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Luana Santos
Luana Santos
9-2 · BRA
VS
Melissa Croden
Melissa Croden
7-2 · CAN
December 13, 2025 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
Luana Santos def. Melissa Croden by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Santos10/131/301:51
Croden7/270/100:44
R2
Santos2/81/203:41
Croden10/210/000:00
R3
Santos0/31/203:49
Croden5/260/000:00
Total
Santos12/243/709:21
Croden22/740/100:44

Scorecards

Santos vs Croden

RdAdalaide ByrdEric ColónSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.7-9.3
R29-109-1010-99.8-9.2
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2829-2830-2729.5-27.5

Media (11 cards) · avg 29.727.3 · 11 Santos · 0 Croden

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

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
SantosWin probabilityCroden
74.6%25.4%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
17%
Decision
59%
Expected fight time: 11.2 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 Santos, blue toward Croden. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Santos75%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%19%4%
Submission14%19%14%
Decision47%62%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (1654)act 12
Takedowns2.0 (0.05.3)act 3
Croden25%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%40%16%
Submission2%9%5%
Decision13%51%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (1654)act 22
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.3)act 0
Combined totals~80 sig strikes~2.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R121%
R213%
R37%
Distance59%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Santos
48.7%+103
Croden
-10350.1%
Most takedownstie 20.3%
Santos
63.6%-395
Croden
+39516.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Santos
Expected: 39.5
39.5
Over 39.5
39.7%
+152
Under 39.5
60.3%
-152
05099
Croden
Expected: 40.1
40
Over 40
39.2%
+152
Exactly 40
1.2%
push
Under 40
59.6%
-152
051101
Takedowns — over/under
Santos
Expected: 2.0
2
Over 2
39.6%
+109
Exactly 2
17.2%
push
Under 2
43.1%
-109
047
Croden
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
37.9%
+164
Under 0.5
62.1%
-164
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 11.2 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
Santos74.6%54.9%+19.7-136
Croden25.4%45.1%−19.7+111
By method
Santos by KO/TKO17.9%4.2%+13.7+1897
Santos by submission12.4%14.3%−1.9+489
Santos by decision44.3%36.4%+7.9+132
Croden by KO/TKO6.1%15.7%−9.6+439
Croden by submission4.2%4.7%−0.5+1699
Croden by decision15.1%24.7%−9.6+243
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds78.7%78.6%+0.1-536
Over 2.5 rds65.8%68.5%−2.7-274
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision59.4%64.1%−4.7-217

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
71.3Striking82.4
Croden +11.2
71.3Grappling56.2
Santos +15.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SantosCroden
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1557
Pound-for-pound
1527
1545
Divisional
1527
1499
Striking offense
1507
1506
Striking defense
1503
1525
Grappling offense
1503
1535
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
25 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'9"
67"
Reach
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.69
Strikes landed / min
6.81
53%
Strike accuracy
57%
3.40
Strikes absorbed / min
2.89
63%
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.91
Takedowns / 15 min
2.06
50%
Takedown accuracy
67%
83%
Takedown defense
75%
1.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
75%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
210
Days since last fight
56
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Luana Santos
  • WTainara LisboaSUB R2
    Close -1487mo before
  • LCasey O'NeillU-DEC R3
    Close -1601y 4mo before
  • WMariya AgapovaSUB R1
    Close -4081y 5mo before
  • WStephanie EggerU-DEC R3
    missedClose -1552y before
  • WJuliana MillerKO/TKO R1
    Close -1542y 4mo before
Melissa Croden
  • WTainara LisboaKO/TKO R3
    Close -13356d before
Santos — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (40%)Decision(100%) 1
Croden — win / loss by method
Record: 7-2-0

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, 0 losses
W
86% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Santos
Croden
5
UFC fights
1
47.1 min · 9.4 avg
Octagon time
14.5 min · 14.5 avg
5y 0m
Career length
6y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Santos
Croden
37W–14L · 72.5%
Overall
7W–3L · 70.0%
28W–12L · 70.0%
Wins
7W–3L · 70.0%
9W–2L · 81.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Santos
Croden
11W–4L · 73.3%
Overall
28W–17L · 62.2%
9W–4L · 69.2%
Wins
23W–16L · 59.0%
2W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
5W–1L · 83.3%
Distance striking
Santos
Croden
7.67
Landed / min
9.85
53.2%
Accuracy
52.8%
67.5%
Defense
67.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.03
43.7%
Time at distance
39.8%
Grappling & control
Santos
Croden
1.91
Takedowns / 15 min
2.06
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
83.3%
Takedown defense
75.0%
1.27
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
84.1%
Control share
68.7%
Strike target map
Santos
  • Head59%(103)div 62%
  • Body29%(50)div 21%
  • Legs12%(21)div 16%
Croden
  • Head75%(74)div 62%
  • Body12%(12)div 21%
  • Legs13%(13)div 16%

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

Luana Santos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Melissa Croden
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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