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UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards
Sean Woodson
Sean Woodson
9-1 · USA
VS
Luis Saldana
Luis Saldana
16-7 · USA
August 20, 2022 · Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
146.0lb
Weigh-in
145.5lb
Draw
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Woodson34/550/000:10
Saldana44/800/120:04
R2
Woodson15/380/000:00
Saldana18/331/102:22
R3
Woodson24/640/000:12
Saldana29/630/500:54
Total
Woodson73/1570/000:22
Saldana91/1761/723:20

Scorecards

Woodson vs Saldana

RdDerek ClearyMichael BellRich MontanezCommunity
R19-99-99-98.6-9
R210-99-109-109.6-9.4
R310-910-99-109.6-9.4
Total29-2728-2827-2927.8-27.8

Media (15 cards) · avg 27.128.3 · 0 Woodson · 10 Saldana · 5 draws

Point deductions: R11 Saldana (Kneeing a downed opponent)

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Woodson-Saldana. Judge totals are round sums; the official result applies the deduction.

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
WoodsonWin probabilitySaldana
72.5%27.5%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
14%
Decision
58%
Expected fight time: 11.4 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Woodson, blue toward Saldana. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Woodson72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%25%32%
Submission8%11%5%
Decision46%64%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes57 (3274)act 73
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Saldana28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%34%10%
Submission6%22%5%
Decision12%44%12%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2762)act 91
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 1
Combined totals~105 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R212%
R310%
Distance58%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Woodson
57.8%-140
Saldana
+14041.2%
Most takedownstie 52.5%
Woodson
26.7%-128
Saldana
+12820.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Woodson
Expected: 57.2
57
Over 57
42.1%
+135
Exactly 57
1.2%
push
Under 57
56.7%
-135
072143
Saldana
Expected: 47.8
48
Over 48
41.5%
+138
Exactly 48
1.4%
push
Under 48
57.1%
-138
060120
Takedowns — over/under
Woodson
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
32.0%
+213
Under 0.5
68.0%
-213
035
Saldana
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
26.8%
+273
Under 0.5
73.2%
-273
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 11.4 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
Woodson72.5%75.9%−3.4-382
Saldana27.5%24.1%+3.4+297
By method
Woodson by KO/TKO20.1%31.6%−11.5+165
Woodson by submission10.2%5.0%+5.2+1561
Woodson by decision42.1%36.6%+5.5+128
Saldana by KO/TKO7.6%9.7%−2.1+766
Saldana by submission3.9%4.9%−1.0+1614
Saldana by decision16.0%12.2%+3.8+586
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds79.8%68.1%+11.7-263
Over 2.5 rds68.4%47.9%+20.5-141
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision58.1%50.8%+7.3-118

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
74.5Striking68.6
Woodson +5.9
31.4Grappling28.9
Woodson +2.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
WoodsonSaldana
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1549
Pound-for-pound
1526
1566
Divisional
1526
1513
Striking offense
1501
1516
Striking defense
1518
1491
Grappling offense
1482
1506
Grappling defense
1504
Physical
30 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'2"
Height
5'11"
78"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
6.50
Strikes landed / min
4.38
45%
Strike accuracy
47%
4.13
Strikes absorbed / min
3.82
60%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.67
Takedown accuracy
20%
85%
Takedown defense
44%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
67%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
75%
Last-5 win rate
67%
33%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
280
Days since last fight
147
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sean Woodson
  • WCollin AnglinKO/TKO R1
    Close -3379mo before
  • WYoussef ZalalS-DEC R3
    Close -1721y 2mo before
  • LJulian ErosaSUB R3
    Close -4552y 2mo before
  • WKyle BochniakU-DEC R3
    Close -1052y 10mo before
Luis Saldana
  • WBruno SouzaU-DEC R3
    Close +1175mo before
  • LAustin LingoU-DEC R3
    Close -1181y before
  • WJordan GriffinU-DEC R3
    Close -1381y 4mo before
Woodson — win / loss by method
Record: 9-1-0

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
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
11% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (67%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (17%)Submission() 0
3 (50%)Decision() 0
Saldana — win / loss by method
Record: 16-7-0

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
9 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
31% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 4 losses
W
13% of wins
L
57% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
14win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (64%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
5 (36%)Submission(33%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Woodson
Saldana
4
UFC fights
3
47.2 min · 11.8 avg
Octagon time
45.0 min · 15.0 avg
9y 10m
Career length
15y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Woodson
Saldana
49W–18L · 73.1%
Overall
36W–11L · 76.6%
26W–10L · 72.2%
Wins
28W–10L · 73.7%
23W–8L · 74.2%
Losses
8W–1L · 88.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Woodson
Saldana
21W–13L · 61.8%
Overall
151W–110L · 57.9%
21W–13L · 61.8%
Wins
106W–79L · 57.3%
0W–0L
Losses
45W–31L · 59.2%
Distance striking
Woodson
Saldana
9.11
Landed / min
5.78
43.8%
Accuracy
46.0%
62.8%
Defense
60.3%
0.64
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
66.7%
Time at distance
70.3%
Grappling & control
Woodson
Saldana
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.67
Takedown accuracy
20.0%
84.6%
Takedown defense
44.4%
0.64
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.33
11.1%
Control share
34.5%
Strike target map
Woodson
  • Head76%(232)div 64%
  • Body12%(38)div 20%
  • Legs12%(37)div 16%
Saldana
  • Head48%(94)div 64%
  • Body24%(48)div 20%
  • Legs28%(55)div 16%

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

Sean Woodson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Luis Saldana
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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