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UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie
Erin Blanchfield
Erin Blanchfield
11-1 · USA
VS
Taila Santos
Taila Santos
19-2 · BRA
August 26, 2023 · Kallang, Singapore
Flyweight · 3 rounds
125.5lb
Weigh-in
124.5lb
Erin Blanchfield def. Taila Santos by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Blanchfield26/550/401:22
Santos25/710/000:06
R2
Blanchfield9/180/404:01
Santos11/240/100:03
R3
Blanchfield26/550/602:45
Santos19/560/200:00
Total
Blanchfield61/1280/1408:08
Santos55/1510/300:09

Scorecards

Blanchfield vs Santos

RdBen CartlidgeHowie BoothLuke HillCommunity
R19-109-109-109-10
R210-910-910-99.9-9.2
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total29-2829-2829-2828.8-28.3

Media (15 cards) · avg 2928 · 15 Blanchfield · 0 Santos

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Blanchfield-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
BlanchfieldWin probabilitySantos
69.0%31.0%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
26%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 10.3 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 Blanchfield, blue toward Santos. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Blanchfield69%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%19%7%
Submission21%30%17%
Decision35%51%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (1755)act 61
Takedowns1.8 (0.04.8)act 0
Santos31%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%36%7%
Submission5%17%6%
Decision15%47%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1448)act 55
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.0)act 0
Combined totals~76 sig strikes~2.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R125%
R217%
R38%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Blanchfield
53.6%-118
Santos
+11845.2%
Most takedownstie 19.4%
Blanchfield
55.2%-217
Santos
+21725.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Blanchfield
Expected: 40.4
40.5
Over 40.5
39.6%
+153
Under 40.5
60.4%
-153
051101
Santos
Expected: 35.3
35.5
Over 35.5
39.5%
+153
Under 35.5
60.5%
-153
04589
Takedowns — over/under
Blanchfield
Expected: 1.8
2
Over 2
36.1%
+125
Exactly 2
18.7%
push
Under 2
45.2%
-125
036
Santos
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
33.5%
+132
Exactly 1
22.5%
push
Under 1
44.0%
-132
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 10.3 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
Blanchfield69.0%58.9%+10.1-160
Santos31.0%41.1%−10.1+132
By method
Blanchfield by KO/TKO16.9%7.0%+9.9+1067
Blanchfield by submission17.8%16.9%+0.9+384
Blanchfield by decision34.4%33.7%+0.7+143
Santos by KO/TKO7.6%7.2%+0.4+1042
Santos by submission8.0%6.1%+1.9+1237
Santos by decision15.4%29.0%−13.6+183
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds74.5%80.1%−5.6-590
Over 2.5 rds57.4%69.6%−12.2-289
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision49.8%66.0%−16.2-241

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
81.2Striking69.2
Blanchfield +12.1
85.0Grappling77.1
Blanchfield +7.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BlanchfieldSantos
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1603
Pound-for-pound
1578
1599
Divisional
1578
1508
Striking offense
1503
1493
Striking defense
1506
1545
Grappling offense
1527
1540
Grappling defense
1527
Physical
24 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'4"
Height
5'6"
66"
Reach
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
6.06
Strikes landed / min
2.89
54%
Strike accuracy
48%
3.22
Strikes absorbed / min
2.32
62%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.76
Takedowns / 15 min
2.51
63%
Takedown accuracy
88%
78%
Takedown defense
75%
1.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.5
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
67%
+5
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
60%
Finish rate
25%
Recent opp. quality
189
Days since last fight
441
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Erin Blanchfield
  • WJessica AndradeSUB R2
    Close +1016mo before
  • WMolly McCannSUB R1
    Close -4169mo before
  • WJJ AldrichSUB R2
    Close -5011y 3mo before
  • WMiranda MaverickU-DEC R3
    Close +1181y 8mo before
  • WSarah AlparU-DEC R3
    Close -4031y 11mo before
Taila Santos
  • LValentina ShevchenkoS-DEC R5
    Close +4501y 2mo before
  • WJoanne WoodSUB R1
    Close -3641y 9mo before
  • WRoxanne ModafferiU-DEC R3
    Close -4121y 11mo before
  • WGillian RobertsonU-DEC R3
    Close +1252y 8mo before
  • WMolly McCannU-DEC R3
    Close +1203y 1mo before
Blanchfield — win / loss by method
Record: 11-1-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
18% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
45% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (60%)Submission() 0
2 (40%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Santos — win / loss by method
Record: 19-2-0

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
10 wins, 0 losses
W
53% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
16% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
32% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (75%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
15win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
10 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (13%)Submission() 0
3 (20%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Blanchfield
Santos
5
UFC fights
6
47.9 min · 9.6 avg
Octagon time
89.8 min · 15.0 avg
8y 4m
Career length
12y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Blanchfield
Santos
68W–25L · 73.1%
Overall
92W–38L · 70.8%
68W–25L · 73.1%
Wins
59W–30L · 66.3%
0W–0L
Losses
33W–8L · 80.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Blanchfield
Santos
21W–5L · 80.8%
Overall
14W–12L · 53.8%
17W–4L · 81.0%
Wins
14W–12L · 53.8%
4W–1L · 80.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Blanchfield
Santos
8.92
Landed / min
5.50
44.9%
Accuracy
40.4%
62.1%
Defense
62.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.50
41.0%
Time at distance
34.2%
Grappling & control
Blanchfield
Santos
3.76
Takedowns / 15 min
2.51
63.2%
Takedown accuracy
88.2%
77.8%
Takedown defense
75.0%
1.57
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.50
97.1%
Control share
73.3%
Strike target map
Blanchfield
  • Head75%(218)div 62%
  • Body13%(38)div 22%
  • Legs12%(34)div 16%
Santos
  • Head53%(139)div 62%
  • Body22%(56)div 22%
  • Legs25%(65)div 16%

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

Erin Blanchfield
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Taila Santos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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