294
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rich Franklin
  • WJorge RiveraSUB R3
    Close -3506mo before
  • WEdwin DeWeesKO/TKO R1
    1y 6mo before
  • WEvan TannerKO/TKO R1
    Close +1601y 11mo before
Ken Shamrock
  • WKimo LeopoldoKO/TKO R1
    Close -13510mo before
  • LTito OrtizKO/TKO R3
    Close +1202y 5mo before
  • WBrian JohnstonSUB R1
    8y 4mo before
  • LDan SevernS-DEC R3
    8y 11mo before
  • WKimo LeopoldoSUB R1
    9y 2mo before
Franklin — win / loss by method
Record: 18-1-0, 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
13 wins, 1 loss
W
72% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
28% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (33%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
15win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
11 (73%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
4 (27%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Shamrock — win / loss by method
Record: 25-7-2

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, 2 losses
W
12% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
20 wins, 3 losses
W
80% of wins
L
43% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
8% of wins
L
29% of losses
UFC
6win2loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
4 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
19win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (5%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
16 (84%)Submission(60%) 3
2 (11%)Decision(20%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Franklin
Shamrock
3
UFC fights
10
20.7 min · 6.9 avg
Octagon time
137.3 min · 13.7 avg
27y 1m
Career length
32y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Franklin
Shamrock
64W–11L · 85.3%
Overall
36W–11L · 76.6%
64W–11L · 85.3%
Wins
19W–7L · 73.1%
0W–0L
Losses
17W–4L · 81.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Franklin
Shamrock
178W–111L · 61.6%
Overall
113W–63L · 64.2%
176W–111L · 61.3%
Wins
72W–55L · 56.7%
2W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
41W–8L · 83.7%
Distance striking
Franklin
Shamrock
6.51
Landed / min
0.20
44.6%
Accuracy
16.5%
67.9%
Defense
71.1%
2.17
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.11
18.5%
Time at distance
83.9%
Grappling & control
Franklin
Shamrock
2.17
Takedowns / 15 min
0.66
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
60.0%
50.0%
Takedown defense
72.7%
0.72
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.77
89.3%
Control share
1.4%
Strike target map
Franklin
  • Head65%(61)div 66%
  • Body29%(27)div 13%
  • Legs6%(6)div 20%
Shamrock
  • Head68%(79)div 66%
  • Body26%(30)div 13%
  • Legs7%(8)div 20%

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.

Ken Shamrock
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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