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UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Font
Diego Lopes
Diego Lopes
21-6 · BRA
VS
Gavin Tucker
Gavin Tucker
13-2 · CAN
August 5, 2023 · Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.5lb
Weigh-in
145.0lb
Diego Lopes def. Gavin Tucker by SUB (Triangle Armbar), R1 1:38
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:38
Lopes0/40/000:00
Tucker0/61/100:39
Total
Lopes0/40/000:00
Tucker0/61/100:39

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
LopesWin probabilityTucker
43.4%56.6%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
20%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 10.1 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 Lopes, blue toward Tucker. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Lopes43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%39%
Submission9%22%
Decision17%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (1652)act 0
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Tucker57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%29%
Submission10%18%
Decision31%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (1653)act 0
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.9)act 1
Combined totals~78 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R220%
R37%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Lopes
48.4%+104
Tucker
-10450.4%
Most takedownstie 30.2%
Lopes
14.8%+373
Tucker
-37355.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lopes
Expected: 38.4
38.5
Over 38.5
39.6%
+152
Under 38.5
60.4%
-152
04896
Tucker
Expected: 39.3
39.5
Over 39.5
39.6%
+153
Under 39.5
60.4%
-153
05099
Takedowns — over/under
Lopes
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
27.0%
+270
Under 0.5
73.0%
-270
035
Tucker
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
42.7%
+134
Under 1.5
57.3%
-134
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 10.1 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
Lopes43.4%60.4%−17.0-170
Tucker56.6%39.6%+17.0+142

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
44.6Striking64.9
Tucker +20.2
36.9Grappling67.8
Tucker +30.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LopesTucker
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1524
Pound-for-pound
1560
1523
Divisional
1559
Striking offense
Striking defense
1500
Grappling offense
1509
1497
Grappling defense
1508
Physical
28 yrs
Age
37 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'6"
72"
Reach
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.47
Strikes landed / min
4.39
54%
Strike accuracy
45%
5.87
Strikes absorbed / min
4.28
32%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.98
Takedown accuracy
42%
43%
Takedown defense
54%
4.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.5
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
67%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
60%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
91
Days since last fight
875
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Diego Lopes
  • LMovsar EvloevU-DEC R3
    Close +6243mo before
Gavin Tucker
  • LDan IgeKO/TKO R1
    Close +1462y 5mo before
  • WBilly QuarantilloU-DEC R3
    Close +1652y 8mo before
  • WJustin JaynesSUB R3
    Close -1393y before
  • WSeungWoo ChoiSUB R3
    Close +1204y before
  • LRicky GlennU-DEC R3
    Close -3705y 11mo before
Lopes — win / loss by method
Record: 21-6-0

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
8 wins, 2 losses
W
38% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 0 losses
W
52% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 4 losses
W
10% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
21win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (38%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
11 (52%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (10%)Decision(60%) 3
Tucker — win / loss by method
Record: 13-2-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
31% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
46% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
23% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (44%)Submission() 0
1 (11%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Lopes
Tucker
1
UFC fights
6
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
70.4 min · 11.7 avg
13y 11m
Career length
15y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lopes
Tucker
16W–0L · 100.0%
Overall
86W–22L · 79.6%
0W–0L
Wins
53W–15L · 77.9%
16W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
33W–7L · 82.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lopes
Tucker
166W–86L · 65.9%
Overall
27W–27L · 50.0%
136W–75L · 64.5%
Wins
27W–27L · 50.0%
30W–11L · 73.2%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Lopes
Tucker
5.14
Landed / min
5.93
49.1%
Accuracy
41.3%
44.4%
Defense
69.6%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
35.0%
Time at distance
59.2%
Grappling & control
Lopes
Tucker
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.98
Takedown accuracy
42.4%
42.9%
Takedown defense
53.8%
4.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.49
7.4%
Control share
56.7%
Strike target map
Lopes
  • Head78%(29)div 64%
  • Body11%(4)div 20%
  • Legs11%(4)div 16%
Tucker
  • Head61%(189)div 64%
  • Body25%(78)div 20%
  • Legs14%(42)div 16%

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

Diego Lopes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Gavin Tucker
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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