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Luis Saldana
Luis Saldana
15-7 · USA
VS
Bruno Souza
Bruno Souza
10-2 · BRA
March 26, 2022 · Columbus, Ohio, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.0lb
Weigh-in
144.0lb
Luis Saldana def. Bruno Souza by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Saldana26/572/300:29
Souza15/480/100:00
R2
Saldana24/530/200:52
Souza28/700/000:07
R3
Saldana34/580/000:15
Souza23/601/100:05
Total
Saldana84/1682/501:36
Souza66/1781/200:12

Scorecards

Saldana vs Souza

RdAndrew AdkinsEric ColónMichael BellCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.2
R29-109-109-109-10
R310-910-910-99.4-9.6
Total29-2829-2829-2828.2-28.8

Media (13 cards) · avg 2928 · 13 Saldana · 0 Souza

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Saldana-Souza.

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
SaldanaWin probabilitySouza
39.9%60.1%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
18%
Decision
57%
Expected fight time: 11.3 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 Saldana, blue toward Souza. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Saldana40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%36%16%
Submission9%22%7%
Decision17%42%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (1963)act 84
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.9)act 2
Souza60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%16%10%
Submission10%16%8%
Decision40%68%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (1653)act 66
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.9)act 1
Combined totals~86 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R213%
R310%
Distance57%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Saldana
54.8%-124
Souza
+12444.2%
Most takedownstie 39.7%
Saldana
22.0%+173
Souza
-17338.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Saldana
Expected: 46.6
46.5
Over 46.5
39.8%
+151
Under 46.5
60.2%
-151
059117
Souza
Expected: 39.4
39.5
Over 39.5
39.6%
+152
Under 39.5
60.4%
-152
05099
Takedowns — over/under
Saldana
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
32.8%
+205
Under 0.5
67.2%
-205
035
Souza
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
29.3%
+180
Exactly 1
18.0%
push
Under 1
52.8%
-180
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 11.3 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
Saldana39.9%44.1%−4.2+117
Souza60.1%55.9%+4.2-141
By method
Saldana by KO/TKO9.7%15.6%−5.9+423
Saldana by submission7.3%7.5%−0.2+992
Saldana by decision22.9%26.6%−3.7+208
Souza by KO/TKO14.7%10.3%+4.4+691
Souza by submission11.0%7.7%+3.3+965
Souza by decision34.5%32.3%+2.2+153
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds80.4%76.6%+3.8-445
Over 2.5 rds67.1%66.5%+0.6-247
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision57.3%62.6%−5.3-206

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
65.9Striking49.8
Saldana +16.1
18.2Grappling0.0
Saldana +18.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SaldanaSouza
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1510
Pound-for-pound
1515
1510
Divisional
1515
1500
Striking offense
1497
1525
Striking defense
1500
1482
Grappling offense
1490
1501
Grappling defense
1505
Physical
31 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'10"
73"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.77
Strikes landed / min
3.07
46%
Strike accuracy
45%
3.53
Strikes absorbed / min
5.00
58%
Strike defense
40%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0%
Takedown accuracy
0%
43%
Takedown defense
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
0%
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
217
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Luis Saldana
  • LAustin LingoU-DEC R3
    Close -1187mo before
  • WJordan GriffinU-DEC R3
    Close -13811mo before
Bruno Souza
  • LMelsik BaghdasaryanU-DEC R3
    missedClose +2995mo before
Saldana — win / loss by method
Record: 15-7-0

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
60% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
1 win, 4 losses
W
7% of wins
L
57% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
14win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (64%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
5 (36%)Submission(33%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 3
Souza — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

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
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
60% of wins
L
100% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (10%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (60%)Decision(100%) 1
1 (10%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Saldana
Souza
2
UFC fights
1
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
15y 5m
Career length
10y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Saldana
Souza
26W–9L · 74.3%
Overall
6W–1L · 85.7%
18W–8L · 69.2%
Wins
0W–0L
8W–1L · 88.9%
Losses
6W–1L · 85.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Saldana
Souza
151W–110L · 57.9%
Overall
53W–23L · 69.7%
106W–79L · 57.3%
Wins
53W–23L · 69.7%
45W–31L · 59.2%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Saldana
Souza
5.59
Landed / min
3.10
44.3%
Accuracy
42.7%
58.2%
Defense
41.9%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
62.6%
Time at distance
88.1%
Grappling & control
Saldana
Souza
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
42.9%
Takedown defense
0.50
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
25.1%
Control share
81.8%
Strike target map
Saldana
  • Head47%(53)div 64%
  • Body30%(34)div 20%
  • Legs23%(26)div 16%
Souza
  • Head59%(27)div 64%
  • Body28%(13)div 20%
  • Legs13%(6)div 16%

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

Luis Saldana
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Bruno Souza
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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