Rashad Evans vs Michael Bisping — UFC 78: Validation Result, Stats & Scorecards

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Rashad Evans vs Michael Bisping

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UFC 78: Validation

Saturday, November 17, 2007 · Newark · New Jersey

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Result

Rashad Evans def. Michael Bisping

Split Decision · Round 3 · 5:00 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5)

Referee · Dan MiragliottaDoug Crosby · 28-29Romulo Bittencourt · 29-28Eric Colon · 28-29Source · UFC Stats · round stats archived

Market

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

Split Decision · R3 · 5:00

Rashad EvansRound 3Michael Bisping

9 / 30Sig. strikes10 / 30

30%Accuracy33%

14 / 36Total strikes13 / 34

0Knockdowns0

2 / 6Takedowns1 / 1

0Sub. attempts0

1:35Control0:27

1.8Pace / min2.0

78%Control share22%

Rashad Evans

Targethead 100% · body 0% · leg 0%

Phasedistance 100% · clinch 0% · ground 0%

Michael Bisping

Targethead 70% · body 30% · leg 0%

Phasedistance 80% · clinch 20% · ground 0%

Statistical signals

Control edgeRashad Evans held 95s of control to 27s.

Descriptive only. These compare recorded output; they are not judge scores and do not say who won the round.

What changed from R2

Target shiftRashad Evans's head share of landed strikes moved +13 pts, to 100% head with 0% body and 0% leg.
Phase shiftRashad Evans's ground share of landed strikes moved -13 pts, to 0% on the ground against 100% at distance.
Grappling pressureRashad Evans attempted 2 more takedowns than in R2, 6 against 4.
Pace downMichael Bisping's significant-strike pace moved -47% from R2 to R3, 2.0 against 3.8 per minute.

Observed fight vs historical Fight DNA

Compares this fight against each fighter's pre-fight Fight DNA baseline. Shown only where the historical sample supports it.

Rashad Evans

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Michael Bisping

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Fight summary

23Rashad Evans sig. strikes

40Michael Bisping sig. strikes

3rounds observed

+73%largest pace swing, R1 to R2 (Michael Bisping)