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Mads Burnell
Mads Burnell
8-2 · DNK
VS
Mike Santiago
Mike Santiago
21-10 · USA
January 14, 2018 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
150.0lbMissed +4.0
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Mads Burnell def. Mike Santiago by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Burnell1/11/402:24
Santiago17/272/202:15
R2
Burnell13/221/102:14
Santiago17/251/102:14
R3
Burnell6/111/204:33
Santiago17/270/000:02
Total
Burnell20/343/709:11
Santiago51/793/304:31

Scorecards

Burnell vs Santiago

RdBrian PuccilloJustin BrownMarcos RosalesCommunity
R19-109-109-109.1-9.9
R210-910-910-910-9.1
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2829-2829-2829.1-28

Media (13 cards) · avg 2927.9 · 13 Burnell · 0 Santiago

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Burnell-Santiago.

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
BurnellWin probabilitySantiago
71.1%28.9%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
20%
Decision
55%
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 Burnell, blue toward Santiago. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Burnell71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%20%
Submission14%20%
Decision43%60%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 20
Takedowns2.5 (0.05.5)act 3
Santiago29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%36%
Submission6%21%
Decision12%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 51
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 3
Combined totals~67 sig strikes~3.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R213%
R34%
Distance55%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Burnell
52.5%-114
Santiago
+11445.9%
Most takedownstie 17.2%
Burnell
70.9%-597
Santiago
+59711.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Burnell
Expected: 34.7
34.5
Over 34.5
42.9%
+133
Under 34.5
57.1%
-133
04487
Santiago
Expected: 32.3
32.5
Over 32.5
42.1%
+138
Under 32.5
57.9%
-138
04181
Takedowns — over/under
Burnell
Expected: 2.5
2.5
Over 2.5
47.6%
+110
Under 2.5
52.4%
-110
048
Santiago
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
33.9%
+195
Under 0.5
66.1%
-195
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
Burnell71.1%36.5%+34.6+165
Santiago28.9%63.5%−34.6-190

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
50.4Striking41.6
Burnell +8.8
9.3Grappling47.5
Santiago +38.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BurnellSantiago
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1508
Pound-for-pound
1500
1520
Divisional
1500
1484
Striking offense
1498
1499
Striking defense
1497
1545
Grappling offense
1502
1542
Grappling defense
1493
Physical
23 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'10"
69"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
0.87
Strikes landed / min
2.56
33%
Strike accuracy
36%
2.27
Strikes absorbed / min
4.80
46%
Strike defense
31%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.20
Takedown accuracy
29%
33%
Takedown defense
67%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
134
Days since last fight
134
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Mads Burnell
  • LMichel PrazeresSUB R3
    opp missedClose +3204mo before
Mike Santiago
  • LZabit MagomedsharipovSUB R2
    Close +3254mo before
Burnell — win / loss by method
Record: 8-2-0

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
50% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
63% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
5 (63%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(0%) 0
Santiago — win / loss by method
Record: 21-10-0

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, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
10% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 8 losses
W
48% of wins
L
80% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
19% of wins
L
10% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
21win9loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (33%)KO/TKO(11%) 1
10 (48%)Submission(78%) 7
4 (19%)Decision(11%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Burnell
Santiago
1
UFC fights
1
11.4 min · 11.4 avg
Octagon time
9.4 min · 9.4 avg
12y 10m
Career length
16y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Burnell
Santiago
22W–2L · 91.7%
Overall
12W–1L · 92.3%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
22W–2L · 91.7%
Losses
12W–1L · 92.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Burnell
Santiago
65W–36L · 64.4%
Overall
198W–129L · 60.6%
56W–34L · 62.2%
Wins
131W–97L · 57.5%
9W–2L · 81.8%
Losses
67W–32L · 67.7%
Distance striking
Burnell
Santiago
4.03
Landed / min
4.84
29.6%
Accuracy
21.7%
64.5%
Defense
39.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
17.4%
Time at distance
22.0%
Grappling & control
Burnell
Santiago
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.20
Takedown accuracy
28.6%
33.3%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
3.8%
Control share
37.2%
Strike target map
Burnell
  • Head40%(4)div 64%
  • Body50%(5)div 19%
  • Legs10%(1)div 17%
Santiago
  • Head25%(6)div 64%
  • Body29%(7)div 19%
  • Legs46%(11)div 17%

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

Mads Burnell
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mike Santiago
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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