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UFC 50: The War Of '04
Rich Franklin
Rich Franklin
16-1 · USA
VS
Jorge Rivera
Jorge Rivera
9-2 · USA
October 22, 2004 · Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
184.0lb
Rich Franklin def. Jorge Rivera by SUB (Armbar), R3 4:28
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Franklin25/371/113:03
Rivera10/170/000:12
R2
Franklin12/211/103:03
Rivera10/190/100:35
R3 · 4:28
Franklin4/151/103:31
Rivera2/50/000:02
Total
Franklin41/733/319:37
Rivera22/410/100:49

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 probabilityRivera
52.1%47.9%
KO / TKO
39%
Submission
8%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 10.9 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 Rivera. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Franklin52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%45%
Submission5%10%
Decision23%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2557)act 41
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 3
Rivera48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%33%
Submission2%5%
Decision30%62%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1639)act 22
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~73 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R121%
R217%
R39%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Franklin
66.6%-208
Rivera
+20832.0%
Most takedownstie 50.5%
Franklin
16.0%+209
Rivera
-20933.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Franklin
Expected: 43.8
44
Over 44
41.4%
+138
Exactly 44
1.5%
push
Under 44
57.1%
-138
055110
Rivera
Expected: 29.6
29.5
Over 29.5
42.8%
+134
Under 29.5
57.2%
-134
03875
Takedowns — over/under
Franklin
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
22.3%
Exactly 0
77.7%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Rivera
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
39.1%
+156
Under 0.5
60.9%
-156
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 10.9 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
Franklin52.1%74.5%−22.4-350
Rivera47.9%25.5%+22.4+275

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
87.6Striking80.9
Franklin +6.6
0.0Grappling52.2
Rivera +52.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FranklinRivera
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1571
Pound-for-pound
1515
1536
Divisional
1515
1514
Striking offense
1498
1538
Striking defense
1508
1499
Grappling offense
1507
1496
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
30 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'1"
76"
Reach
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
8.48
Strikes landed / min
4.90
63%
Strike accuracy
59%
1.60
Strikes absorbed / min
2.09
50%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.90
Takedown accuracy
50%
0%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
50%
+2
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
50%
100%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
392
Days since last fight
265
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rich Franklin
  • WEdwin DeWeesKO/TKO R1
    1y 1mo before
  • WEvan TannerKO/TKO R1
    Close +1601y 6mo before
Jorge Rivera
  • LLee MurraySUB R1
    Close -1159mo before
  • WDavid LoiseauU-DEC R3
    1y 1mo before
Franklin — win / loss by method
Record: 16-1-0, 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
12 wins, 1 loss
W
75% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
14win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
10 (71%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
4 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Rivera — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
78% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
11% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (88%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Franklin
Rivera
2
UFC fights
2
6.3 min · 3.1 avg
Octagon time
16.8 min · 8.4 avg
27y 1m
Career length
25y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Franklin
Rivera
55W–9L · 85.9%
Overall
16W–3L · 84.2%
55W–9L · 85.9%
Wins
9W–2L · 81.8%
0W–0L
Losses
7W–1L · 87.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Franklin
Rivera
171W–106L · 61.7%
Overall
34W–13L · 72.3%
169W–106L · 61.5%
Wins
30W–8L · 78.9%
2W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
4W–5L · 44.4%
Distance striking
Franklin
Rivera
7.01
Landed / min
5.43
45.2%
Accuracy
35.7%
71.4%
Defense
70.4%
4.80
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.90
43.4%
Time at distance
22.0%
Grappling & control
Franklin
Rivera
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.90
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
0.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
77.6%
Control share
93.7%
Strike target map
Franklin
  • Head64%(34)div 64%
  • Body30%(16)div 19%
  • Legs6%(3)div 17%
Rivera
  • Head49%(40)div 64%
  • Body29%(24)div 19%
  • Legs22%(18)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.

Jorge Rivera
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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