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UFC 8: David vs Goliath
Don Frye
Don Frye
20-9-1 · USA
VS
Sam Adkins
Sam Adkins
7-20-2 · USA
February 16, 1996 · San Juan, Puerto Rico
Open Weight · 1 rounds
206.0lb
Weigh-in
265.0lb
Don Frye def. Sam Adkins by KO/TKO (Facial Cut), R1 0:48
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:48
Frye5/91/10
Adkins0/30/00
Total
Frye5/91/10
Adkins0/30/00

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
FryeWin probabilityAdkins
60.3%39.7%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
18%
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 Frye, blue toward Adkins. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Frye60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%28%
Submission11%18%
Decision32%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes81 (47106)act 5
Takedowns0.9 (0.12.4)act 1
Adkins40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%28%
Submission7%18%
Decision22%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes61 (3580)act 0
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.6)act 0
Combined totals~143 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R125%
R216%
R35%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Frye
62.8%-172
Adkins
+17236.5%
Most takedownstie 30.9%
Frye
54.1%-361
Adkins
+36115.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Frye
Expected: 81.4
81.5
Over 81.5
42.4%
+136
Under 81.5
57.6%
-136
0102204
Adkins
Expected: 61.1
61
Over 61
42.1%
+135
Exactly 61
1.1%
push
Under 61
56.8%
-135
077153
Takedowns — over/under
Frye
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
39.4%
-567
Exactly 1
53.7%
push
Under 1
7.0%
+567
035
Adkins
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
63.4%
-174
Under 0.5
36.6%
+174
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

No market on record for this bout.

Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1516
Pound-for-pound
1516
1516
Divisional
1516
Striking offense
Striking defense
1546
Grappling offense
1500
1544
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
30 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'3"
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
100%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
0
Days since last fight
0
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Don Frye
No prior UFC fights.
Sam Adkins
No prior UFC fights.
Frye — win / loss by method
Record: 0-0-0

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
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Adkins — win / loss by method
Record: 0-0-0

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
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Frye
Adkins
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.

Frye
Adkins
Overall
Wins
Losses
Distance striking
Frye
Adkins
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Frye
Adkins
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Frye
  • Head0%(0)div 68%
  • Body0%(0)div 14%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
  • No strike data on record.
Adkins
  • Head0%(0)div 68%
  • Body0%(0)div 14%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Don Frye

No UFC fights on record.

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

Sam Adkins

No UFC fights on record.

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