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UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Hooker
Takashi Sato
Takashi Sato
15-3 · JPN
VS
Jason Witt
Jason Witt
17-5 · USA
June 27, 2020 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Takashi Sato def. Jason Witt by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 0:48
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:48
Sato18/210/010:11
Witt2/50/100:00
Total
Sato18/210/010:11
Witt2/50/100:00

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
SatoWin probabilityWitt
54.3%45.7%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
22%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 10.1 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Sato, blue toward Witt. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Sato54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%38%
Submission9%16%
Decision25%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1639)act 18
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.0)act 0
Witt46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%17%
Submission13%28%
Decision25%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 2
Takedowns2.0 (0.04.8)act 0
Combined totals~61 sig strikes~2.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R130%
R213%
R37%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Sato
47.6%+106
Witt
-10650.6%
Most takedownstie 22.6%
Sato
7.4%+943
Witt
-94369.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sato
Expected: 29.8
30
Over 30
41.0%
+138
Exactly 30
2.2%
push
Under 30
56.8%
-138
03875
Witt
Expected: 30.8
31
Over 31
41.1%
+138
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
56.8%
-138
03978
Takedowns — over/under
Sato
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
18.1%
+452
Under 0.5
81.9%
-452
035
Witt
Expected: 2.0
2
Over 2
39.7%
+106
Exactly 2
18.1%
push
Under 2
42.2%
-106
047

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
Sato54.3%69.8%−15.5-278
Witt45.7%30.2%+15.5+215

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SatoWitt
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1542
Pound-for-pound
1528
1542
Divisional
1528
1491
Striking offense
1500
1499
Striking defense
1500
1541
Grappling offense
1500
1541
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
30 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'10"
73"
Reach
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.13
Strikes landed / min
36%
Strike accuracy
5.22
Strikes absorbed / min
52%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.82
Takedowns / 15 min
50%
Takedown accuracy
78%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
50%
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
294
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Takashi Sato
  • LBelal MuhammadSUB R3
    Close +32010mo before
  • WBen SaundersKO/TKO R2
    Close -2301y 2mo before
Jason Witt
No prior UFC fights.
Sato — win / loss by method
Record: 15-3-0

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
10 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
13% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
14win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (64%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (14%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (21%)Decision(0%) 0
Witt — win / loss by method
Record: 17-5-0

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
3 wins, 3 losses
W
18% of wins
L
60% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 2 losses
W
41% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 0 losses
W
35% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
17win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (18%)KO/TKO(60%) 3
7 (41%)Submission(40%) 2
6 (35%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (6%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Sato
Witt
2
UFC fights
0
18.2 min · 9.1 avg
Octagon time
12y 9m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Sato
Witt
37W–14L · 72.5%
Overall
22W–11L · 66.7%
Wins
15W–3L · 83.3%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sato
Witt
146W–71L · 67.3%
Overall
177W–84L · 67.8%
111W–56L · 66.5%
Wins
138W–68L · 67.0%
35W–15L · 70.0%
Losses
39W–16L · 70.9%
Distance striking
Sato
Witt
3.19
Landed / min
31.6%
Accuracy
57.7%
Defense
0.82
Knockdowns / 15 min
72.2%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Sato
Witt
0.82
Takedowns / 15 min
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
77.8%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
23.9%
Control share
Strike target map
Sato
  • Head84%(48)div 63%
  • Body11%(6)div 20%
  • Legs5%(3)div 16%
Witt
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Takashi Sato
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jason Witt

No UFC fights on record.

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