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UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw
TJ Dillashaw
TJ Dillashaw
16-4 · USA
VS
Cory Sandhagen
Cory Sandhagen
14-2 · USA
July 24, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 5 rounds · Main event
TJ Dillashaw def. Cory Sandhagen by S-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Dillashaw13/261/502:24
Sandhagen15/250/000:00
R2
Dillashaw12/410/301:18
Sandhagen26/550/000:00
R3
Dillashaw26/521/302:00
Sandhagen23/530/100:00
R4
Dillashaw19/610/501:41
Sandhagen26/650/000:00
R5
Dillashaw40/880/300:59
Sandhagen38/830/000:00
Total
Dillashaw110/2682/1908:22
Sandhagen128/2810/100:00

Scorecards

Dillashaw vs Sandhagen

RdDerek ClearyJunichiro KamijoSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R29-109-109-109-10
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
R49-1010-99-109.2-9.8
R59-109-1010-99.3-9.7
Total47-4848-4748-4747.3-47.7

Media (23 cards) · avg 4847 · 23 Dillashaw · 0 Sandhagen

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Dillashaw-Sandhagen.

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
DillashawWin probabilitySandhagen
33.1%66.9%
KO / TKO
38%
Submission
20%
Decision
42%
Expected fight time: 16.0 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 Dillashaw, blue toward Sandhagen. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Dillashaw33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%41%19%
Submission6%18%6%
Decision14%41%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes74 (31100)act 110
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.8)act 2
Sandhagen67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%37%37%
Submission14%21%8%
Decision28%42%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes80 (34108)act 128
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 0
Combined totals~154 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R218%
R311%
R46%
R54%
Distance42%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Dillashaw
46.8%+112
Sandhagen
-11252.5%
Most takedownstie 34.6%
Dillashaw
53.3%-444
Sandhagen
+44412.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Dillashaw
Expected: 73.8
74
Over 74
39.3%
+153
Exactly 74
0.7%
push
Under 74
60.1%
-153
093185
Sandhagen
Expected: 79.8
80
Over 80
39.4%
+153
Exactly 80
0.6%
push
Under 80
60.0%
-153
0100200
Takedowns — over/under
Dillashaw
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
40.0%
-100
Exactly 1
20.2%
push
Under 1
39.9%
+100
035
Sandhagen
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
21.3%
+369
Under 0.5
78.7%
-369
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 16.0 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
Dillashaw33.1%35.5%−2.4+169
Sandhagen66.9%64.5%+2.4-209
By method
Dillashaw by KO/TKO12.6%19.0%−6.4+332
Dillashaw by submission6.7%6.1%+0.6+1241
Dillashaw by decision13.8%12.7%+1.1+545
Sandhagen by KO/TKO25.4%37.1%−11.7+121
Sandhagen by submission13.5%7.6%+5.9+982
Sandhagen by decision28.0%17.5%+10.5+367
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds81.0%62.5%+18.5-200
Over 2.5 rds62.7%47.2%+15.5-102
Over 3.5 rds52.2%39.1%+13.1+139
Over 4.5 rds46.1%35.4%+10.7+163
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision41.8%32.2%+9.6+191

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
75.2Striking76.7
Sandhagen +1.4
61.4Grappling43.3
Dillashaw +18.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DillashawSandhagen
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1644
Pound-for-pound
1627
1659
Divisional
1607
1531
Striking offense
1530
1523
Striking defense
1510
1508
Grappling offense
1499
1562
Grappling defense
1493
Physical
35 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'11"
67"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
5.37
Strikes landed / min
6.85
41%
Strike accuracy
48%
3.03
Strikes absorbed / min
3.89
66%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.68
Takedowns / 15 min
1.07
38%
Takedown accuracy
50%
86%
Takedown defense
31%
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
88%
-1
Win/loss streak
+2
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
67%
Finish rate
71%
Recent opp. quality
917
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
TJ Dillashaw
  • LHenry CejudoKO/TKO R1
    Close -2252y 6mo before
  • WCody GarbrandtKO/TKO R1
    Close -1253y before
  • WCody GarbrandtKO/TKO R2
    Close +1753y 9mo before
  • WJohn LinekerU-DEC R3
    Close -2304y 7mo before
  • WRaphael AssuncaoU-DEC R3
    Close -4205y before
Cory Sandhagen
  • WFrankie EdgarKO/TKO R1
    Close -4006mo before
  • WMarlon MoraesKO/TKO R2
    Close -1419mo before
  • LAljamain SterlingSUB R1
    Close -1051y 2mo before
  • WRaphael AssuncaoU-DEC R3
    Close -2601y 11mo before
  • WJohn LinekerS-DEC R3
    Close +1352y 3mo before
Dillashaw — win / loss by method
Record: 16-4-0

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
8 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
19% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
31% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
12win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (58%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
1 (8%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (33%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0
Sandhagen — win / loss by method
Record: 14-2-0

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
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
36% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (14%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (29%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (43%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Dillashaw
Sandhagen
16
UFC fights
8
187.0 min · 11.7 avg
Octagon time
56.3 min · 7.0 avg
16y 4m
Career length
11y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Dillashaw
Sandhagen
266W–45L · 85.5%
Overall
179W–43L · 80.6%
202W–33L · 86.0%
Wins
161W–40L · 80.1%
64W–12L · 84.2%
Losses
18W–3L · 85.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Dillashaw
Sandhagen
6W–1L · 85.7%
Overall
49W–20L · 71.0%
6W–1L · 85.7%
Wins
39W–17L · 69.6%
0W–0L
Losses
10W–3L · 76.9%
Distance striking
Dillashaw
Sandhagen
5.43
Landed / min
7.72
35.1%
Accuracy
44.9%
67.7%
Defense
60.9%
0.72
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.07
70.4%
Time at distance
63.7%
Grappling & control
Dillashaw
Sandhagen
1.68
Takedowns / 15 min
1.07
37.5%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
86.1%
Takedown defense
30.8%
0.96
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.53
96.9%
Control share
61.5%
Strike target map
Dillashaw
  • Head68%(686)div 62%
  • Body15%(151)div 21%
  • Legs17%(168)div 17%
Sandhagen
  • Head60%(233)div 62%
  • Body17%(67)div 21%
  • Legs22%(86)div 17%

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

TJ Dillashaw
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Cory Sandhagen
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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