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Christos Giagos
Christos Giagos
15-7 · USA
VS
Mizuto Hirota
Mizuto Hirota
18-9-2 · JPN
December 1, 2018 · Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Christos Giagos def. Mizuto Hirota by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Giagos21/512/202:41
Hirota8/190/000:00
R2
Giagos9/312/203:58
Hirota4/150/000:00
R3
Giagos1/81/602:42
Hirota7/210/001:05
Total
Giagos31/905/1009:21
Hirota19/550/001:05

Scorecards

Giagos vs Hirota

RdHoward HughesHowie BoothKon PapaioannouCommunity
R110-910-810-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-910-9.1
R39-109-1010-109.4-9.9
Total29-2829-2730-2829.3-28.1

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.227.6 · 13 Giagos · 0 Hirota

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Giagos-Hirota.

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
GiagosWin probabilityHirota
59.0%41.0%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
19%
Decision
55%
Expected fight time: 10.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Giagos59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%24%
Submission15%25%
Decision30%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2252)act 31
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 5
Hirota41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%29%
Submission4%10%
Decision25%61%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 19
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~75 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R28%
R39%
Distance55%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Giagos
56.0%-132
Hirota
+13242.5%
Most takedownstie 41.2%
Giagos
33.7%-134
Hirota
+13425.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Giagos
Expected: 40.2
40
Over 40
42.0%
+134
Exactly 40
1.7%
push
Under 40
56.3%
-134
051101
Hirota
Expected: 34.7
34.5
Over 34.5
42.9%
+133
Under 34.5
57.1%
-133
04487
Takedowns — over/under
Giagos
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
43.0%
+133
Under 0.5
57.0%
-133
035
Hirota
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
35.7%
+180
Under 0.5
64.3%
-180
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 10.7 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
Giagos59.0%76.3%−17.3-370
Hirota41.0%23.7%+17.3+310

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
57.1Striking61.1
Hirota +4.0
29.0Grappling44.4
Hirota +15.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GiagosHirota
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1494
Pound-for-pound
1478
1493
Divisional
1504
1491
Striking offense
1498
1517
Striking defense
1503
1491
Grappling offense
1484
1489
Grappling defense
1517
Physical
28 yrs
Age
37 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'7"
71"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.16
Strikes landed / min
3.87
32%
Strike accuracy
40%
2.13
Strikes absorbed / min
3.81
50%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.48
Takedowns / 15 min
1.50
20%
Takedown accuracy
45%
42%
Takedown defense
59%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
25%
UFC win rate
20%
-2
Win/loss streak
-2
25%
Last-5 win rate
20%
100%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
70
Days since last fight
294
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Christos Giagos
  • LCharles OliveiraSUB R2
    Close +3752mo before
  • LChris WadeU-DEC R3
    Close +1503y 6mo before
  • WJorge de OliveiraSUB R1
    Close -2103y 8mo before
  • LGilbert BurnsSUB R1
    Close +3604y 1mo before
Mizuto Hirota
  • LRoss PearsonU-DEC R3
    Close +14010mo before
  • LAlexander VolkanovskiU-DEC R3
    Close +4401y 6mo before
  • WCole MillerU-DEC R3
    Close -1051y 11mo before
  • DTeruto IshiharaS-DEC R3
    Close -2803y 2mo before
  • LRodrigo DammS-DEC R3
    Close +1455y 6mo before
Giagos — win / loss by method
Record: 15-7-0

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
47% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 4 losses
W
20% of wins
L
57% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
29% of losses
UFC
1win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (100%)Submission(67%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
14win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (50%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
2 (14%)Submission(50%) 2
5 (36%)Decision(25%) 1
Hirota — win / loss by method
Record: 18-9-2

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, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
11% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 8 losses
W
44% of wins
L
89% of losses
UFC
1win4loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 4
Non-UFC
17win5loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
10 (59%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(20%) 1
7 (41%)Decision(80%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Giagos
Hirota
4
UFC fights
6
31.5 min · 7.9 avg
Octagon time
90.0 min · 15.0 avg
16y 2m
Career length
21y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Giagos
Hirota
46W–11L · 80.7%
Overall
81W–38L · 68.1%
6W–2L · 75.0%
Wins
21W–10L · 67.7%
40W–9L · 81.6%
Losses
60W–28L · 68.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Giagos
Hirota
167W–79L · 67.9%
Overall
258W–112L · 69.7%
123W–70L · 63.7%
Wins
188W–87L · 68.4%
44W–9L · 83.0%
Losses
70W–25L · 73.7%
Distance striking
Giagos
Hirota
3.18
Landed / min
5.49
25.5%
Accuracy
37.6%
54.1%
Defense
56.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
40.9%
Time at distance
59.5%
Grappling & control
Giagos
Hirota
0.48
Takedowns / 15 min
1.50
20.0%
Takedown accuracy
45.0%
41.7%
Takedown defense
59.3%
0.48
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
33.2%
Control share
49.5%
Strike target map
Giagos
  • Head76%(52)div 63%
  • Body19%(13)div 20%
  • Legs4%(3)div 17%
Hirota
  • Head72%(249)div 63%
  • Body14%(49)div 20%
  • Legs14%(50)div 17%

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

Christos Giagos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mizuto Hirota
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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