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UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Clark
Nate Maness
Nate Maness
12-1 · USA
VS
Luke Sanders
Luke Sanders
13-3 · USA
November 28, 2020 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Catch Weight · 140 lb · 3 rounds
139.5lb
Weigh-in
140.0lb
Nate Maness def. Luke Sanders by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 2:29
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Maness13/300/100:12
Sanders30/610/000:22
R2 · 2:29
Maness20/401/110:18
Sanders25/510/100:18
Total
Maness33/701/210:30
Sanders55/1120/100:40

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
ManessWin probabilitySanders
46.6%53.4%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
37%
Decision
42%
Expected fight time: 9.4 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 Maness, blue toward Sanders. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Maness47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%17%
Submission17%36%
Decision22%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (1551)act 33
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.9)act 1
Sanders53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%25%
Submission20%37%
Decision20%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1344)act 55
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 0
Combined totals~70 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R134%
R216%
R38%
Distance42%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Maness
53.6%-119
Sanders
+11945.1%
Most takedownstie 36.8%
Maness
35.9%-131
Sanders
+13127.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Maness
Expected: 37.4
37.5
Over 37.5
39.6%
+153
Under 37.5
60.4%
-153
04794
Sanders
Expected: 32.6
32.5
Over 32.5
40.0%
+150
Under 32.5
60.0%
-150
04182
Takedowns — over/under
Maness
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
28.9%
+183
Exactly 1
18.4%
push
Under 1
52.7%
-183
035
Sanders
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
39.8%
+151
Under 0.5
60.2%
-151
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 9.4 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
Maness46.6%42.2%+4.4+125
Sanders53.4%57.8%−4.4-155

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
48.6Striking73.7
Sanders +25.1
54.3Grappling37.3
Maness +17.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ManessSanders
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1545
Pound-for-pound
1539
1529
Divisional
1534
1494
Striking offense
1506
1501
Striking defense
1494
1503
Grappling offense
1500
1497
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
29 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'6"
72"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
1.40
Strikes landed / min
6.00
42%
Strike accuracy
52%
3.27
Strikes absorbed / min
4.05
37%
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.37
100%
Takedown accuracy
25%
88%
Takedown defense
70%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
40%
0%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
650
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nate Maness
  • WJohnny MunozU-DEC R3
    Close -1374mo before
Luke Sanders
  • WRenan BaraoKO/TKO R2
    Close -1501y 9mo before
  • LRani YahyaSUB R1
    Close -1152y 3mo before
  • WPatrick WilliamsU-DEC R3
    Close -4302y 8mo before
  • LAndre SoukhamthathKO/TKO R2
    Close -3453y before
  • LIuri AlcantaraSUB R2
    Close -1503y 9mo before
Maness — win / loss by method
Record: 12-1-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (18%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (45%)Decision(0%) 0
Sanders — win / loss by method
Record: 13-3-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
54% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
15% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
31% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (33%)Submission(67%) 2
1 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (60%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (10%)Submission() 0
3 (30%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Maness
Sanders
1
UFC fights
6
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
40.5 min · 6.7 avg
13y 0m
Career length
15y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Maness
Sanders
10W–0L · 100.0%
Overall
123W–39L · 75.9%
10W–0L · 100.0%
Wins
54W–18L · 75.0%
0W–0L
Losses
69W–21L · 76.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Maness
Sanders
80W–29L · 73.4%
Overall
60W–31L · 65.9%
66W–26L · 71.7%
Wins
60W–31L · 65.9%
14W–3L · 82.4%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Maness
Sanders
2.41
Landed / min
4.93
20.6%
Accuracy
40.8%
60.0%
Defense
57.4%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.11
19.4%
Time at distance
70.1%
Grappling & control
Maness
Sanders
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.37
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
87.5%
Takedown defense
70.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.37
13.3%
Control share
83.1%
Strike target map
Maness
  • Head43%(9)div 65%
  • Body57%(12)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
Sanders
  • Head83%(202)div 65%
  • Body12%(28)div 19%
  • Legs5%(13)div 17%

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

Nate Maness
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Luke Sanders
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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