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UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Font
Cory Sandhagen
Cory Sandhagen
16-4 · USA
VS
Rob Font
Rob Font
20-6 · USA
August 5, 2023 · Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Catch Weight · 140 lb · 5 rounds · Main event
139.5lb
Weigh-in
139.0lb
Cory Sandhagen def. Rob Font by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sandhagen8/262/202:43
Font5/221/100:23
R2
Sandhagen7/151/104:41
Font0/70/000:00
R3
Sandhagen10/241/103:43
Font4/100/000:00
R4
Sandhagen6/112/204:41
Font0/40/000:00
R5
Sandhagen3/81/103:50
Font0/60/100:45
Total
Sandhagen34/847/7019:38
Font9/491/201:08

Scorecards

Sandhagen vs Font

RdDerek ClearyMichael BellSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.2
R210-910-910-99.9-9
R310-910-910-99.9-9
R410-910-910-99.9-9
R510-910-910-99.9-9
Total50-4550-4550-4549.4-45.2

Media (15 cards) · avg 5044.9 · 15 Sandhagen · 0 Font

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Sandhagen-Font.

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
SandhagenWin probabilityFont
65.9%34.1%
KO / TKO
39%
Submission
18%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 16.1 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 Sandhagen, blue toward Font. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Sandhagen66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%38%
Submission12%18%
Decision29%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes96 (41130)act 34
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.6)act 7
Font34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%40%
Submission6%18%
Decision14%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes87 (37119)act 9
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 1
Combined totals~183 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R217%
R310%
R46%
R54%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.5%
Sandhagen
52.4%-111
Font
+11147.1%
Most takedownstie 52.5%
Sandhagen
30.8%-184
Font
+18416.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sandhagen
Expected: 95.6
95.5
Over 95.5
39.8%
+151
Under 95.5
60.2%
-151
0120240
Font
Expected: 87.4
87.5
Over 87.5
39.7%
+152
Under 87.5
60.3%
-152
0110219
Takedowns — over/under
Sandhagen
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
35.3%
+184
Under 0.5
64.7%
-184
035
Font
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
22.1%
+352
Under 0.5
77.9%
-352
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 16.1 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
Sandhagen65.9%76.0%−10.1-380
Font34.1%24.0%+10.1+300

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
72.3Striking74.2
Font +1.9
36.2Grappling42.1
Font +5.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SandhagenFont
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1631
Pound-for-pound
1612
1519
Divisional
1527
1542
Striking offense
1555
1516
Striking defense
1502
1493
Grappling offense
1474
1501
Grappling defense
1514
Physical
31 yrs
Age
36 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'8"
70"
Reach
71"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.98
Strikes landed / min
6.46
45%
Strike accuracy
46%
3.90
Strikes absorbed / min
4.03
57%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.89
Takedowns / 15 min
1.01
22%
Takedown accuracy
36%
65%
Takedown defense
55%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
67%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
67%
Finish rate
70%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
119
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cory Sandhagen
  • WMarlon VeraS-DEC R5
    Close -1514mo before
  • WSong YadongKO/TKO R4
    Close -20011mo before
  • LPetr YanU-DEC R5
    Close +2091y 9mo before
  • LTJ DillashawS-DEC R5
    Close -2092y before
  • WFrankie EdgarKO/TKO R1
    Close -4002y 6mo before
Rob Font
  • WAdrian YanezKO/TKO R1
    Close +1494mo before
  • LMarlon VeraU-DEC R5
    missedClose -1171y 3mo before
  • LJose AldoU-DEC R5
    Close -1391y 8mo before
  • WCody GarbrandtU-DEC R5
    Close -1272y 2mo before
  • WMarlon MoraesKO/TKO R1
    Close +1502y 8mo before
Sandhagen — win / loss by method
Record: 16-4-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
44% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
19% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 3 losses
W
38% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
9win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (11%)Submission(33%) 1
3 (33%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (43%)Decision(100%) 1
Font — win / loss by method
Record: 20-6-0

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
9 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 5 losses
W
35% of wins
L
83% of losses
UFC
10win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (60%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (10%)Submission(20%) 1
3 (30%)Decision(80%) 4
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (30%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (30%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (40%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Sandhagen
Font
12
UFC fights
15
151.3 min · 12.6 avg
Octagon time
178.1 min · 11.9 avg
11y 2m
Career length
14y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sandhagen
Font
251W–62L · 80.2%
Overall
276W–62L · 81.7%
202W–53L · 79.2%
Wins
160W–34L · 82.5%
49W–9L · 84.5%
Losses
116W–28L · 80.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sandhagen
Font
49W–20L · 71.0%
Overall
52W–28L · 65.0%
39W–17L · 69.6%
Wins
52W–28L · 65.0%
10W–3L · 76.9%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Sandhagen
Font
7.18
Landed / min
7.87
42.6%
Accuracy
43.8%
59.0%
Defense
59.8%
0.40
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.59
70.3%
Time at distance
72.3%
Grappling & control
Sandhagen
Font
0.89
Takedowns / 15 min
1.01
22.0%
Takedown accuracy
36.4%
64.9%
Takedown defense
55.0%
0.30
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.42
55.0%
Control share
36.0%
Strike target map
Sandhagen
  • Head67%(607)div 64%
  • Body15%(138)div 20%
  • Legs18%(160)div 17%
Font
  • Head74%(855)div 64%
  • Body18%(208)div 20%
  • Legs8%(88)div 17%

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

Cory Sandhagen
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Rob Font
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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