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UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3
Lerone Murphy
Lerone Murphy
11-0-1 · GBR
VS
Gabriel Santos
Gabriel Santos
10-0 · BRA
March 18, 2023 · London, England, United Kingdom
Featherweight · 3 rounds
Lerone Murphy def. Gabriel Santos by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Murphy33/580/000:59
Santos36/542/400:39
R2
Murphy25/441/201:14
Santos13/321/201:45
R3
Murphy35/590/000:05
Santos20/362/501:36
Total
Murphy93/1611/202:18
Santos69/1225/1104:00

Scorecards

Murphy vs Santos

RdClemens WernerMark CollettVito PaolilloCommunity
R19-109-109-109.1-9.9
R210-99-1010-99.2-9.8
R310-910-910-99.8-9.2
Total29-2828-2929-2828.1-28.9

Media (19 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 19 Murphy · 0 Santos

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Murphy-Santos.

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
MurphyWin probabilitySantos
57.9%42.1%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
23%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 10.7 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 Murphy, blue toward Santos. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Murphy58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%30%21%
Submission9%15%6%
Decision32%55%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (1652)act 93
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.5)act 1
Santos42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%17%11%
Submission14%33%12%
Decision21%50%16%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1447)act 69
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.8)act 5
Combined totals~73 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R218%
R37%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Murphy
52.5%-113
Santos
+11346.2%
Most takedownstie 31.7%
Murphy
22.9%+199
Santos
-19945.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Murphy
Expected: 38.2
38
Over 38
39.4%
+151
Exactly 38
1.3%
push
Under 38
59.4%
-151
04896
Santos
Expected: 34.5
34.5
Over 34.5
39.8%
+151
Under 34.5
60.2%
-151
04487
Takedowns — over/under
Murphy
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
37.1%
+169
Under 0.5
62.9%
-169
035
Santos
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
38.6%
+110
Exactly 1
18.9%
push
Under 1
42.4%
-110
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 10.7 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
Murphy57.9%61.9%−4.0-185
Santos42.1%38.1%+4.0+150
By method
Murphy by KO/TKO14.2%20.9%−6.7+302
Murphy by submission13.2%5.5%+7.7+1427
Murphy by decision30.5%34.7%−4.2+142
Santos by KO/TKO10.3%10.9%−0.6+670
Santos by submission9.6%12.4%−2.8+579
Santos by decision22.2%15.5%+6.7+442
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds77.5%70.2%+7.3-301
Over 2.5 rds59.7%57.7%+2.0-161
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision52.7%52.6%+0.1-129

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
MurphySantos
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1579
Pound-for-pound
1534
1577
Divisional
1534
1511
Striking offense
1500
1514
Striking defense
1500
1497
Grappling offense
1500
1493
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
31 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'9"
73"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.58
Strikes landed / min
43%
Strike accuracy
1.90
Strikes absorbed / min
63%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.76
Takedowns / 15 min
33%
Takedown accuracy
37%
Takedown defense
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
+3
Win/loss streak
75%
Last-5 win rate
67%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
504
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Lerone Murphy
  • WMakwan AmirkhaniKO/TKO R2
    Close -2901y 5mo before
  • WDouglas Silva de AndradeU-DEC R3
    Close -3002y 2mo before
  • WRicardo RamosKO/TKO R1
    Close +1302y 8mo before
  • DZubaira TukhugovS-DEC R3
    !Close +2453y 6mo before
Gabriel Santos
No prior UFC fights.
Murphy — win / loss by method
Record: 11-0-1

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
64% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
UFC
3win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (33%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (38%)Decision() 0
Santos — win / loss by method
Record: 10-0-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (30%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (40%)Submission() 0
3 (30%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Murphy
Santos
4
UFC fights
0
39.5 min · 9.9 avg
Octagon time
10y 4m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Murphy
Santos
56W–11L · 83.6%
Overall
56W–11L · 83.6%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Murphy
Santos
45W–72L · 38.5%
Overall
69W–18L · 79.3%
45W–72L · 38.5%
Wins
69W–18L · 79.3%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Murphy
Santos
3.45
Landed / min
34.8%
Accuracy
69.1%
Defense
0.38
Knockdowns / 15 min
46.9%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Murphy
Santos
0.76
Takedowns / 15 min
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
36.8%
Takedown defense
0.76
Sub attempts / 15 min
18.4%
Control share
Strike target map
Murphy
  • Head58%(59)div 64%
  • Body25%(26)div 20%
  • Legs17%(17)div 16%
Santos
  • Head0%(0)div 64%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Lerone Murphy
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Gabriel Santos

No UFC fights on record.

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