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Augusto Sakai
Augusto Sakai
14-1-1 · BRA
VS
Blagoy Ivanov
Blagoy Ivanov
18-3 · BGR
May 30, 2020 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
259.5lb
Weigh-in
255.5lb
Augusto Sakai def. Blagoy Ivanov by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sakai12/380/000:18
Ivanov15/270/000:29
R2
Sakai34/610/001:02
Ivanov30/491/200:39
R3
Sakai32/620/000:26
Ivanov21/490/100:00
Total
Sakai78/1610/001:46
Ivanov66/1251/301:08

Scorecards

Sakai vs Ivanov

RdJunichiro KamijoMichael BellRon McCarthyCommunity
R19-109-109-109.1-9.9
R210-99-1010-99.8-9.3
R310-99-1010-99.7-9.3
Total29-2827-3029-2828.6-28.5

Media (13 cards) · avg 2928 · 13 Sakai · 0 Ivanov

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Sakai-Ivanov.

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
SakaiWin probabilityIvanov
55.4%44.6%
KO / TKO
53%
Submission
10%
Decision
37%
Expected fight time: 9.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Sakai55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO35%63%
Submission2%4%
Decision18%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2048)act 78
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Ivanov45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%40%
Submission8%18%
Decision19%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 66
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 1
Combined totals~75 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R223%
R38%
Distance37%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Sakai
48.3%+104
Ivanov
-10450.2%
Most takedownstie 62.3%
Sakai
22.1%-142
Ivanov
+14215.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sakai
Expected: 36.9
37
Over 37
41.4%
+137
Exactly 37
1.8%
push
Under 37
56.8%
-137
04793
Ivanov
Expected: 37.6
37.5
Over 37.5
42.7%
+134
Under 37.5
57.3%
-134
04895
Takedowns — over/under
Sakai
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
24.9%
+301
Under 0.5
75.1%
-301
035
Ivanov
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.9%
Exactly 0
81.1%
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 9.1 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
Sakai55.4%51.1%+4.3-115
Ivanov44.6%48.9%−4.3-105

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
64.3Striking57.8
Sakai +6.4
25.2Grappling53.9
Ivanov +28.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SakaiIvanov
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1582
Pound-for-pound
1562
1582
Divisional
1562
1512
Striking offense
1486
1495
Striking defense
1508
1494
Grappling offense
1524
1515
Grappling defense
1525
Physical
29 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'3"
Height
5'11"
77"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
5.59
Strikes landed / min
3.09
45%
Strike accuracy
38%
5.33
Strikes absorbed / min
3.93
56%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.50
Takedowns / 15 min
1.07
50%
Takedown accuracy
63%
Takedown defense
75%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
50%
+3
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
50%
67%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
259
Days since last fight
210
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Augusto Sakai
  • WMarcin TyburaKO/TKO R1
    Close -1259mo before
  • WAndrei ArlovskiS-DEC R3
    Close -1651y 1mo before
  • WChase ShermanKO/TKO R3
    Close -2301y 8mo before
Blagoy Ivanov
  • LDerrick LewisS-DEC R3
    Close -1057mo before
  • WTai TuivasaU-DEC R3
    Close +1401y before
  • WBen RothwellU-DEC R3
    Close +1001y 3mo before
  • LJunior Dos SantosU-DEC R5
    Close +1651y 11mo before
Sakai — win / loss by method
Record: 14-1-1

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
11 wins, 0 losses
W
79% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (33%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (82%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (18%)Decision(100%) 1
Ivanov — win / loss by method
Record: 18-3-0, 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
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (100%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
16win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
6 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (38%)Submission(100%) 1
4 (25%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Sakai
Ivanov
3
UFC fights
4
30.0 min · 10.0 avg
Octagon time
70.0 min · 17.5 avg
14y 9m
Career length
18y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sakai
Ivanov
55W–27L · 67.1%
Overall
85W–24L · 78.0%
55W–27L · 67.1%
Wins
46W–12L · 79.3%
0W–0L
Losses
39W–12L · 76.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sakai
Ivanov
62W–22L · 73.8%
Overall
222W–74L · 75.0%
36W–12L · 75.0%
Wins
201W–70L · 74.2%
26W–10L · 72.2%
Losses
21W–4L · 84.0%
Distance striking
Sakai
Ivanov
4.62
Landed / min
3.63
35.2%
Accuracy
35.9%
57.1%
Defense
57.7%
0.50
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.21
75.6%
Time at distance
76.0%
Grappling & control
Sakai
Ivanov
0.50
Takedowns / 15 min
1.07
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
62.5%
Takedown defense
75.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.21
66.7%
Control share
56.0%
Strike target map
Sakai
  • Head71%(120)div 66%
  • Body18%(31)div 19%
  • Legs10%(17)div 15%
Ivanov
  • Head77%(167)div 66%
  • Body20%(43)div 19%
  • Legs3%(6)div 15%

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

Augusto Sakai
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Blagoy Ivanov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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