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Augusto Sakai
Augusto Sakai
12-1-1 · BRA
VS
Andrei Arlovski
Andrei Arlovski
27-17 · BLR
April 27, 2019 · Sunrise, Florida, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
264.0lb
Weigh-in
247.0lb
Augusto Sakai def. Andrei Arlovski by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sakai9/320/000:32
Arlovski19/470/000:08
R2
Sakai17/470/000:22
Arlovski25/700/000:00
R3
Sakai16/530/101:08
Arlovski31/580/000:18
Total
Sakai42/1320/102:02
Arlovski75/1750/000:26

Scorecards

Sakai vs Arlovski

RdChris LeeDerek ClearyTroy WincapawCommunity
R19-109-109-109-10
R210-910-910-99.3-9.7
R310-99-1010-99.3-9.7
Total29-2828-2929-2827.6-29.4

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.327.8 · 12 Sakai · 0 Arlovski · 1 draw

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

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 probabilityArlovski
86.0%14.0%
KO / TKO
64%
Submission
2%
Decision
34%
Expected fight time: 8.5 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 Arlovski. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Sakai86%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO56%66%
Submission1%1%
Decision29%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2559)act 42
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Arlovski14%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%54%
Submission1%8%
Decision5%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2455)act 75
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~87 sig strikes~0.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R135%
R226%
R35%
Distance34%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Sakai
52.5%-113
Arlovski
+11346.3%
Most takedownstie 73.4%
Sakai
23.4%-729
Arlovski
+7293.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sakai
Expected: 45.2
45
Over 45
42.0%
+134
Exactly 45
1.5%
push
Under 45
56.5%
-134
057113
Arlovski
Expected: 42.3
42.5
Over 42.5
42.1%
+137
Under 42.5
57.9%
-137
053106
Takedowns — over/under
Sakai
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.9%
+318
Under 0.5
76.1%
-318
035
Arlovski
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
4.0%
Exactly 0
96.0%
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 8.5 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
Sakai86.0%60.4%+25.6-165
Arlovski14.0%39.6%−25.6+145

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
69.2Striking65.9
Sakai +3.3
30.3Grappling45.2
Arlovski +14.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SakaiArlovski
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1550
Pound-for-pound
1565
1550
Divisional
1564
1507
Striking offense
1527
1498
Striking defense
1542
1499
Grappling offense
1475
1508
Grappling defense
1552
Physical
27 yrs
Age
40 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'3"
77"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
7.90
Strikes landed / min
3.08
51%
Strike accuracy
42%
5.62
Strikes absorbed / min
2.57
56%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.07
Takedowns / 15 min
0.56
100%
Takedown accuracy
36%
Takedown defense
80%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
57%
+1
Win/loss streak
-3
100%
Last-5 win rate
40%
100%
Finish rate
69%
Recent opp. quality
217
Days since last fight
119
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Augusto Sakai
  • WChase ShermanKO/TKO R3
    Close -2307mo before
Andrei Arlovski
  • LShamil AbdurakhimovU-DEC R3
    Close +1207mo before
  • LTai TuivasaU-DEC R3
    Close +19011mo before
  • WStefan StruveU-DEC R3
    Close +1601y 2mo before
  • WJunior AlbiniU-DEC R3
    Close +2601y 5mo before
  • LMarcin TyburaU-DEC R3
    Close +1901y 10mo before
Sakai — win / loss by method
Record: 12-1-1

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
83% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (82%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (18%)Decision(100%) 1
Arlovski — win / loss by method
Record: 27-17-0, 2 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
17 wins, 10 losses
W
63% of wins
L
59% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
11% of wins
L
6% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 6 losses
W
26% of wins
L
35% of losses
UFC
16win11loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
9 (56%)KO/TKO(55%) 6
2 (13%)Submission(9%) 1
5 (31%)Decision(36%) 4
Non-UFC
11win6loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
8 (73%)KO/TKO(67%) 4
1 (9%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (18%)Decision(33%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Sakai
Arlovski
1
UFC fights
28
14.1 min · 14.1 avg
Octagon time
243.2 min · 8.7 avg
14y 9m
Career length
27y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sakai
Arlovski
11W–5L · 68.8%
Overall
419W–98L · 81.0%
11W–5L · 68.8%
Wins
220W–59L · 78.9%
0W–0L
Losses
199W–39L · 83.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sakai
Arlovski
62W–22L · 73.8%
Overall
458W–117L · 79.7%
36W–12L · 75.0%
Wins
376W–106L · 78.0%
26W–10L · 72.2%
Losses
82W–11L · 88.2%
Distance striking
Sakai
Arlovski
6.53
Landed / min
3.82
41.3%
Accuracy
37.6%
55.8%
Defense
65.5%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.62
75.2%
Time at distance
61.4%
Grappling & control
Sakai
Arlovski
1.07
Takedowns / 15 min
0.56
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
36.0%
Takedown defense
80.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.31
49.3%
Control share
33.9%
Strike target map
Sakai
  • Head73%(81)div 66%
  • Body19%(21)div 19%
  • Legs8%(9)div 15%
Arlovski
  • Head57%(427)div 66%
  • Body17%(128)div 19%
  • Legs26%(194)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.

Andrei Arlovski
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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