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UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje
Augusto Sakai
Augusto Sakai
13-1-1 · BRA
VS
Marcin Tybura
Marcin Tybura
17-5 · POL
September 14, 2019 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
258.0lb
Weigh-in
257.5lb
Augusto Sakai def. Marcin Tybura by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 0:59
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:59
Sakai15/270/010:03
Tybura6/70/000:00
Total
Sakai15/270/010:03
Tybura6/70/000:00

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
SakaiWin probabilityTybura
55.7%44.3%
KO / TKO
68%
Submission
3%
Decision
28%
Expected fight time: 7.4 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 Tybura. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Sakai56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO41%73%
Submission0%1%
Decision15%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1946)act 15
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Tybura44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%63%
Submission3%7%
Decision13%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 6
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.5)act 0
Combined totals~73 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R147%
R223%
R32%
Distance28%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Sakai
45.5%+116
Tybura
-11653.0%
Most takedownstie 63.6%
Sakai
12.9%+182
Tybura
-18223.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sakai
Expected: 35.1
35
Over 35
41.7%
+135
Exactly 35
1.9%
push
Under 35
56.4%
-135
04488
Tybura
Expected: 38.0
38
Over 38
41.7%
+136
Exactly 38
1.7%
push
Under 38
56.6%
-136
04896
Takedowns — over/under
Sakai
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
15.7%
Exactly 0
84.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Tybura
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
26.2%
+282
Under 0.5
73.8%
-282
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 7.4 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
Sakai55.7%53.2%+2.5-125
Tybura44.3%46.8%−2.5+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
63.1Striking67.7
Tybura +4.6
25.3Grappling56.8
Tybura +31.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SakaiTybura
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1566
Pound-for-pound
1547
1566
Divisional
1547
1505
Striking offense
1506
1497
Striking defense
1497
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
28 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'3"
77"
Reach
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.27
Strikes landed / min
3.59
44%
Strike accuracy
51%
5.30
Strikes absorbed / min
3.09
56%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.52
Takedowns / 15 min
1.49
50%
Takedown accuracy
61%
Takedown defense
81%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.1
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
50%
+2
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
40%
50%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
147
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Augusto Sakai
  • WAndrei ArlovskiS-DEC R3
    Close -1655mo before
  • WChase ShermanKO/TKO R3
    Close -2301y before
Marcin Tybura
  • LShamil AbdurakhimovKO/TKO R2
    Close -1355mo before
  • WStefan StruveU-DEC R3
    Close -1901y 2mo before
  • LDerrick LewisKO/TKO R3
    Close -1101y 7mo before
  • LFabricio WerdumU-DEC R5
    Close +2501y 10mo before
  • WAndrei ArlovskiU-DEC R3
    Close -2302y 3mo before
Sakai — win / loss by method
Record: 13-1-1

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
10 wins, 0 losses
W
77% 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
23% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (82%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (18%)Decision(100%) 1
Tybura — 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
7 wins, 3 losses
W
41% of wins
L
60% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
35% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
24% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
4win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
13win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (38%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
6 (46%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (15%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Sakai
Tybura
2
UFC fights
8
29.1 min · 14.5 avg
Octagon time
110.7 min · 13.8 avg
14y 9m
Career length
14y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sakai
Tybura
38W–22L · 63.3%
Overall
141W–45L · 75.8%
38W–22L · 63.3%
Wins
73W–28L · 72.3%
0W–0L
Losses
68W–17L · 80.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sakai
Tybura
62W–22L · 73.8%
Overall
136W–36L · 79.1%
36W–12L · 75.0%
Wins
124W–35L · 78.0%
26W–10L · 72.2%
Losses
12W–1L · 92.3%
Distance striking
Sakai
Tybura
4.50
Landed / min
4.52
35.4%
Accuracy
42.4%
58.1%
Defense
58.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.14
75.7%
Time at distance
47.7%
Grappling & control
Sakai
Tybura
0.52
Takedowns / 15 min
1.49
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
61.1%
Takedown defense
81.5%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.14
66.3%
Control share
55.2%
Strike target map
Sakai
  • Head70%(107)div 66%
  • Body19%(29)div 19%
  • Legs11%(17)div 14%
Tybura
  • Head66%(264)div 66%
  • Body16%(65)div 19%
  • Legs17%(68)div 14%

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.

Marcin Tybura
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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