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June 3, 2023 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos def. Abubakar Nurmagomedov by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Zaleski dos Santos10/340/100:00
Nurmagomedov12/160/102:39
R2
Zaleski dos Santos14/320/000:06
Nurmagomedov5/161/102:20
R3
Zaleski dos Santos18/470/100:09
Nurmagomedov12/220/601:17
Total
Zaleski dos Santos42/1130/200:15
Nurmagomedov29/541/806:16

Scorecards

Zaleski dos Santos vs Nurmagomedov

RdBryan MinerDerek ClearyRon McCarthyCommunity
R19-109-1010-99.2-9.8
R210-99-109-109.7-9.4
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total29-2828-2929-2828.8-28.3

Media (11 cards) · avg 2928 · 11 Zaleski dos Santos · 0 Nurmagomedov

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

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
Zaleski dos SantosWin probabilityNurmagomedov
48.4%51.6%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
12%
Decision
57%
Expected fight time: 11.1 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 Zaleski dos Santos, blue toward Nurmagomedov. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Zaleski dos Santos48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%37%19%
Submission5%10%9%
Decision25%53%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (1860)act 42
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Nurmagomedov52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%24%8%
Submission7%14%6%
Decision32%62%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (1756)act 29
Takedowns1.8 (0.04.7)act 1
Combined totals~85 sig strikes~2.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R213%
R38%
Distance57%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Zaleski dos Santos
51.3%-108
Nurmagomedov
+10847.6%
Most takedownstie 20.3%
Zaleski dos Santos
7.8%+919
Nurmagomedov
-91971.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Zaleski dos Santos
Expected: 44.0
44
Over 44
39.2%
+152
Exactly 44
1.1%
push
Under 44
59.7%
-152
056111
Nurmagomedov
Expected: 41.4
41.5
Over 41.5
39.6%
+153
Under 41.5
60.4%
-153
052104
Takedowns — over/under
Zaleski dos Santos
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
20.7%
Exactly 0
79.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Nurmagomedov
Expected: 1.8
2
Over 2
36.4%
+123
Exactly 2
19.1%
push
Under 2
44.6%
-123
036

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 11.1 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
Zaleski dos Santos48.4%46.9%+1.5+104
Nurmagomedov51.6%53.1%−1.5-125
By method
Zaleski dos Santos by KO/TKO14.7%18.5%−3.8+351
Zaleski dos Santos by submission5.8%9.4%−3.6+793
Zaleski dos Santos by decision27.8%20.9%+6.9+300
Nurmagomedov by KO/TKO15.7%7.6%+8.1+994
Nurmagomedov by submission6.2%5.8%+0.4+1345
Nurmagomedov by decision29.7%37.8%−8.1+121
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds78.5%75.5%+3.0-423
Over 2.5 rds65.3%65.5%−0.2-232
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision57.5%61.0%−3.5-186

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
69.6Striking73.8
Nurmagomedov +4.1
31.8Grappling44.3
Nurmagomedov +12.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Zaleski dos SantosNurmagomedov
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1612
Pound-for-pound
1551
1611
Divisional
1552
1519
Striking offense
1492
1513
Striking defense
1507
1478
Grappling offense
1536
1523
Grappling defense
1533
Physical
36 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'11"
73"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.65
Strikes landed / min
3.17
42%
Strike accuracy
53%
3.22
Strikes absorbed / min
2.53
59%
Strike defense
66%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.52
Takedowns / 15 min
1.37
15%
Takedown accuracy
30%
62%
Takedown defense
86%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
67%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
60%
Last-5 win rate
67%
44%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
581
Days since last fight
224
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
  • WBenoit Saint DenisU-DEC R3
    Close -2891y 7mo before
  • LMuslim SalikhovS-DEC R3
    Close +1082y 11mo before
  • WAleksei KunchenkoU-DEC R3
    Close -1223y 3mo before
  • LLi JingliangKO/TKO R3
    Close -2553y 9mo before
  • WCurtis MillenderSUB R1
    Close +1004y 3mo before
Abubakar Nurmagomedov
  • WGadzhi OmargadzhievU-DEC R3
    Close -1507mo before
  • WJared GoodenU-DEC R3
    Close -2312y 2mo before
  • LDavid ZawadaSUB R1
    Close -2653y 7mo before
Zaleski dos Santos — win / loss by method
Record: 23-7-0

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
14 wins, 1 loss
W
61% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
13% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 4 losses
W
26% of wins
L
57% of losses
UFC
9win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (11%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (56%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
14win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (79%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (14%)Submission(50%) 2
1 (7%)Decision(50%) 2
Nurmagomedov — win / loss by method
Record: 17-3-1

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
35% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 2 losses
W
24% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 0 losses
W
41% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
15win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (40%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
4 (27%)Submission(50%) 1
5 (33%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Zaleski dos Santos
Nurmagomedov
12
UFC fights
3
145.5 min · 12.1 avg
Octagon time
32.8 min · 10.9 avg
16y 9m
Career length
14y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Zaleski dos Santos
Nurmagomedov
197W–29L · 87.2%
Overall
46W–11L · 80.7%
151W–22L · 87.3%
Wins
30W–6L · 83.3%
46W–7L · 86.8%
Losses
16W–5L · 76.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Zaleski dos Santos
Nurmagomedov
144W–59L · 70.9%
Overall
123W–72L · 63.1%
86W–42L · 67.2%
Wins
91W–65L · 58.3%
58W–17L · 77.3%
Losses
32W–7L · 82.1%
Distance striking
Zaleski dos Santos
Nurmagomedov
5.00
Landed / min
5.77
36.6%
Accuracy
51.9%
62.7%
Defense
71.7%
0.21
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
67.0%
Time at distance
50.7%
Grappling & control
Zaleski dos Santos
Nurmagomedov
0.52
Takedowns / 15 min
1.37
15.2%
Takedown accuracy
30.0%
62.0%
Takedown defense
85.7%
0.41
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
45.0%
Control share
92.5%
Strike target map
Zaleski dos Santos
  • Head61%(411)div 63%
  • Body23%(159)div 20%
  • Legs16%(107)div 16%
Nurmagomedov
  • Head74%(77)div 63%
  • Body13%(14)div 20%
  • Legs13%(13)div 16%

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

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Abubakar Nurmagomedov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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