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UFC 18: The Road to the Heavyweight Title
Evan Tanner
Evan Tanner
16-1 · USA
VS
Darrel Gholar
Darrel Gholar
0-1 · USA
January 8, 1999 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Middleweight · 1 rounds
199.0lb
Weigh-in
194.0lb
Evan Tanner def. Darrel Gholar by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R1 7:57
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Tanner24/371/10
Gholar4/261/10
Total
Tanner24/371/10
Gholar4/261/10

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 probabilityGholar
77.2%22.8%
KO / TKO
39%
Submission
28%
Decision
33%
Expected fight time: 9.2 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 Gholar. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Tanner77%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO30%39%
Submission24%31%
Decision23%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2559)act 24
Takedowns1.3 (0.13.0)act 1
Gholar23%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%38%
Submission4%17%
Decision10%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1741)act 4
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 1
Combined totals~76 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R136%
R210%
R321%
Distance33%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Tanner
65.9%-201
Gholar
+20132.7%
Most takedownstie 20.4%
Tanner
66.3%-498
Gholar
+49813.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Tanner
Expected: 45.2
45
Over 45
42.0%
+135
Exactly 45
1.5%
push
Under 45
56.5%
-135
057113
Gholar
Expected: 31.1
31
Over 31
41.8%
+134
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
56.1%
-134
03978
Takedowns — over/under
Tanner
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
50.9%
-104
Under 1.5
49.1%
+104
035
Gholar
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
49.8%
+101
Under 0.5
50.2%
-101
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 9.2 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

No market on record for this bout.

Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1548
Pound-for-pound
1497
1548
Divisional
1497
1482
Striking offense
1482
1500
Striking defense
1500
1500
Grappling offense
1561
1500
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
27 yrs
Age
36 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'8"
74"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
Strike accuracy
Strikes absorbed / min
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
Win/loss streak
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Evan Tanner
No prior UFC fights.
Darrel Gholar
No prior UFC fights.
Tanner — win / loss by method
Record: 16-1-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
31% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 1 loss
W
63% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
16win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (31%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
10 (63%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (6%)Decision(0%) 0
Gholar — win / loss by method
Record: 0-1-0

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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Tanner
Gholar
0
UFC fights
0
Octagon time
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Tanner
Gholar
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Tanner
Gholar
55W–49L · 52.9%
Overall
10W–2L · 83.3%
54W–48L · 52.9%
Wins
0W–0L
1W–1L · 50.0%
Losses
10W–2L · 83.3%
Distance striking
Tanner
Gholar
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Tanner
Gholar
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Tanner
  • Head0%(0)div 56%
  • Body0%(0)div 18%
  • Legs0%(0)div 26%
  • No strike data on record.
Gholar
  • Head0%(0)div 56%
  • Body0%(0)div 18%
  • Legs0%(0)div 26%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Evan Tanner

No UFC fights on record.

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

Darrel Gholar

No UFC fights on record.

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