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UFC 48: Payback
Evan Tanner
Evan Tanner
28-4 · USA
VS
Phil Baroni
Phil Baroni
5-3 · USA
June 19, 2004 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.5lb
Weigh-in
183.5lb
Evan Tanner def. Phil Baroni by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Tanner17/232/502:07
Baroni6/210/100:00
R2
Tanner35/472/202:06
Baroni4/130/000:00
R3
Tanner21/321/501:51
Baroni13/330/000:03
Total
Tanner73/1025/1206:04
Baroni23/670/100:03

Scorecards

Tanner vs Baroni

RdCecil PeoplesDalby ShirleyMarcos RosalesCommunity
R1---10-9
R2---10-8.9
R3---9.6-9.4
Total30-2729-2830-2729.6-27.3

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Tanner-Baroni.

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
TannerWin probabilityBaroni
46.2%53.8%
KO / TKO
40%
Submission
16%
Decision
43%
Expected fight time: 9.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Tanner46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%39%
Submission13%28%
Decision15%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 73
Takedowns1.6 (0.04.2)act 5
Baroni54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%41%
Submission4%6%
Decision28%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1637)act 23
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 0
Combined totals~63 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R228%
R35%
Distance43%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Tanner
58.0%-144
Baroni
+14440.3%
Most takedownstie 26.9%
Tanner
62.9%-614
Baroni
+61410.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Tanner
Expected: 34.6
34.5
Over 34.5
42.6%
+135
Under 34.5
57.4%
-135
04487
Baroni
Expected: 28.5
28.5
Over 28.5
42.4%
+136
Under 28.5
57.6%
-136
03672
Takedowns — over/under
Tanner
Expected: 1.6
1.5
Over 1.5
50.8%
-103
Under 1.5
49.2%
+103
035
Baroni
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
22.6%
+343
Under 0.5
77.4%
-343
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 9.8 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
Tanner46.2%50.0%−3.8-115
Baroni53.8%50.0%+3.8-115

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
79.5Striking62.1
Tanner +17.4
66.8Grappling49.5
Tanner +17.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TannerBaroni
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1602
Pound-for-pound
1509
1584
Divisional
1507
1502
Striking offense
1506
1509
Striking defense
1498
1523
Grappling offense
1507
1521
Grappling defense
1494
Physical
33 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'9"
74"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.15
Strikes landed / min
3.15
71%
Strike accuracy
61%
1.58
Strikes absorbed / min
3.15
52%
Strike defense
34%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.24
Takedowns / 15 min
0.94
58%
Takedown accuracy
43%
20%
Takedown defense
63%
2.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
78%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
-2
80%
Last-5 win rate
40%
86%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
211
Days since last fight
211
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Evan Tanner
  • WPhil BaroniKO/TKO R1
    7mo before
  • LRich FranklinKO/TKO R1
    Close -2001y 2mo before
  • WChris HasemanU-DEC R3
    1y 11mo before
  • WElvis SinosicKO/TKO R1
    2y 3mo before
  • WHomer MooreSUB R2
    2y 8mo before
Phil Baroni
  • LEvan TannerKO/TKO R1
    7mo before
  • LMatt LindlandU-DEC R3
    Close +1001y 4mo before
  • WDave MenneKO/TKO R1
    1y 9mo before
  • WAmar SuloevKO/TKO R1
    2y 1mo before
  • LMatt LindlandM-DEC R3
    2y 8mo before
Tanner — win / loss by method
Record: 28-4-0

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
11 wins, 3 losses
W
39% of wins
L
75% of losses
Submission
15 wins, 1 loss
W
54% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
21win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
13 (62%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (5%)Decision(0%) 0
Baroni — win / loss by method
Record: 5-3-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
80% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
20% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Tanner
Baroni
9
UFC fights
6
46.8 min · 5.2 avg
Octagon time
48.0 min · 8.0 avg
29y 3m
Career length
26y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Tanner
Baroni
60W–24L · 71.4%
Overall
86W–16L · 84.3%
43W–22L · 66.2%
Wins
46W–11L · 80.7%
17W–2L · 89.5%
Losses
40W–5L · 88.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Tanner
Baroni
158W–123L · 56.2%
Overall
0W–0L
153W–113L · 57.5%
Wins
0W–0L
5W–10L · 33.3%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Tanner
Baroni
2.74
Landed / min
4.28
56.5%
Accuracy
36.4%
63.4%
Defense
57.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.25
27.3%
Time at distance
13.6%
Grappling & control
Tanner
Baroni
2.24
Takedowns / 15 min
0.94
58.3%
Takedown accuracy
42.9%
20.0%
Takedown defense
63.0%
2.88
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.63
81.4%
Control share
37.9%
Strike target map
Tanner
  • Head60%(117)div 64%
  • Body28%(54)div 19%
  • Legs12%(23)div 18%
Baroni
  • Head56%(85)div 64%
  • Body42%(64)div 19%
  • Legs1%(2)div 18%

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

Evan Tanner
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Phil Baroni
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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