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UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders
Thiago Santos
Thiago Santos
18-6 · BRA
VS
Eryk Anders
Eryk Anders
11-1 · USA
September 22, 2018 · Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Light Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
Thiago Santos def. Eryk Anders by KO/TKO (to), R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Santos19/291/100:02
Anders6/162/302:08
R2
Santos27/580/001:35
Anders12/331/300:31
R3
Santos54/650/000:17
Anders14/183/403:14
Total
Santos100/1521/101:54
Anders32/676/1005:53

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 probabilityAnders
44.7%55.3%
KO / TKO
70%
Submission
5%
Decision
25%
Expected fight time: 10.9 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 Anders. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Santos45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO32%72%
Submission2%4%
Decision11%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes53 (3069)act 100
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 1
Anders55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO38%68%
Submission3%6%
Decision14%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2150)act 32
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.8)act 6
Combined totals~91 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R142%
R222%
R36%
R43%
R52%
Distance25%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Santos
64.4%-187
Anders
+18734.4%
Most takedownstie 51.5%
Santos
4.9%+892
Anders
-89243.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Santos
Expected: 53.1
53
Over 53
42.1%
+135
Exactly 53
1.3%
push
Under 53
56.7%
-135
067133
Anders
Expected: 38.2
38
Over 38
41.9%
+135
Exactly 38
1.7%
push
Under 38
56.4%
-135
04896
Takedowns — over/under
Santos
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
7.7%
Exactly 0
92.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Anders
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
28.8%
+190
Exactly 1
16.6%
push
Under 1
54.6%
-190
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 10.9 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
Santos44.7%64.3%−19.6-200
Anders55.3%35.7%+19.6+170

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
78.5Striking67.4
Santos +11.1
41.7Grappling40.6
Santos +1.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SantosAnders
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1597
Pound-for-pound
1563
1520
Divisional
1530
1526
Striking offense
1508
1524
Striking defense
1506
1488
Grappling offense
1502
1512
Grappling defense
1509
Physical
34 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'1"
76"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
4.59
Strikes landed / min
3.06
48%
Strike accuracy
52%
2.03
Strikes absorbed / min
2.59
64%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.85
Takedowns / 15 min
1.56
33%
Takedown accuracy
33%
73%
Takedown defense
64%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
75%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
75%
80%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
49
Days since last fight
28
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Thiago Santos
  • WKevin HollandU-DEC R3
    Close -34049d before
  • LDavid BranchKO/TKO R1
    Close -1605mo before
  • WAnthony SmithKO/TKO R2
    Close -2558mo before
  • WJack HermanssonKO/TKO R1
    Close -11011mo before
  • WGerald MeerschaertKO/TKO R2
    Close -1601y 2mo before
Eryk Anders
  • WTim WilliamsKO/TKO R3
    Close -120028d before
  • LLyoto MachidaS-DEC R5
    Close -2458mo before
  • WMarkus PerezU-DEC R3
    Close -4709mo before
  • WRafael NatalKO/TKO R1
    Close -1151y 2mo before
Santos — win / loss by method
Record: 18-6-0

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
12 wins, 3 losses
W
67% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
6% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
28% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
10win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (80%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(40%) 2
2 (20%)Decision(20%) 1
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(0%) 0
Anders — win / loss by method
Record: 11-1-0

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, 0 losses
W
64% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (13%)Submission() 0
2 (25%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Santos
Anders
15
UFC fights
4
88.2 min · 5.9 avg
Octagon time
57.6 min · 14.4 avg
15y 8m
Career length
10y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Santos
Anders
265W–69L · 79.3%
Overall
68W–20L · 77.3%
185W–52L · 78.1%
Wins
46W–12L · 79.3%
80W–17L · 82.5%
Losses
22W–8L · 73.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Santos
Anders
13W–13L · 50.0%
Overall
34W–23L · 59.6%
10W–11L · 47.6%
Wins
34W–23L · 59.6%
3W–2L · 60.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Santos
Anders
3.75
Landed / min
2.75
37.3%
Accuracy
43.5%
70.3%
Defense
54.7%
1.53
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.78
55.4%
Time at distance
58.6%
Grappling & control
Santos
Anders
0.85
Takedowns / 15 min
1.56
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
72.7%
Takedown defense
63.6%
0.17
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
59.1%
Control share
74.5%
Strike target map
Santos
  • Head58%(234)div 66%
  • Body21%(86)div 18%
  • Legs21%(85)div 16%
Anders
  • Head75%(132)div 66%
  • Body24%(42)div 18%
  • Legs1%(2)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.

Eryk Anders
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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