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October 30, 2021 · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
170.5lb
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos def. Benoit Saint Denis by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Zaleski dos Santos30/530/300:18
Saint Denis19/451/400:58
R2
Zaleski dos Santos94/1600/100:27
Saint Denis28/671/500:25
R3
Zaleski dos Santos25/460/001:15
Saint Denis20/360/500:32
Total
Zaleski dos Santos149/2590/402:00
Saint Denis67/1482/1401:55

Scorecards

Zaleski dos Santos vs Saint Denis

RdAnders OhlssonClemens WernerDavid LethabyCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.2
R210-810-810-810-7.5
R39-99-99-98.9-9
Total29-2629-2629-2628.7-25.7

Media (14 cards) · avg 2925.8 · 14 Zaleski dos Santos · 0 Saint Denis

Point deductions: R31 Zaleski dos Santos (Low blow)

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Zaleski dos Santos-Saint Denis. Judge totals are round sums; the official result applies the deduction.

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
Zaleski dos SantosWin probabilitySaint Denis
51.8%48.2%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
12%
Decision
63%
Expected fight time: 11.7 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 Zaleski dos Santos, blue toward Saint Denis. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Zaleski dos Santos52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%33%35%
Submission3%6%8%
Decision32%61%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (1757)act 149
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.1)act 0
Saint Denis48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%15%6%
Submission9%19%15%
Decision32%66%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (1754)act 67
Takedowns2.1 (0.05.6)act 2
Combined totals~82 sig strikes~2.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R213%
R36%
Distance63%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Zaleski dos Santos
50.7%-105
Saint Denis
+10548.1%
Most takedownstie 20.1%
Zaleski dos Santos
7.8%+925
Saint Denis
-92572.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Zaleski dos Santos
Expected: 42.1
42
Over 42
39.3%
+152
Exactly 42
1.2%
push
Under 42
59.6%
-152
053106
Saint Denis
Expected: 40.2
40
Over 40
39.4%
+151
Exactly 40
1.2%
push
Under 40
59.4%
-151
051101
Takedowns — over/under
Zaleski dos Santos
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
20.5%
Exactly 0
79.5%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Saint Denis
Expected: 2.1
2
Over 2
41.6%
-101
Exactly 2
17.3%
push
Under 2
41.1%
+101
047

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 11.7 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
Zaleski dos Santos51.8%71.4%−19.6-300
Saint Denis48.2%28.6%+19.6+232
By method
Zaleski dos Santos by KO/TKO12.6%35.2%−22.6+134
Zaleski dos Santos by submission6.3%7.6%−1.3+983
Zaleski dos Santos by decision32.9%23.4%+9.5+252
Saint Denis by KO/TKO11.8%6.3%+5.5+1200
Saint Denis by submission5.9%14.7%−8.8+460
Saint Denis by decision30.6%12.7%+17.9+550
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision63.4%38.5%+24.9+146

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Zaleski dos SantosSaint Denis
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1599
Pound-for-pound
1530
1598
Divisional
1530
1514
Striking offense
1482
1515
Striking defense
1500
1476
Grappling offense
1561
1523
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
34 yrs
Age
25 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'11"
73"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
4.05
Strikes landed / min
39%
Strike accuracy
3.07
Strikes absorbed / min
59%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.57
Takedowns / 15 min
17%
Takedown accuracy
53%
Takedown defense
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
73%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
60%
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
476
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
  • LMuslim SalikhovS-DEC R3
    Close +1081y 4mo before
  • WAleksei KunchenkoU-DEC R3
    Close -1221y 8mo before
  • LLi JingliangKO/TKO R3
    Close -2552y 2mo before
  • WCurtis MillenderSUB R1
    Close +1002y 8mo before
  • WLuigi VendraminiKO/TKO R2
    Close -10003y 1mo before
Benoit Saint Denis
No prior UFC fights.
Zaleski dos Santos — win / loss by method
Record: 22-7-0

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
14 wins, 1 loss
W
64% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
14% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 4 losses
W
23% of wins
L
57% of losses
UFC
8win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (50%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
14win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (79%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (14%)Submission(50%) 2
1 (7%)Decision(50%) 2
Saint Denis — win / loss by method
Record: 8-0-0, 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
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
88% of wins
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO() 0
7 (88%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Zaleski dos Santos
Saint Denis
11
UFC fights
0
130.5 min · 11.9 avg
Octagon time
16y 9m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Zaleski dos Santos
Saint Denis
189W–29L · 86.7%
Overall
143W–22L · 86.7%
Wins
46W–7L · 86.8%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Zaleski dos Santos
Saint Denis
144W–59L · 70.9%
Overall
86W–45L · 65.6%
86W–42L · 67.2%
Wins
86W–45L · 65.6%
58W–17L · 77.3%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Zaleski dos Santos
Saint Denis
4.29
Landed / min
33.4%
Accuracy
64.1%
Defense
0.23
Knockdowns / 15 min
67.1%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Zaleski dos Santos
Saint Denis
0.57
Takedowns / 15 min
17.2%
Takedown accuracy
52.8%
Takedown defense
0.46
Sub attempts / 15 min
44.2%
Control share
Strike target map
Zaleski dos Santos
  • Head60%(315)div 63%
  • Body23%(122)div 20%
  • Legs17%(91)div 16%
Saint Denis
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Benoit Saint Denis

No UFC fights on record.

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