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UFC Fight Night: Muniz vs. Allen
Augusto Sakai
Augusto Sakai
15-5-1 · BRA
VS
Don'Tale Mayes
Don'Tale Mayes
9-4 · USA
February 25, 2023 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
265.0lb
Weigh-in
261.5lb
Augusto Sakai def. Don'Tale Mayes by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sakai19/380/002:58
Mayes13/200/100:53
R2
Sakai16/270/102:52
Mayes4/150/001:06
R3
Sakai18/301/103:01
Mayes12/270/000:47
Total
Sakai53/951/208:51
Mayes29/620/102:46

Scorecards

Sakai vs Mayes

RdDavid LethabyJunichiro KamijoTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-99.8-9.1
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2729.7-27.2

Media (12 cards) · avg 3027 · 12 Sakai · 0 Mayes

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Sakai-Mayes.

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
SakaiWin probabilityMayes
46.0%54.0%
KO / TKO
53%
Submission
17%
Decision
30%
Expected fight time: 8.3 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 Sakai, blue toward Mayes. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Sakai46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%58%26%
Submission6%12%4%
Decision14%30%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1342)act 53
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 1
Mayes54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%49%28%
Submission12%21%6%
Decision16%30%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (1654)act 29
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Combined totals~71 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R141%
R217%
R312%
Distance30%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Sakai
41.5%+138
Mayes
-13857.2%
Most takedownstie 56.4%
Sakai
23.1%-113
Mayes
+11320.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sakai
Expected: 31.3
31.5
Over 31.5
39.4%
+154
Under 31.5
60.6%
-154
04079
Mayes
Expected: 39.6
39.5
Over 39.5
39.9%
+151
Under 39.5
60.1%
-151
050100
Takedowns — over/under
Sakai
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
27.2%
+267
Under 0.5
72.8%
-267
035
Mayes
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
24.9%
+302
Under 0.5
75.1%
-302
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 8.3 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
Sakai46.0%50.7%−4.7-113
Mayes54.0%49.3%+4.7-107
By method
Sakai by KO/TKO24.3%26.4%−2.1+218
Sakai by submission7.9%4.4%+3.5+1818
Sakai by decision13.8%21.6%−7.8+289
Mayes by KO/TKO28.6%27.7%+0.9+203
Mayes by submission9.3%5.7%+3.6+1368
Mayes by decision16.2%14.2%+2.0+492
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds58.9%60.6%−1.7-183
Over 2.5 rds42.2%41.9%+0.3+122
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision30.0%37.3%−7.3+151

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
59.9Striking54.5
Sakai +5.4
25.3Grappling41.6
Mayes +16.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SakaiMayes
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1534
Pound-for-pound
1517
1534
Divisional
1517
1495
Striking offense
1511
1466
Striking defense
1493
1484
Grappling offense
1483
1506
Grappling defense
1492
Physical
31 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'6"
77"
Reach
81"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.46
Strikes landed / min
2.91
49%
Strike accuracy
41%
4.74
Strikes absorbed / min
3.86
45%
Strike defense
45%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.18
Takedowns / 15 min
1.61
33%
Takedown accuracy
70%
33%
Takedown defense
31%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
40%
-4
Win/loss streak
-1
20%
Last-5 win rate
40%
50%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
203
Days since last fight
210
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Augusto Sakai
  • LSerghei SpivacKO/TKO R2
    Close +2497mo before
  • LTai TuivasaKO/TKO R2
    Close +1021y 2mo before
  • LJairzinho RozenstruikKO/TKO R1
    Close +1051y 9mo before
  • LAlistair OvereemKO/TKO R5
    Close +1302y 6mo before
  • WBlagoy IvanovS-DEC R3
    Close -1152y 9mo before
Don'Tale Mayes
  • WJosh ParisianKO/TKO R3
    Close -1871y 2mo before
  • WRoque MartinezU-DEC R3
    Close -2652y 3mo before
  • LRodrigo NascimentoSUB R2
    Close -1052y 9mo before
  • LCiryl GaneSUB R3
    Close +2653y 4mo before
Sakai — win / loss by method
Record: 15-5-1

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
11 wins, 4 losses
W
73% of wins
L
80% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
4win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 4
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (82%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (18%)Decision(100%) 1
Mayes — win / loss by method
Record: 9-4-0, 1 NC

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
11% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 2
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Sakai
Mayes
8
UFC fights
5
84.6 min · 10.6 avg
Octagon time
65.3 min · 13.1 avg
14y 9m
Career length
10y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sakai
Mayes
157W–57L · 73.4%
Overall
40W–10L · 80.0%
73W–30L · 70.9%
Wins
29W–10L · 74.4%
84W–27L · 75.7%
Losses
11W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sakai
Mayes
62W–22L · 73.8%
Overall
48W–24L · 66.7%
36W–12L · 75.0%
Wins
33W–18L · 64.7%
26W–10L · 72.2%
Losses
15W–6L · 71.4%
Distance striking
Sakai
Mayes
4.72
Landed / min
5.01
39.1%
Accuracy
38.7%
52.9%
Defense
49.6%
0.18
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
59.8%
Time at distance
49.9%
Grappling & control
Sakai
Mayes
0.18
Takedowns / 15 min
1.61
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
70.0%
33.3%
Takedown defense
30.8%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
33.0%
Control share
51.9%
Strike target map
Sakai
  • Head60%(228)div 65%
  • Body27%(103)div 19%
  • Legs12%(46)div 16%
Mayes
  • Head53%(101)div 65%
  • Body27%(52)div 19%
  • Legs19%(37)div 16%

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

Augusto Sakai
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Don'Tale Mayes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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