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Michael Chiesa
Michael Chiesa
14-4 · USA
VS
Rafael Dos Anjos
Rafael Dos Anjos
29-12 · BRA
January 25, 2020 · Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Michael Chiesa def. Rafael Dos Anjos by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Chiesa1/122/303:14
Dos Anjos4/90/000:11
R2
Chiesa7/343/402:14
Dos Anjos8/240/100:31
R3
Chiesa1/51/104:45
Dos Anjos2/30/000:00
Total
Chiesa9/516/8010:13
Dos Anjos14/360/100:42

Scorecards

Chiesa vs Dos Anjos

RdChris LeeEric ColónTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R29-109-1010-99.3-9.7
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2829-2830-2729.2-27.8

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 14 Chiesa · 0 Dos Anjos

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Chiesa-Dos Anjos.

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
ChiesaWin probabilityDos Anjos
71.8%28.2%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
16%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 10.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Chiesa72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%27%
Submission14%19%
Decision39%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 9
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.7)act 6
Dos Anjos28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%38%
Submission2%8%
Decision15%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1535)act 14
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.1)act 0
Combined totals~61 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R215%
R35%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Chiesa
58.7%-149
Dos Anjos
+14939.5%
Most takedownstie 34.5%
Chiesa
54.3%-485
Dos Anjos
+48511.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Chiesa
Expected: 33.7
33.5
Over 33.5
42.9%
+133
Under 33.5
57.1%
-133
04385
Dos Anjos
Expected: 27.2
27
Over 27
41.9%
+133
Exactly 27
2.4%
push
Under 27
55.7%
-133
03569
Takedowns — over/under
Chiesa
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
41.9%
+139
Under 1.5
58.1%
-139
035
Dos Anjos
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
20.7%
+383
Under 0.5
79.3%
-383
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 10.5 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
Chiesa71.8%33.6%+38.2+185
Dos Anjos28.2%66.4%−38.2-225

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
62.4Striking68.2
Dos Anjos +5.8
73.5Grappling52.4
Chiesa +21.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ChiesaDos Anjos
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1601
Pound-for-pound
1645
1554
Divisional
1557
1477
Striking offense
1518
1522
Striking defense
1507
1548
Grappling offense
1522
1490
Grappling defense
1539
Physical
32 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'8"
75"
Reach
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.28
Strikes landed / min
3.57
42%
Strike accuracy
46%
2.09
Strikes absorbed / min
3.28
52%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.55
Takedowns / 15 min
1.89
48%
Takedown accuracy
40%
67%
Takedown defense
60%
1.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
69%
UFC win rate
64%
+2
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
40%
67%
Finish rate
44%
Recent opp. quality
203
Days since last fight
189
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Michael Chiesa
  • WDiego SanchezU-DEC R3
    Close -3807mo before
  • WCarlos ConditSUB R2
    Close -1151y 1mo before
  • LAnthony PettisSUB R2
    missedClose -1751y 7mo before
  • LKevin LeeSUB R1
    Close +1252y 7mo before
  • WBeneil DariushSUB R2
    Close +1453y 9mo before
Rafael Dos Anjos
  • LLeon EdwardsU-DEC R5
    Close -1106mo before
  • WKevin LeeSUB R4
    Close +1308mo before
  • LKamaru UsmanU-DEC R5
    Close +2701y 2mo before
  • LColby CovingtonU-DEC R5
    Close +1151y 8mo before
  • WRobbie LawlerU-DEC R5
    Close -1252y 1mo before
Chiesa — win / loss by method
Record: 14-4-0

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
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 3 losses
W
71% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
9win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
6 (67%)Submission(75%) 3
3 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (80%)Submission() 0
1 (20%)Decision() 0
Dos Anjos — win / loss by method
Record: 29-12-0

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
17% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 1 loss
W
34% of wins
L
8% of losses
Decision
14 wins, 9 losses
W
48% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
18win10loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (22%)KO/TKO(20%) 2
4 (22%)Submission(10%) 1
10 (56%)Decision(70%) 7
Non-UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (9%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (55%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (36%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Chiesa
Dos Anjos
13
UFC fights
28
109.9 min · 8.5 avg
Octagon time
388.2 min · 13.9 avg
15y 9m
Career length
21y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Chiesa
Dos Anjos
228W–68L · 77.0%
Overall
490W–122L · 80.1%
146W–43L · 77.2%
Wins
300W–87L · 77.5%
82W–25L · 76.6%
Losses
190W–35L · 84.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Chiesa
Dos Anjos
12W–13L · 48.0%
Overall
49W–32L · 60.5%
12W–13L · 48.0%
Wins
47W–29L · 61.8%
0W–0L
Losses
2W–3L · 40.0%
Distance striking
Chiesa
Dos Anjos
3.92
Landed / min
5.00
32.3%
Accuracy
39.3%
59.0%
Defense
67.0%
0.14
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.19
32.5%
Time at distance
48.7%
Grappling & control
Chiesa
Dos Anjos
3.55
Takedowns / 15 min
1.89
48.1%
Takedown accuracy
39.5%
66.7%
Takedown defense
60.3%
1.23
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.66
66.9%
Control share
50.4%
Strike target map
Chiesa
  • Head74%(186)div 63%
  • Body18%(45)div 20%
  • Legs8%(19)div 16%
Dos Anjos
  • Head57%(787)div 63%
  • Body23%(318)div 20%
  • Legs20%(282)div 16%

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

Michael Chiesa
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Rafael Dos Anjos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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