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UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill
Themba Gorimbo
Themba Gorimbo
10-4 · ZWE
VS
Takashi Sato
Takashi Sato
16-6 · JPN
May 20, 2023 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.5lb
Themba Gorimbo def. Takashi Sato by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Gorimbo7/161/303:58
Sato3/81/200:32
R2
Gorimbo18/301/213:20
Sato14/171/401:14
R3
Gorimbo8/101/303:57
Sato13/220/000:35
Total
Gorimbo33/563/8111:15
Sato30/472/602:21

Scorecards

Gorimbo vs Sato

RdJunichiro KamijoMichael BellTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-8.9
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total30-2730-2730-2729.9-27

Media (15 cards) · avg 3027 · 15 Gorimbo · 0 Sato

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Gorimbo-Sato.

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
GorimboWin probabilitySato
47.4%52.6%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
26%
Decision
48%
Expected fight time: 10.0 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 Gorimbo, blue toward Sato. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Gorimbo47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%13%9%
Submission16%35%23%
Decision25%52%20%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1344)act 33
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.8)act 3
Sato53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%37%29%
Submission9%18%6%
Decision24%45%12%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1035)act 30
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 2
Combined totals~59 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R213%
R38%
Distance48%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Gorimbo
56.0%-132
Sato
+13242.4%
Most takedownstie 32.9%
Gorimbo
51.1%-319
Sato
+31916.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Gorimbo
Expected: 32.4
32.5
Over 32.5
39.7%
+152
Under 32.5
60.3%
-152
04182
Sato
Expected: 26.2
26
Over 26
39.2%
+151
Exactly 26
1.8%
push
Under 26
59.0%
-151
03366
Takedowns — over/under
Gorimbo
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
40.2%
-101
Exactly 1
20.1%
push
Under 1
39.7%
+101
035
Sato
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
27.4%
+265
Under 0.5
72.6%
-265
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 10.0 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
Gorimbo47.4%54.3%−6.9-132
Sato52.6%45.7%+6.9+109
By method
Gorimbo by KO/TKO12.3%9.4%+2.9+790
Gorimbo by submission12.2%23.2%−11.0+261
Gorimbo by decision22.8%20.3%+2.5+314
Sato by KO/TKO13.7%28.5%−14.8+194
Sato by submission13.6%6.4%+7.2+1214
Sato by decision25.4%12.1%+13.3+595
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds69.1%56.4%+12.7-152
Over 2.5 rds56.6%40.3%+16.3+132
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision48.2%34.8%+13.4+170

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
71.7Striking48.9
Gorimbo +22.8
47.7Grappling41.1
Gorimbo +6.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GorimboSato
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1504
Pound-for-pound
1512
1504
Divisional
1510
1499
Striking offense
1498
1509
Striking defense
1500
1503
Grappling offense
1484
1493
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
32 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'10"
77"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
0.91
Strikes landed / min
2.28
60%
Strike accuracy
38%
1.06
Strikes absorbed / min
4.25
59%
Strike defense
45%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.53
Takedowns / 15 min
0.34
100%
Takedown accuracy
50%
Takedown defense
60%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
33%
-1
Win/loss streak
-3
0%
Last-5 win rate
20%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
91
Days since last fight
287
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Themba Gorimbo
  • LAJ FletcherSUB R2
    Close +2593mo before
Takashi Sato
  • LBryan BattleKO/TKO R1
    Close +2519mo before
  • LGunnar NelsonU-DEC R3
    Close +4011y 2mo before
  • LMiguel BaezaSUB R2
    Close +1402y 6mo before
  • WJason WittKO/TKO R1
    Close -2782y 11mo before
  • LBelal MuhammadSUB R3
    Close +3203y 8mo before
Gorimbo — win / loss by method
Record: 10-4-0

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
1 win, 1 loss
W
10% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 2 losses
W
60% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (10%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
6 (60%)Submission(33%) 1
3 (30%)Decision(33%) 1
Sato — win / loss by method
Record: 16-6-0

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, 2 losses
W
69% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 3 losses
W
13% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
19% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
2win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
14win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (64%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (14%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (21%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Gorimbo
Sato
1
UFC fights
6
6.6 min · 6.6 avg
Octagon time
44.2 min · 7.4 avg
13y 1m
Career length
12y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Gorimbo
Sato
9W–2L · 81.8%
Overall
87W–25L · 77.7%
0W–0L
Wins
39W–16L · 70.9%
9W–2L · 81.8%
Losses
48W–9L · 84.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Gorimbo
Sato
92W–41L · 69.2%
Overall
146W–71L · 67.3%
48W–25L · 65.8%
Wins
111W–56L · 66.5%
44W–16L · 73.3%
Losses
35W–15L · 70.0%
Distance striking
Gorimbo
Sato
4.38
Landed / min
2.45
55.6%
Accuracy
31.6%
85.7%
Defense
54.5%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.68
17.2%
Time at distance
65.6%
Grappling & control
Gorimbo
Sato
4.53
Takedowns / 15 min
0.34
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
Takedown defense
60.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
37.4%
Control share
8.5%
Strike target map
Gorimbo
  • Head33%(2)div 63%
  • Body50%(3)div 20%
  • Legs17%(1)div 16%
Sato
  • Head79%(80)div 63%
  • Body14%(14)div 20%
  • Legs7%(7)div 16%

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

Themba Gorimbo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Takashi Sato
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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