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UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixeira
Darren Elkins
Darren Elkins
24-9 · USA
VS
November 7, 2020 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.5lb
Weigh-in
145.5lb
Darren Elkins def. Eduardo Garagorri by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R3 2:22
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Elkins12/215/1204:06
Garagorri5/80/000:00
R2
Elkins13/332/502:40
Garagorri18/400/000:10
R3 · 2:22
Elkins7/180/400:48
Garagorri13/300/000:00
Total
Elkins32/727/2107:34
Garagorri36/780/000:10

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
ElkinsWin probabilityGaragorri
52.2%47.8%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
18%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 10.0 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 Elkins, blue toward Garagorri. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Elkins52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%32%
Submission6%12%
Decision29%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1138)act 32
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.9)act 7
Garagorri48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%35%
Submission12%24%
Decision20%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (1551)act 36
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Combined totals~66 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R219%
R34%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Elkins
39.8%+148
Garagorri
-14858.8%
Most takedownstie 28.2%
Elkins
61.9%-627
Garagorri
+6279.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Elkins
Expected: 28.1
28
Over 28
39.1%
+152
Exactly 28
1.7%
push
Under 28
59.2%
-152
03671
Garagorri
Expected: 37.5
37.5
Over 37.5
39.7%
+152
Under 37.5
60.3%
-152
04794
Takedowns — over/under
Elkins
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
45.4%
+120
Under 1.5
54.6%
-120
035
Garagorri
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
21.1%
Exactly 0
78.9%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 10.0 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
Elkins52.2%66.8%−14.6-240
Garagorri47.8%33.2%+14.6+185

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
61.9Striking75.8
Garagorri +14.0
58.3Grappling43.9
Elkins +14.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ElkinsGaragorri
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1583
Pound-for-pound
1538
1579
Divisional
1536
1484
Striking offense
1496
1510
Striking defense
1530
1525
Grappling offense
1479
1505
Grappling defense
1491
Physical
36 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'9"
71"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.54
Strikes landed / min
3.75
38%
Strike accuracy
54%
3.09
Strikes absorbed / min
2.22
53%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.43
Takedowns / 15 min
0.79
33%
Takedown accuracy
100%
59%
Takedown defense
54%
1.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
64%
UFC win rate
50%
-4
Win/loss streak
-1
20%
Last-5 win rate
50%
29%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
175
Days since last fight
357
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Darren Elkins
  • LNate LandwehrU-DEC R3
    Close -1206mo before
  • LRyan HallU-DEC R3
    Close -1151y 4mo before
  • LRicardo LamasKO/TKO R3
    Close +1552y before
  • LAlexander VolkanovskiU-DEC R3
    Close +1802y 4mo before
  • WMichael JohnsonSUB R2
    Close +1752y 10mo before
Eduardo Garagorri
  • LRicardo RamosSUB R1
    Close +3451y before
  • WHumberto BandenayU-DEC R3
    Close -1501y 3mo before
Elkins — win / loss by method
Record: 24-9-0

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, 3 losses
W
33% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
11% of losses
Decision
12 wins, 5 losses
W
50% of wins
L
56% of losses
UFC
14win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (21%)KO/TKO(25%) 2
1 (7%)Submission(13%) 1
10 (71%)Decision(63%) 5
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (30%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Garagorri — win / loss by method
Record: 13-1-0

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, 0 losses
W
31% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
46% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
12win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
6 (50%)Submission() 0
2 (17%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Elkins
Garagorri
22
UFC fights
2
265.5 min · 12.1 avg
Octagon time
18.9 min · 9.5 avg
19y 6m
Career length
11y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Elkins
Garagorri
344W–97L · 78.0%
Overall
27W–8L · 77.1%
221W–72L · 75.4%
Wins
14W–6L · 70.0%
123W–25L · 83.1%
Losses
13W–2L · 86.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Elkins
Garagorri
56W–47L · 54.4%
Overall
28W–25L · 52.8%
31W–28L · 52.5%
Wins
28W–25L · 52.8%
25W–19L · 56.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Elkins
Garagorri
4.42
Landed / min
5.07
28.3%
Accuracy
49.6%
58.2%
Defense
64.3%
0.11
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
44.8%
Time at distance
59.3%
Grappling & control
Elkins
Garagorri
2.43
Takedowns / 15 min
0.79
33.1%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
58.7%
Takedown defense
53.8%
1.19
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
70.8%
Control share
32.1%
Strike target map
Elkins
  • Head74%(701)div 64%
  • Body20%(192)div 20%
  • Legs5%(48)div 16%
Garagorri
  • Head69%(49)div 64%
  • Body20%(14)div 20%
  • Legs11%(8)div 16%

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

Darren Elkins
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Eduardo Garagorri
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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