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UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus
Jordan Leavitt
Jordan Leavitt
8-1 · USA
VS
Matt Sayles
Matt Sayles
8-3 · USA
December 18, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.5lb
Weigh-in
155.5lb
Jordan Leavitt def. Matt Sayles by SUB (Inverted Triangle), R2 2:05
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Leavitt5/111/502:44
Sayles4/170/000:38
R2 · 2:05
Leavitt4/90/100:04
Sayles9/171/100:36
Total
Leavitt9/201/602:48
Sayles13/341/101:14

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
LeavittWin probabilitySayles
77.5%22.5%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
20%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 10.8 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 Leavitt, blue toward Sayles. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Leavitt78%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%23%8%
Submission17%22%30%
Decision43%55%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1446)act 9
Takedowns3.2 (0.17.3)act 1
Sayles22%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%37%17%
Submission3%14%8%
Decision11%49%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1342)act 13
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 1
Combined totals~65 sig strikes~3.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R218%
R37%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Leavitt
52.3%-113
Sayles
+11346.3%
Most takedownstie 10.4%
Leavitt
83.9%-1483
Sayles
+14835.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Leavitt
Expected: 34.3
34.5
Over 34.5
39.5%
+153
Under 34.5
60.5%
-153
04386
Sayles
Expected: 31.2
31
Over 31
39.2%
+151
Exactly 31
1.5%
push
Under 31
59.2%
-151
03978
Takedowns — over/under
Leavitt
Expected: 3.2
3
Over 3
42.1%
+104
Exactly 3
14.3%
push
Under 3
43.6%
-104
0510
Sayles
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
22.4%
+346
Under 0.5
77.6%
-346
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 10.8 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
Leavitt77.5%55.2%+22.3-138
Sayles22.5%44.8%−22.3+113
By method
Leavitt by KO/TKO20.3%8.2%+12.1+882
Leavitt by submission15.8%30.0%−14.2+170
Leavitt by decision41.4%14.0%+27.4+477
Sayles by KO/TKO5.9%17.0%−11.1+377
Sayles by submission4.6%8.3%−3.7+875
Sayles by decision12.0%22.4%−10.4+261
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds78.1%55.8%+22.3-150
Over 2.5 rds60.5%43.7%+16.8+114
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision53.4%39.8%+13.6+135

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
66.6Striking70.0
Sayles +3.4
29.8Grappling28.0
Leavitt +1.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LeavittSayles
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1526
Pound-for-pound
1503
1526
Divisional
1517
1489
Striking offense
1502
1503
Striking defense
1521
1553
Grappling offense
1492
1534
Grappling defense
1496
Physical
26 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'7"
71"
Reach
68"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.43
Strikes landed / min
4.72
63%
Strike accuracy
40%
1.30
Strikes absorbed / min
3.22
43%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.93
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
33%
Takedown accuracy
0%
0%
Takedown defense
80%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
33%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
33%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
196
Days since last fight
742
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jordan Leavitt
  • LClaudio PuellesU-DEC R3
    Close -2146mo before
  • WMatt WimanKO/TKO R1
    Close -4201y before
Matt Sayles
  • LBryce MitchellSUB R1
    Close -1302y before
  • WKyle NelsonSUB R3
    Close -1902y 8mo before
  • LSheymon MoraesU-DEC R3
    Close -1403y 4mo before
Leavitt — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
63% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (71%)Submission() 0
2 (29%)Decision() 0
Sayles — win / loss by method
Record: 8-3-0

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
75% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
13% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (100%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (86%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Leavitt
Sayles
2
UFC fights
3
15.4 min · 7.7 avg
Octagon time
32.6 min · 10.9 avg
8y 10m
Career length
12y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Leavitt
Sayles
25W–11L · 69.4%
Overall
32W–4L · 88.9%
16W–9L · 64.0%
Wins
12W–2L · 85.7%
9W–2L · 81.8%
Losses
20W–2L · 90.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Leavitt
Sayles
21W–3L · 87.5%
Overall
37W–10L · 78.7%
21W–3L · 87.5%
Wins
29W–7L · 80.6%
0W–0L
Losses
8W–3L · 72.7%
Distance striking
Leavitt
Sayles
6.57
Landed / min
5.91
64.5%
Accuracy
35.2%
58.8%
Defense
64.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
19.8%
Time at distance
59.7%
Grappling & control
Leavitt
Sayles
2.93
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
0.0%
Takedown defense
80.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.46
17.3%
Control share
33.4%
Strike target map
Leavitt
  • Head18%(4)div 63%
  • Body27%(6)div 20%
  • Legs55%(12)div 17%
Sayles
  • Head56%(86)div 63%
  • Body25%(38)div 20%
  • Legs19%(30)div 17%

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

Jordan Leavitt
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Matt Sayles
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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