Home Events UFC 18: The Road to the Heavyweight Title Evan Tanner vs Darrel Gholar Evan Tanner vs Darrel Gholar · UFC 18: The Road to the Heavyweight Title Middleweight · 1 rounds · Card
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UFC 18: The Road to the Heavyweight Title
Friday, January 8, 1999 · New Orleans · Louisiana
Full card → Result Evan Tanner def. Darrel Gholar Method Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round · time Round 1 · 7:57 · 1 Rnd + OT (12-3) Referee John McCarthy Sig. strikes Evan Tanner 24/37 · Darrel Gholar 4/26 · PropSports · round totals Total strikes Evan Tanner 25/39 · Darrel Gholar 30/59 Scorecards None — the fight ended by Submission Analysis Round-by-round (1 round) Result Evan Tanner def. Darrel Gholar
Submission (Rear Naked Choke) · Round 1 · 7:57 · 1 Rnd + OT (12-3)
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Round-by-Round Analysis Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.
Submission · R1 · 7:57
R1
Evan Tanner Round 1 Darrel Gholar
24 / 37 Sig. strikes 4 / 26
65% Accuracy 15%
25 / 39 Total strikes 30 / 59
0 Knockdowns 0
1 / 1 Takedowns 1 / 1
4 Sub. attempts 0
— Control —
3.0 Pace / min 0.5
— Control share —
Evan Tanner
Target head 42% · body 21% · leg 38%
Phase distance 42% · clinch 58% · ground 0%
Darrel Gholar
Target head 75% · body 25% · leg 0%
Phase distance 0% · clinch 0% · ground 100%
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Fight summary
24 Evan Tanner sig. strikes
4 Darrel Gholar sig. strikes
1 rounds observed
Pace is significant strikes landed per minute of observed round time. A round with no recorded observation is left empty rather than drawn as zero.
Fight stats 1 round · PropSports round stats 24 / 37 Sig. strikes 4 / 26
65% Accuracy 15%
25 / 39 Total strikes 30 / 59
0 Knockdowns 0
1 / 1 Takedowns 1 / 1
4 Sub attempts 0
0:00 Control 0:00
10 Head 3
5 Body 1
9 Leg 0
Evan Tanner Darrel Gholar
Round Fighter KD Sig. str. Total TD Sub Ctrl Head Body Leg R1 Evan Tanner
Tale of the tape 32-8-0 Record 5-6-0
27 Age —
6'0" Height 5'8"
74" Reach —
Orthodox Stance Orthodox
3.05 Sig. str./min 0.00
2.55 TD / 15 min 0.00
Evan Tanner 10-6 in archive
5 KO/TKO wins
3 Sub wins
80% Finish rate
Darrel Gholar archive pending
0 KO/TKO wins
0 Sub wins
— Finish rate
