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Sam Hughes
Sam Hughes
7-5 · USA
VS
April 8, 2023 · Miami, Florida, USA
Strawweight · 3 rounds
116.0lb
Weigh-in
115.5lb
Sam Hughes def. Jaqueline Amorim by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Hughes11/250/000:02
Amorim7/252/203:24
R2
Hughes6/211/103:29
Amorim3/60/400:17
R3
Hughes29/580/003:31
Amorim2/210/400:01
Total
Hughes46/1041/107:02
Amorim12/522/1003:42

Scorecards

Hughes vs Amorim

RdEliseo RodriguezEric ColónSal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-109-109-108.6-10
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-8.9
Total29-2829-2829-2828.6-27.9

Media (22 cards) · avg 28.828 · 19 Hughes · 0 Amorim · 3 draws

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Hughes-Amorim.

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
HughesWin probabilityAmorim
39.1%60.9%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
20%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 10.5 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 Hughes, blue toward Amorim. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Hughes39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%29%7%
Submission6%15%5%
Decision22%56%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (1653)act 46
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.9)act 1
Amorim61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%26%8%
Submission14%23%36%
Decision31%51%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (1860)act 12
Takedowns2.3 (0.05.7)act 2
Combined totals~83 sig strikes~2.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R213%
R38%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Hughes
44.8%+121
Amorim
-12154.1%
Most takedownstie 16.9%
Hughes
12.2%+581
Amorim
-58170.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hughes
Expected: 38.8
39
Over 39
38.9%
+154
Exactly 39
1.2%
push
Under 39
59.9%
-154
04997
Amorim
Expected: 44.5
44.5
Over 44.5
39.7%
+152
Under 44.5
60.3%
-152
056112
Takedowns — over/under
Hughes
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
33.8%
+196
Under 0.5
66.2%
-196
035
Amorim
Expected: 2.3
2.5
Over 2.5
44.0%
+127
Under 2.5
56.0%
-127
047

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 10.5 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
Hughes39.1%30.1%+9.0+217
Amorim60.9%69.9%−9.0-274
By method
Hughes by KO/TKO10.7%6.7%+4.0+1141
Hughes by submission7.8%4.9%+2.9+1601
Hughes by decision20.6%18.8%+1.8+344
Amorim by KO/TKO16.7%8.2%+8.5+920
Amorim by submission12.1%36.3%−24.2+130
Amorim by decision32.1%25.1%+7.0+233
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds73.8%62.9%+10.9-208
Over 2.5 rds60.7%48.5%+12.2-108
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision52.7%45.2%+7.5+107

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HughesAmorim
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1490
Pound-for-pound
1523
1491
Divisional
1523
1504
Striking offense
1482
1493
Striking defense
1500
1487
Grappling offense
1561
1506
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
30 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'5"
Height
5'3"
64"
Reach
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.93
Strikes landed / min
47%
Strike accuracy
4.88
Strikes absorbed / min
53%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
1.14
Takedowns / 15 min
38%
Takedown accuracy
48%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
40%
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
175
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sam Hughes
  • LPiera RodriguezU-DEC R3
    Close +1446mo before
  • WElise ReedKO/TKO R3
    Close +12711mo before
  • WIstela NunesM-DEC R3
    Close +1931y before
  • LLuana PinheiroU-DEC R3
    Close +3171y 5mo before
  • LLoma LookboonmeeU-DEC R3
    Close +3111y 11mo before
Jaqueline Amorim
No prior UFC fights.
Hughes — win / loss by method
Record: 7-5-0

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, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
43% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
29% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
2win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (60%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Amorim — win / loss by method
Record: 6-0-0

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, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
83% of wins
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (83%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Hughes
Amorim
6
UFC fights
0
78.9 min · 13.1 avg
Octagon time
7y 5m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Hughes
Amorim
44W–11L · 80.0%
Overall
11W–3L · 78.6%
Wins
33W–8L · 80.5%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hughes
Amorim
11W–3L · 78.6%
Overall
11W–8L · 57.9%
7W–2L · 77.8%
Wins
11W–8L · 57.9%
4W–1L · 80.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Hughes
Amorim
4.98
Landed / min
40.4%
Accuracy
60.0%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
56.0%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Hughes
Amorim
1.14
Takedowns / 15 min
37.5%
Takedown accuracy
47.8%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
80.3%
Control share
Strike target map
Hughes
  • Head71%(219)div 61%
  • Body16%(49)div 22%
  • Legs14%(42)div 16%
Amorim
  • Head0%(0)div 61%
  • Body0%(0)div 22%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Sam Hughes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jaqueline Amorim

No UFC fights on record.

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