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UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev
Alex Pereira
Alex Pereira
4-1 · BRA
VS
Bruno Silva
Bruno Silva
22-6 · BRA
March 12, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
185.5lb
Alex Pereira def. Bruno Silva by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Pereira27/510/000:00
Silva16/461/100:48
R2
Pereira33/580/000:07
Silva31/641/201:10
R3
Pereira48/700/001:10
Silva12/370/501:17
Total
Pereira108/1790/001:17
Silva59/1472/803:15

Scorecards

Pereira vs Silva

RdDerek ClearyJunichiro KamijoRick WinterCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.2
R210-910-910-99.5-9.5
R310-910-910-910-8.8
Total30-2730-2730-2729.3-27.5

Media (15 cards) · avg 29.327.6 · 15 Pereira · 0 Silva

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Pereira-Silva.

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
PereiraWin probabilitySilva
39.7%60.3%
KO / TKO
37%
Submission
26%
Decision
38%
Expected fight time: 9.1 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 Pereira, blue toward Silva. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Pereira40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%27%47%
Submission13%33%5%
Decision16%40%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1241)act 108
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Silva60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%43%26%
Submission12%20%5%
Decision22%37%8%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1240)act 59
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.8)act 2
Combined totals~60 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R219%
R310%
Distance38%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Pereira
50.1%-104
Silva
+10448.3%
Most takedownstie 34.4%
Pereira
17.4%+278
Silva
-27848.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Pereira
Expected: 30.4
30.5
Over 30.5
39.5%
+153
Under 30.5
60.5%
-153
03876
Silva
Expected: 29.4
29.5
Over 29.5
39.6%
+152
Under 29.5
60.4%
-152
03774
Takedowns — over/under
Pereira
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
29.7%
+236
Under 0.5
70.3%
-236
035
Silva
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
38.3%
+112
Exactly 1
18.9%
push
Under 1
42.8%
-112
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 9.1 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
Pereira39.7%64.8%−25.1-212
Silva60.3%35.2%+25.1+172
By method
Pereira by KO/TKO14.5%47.4%−32.9-135
Pereira by submission10.1%4.5%+5.6+1716
Pereira by decision15.0%9.2%+5.8+794
Silva by KO/TKO22.0%25.7%−3.7+222
Silva by submission15.4%4.9%+10.5+1593
Silva by decision22.9%8.3%+14.6+895
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds66.6%40.6%+26.0+130
Over 2.5 rds47.4%24.8%+22.6+277
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision37.9%18.5%+19.4+407

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
80.6Striking72.6
Pereira +8.0
19.8Grappling18.9
Pereira +0.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PereiraSilva
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1523
Pound-for-pound
1574
1524
Divisional
1573
1507
Striking offense
1514
1535
Striking defense
1493
1478
Grappling offense
1505
1495
Grappling defense
1493
Physical
34 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'0"
79"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.08
Strikes landed / min
5.74
61%
Strike accuracy
61%
0.57
Strikes absorbed / min
2.87
73%
Strike defense
32%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0%
71%
Takedown defense
68%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+3
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
126
Days since last fight
91
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alex Pereira
  • WAndreas MichailidisKO/TKO R2
    Close -2774mo before
Bruno Silva
  • WJordan WrightKO/TKO R1
    Close -3363mo before
  • WAndrew SanchezKO/TKO R3
    Close -1565mo before
  • WWellington TurmanKO/TKO R1
    Close -1249mo before
Pereira — win / loss by method
Record: 4-1-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
100% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Silva — win / loss by method
Record: 22-6-0

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
19 wins, 0 losses
W
86% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 5 losses
W
0% of wins
L
83% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
19win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
16 (84%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(83%) 5
3 (16%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(17%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Pereira
Silva
1
UFC fights
3
5.3 min · 5.3 avg
Octagon time
18.8 min · 6.3 avg
10y 9m
Career length
16y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Pereira
Silva
13W–4L · 76.5%
Overall
40W–11L · 78.4%
13W–4L · 76.5%
Wins
40W–11L · 78.4%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Pereira
Silva
21W–11L · 65.6%
Overall
232W–97L · 70.5%
18W–11L · 62.1%
Wins
187W–79L · 70.3%
3W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
45W–18L · 71.4%
Distance striking
Pereira
Silva
5.56
Landed / min
12.97
44.4%
Accuracy
54.3%
100.0%
Defense
39.7%
2.83
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.80
13.6%
Time at distance
25.8%
Grappling & control
Pereira
Silva
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
71.4%
Takedown defense
68.2%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
1.6%
Control share
15.5%
Strike target map
Pereira
  • Head36%(4)div 64%
  • Body45%(5)div 20%
  • Legs18%(2)div 17%
Silva
  • Head77%(83)div 64%
  • Body20%(22)div 20%
  • Legs3%(3)div 17%

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

Alex Pereira
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Bruno Silva
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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