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Manel Kape
Manel Kape
18-6 · AGO
VS
September 9, 2023 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Flyweight · 3 rounds
126.0lb
Weigh-in
125.4lb
Manel Kape def. Felipe dos Santos by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Kape36/550/010:28
dos Santos32/960/300:08
R2
Kape37/610/000:00
dos Santos35/1020/100:00
R3
Kape39/661/100:17
dos Santos32/1060/100:00
Total
Kape112/1821/110:45
dos Santos99/3040/500:08

Scorecards

Kape vs dos Santos

RdClemens WernerDavid LethabyEric ColónCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9.1
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R39-109-1010-99.6-9.4
Total29-2829-2830-2729.5-27.6

Media (21 cards) · avg 29.827.2 · 21 Kape · 0 dos Santos

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Kape-dos Santos.

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
KapeWin probabilitydos Santos
56.2%43.8%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
18%
Decision
57%
Expected fight time: 11.0 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Kape56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%32%
Submission10%18%
Decision28%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (1755)act 112
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.7)act 1
dos Santos44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%16%
Submission8%19%
Decision29%65%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (1858)act 99
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.2)act 0
Combined totals~83 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R213%
R37%
Distance57%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Kape
47.9%+106
dos Santos
-10650.9%
Most takedownstie 35.8%
Kape
28.3%+127
dos Santos
-12735.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Kape
Expected: 40.9
41
Over 41
39.0%
+153
Exactly 41
1.2%
push
Under 41
59.8%
-153
052103
dos Santos
Expected: 42.5
42.5
Over 42.5
39.8%
+152
Under 42.5
60.2%
-152
054107
Takedowns — over/under
Kape
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
40.8%
+145
Under 0.5
59.2%
-145
035
dos Santos
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
30.8%
+171
Exactly 1
16.6%
push
Under 1
52.6%
-171
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 11.0 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
Kape56.2%78.2%−22.0-440
dos Santos43.8%21.8%+22.0+340

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Kapedos Santos
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1556
Pound-for-pound
1525
1555
Divisional
1525
1513
Striking offense
1500
1501
Striking defense
1500
1492
Grappling offense
1500
1509
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
29 yrs
Age
22 yrs
5'5"
Height
5'7"
68"
Reach
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.46
Strikes landed / min
52%
Strike accuracy
3.92
Strikes absorbed / min
54%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.56
Takedowns / 15 min
29%
Takedown accuracy
69%
Takedown defense
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
+3
Win/loss streak
60%
Last-5 win rate
67%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
266
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Manel Kape
  • WDavid DvorakU-DEC R3
    Close -2279mo before
  • WZhalgas ZhumagulovKO/TKO R1
    Close -2921y 9mo before
  • WOde OsbourneKO/TKO R1
    missedClose -2022y 1mo before
  • LMatheus NicolauS-DEC R3
    Close -1352y 6mo before
  • LAlexandre PantojaU-DEC R3
    Close -1052y 7mo before
Felipe dos Santos
No prior UFC fights.
Kape — win / loss by method
Record: 18-6-0

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
11 wins, 0 losses
W
61% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
28% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 4 losses
W
11% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
15win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (60%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (33%)Submission(50%) 2
1 (7%)Decision(50%) 2
dos Santos — win / loss by method
Record: 7-0-0, 1 NC

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
29% of wins
L
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (43%)Submission() 0
2 (29%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Kape
dos Santos
5
UFC fights
0
53.8 min · 10.8 avg
Octagon time
14y 2m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Kape
dos Santos
80W–19L · 80.8%
Overall
43W–12L · 78.2%
Wins
37W–7L · 84.1%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Kape
dos Santos
154W–62L · 71.3%
Overall
20W–8L · 71.4%
99W–48L · 67.3%
Wins
20W–8L · 71.4%
55W–14L · 79.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Kape
dos Santos
4.84
Landed / min
50.9%
Accuracy
55.0%
Defense
1.12
Knockdowns / 15 min
84.6%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Kape
dos Santos
0.56
Takedowns / 15 min
28.6%
Takedown accuracy
69.2%
Takedown defense
0.56
Sub attempts / 15 min
27.1%
Control share
Strike target map
Kape
  • Head66%(159)div 62%
  • Body18%(44)div 22%
  • Legs15%(37)div 16%
dos Santos
  • Head0%(0)div 62%
  • Body0%(0)div 22%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Manel Kape
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Felipe dos Santos

No UFC fights on record.

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