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UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards
Jared Gordon
Jared Gordon
18-5 · USA
VS
Leonardo Santos
Leonardo Santos
18-5-1 · BRA
August 20, 2022 · Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Jared Gordon def. Leonardo Santos by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Gordon37/600/000:49
Santos10/220/000:00
R2
Gordon29/430/001:54
Santos13/240/200:29
R3
Gordon50/710/001:12
Santos13/350/100:25
Total
Gordon116/1740/003:55
Santos36/810/300:54

Scorecards

Gordon vs Santos

RdChris LeeSal D'AmatoSteve FaragherCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-8.9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-26.9

Media (17 cards) · avg 3027 · 17 Gordon · 0 Santos

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Gordon-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
GordonWin probabilitySantos
66.7%33.3%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
22%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 9.5 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 Gordon, blue toward Santos. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Gordon67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%35%
Submission10%15%
Decision33%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (1757)act 116
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.9)act 0
Santos33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%29%
Submission12%38%
Decision11%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (1652)act 36
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.5)act 0
Combined totals~80 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R218%
R36%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Gordon
51.8%-110
Santos
+11047.0%
Most takedownstie 36.2%
Gordon
35.2%-123
Santos
+12328.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Gordon
Expected: 41.7
41.5
Over 41.5
40.0%
+150
Under 41.5
60.0%
-150
053105
Santos
Expected: 38.6
38.5
Over 38.5
39.8%
+151
Under 38.5
60.2%
-151
04997
Takedowns — over/under
Gordon
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
29.0%
+183
Exactly 1
18.0%
push
Under 1
53.0%
-183
035
Santos
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
41.2%
+143
Under 0.5
58.8%
-143
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 9.5 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
Gordon66.7%70.8%−4.1-275
Santos33.3%29.2%+4.1+230

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
78.1Striking67.0
Gordon +11.2
44.2Grappling46.0
Santos +1.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GordonSantos
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1566
Pound-for-pound
1593
1524
Divisional
1580
1520
Striking offense
1506
1481
Striking defense
1510
1506
Grappling offense
1520
1500
Grappling defense
1511
Physical
33 yrs
Age
42 yrs
5'9"
Height
6'0"
68"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.24
Strikes landed / min
2.88
58%
Strike accuracy
47%
3.20
Strikes absorbed / min
2.77
58%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.22
Takedowns / 15 min
1.01
40%
Takedown accuracy
29%
55%
Takedown defense
87%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
78%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
17%
Finish rate
57%
Recent opp. quality
112
Days since last fight
259
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jared Gordon
  • LGrant DawsonSUB R3
    Close +1644mo before
  • WJoe SoleckiS-DEC R3
    Close +11111mo before
  • WDanny ChavezU-DEC R3
    Close +1061y 6mo before
  • WChris FishgoldU-DEC R3
    Close -1432y 1mo before
  • LCharles OliveiraKO/TKO R1
    Close +3202y 9mo before
Leonardo Santos
  • LClay GuidaSUB R2
    Close -2209mo before
  • LGrant DawsonKO/TKO R3
    Close +1681y 5mo before
  • WRoman BogatovU-DEC R3
    Close -1772y 1mo before
  • WStevie RayKO/TKO R1
    Close -1553y 3mo before
  • WAdriano MartinsS-DEC R3
    Close +1755y 10mo before
Gordon — win / loss by method
Record: 18-5-0

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
6 wins, 4 losses
W
33% of wins
L
80% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
11% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
6win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO(75%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(25%) 1
5 (83%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (42%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (42%)Decision(0%) 0
Santos — win / loss by method
Record: 18-5-1

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
3 wins, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
28% of wins
L
40% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
7win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (29%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (43%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (9%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
7 (64%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (18%)Decision(67%) 2
1 (9%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Gordon
Santos
10
UFC fights
10
114.6 min · 11.5 avg
Octagon time
104.3 min · 10.4 avg
15y 6m
Career length
24y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Gordon
Santos
150W–31L · 82.9%
Overall
161W–48L · 77.0%
84W–19L · 81.6%
Wins
109W–26L · 80.7%
66W–12L · 84.6%
Losses
52W–22L · 70.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Gordon
Santos
76W–35L · 68.5%
Overall
125W–61L · 67.2%
65W–30L · 68.4%
Wins
96W–54L · 64.0%
11W–5L · 68.8%
Losses
29W–7L · 80.6%
Distance striking
Gordon
Santos
7.73
Landed / min
3.85
49.3%
Accuracy
40.5%
63.2%
Defense
65.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.43
40.0%
Time at distance
51.9%
Grappling & control
Gordon
Santos
2.22
Takedowns / 15 min
1.01
39.5%
Takedown accuracy
29.2%
54.5%
Takedown defense
87.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.29
72.3%
Control share
31.0%
Strike target map
Gordon
  • Head76%(454)div 63%
  • Body14%(86)div 20%
  • Legs10%(61)div 16%
Santos
  • Head62%(186)div 63%
  • Body22%(66)div 20%
  • Legs16%(48)div 16%

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

Jared Gordon
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Leonardo Santos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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