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UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixeira
Gustavo Lopez
Gustavo Lopez
11-5 · USA
VS
Anthony Birchak
Anthony Birchak
16-6 · USA
November 7, 2020 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Gustavo Lopez def. Anthony Birchak by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R1 2:43
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:43
Lopez26/432/301:06
Birchak17/400/000:00
Total
Lopez26/432/301:06
Birchak17/400/000:00

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
LopezWin probabilityBirchak
34.1%65.9%
KO / TKO
42%
Submission
9%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 10.2 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 Lopez, blue toward Birchak. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Lopez34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%46%
Submission3%8%
Decision16%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (1551)act 26
Takedowns2.7 (0.06.5)act 2
Birchak66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%40%
Submission6%10%
Decision33%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (1755)act 17
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 0
Combined totals~78 sig strikes~3.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R222%
R35%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Lopez
47.1%+110
Birchak
-11051.7%
Most takedownstie 14.2%
Lopez
72.3%-536
Birchak
+53613.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lopez
Expected: 37.8
38
Over 38
38.8%
+154
Exactly 38
1.3%
push
Under 38
59.9%
-154
04895
Birchak
Expected: 40.3
40.5
Over 40.5
39.5%
+153
Under 40.5
60.5%
-153
051101
Takedowns — over/under
Lopez
Expected: 2.7
2.5
Over 2.5
50.6%
-103
Under 2.5
49.4%
+103
059
Birchak
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
42.1%
+137
Under 0.5
57.9%
-137
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 10.2 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
Lopez34.1%54.4%−20.3-134
Birchak65.9%45.6%+20.3+108

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
35.1Striking70.5
Birchak +35.4
7.7Grappling34.1
Birchak +26.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LopezBirchak
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1498
Pound-for-pound
1534
1513
Divisional
1535
1479
Striking offense
1507
1501
Striking defense
1504
1547
Grappling offense
1500
1542
Grappling defense
1490
Physical
31 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'5"
Height
5'8"
67"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
0.93
Strikes landed / min
3.98
25%
Strike accuracy
35%
4.87
Strikes absorbed / min
2.26
43%
Strike defense
66%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.68
Takedown accuracy
17%
28%
Takedown defense
83%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
0%
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
147
Days since last fight
1584
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Gustavo Lopez
  • LMerab DvalishviliU-DEC R3
    Close +6355mo before
Anthony Birchak
  • WDileno LopesS-DEC R3
    Close -2504y 4mo before
  • LThomas AlmeidaKO/TKO R1
    Close +4155y before
  • WJoe SotoKO/TKO R1
    Close +1705y 5mo before
  • LIan EntwistleSUB R1
    Close -2705y 11mo before
Lopez — win / loss by method
Record: 11-5-0

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
5 wins, 2 losses
W
45% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 3 losses
W
9% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
11win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (45%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
5 (45%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (9%)Decision(50%) 2
Birchak — win / loss by method
Record: 16-6-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
31% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
19% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
14win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (57%)Submission(25%) 1
2 (14%)Decision(75%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Lopez
Birchak
1
UFC fights
4
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
22.1 min · 5.5 avg
14y 0m
Career length
17y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lopez
Birchak
10W–4L · 71.4%
Overall
61W–7L · 89.7%
0W–0L
Wins
33W–5L · 86.8%
10W–4L · 71.4%
Losses
28W–2L · 93.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lopez
Birchak
81W–42L · 65.9%
Overall
153W–67L · 69.5%
50W–32L · 61.0%
Wins
71W–31L · 69.6%
31W–10L · 75.6%
Losses
82W–36L · 69.5%
Distance striking
Lopez
Birchak
2.02
Landed / min
5.13
23.3%
Accuracy
30.7%
57.4%
Defense
71.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.36
33.0%
Time at distance
52.1%
Grappling & control
Lopez
Birchak
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.68
Takedown accuracy
16.7%
27.8%
Takedown defense
83.3%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
0.4%
Control share
38.1%
Strike target map
Lopez
  • Head36%(5)div 63%
  • Body36%(5)div 21%
  • Legs29%(4)div 17%
Birchak
  • Head53%(47)div 63%
  • Body26%(23)div 21%
  • Legs20%(18)div 17%

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

Gustavo Lopez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Anthony Birchak
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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