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Christos Giagos
Christos Giagos
17-8 · USA
VS
Carlton Minus
Carlton Minus
10-2 · USA
December 19, 2020 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Catch Weight · 160 lb · 3 rounds
159.5lb
Weigh-in
159.0lb
Christos Giagos def. Carlton Minus by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Giagos13/193/303:40
Minus2/70/000:00
R2
Giagos6/151/203:34
Minus7/180/000:00
R3
Giagos12/331/1001:43
Minus19/550/000:00
Total
Giagos31/675/1508:57
Minus28/800/000:00

Scorecards

Giagos vs Minus

RdDave HagenJunichiro KamijoSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-810-910-810-8.1
R210-910-910-910-8.7
R39-109-1010-99.4-9.6
Total29-2729-2830-2629.4-26.4

Media (16 cards) · avg 29.426.3 · 16 Giagos · 0 Minus

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Giagos-Minus.

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 probabilityMinus
59.2%40.8%
KO / TKO
39%
Submission
11%
Decision
51%
Expected fight time: 10.1 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 Giagos, blue toward Minus. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Giagos59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%35%
Submission7%12%
Decision31%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (1654)act 31
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.1)act 5
Minus41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%44%
Submission3%8%
Decision20%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1448)act 28
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Combined totals~75 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R218%
R34%
Distance51%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Giagos
53.2%-117
Minus
+11745.6%
Most takedownstie 35.7%
Giagos
47.7%-288
Minus
+28816.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Giagos
Expected: 40.0
40
Over 40
39.2%
+152
Exactly 40
1.2%
push
Under 40
59.6%
-152
051101
Minus
Expected: 35.4
35.5
Over 35.5
39.6%
+152
Under 35.5
60.4%
-152
04589
Takedowns — over/under
Giagos
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
34.6%
+124
Exactly 1
22.3%
push
Under 1
43.1%
-124
035
Minus
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
27.1%
+270
Under 0.5
72.9%
-270
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 10.1 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
Giagos59.2%74.9%−15.7-345
Minus40.8%25.1%+15.7+285

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
61.2Striking56.4
Giagos +4.9
51.8Grappling0.0
Giagos +51.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GiagosMinus
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1513
Pound-for-pound
1510
1520
Divisional
1527
1494
Striking offense
1502
1523
Striking defense
1496
1501
Grappling offense
1488
1490
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
30 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'10"
71"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.05
Strikes landed / min
5.13
41%
Strike accuracy
42%
2.73
Strikes absorbed / min
7.87
49%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.74
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
42%
Takedown accuracy
0%
50%
Takedown defense
0%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
43%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
0%
33%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
490
Days since last fight
119
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Christos Giagos
  • LDrakkar KloseU-DEC R3
    Close +1651y 4mo before
  • WDamir HadzovicU-DEC R3
    Close +1451y 7mo before
  • WMizuto HirotaU-DEC R3
    Close -3702y 1mo before
  • LCharles OliveiraSUB R2
    Close +3752y 3mo before
  • LChris WadeU-DEC R3
    Close +1505y 6mo before
Carlton Minus
  • LMatthew SemelsbergerU-DEC R3
    Close -1184mo before
Giagos — win / loss by method
Record: 17-8-0

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
41% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 4 losses
W
18% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 3 losses
W
41% of wins
L
38% of losses
UFC
3win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(50%) 2
2 (67%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
14win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (50%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
2 (14%)Submission(50%) 2
5 (36%)Decision(25%) 1
Minus — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0, 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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
10% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
6 (60%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (10%)Submission(100%) 1
3 (30%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Giagos
Minus
7
UFC fights
1
76.5 min · 10.9 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
16y 2m
Career length
12y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Giagos
Minus
87W–25L · 77.7%
Overall
6W–2L · 75.0%
37W–15L · 71.2%
Wins
0W–0L
50W–10L · 83.3%
Losses
6W–2L · 75.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Giagos
Minus
167W–79L · 67.9%
Overall
78W–37L · 67.8%
123W–70L · 63.7%
Wins
58W–28L · 67.4%
44W–9L · 83.0%
Losses
20W–9L · 69.0%
Distance striking
Giagos
Minus
5.44
Landed / min
6.36
37.5%
Accuracy
42.5%
60.0%
Defense
50.9%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
38.9%
Time at distance
79.7%
Grappling & control
Giagos
Minus
2.74
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
42.4%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
50.0%
Takedown defense
0.0%
0.39
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
56.5%
Control share
0.0%
Strike target map
Giagos
  • Head67%(157)div 65%
  • Body27%(62)div 18%
  • Legs6%(14)div 17%
Minus
  • Head79%(61)div 65%
  • Body10%(8)div 18%
  • Legs10%(8)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.

Carlton Minus
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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