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UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill
Jamahal Hill
Jamahal Hill
10-1 · USA
VS
Thiago Santos
Thiago Santos
22-10 · BRA
August 6, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
205.0lb
Weigh-in
206.0lb
Jamahal Hill def. Thiago Santos by KO/TKO (Elbows), R4 2:31
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Hill9/300/000:00
Santos10/180/401:23
R2
Hill31/520/000:22
Santos16/381/400:41
R3
Hill9/110/000:33
Santos8/115/1103:50
R4 · 2:31
Hill40/590/000:31
Santos19/270/100:00
Total
Hill89/1520/001:26
Santos53/946/2005:54

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
HillWin probabilitySantos
59.5%40.5%
KO / TKO
46%
Submission
12%
Decision
43%
Expected fight time: 15.0 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 Hill, blue toward Santos. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Hill60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%42%52%
Submission7%12%5%
Decision28%46%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes60 (2582)act 89
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 0
Santos40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%51%15%
Submission4%11%4%
Decision15%38%10%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes61 (2683)act 53
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 6
Combined totals~121 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R215%
R37%
R44%
R53%
Distance43%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Hill
48.7%+104
Santos
-10450.5%
Most takedownstie 64.0%
Hill
18.6%-107
Santos
+10717.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hill
Expected: 60.0
60
Over 60
39.4%
+152
Exactly 60
0.8%
push
Under 60
59.8%
-152
076151
Santos
Expected: 61.1
61
Over 61
39.5%
+151
Exactly 61
0.8%
push
Under 61
59.7%
-151
077153
Takedowns — over/under
Hill
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
21.2%
+371
Under 0.5
78.8%
-371
035
Santos
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
20.2%
+396
Under 0.5
79.8%
-396
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 15.0 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
Hill59.5%73.4%−13.9-330
Santos40.5%26.6%+13.9+260
By method
Hill by KO/TKO27.1%51.8%−24.7-163
Hill by submission7.0%5.2%+1.8+1500
Hill by decision25.4%13.9%+11.5+502
Santos by KO/TKO18.4%14.7%+3.7+468
Santos by submission4.7%4.3%+0.4+1824
Santos by decision17.3%10.0%+7.3+741
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds72.1%57.9%+14.2-163
Over 2.5 rds57.4%41.9%+15.5+123
Over 3.5 rds50.0%33.2%+16.8+182
Over 4.5 rds45.7%27.5%+18.2+240
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision42.7%24.4%+18.3+283

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
71.0Striking70.9
Hill +0.2
12.6Grappling38.3
Santos +25.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HillSantos
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1572
Pound-for-pound
1596
1572
Divisional
1541
1524
Striking offense
1534
1498
Striking defense
1549
1494
Grappling offense
1468
1490
Grappling defense
1530
Physical
31 yrs
Age
38 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'2"
79"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
6.22
Strikes landed / min
3.77
46%
Strike accuracy
48%
3.63
Strikes absorbed / min
2.37
47%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.54
Takedown accuracy
36%
45%
Takedown defense
66%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.1
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
61%
+2
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
20%
75%
Finish rate
79%
Recent opp. quality
168
Days since last fight
147
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jamahal Hill
  • WJohnny WalkerKO/TKO R1
    Close -2446mo before
  • WJimmy CruteKO/TKO R1
    Close +1558mo before
  • LPaul CraigKO/TKO R1
    Close -2741y 2mo before
  • WOvince Saint PreuxKO/TKO R2
    opp missedClose -1771y 8mo before
  • WDarko StosicU-DEC R3
    Close -1352y 6mo before
Thiago Santos
  • LMagomed AnkalaevU-DEC R5
    Close +4665mo before
  • WJohnny WalkerU-DEC R5
    Close -15410mo before
  • LAleksandar RakicU-DEC R3
    Close +1561y 5mo before
  • LGlover TeixeiraSUB R3
    Close -2401y 9mo before
  • LJon JonesS-DEC R5
    Close +4853y 1mo before
Hill — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-0, 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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
60% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (50%)Decision() 0
Santos — win / loss by method
Record: 22-10-0

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
15 wins, 3 losses
W
68% of wins
L
30% of losses
Submission
1 win, 3 losses
W
5% of wins
L
30% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 4 losses
W
27% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
14win9loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (79%)KO/TKO(22%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 3
3 (21%)Decision(44%) 4
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Hill
Santos
6
UFC fights
23
31.2 min · 5.2 avg
Octagon time
221.3 min · 9.6 avg
8y 10m
Career length
15y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Hill
Santos
82W–29L · 73.9%
Overall
418W–97L · 81.2%
68W–25L · 73.1%
Wins
254W–69L · 78.6%
14W–4L · 77.8%
Losses
164W–28L · 85.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hill
Santos
37W–23L · 61.7%
Overall
13W–13L · 50.0%
37W–23L · 61.7%
Wins
10W–11L · 47.6%
0W–0L
Losses
3W–2L · 60.0%
Distance striking
Hill
Santos
6.77
Landed / min
3.20
44.4%
Accuracy
39.0%
51.1%
Defense
62.7%
1.93
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.95
84.9%
Time at distance
66.3%
Grappling & control
Hill
Santos
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.54
Takedown accuracy
36.4%
45.5%
Takedown defense
65.5%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.07
31.8%
Control share
40.4%
Strike target map
Hill
  • Head54%(104)div 64%
  • Body36%(70)div 19%
  • Legs10%(20)div 16%
Santos
  • Head51%(427)div 64%
  • Body23%(191)div 19%
  • Legs26%(217)div 16%

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

Jamahal Hill
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Thiago Santos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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