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UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Hermansson
Takashi Sato
Takashi Sato
14-2 · JPN
VS
Ben Saunders
Ben Saunders
22-11-2 · USA
April 27, 2019 · Sunrise, Florida, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
170.5lb
Takashi Sato def. Ben Saunders by KO/TKO (Elbows), R2 1:18
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sato12/410/000:00
Saunders39/740/000:25
R2 · 1:18
Sato16/280/010:17
Saunders7/160/000:00
Total
Sato28/690/010:17
Saunders46/900/000:25

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 probabilitySaunders
66.2%33.8%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
17%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 10.3 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 Saunders. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Sato66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%31%
Submission9%14%
Decision36%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 28
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 0
Saunders34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%26%
Submission8%24%
Decision17%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (2046)act 46
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~75 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R130%
R211%
R36%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Sato
54.2%-122
Saunders
+12244.3%
Most takedownstie 57.5%
Sato
29.1%-217
Saunders
+21713.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sato
Expected: 39.5
39.5
Over 39.5
42.5%
+135
Under 39.5
57.5%
-135
05099
Saunders
Expected: 35.5
35.5
Over 35.5
42.4%
+136
Under 35.5
57.6%
-136
04589
Takedowns — over/under
Sato
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
32.3%
+209
Under 0.5
67.7%
-209
035
Saunders
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.5%
Exactly 0
82.5%
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 10.3 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
Sato66.2%66.9%−0.7-230
Saunders33.8%33.1%+0.7+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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SatoSaunders
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1542
Pound-for-pound
1527
1542
Divisional
1527
1482
Striking offense
1500
1500
Striking defense
1509
1561
Grappling offense
1471
1558
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
28 yrs
Age
36 yrs
5'10"
Height
6'2"
73"
Reach
77"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
3.19
Strike accuracy
50%
Strikes absorbed / min
3.58
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
0.22
Takedown accuracy
40%
Takedown defense
69%
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
53%
Win/loss streak
-2
Last-5 win rate
20%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
175
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Takashi Sato
No prior UFC fights.
Ben Saunders
  • LLyman GoodKO/TKO R1
    Close +4656mo before
  • LSergio MoraesSUB R2
    Close +2357mo before
  • WJake EllenbergerKO/TKO R1
    Close +14011mo before
  • LAlan JoubanKO/TKO R2
    Close +2101y 2mo before
  • LPeter SobottaKO/TKO R2
    Close +1151y 11mo before
Sato — win / loss by method
Record: 14-2-0

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
9 wins, 1 loss
W
64% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
14win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (64%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (14%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (21%)Decision(0%) 0
Saunders — win / loss by method
Record: 22-11-2

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, 7 losses
W
45% of wins
L
64% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 1 loss
W
32% of wins
L
9% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 3 losses
W
23% of wins
L
27% of losses
UFC
9win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(63%) 5
3 (33%)Submission(13%) 1
3 (33%)Decision(25%) 2
Non-UFC
13win3loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (54%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
4 (31%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (15%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Sato
Saunders
0
UFC fights
17
Octagon time
134.2 min · 7.9 avg
Career length
22y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sato
Saunders
Overall
311W–88L · 77.9%
Wins
144W–44L · 76.6%
Losses
167W–44L · 79.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sato
Saunders
146W–71L · 67.3%
Overall
233W–69L · 77.2%
111W–56L · 66.5%
Wins
172W–57L · 75.1%
35W–15L · 70.0%
Losses
61W–12L · 83.6%
Distance striking
Sato
Saunders
Landed / min
5.50
Accuracy
41.1%
Defense
59.3%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.34
Time at distance
34.0%
Grappling & control
Sato
Saunders
Takedowns / 15 min
0.22
Takedown accuracy
40.0%
Takedown defense
68.9%
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.01
Control share
20.0%
Strike target map
Sato
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.
Saunders
  • Head53%(228)div 63%
  • Body38%(164)div 20%
  • Legs8%(36)div 16%

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

Takashi Sato

No UFC fights on record.

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

Ben Saunders
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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