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UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler
Christos Giagos
Christos Giagos
18-8 · USA
VS
Sean Soriano
Sean Soriano
14-6 · USA
May 15, 2021 · Houston, Texas, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Christos Giagos def. Sean Soriano by SUB (D'Arce Choke), R2 0:59
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Giagos21/482/400:32
Soriano29/450/000:00
R2 · 0:59
Giagos1/61/100:27
Soriano4/80/000:00
Total
Giagos22/543/500:59
Soriano33/530/000:00

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
GiagosWin probabilitySoriano
51.4%48.6%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
25%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 9.7 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 Giagos, blue toward Soriano. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Giagos51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%22%14%
Submission11%22%12%
Decision29%56%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1240)act 22
Takedowns1.5 (0.04.3)act 3
Soriano49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%29%12%
Submission14%29%9%
Decision21%42%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1138)act 33
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.5)act 0
Combined totals~58 sig strikes~2.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R137%
R27%
R37%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Giagos
50.7%-106
Soriano
+10647.7%
Most takedownstie 25.0%
Giagos
53.7%-252
Soriano
+25221.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Giagos
Expected: 29.8
30
Over 30
38.6%
+155
Exactly 30
1.6%
push
Under 30
59.8%
-155
03875
Soriano
Expected: 28.3
28.5
Over 28.5
39.5%
+153
Under 28.5
60.5%
-153
03671
Takedowns — over/under
Giagos
Expected: 1.5
1.5
Over 1.5
47.0%
+113
Under 1.5
53.0%
-113
035
Soriano
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
41.1%
+144
Under 0.5
58.9%
-144
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 9.7 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
Giagos51.4%65.4%−14.0-218
Soriano48.6%34.6%+14.0+175
By method
Giagos by KO/TKO13.0%13.6%−0.6+450
Giagos by submission13.1%11.5%+1.6+550
Giagos by decision25.4%36.5%−11.1+105
Soriano by KO/TKO12.2%12.5%−0.3+500
Soriano by submission12.4%9.3%+3.1+700
Soriano by decision23.9%16.6%+7.3+350
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds63.6%75.0%−11.4-400
Over 2.5 rds56.5%64.5%−8.0-225
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision49.3%62.5%−13.2-200

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
62.5Striking72.8
Soriano +10.4
51.5Grappling41.2
Giagos +10.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GiagosSoriano
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1529
Pound-for-pound
1483
1513
Divisional
1527
1490
Striking offense
1504
1522
Striking defense
1505
1506
Grappling offense
1505
1491
Grappling defense
1480
Physical
31 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'9"
71"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.88
Strikes landed / min
3.15
42%
Strike accuracy
61%
2.59
Strikes absorbed / min
2.31
52%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.11
Takedowns / 15 min
1.27
40%
Takedown accuracy
43%
50%
Takedown defense
56%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
0%
+1
Win/loss streak
-3
60%
Last-5 win rate
0%
25%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
147
Days since last fight
2309
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Christos Giagos
  • WCarlton MinusU-DEC R3
    Close -3455mo before
  • LDrakkar KloseU-DEC R3
    Close +1651y 9mo before
  • WDamir HadzovicU-DEC R3
    Close +1451y 11mo before
  • WMizuto HirotaU-DEC R3
    Close -3702y 5mo before
  • LCharles OliveiraSUB R2
    Close +3752y 8mo before
Sean Soriano
  • LCharles RosaSUB R3
    Close +1156y 4mo before
  • LChas SkellyU-DEC R3
    Close +1706y 8mo before
  • LTatsuya KawajiriSUB R2
    Close -1087y 4mo before
Giagos — win / loss by method
Record: 18-8-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
39% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 4 losses
W
17% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 3 losses
W
44% of wins
L
38% of losses
UFC
4win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (25%)Submission(50%) 2
3 (75%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
14win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (50%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
2 (14%)Submission(50%) 2
5 (36%)Decision(25%) 1
Soriano — win / loss by method
Record: 14-6-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 4 losses
W
29% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
0win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(67%) 2
0 ()Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
14win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (50%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
4 (29%)Submission(67%) 2
3 (21%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Giagos
Soriano
8
UFC fights
3
91.5 min · 11.4 avg
Octagon time
35.5 min · 11.8 avg
16y 2m
Career length
17y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Giagos
Soriano
97W–27L · 78.2%
Overall
53W–9L · 85.5%
47W–17L · 73.4%
Wins
0W–0L
50W–10L · 83.3%
Losses
53W–9L · 85.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Giagos
Soriano
167W–79L · 67.9%
Overall
134W–65L · 67.3%
123W–70L · 63.7%
Wins
98W–49L · 66.7%
44W–9L · 83.0%
Losses
36W–16L · 69.2%
Distance striking
Giagos
Soriano
5.01
Landed / min
8.58
37.1%
Accuracy
58.6%
61.0%
Defense
66.9%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
39.0%
Time at distance
22.3%
Grappling & control
Giagos
Soriano
3.11
Takedowns / 15 min
1.27
39.6%
Takedown accuracy
42.9%
50.0%
Takedown defense
55.6%
0.33
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
64.1%
Control share
24.0%
Strike target map
Giagos
  • Head68%(180)div 63%
  • Body25%(65)div 20%
  • Legs7%(19)div 17%
Soriano
  • Head66%(74)div 63%
  • Body13%(15)div 20%
  • Legs21%(23)div 17%

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

Christos Giagos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Sean Soriano
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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