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UFC 47: It's On!
Yves Edwards
Yves Edwards
25-8-1 · USA
VS
Hermes Franca
Hermes Franca
8-1 · BRA
April 2, 2004 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Yves Edwards def. Hermes Franca by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Edwards9/160/001:27
Franca4/192/300:27
R2
Edwards3/70/000:45
Franca1/111/202:22
R3
Edwards9/200/002:40
Franca3/141/500:57
Total
Edwards21/430/004:52
Franca8/444/1003:46

Scorecards

Edwards vs Franca

RdCecil PeoplesDalby ShirleyTony WeeksCommunity
R1---9.9-9.1
R2---9.2-9.8
R3---9.8-9.2
Total29-2829-2828-2928.9-28.1

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Edwards-Franca.

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
EdwardsWin probabilityFranca
48.0%52.0%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
23%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 10.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Edwards48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%27%
Submission12%25%
Decision23%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 21
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Franca52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%18%
Submission11%22%
Decision31%60%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 8
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 4
Combined totals~60 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R210%
R37%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Edwards
50.9%-108
Franca
+10847.2%
Most takedownstie 46.7%
Edwards
20.2%+164
Franca
-16433.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Edwards
Expected: 30.6
30.5
Over 30.5
42.7%
+134
Under 30.5
57.3%
-134
03977
Franca
Expected: 29.4
29.5
Over 29.5
42.3%
+137
Under 29.5
57.7%
-137
03774
Takedowns — over/under
Edwards
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
28.3%
+253
Under 0.5
71.7%
-253
035
Franca
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
40.3%
+148
Under 0.5
59.7%
-148
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 10.5 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
Edwards48.0%46.2%+1.8+100
Franca52.0%53.8%−1.8-140

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
75.1Striking61.0
Edwards +14.1
61.4Grappling67.8
Franca +6.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EdwardsFranca
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1557
Pound-for-pound
1536
1571
Divisional
1536
1495
Striking offense
1492
1542
Striking defense
1508
1507
Grappling offense
1541
1503
Grappling defense
1526
Physical
27 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'6"
73"
Reach
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.97
Strikes landed / min
1.64
56%
Strike accuracy
51%
1.00
Strikes absorbed / min
2.67
61%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.22
Takedowns / 15 min
2.38
100%
Takedown accuracy
38%
77%
Takedown defense
50%
1.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
4.4
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
67%
+4
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
67%
75%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
62
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Yves Edwards
  • WNick AgallarKO/TKO R2
    4mo before
  • WEddie RuizU-DEC R3
    10mo before
  • WRich ClementiSUB R3
    Close -5001y 1mo before
  • WJoao PieriniKO/TKO R1
    1y 9mo before
  • LCaol UnoU-DEC R3
    1y 11mo before
Hermes Franca
  • LJosh ThomsonM-DEC R3
    Close -1152mo before
  • WCaol UnoKO/TKO R2
    6mo before
  • WRichard CrunkiltonU-DEC R3
    Close +26011mo before
Edwards — win / loss by method
Record: 25-8-1

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
10 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 3 losses
W
44% of wins
L
38% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 5 losses
W
16% of wins
L
63% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
21win6loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
10 (48%)Submission(50%) 3
3 (14%)Decision(50%) 3
Franca — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
63% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (83%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Edwards
Franca
6
UFC fights
3
67.7 min · 11.3 avg
Octagon time
37.8 min · 12.6 avg
28y 9m
Career length
24y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Edwards
Franca
45W–14L · 76.3%
Overall
32W–5L · 86.5%
28W–8L · 77.8%
Wins
26W–5L · 83.9%
17W–6L · 73.9%
Losses
6W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Edwards
Franca
138W–54L · 71.9%
Overall
26W–20L · 56.5%
107W–48L · 69.0%
Wins
26W–20L · 56.5%
31W–6L · 83.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Edwards
Franca
3.28
Landed / min
2.56
46.3%
Accuracy
42.0%
74.8%
Defense
61.2%
0.67
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.19
28.3%
Time at distance
30.0%
Grappling & control
Edwards
Franca
0.22
Takedowns / 15 min
2.38
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
37.5%
77.3%
Takedown defense
50.0%
1.11
Sub attempts / 15 min
4.37
40.6%
Control share
31.7%
Strike target map
Edwards
  • Head49%(65)div 58%
  • Body23%(30)div 23%
  • Legs29%(38)div 19%
Franca
  • Head82%(51)div 58%
  • Body13%(8)div 23%
  • Legs5%(3)div 19%

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

Yves Edwards
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Hermes Franca
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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