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UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega
Thiago Santos
Thiago Santos
19-6 · BRA
VS
Jimi Manuwa
Jimi Manuwa
17-4 · GBR
December 8, 2018 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
Thiago Santos def. Jimi Manuwa by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 0:41
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Santos33/551/311:16
Manuwa26/360/102:23
R2 · 0:41
Santos9/190/010:03
Manuwa1/60/100:02
Total
Santos42/741/321:19
Manuwa27/420/202:25

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
SantosWin probabilityManuwa
59.2%40.8%
KO / TKO
58%
Submission
8%
Decision
34%
Expected fight time: 8.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Santos59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO32%54%
Submission4%7%
Decision23%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2355)act 42
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 1
Manuwa41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%63%
Submission4%9%
Decision11%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 27
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~73 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R136%
R219%
R311%
Distance34%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Santos
63.0%-177
Manuwa
+17735.6%
Most takedownstie 66.8%
Santos
15.3%+117
Manuwa
-11717.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Santos
Expected: 42.0
42
Over 42
41.7%
+136
Exactly 42
1.6%
push
Under 42
56.8%
-136
053105
Manuwa
Expected: 31.0
31
Over 31
41.4%
+136
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
56.5%
-136
03978
Takedowns — over/under
Santos
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.9%
Exactly 0
82.1%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Manuwa
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
20.3%
Exactly 0
79.7%
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 8.8 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
Santos59.2%62.8%−3.6-185
Manuwa40.8%37.2%+3.6+160

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
80.2Striking63.6
Santos +16.7
41.3Grappling37.3
Santos +4.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SantosManuwa
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1611
Pound-for-pound
1566
1536
Divisional
1565
1533
Striking offense
1531
1527
Striking defense
1503
1491
Grappling offense
1488
1507
Grappling defense
1512
Physical
34 yrs
Age
38 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'1"
76"
Reach
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.89
Strikes landed / min
3.34
50%
Strike accuracy
53%
2.04
Strikes absorbed / min
3.74
62%
Strike defense
50%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.87
Takedowns / 15 min
0.58
38%
Takedown accuracy
21%
65%
Takedown defense
71%
0.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
69%
UFC win rate
60%
+2
Win/loss streak
-2
80%
Last-5 win rate
40%
82%
Finish rate
83%
Recent opp. quality
77
Days since last fight
266
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Thiago Santos
  • WEryk AndersKO/TKO R3
    Close -2003mo before
  • WKevin HollandU-DEC R3
    Close -3404mo before
  • LDavid BranchKO/TKO R1
    Close -1608mo before
  • WAnthony SmithKO/TKO R2
    Close -25510mo before
  • WJack HermanssonKO/TKO R1
    Close -1101y 1mo before
Jimi Manuwa
  • LJan BlachowiczU-DEC R3
    Close -1509mo before
  • LVolkan OezdemirKO/TKO R1
    Close -1751y 4mo before
  • WCorey AndersonKO/TKO R1
    Close -1451y 9mo before
  • WOvince Saint PreuxKO/TKO R2
    Close +1252y 2mo before
  • LAnthony JohnsonKO/TKO R2
    Close +5253y 3mo before
Santos — win / loss by method
Record: 19-6-0

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
13 wins, 3 losses
W
68% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
5% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
26% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
11win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (82%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(40%) 2
2 (18%)Decision(20%) 1
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(0%) 0
Manuwa — win / loss by method
Record: 17-4-0

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
15 wins, 3 losses
W
88% of wins
L
75% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
6% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
6win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO(75%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (17%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
10 (91%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (9%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Santos
Manuwa
16
UFC fights
10
103.2 min · 6.4 avg
Octagon time
77.9 min · 7.8 avg
15y 8m
Career length
18y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Santos
Manuwa
276W–70L · 79.8%
Overall
163W–42L · 79.5%
196W–53L · 78.7%
Wins
94W–27L · 77.7%
80W–17L · 82.5%
Losses
69W–15L · 82.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Santos
Manuwa
13W–13L · 50.0%
Overall
51W–32L · 61.4%
10W–11L · 47.6%
Wins
51W–32L · 61.4%
3W–2L · 60.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Santos
Manuwa
4.14
Landed / min
4.77
39.1%
Accuracy
45.1%
69.7%
Defense
57.3%
1.31
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.58
52.5%
Time at distance
45.8%
Grappling & control
Santos
Manuwa
0.87
Takedowns / 15 min
0.58
37.5%
Takedown accuracy
21.4%
65.1%
Takedown defense
71.4%
0.15
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.39
52.8%
Control share
35.6%
Strike target map
Santos
  • Head59%(299)div 66%
  • Body22%(111)div 18%
  • Legs19%(95)div 16%
Manuwa
  • Head40%(103)div 66%
  • Body26%(68)div 18%
  • Legs34%(89)div 16%

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

Thiago Santos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jimi Manuwa
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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