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UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Dos Santos
VS
Curtis Millender
Curtis Millender
17-3 · USA
March 9, 2019 · Wichita, Kansas, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos def. Curtis Millender by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R1 2:35
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:35
Zaleski dos Santos6/91/102:08
Millender0/10/000:00
Total
Zaleski dos Santos6/91/102:08
Millender0/10/000:00

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
Zaleski dos SantosWin probabilityMillender
43.6%56.4%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
25%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 9.9 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Zaleski dos Santos, blue toward Millender. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Zaleski dos Santos44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%36%
Submission13%29%
Decision15%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2353)act 6
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 1
Millender56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%21%
Submission12%22%
Decision32%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2557)act 0
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~84 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R210%
R310%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Zaleski dos Santos
45.5%+117
Millender
-11753.2%
Most takedownstie 56.0%
Zaleski dos Santos
32.4%-279
Millender
+27911.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Zaleski dos Santos
Expected: 40.4
40.5
Over 40.5
42.3%
+136
Under 40.5
57.7%
-136
051101
Millender
Expected: 43.9
44
Over 44
41.6%
+137
Exactly 44
1.5%
push
Under 44
56.9%
-137
055110
Takedowns — over/under
Zaleski dos Santos
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
35.8%
+179
Under 0.5
64.2%
-179
035
Millender
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
15.8%
Exactly 0
84.2%
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 9.9 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
Zaleski dos Santos43.6%47.8%−4.2+100
Millender56.4%52.2%+4.2-120

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
70.4Striking74.1
Millender +3.7
27.3Grappling40.8
Millender +13.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Zaleski dos SantosMillender
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1604
Pound-for-pound
1584
1603
Divisional
1584
Striking offense
Striking defense
1483
Grappling offense
1480
1502
Grappling defense
1506
Physical
32 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'2"
73"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.33
Strikes landed / min
4.43
41%
Strike accuracy
48%
2.95
Strikes absorbed / min
2.98
62%
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.36
Takedowns / 15 min
0.38
11%
Takedown accuracy
100%
50%
Takedown defense
50%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
86%
UFC win rate
100%
+6
Win/loss streak
+3
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
50%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
168
Days since last fight
70
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
  • WLuigi VendraminiKO/TKO R2
    Close -10006mo before
  • WSean StricklandKO/TKO R1
    Close +10010mo before
  • WMax GriffinU-DEC R3
    Close -2301y 4mo before
  • WLyman GoodS-DEC R3
    Close +1301y 8mo before
  • WKeita NakamuraU-DEC R3
    Close +1052y 5mo before
Curtis Millender
  • WSiyar BahadurzadaU-DEC R3
    Close -1502mo before
  • WMax GriffinU-DEC R3
    Close -1708mo before
  • WThiago AlvesKO/TKO R2
    Close +1301y 1mo before
Zaleski dos Santos — win / loss by method
Record: 20-5-0

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
14 wins, 0 losses
W
70% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
10% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
20% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
14win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (79%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (14%)Submission(50%) 2
1 (7%)Decision(50%) 2
Millender — win / loss by method
Record: 17-3-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
35% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
11 wins, 1 loss
W
65% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (67%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
14win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (36%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
9 (64%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Zaleski dos Santos
Millender
7
UFC fights
3
83.0 min · 11.9 avg
Octagon time
39.3 min · 13.1 avg
16y 9m
Career length
13y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Zaleski dos Santos
Millender
119W–18L · 86.9%
Overall
60W–21L · 74.1%
106W–18L · 85.5%
Wins
60W–21L · 74.1%
13W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Zaleski dos Santos
Millender
144W–59L · 70.9%
Overall
121W–53L · 69.5%
86W–42L · 67.2%
Wins
82W–34L · 70.7%
58W–17L · 77.3%
Losses
39W–19L · 67.2%
Distance striking
Zaleski dos Santos
Millender
4.74
Landed / min
5.38
33.3%
Accuracy
46.5%
68.8%
Defense
67.5%
0.36
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.76
58.7%
Time at distance
76.1%
Grappling & control
Zaleski dos Santos
Millender
0.36
Takedowns / 15 min
0.38
10.5%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
50.0%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.54
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
33.0%
Control share
9.7%
Strike target map
Zaleski dos Santos
  • Head67%(240)div 63%
  • Body20%(73)div 20%
  • Legs13%(47)div 16%
Millender
  • Head65%(113)div 63%
  • Body14%(25)div 20%
  • Legs21%(36)div 16%

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

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Curtis Millender
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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