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UFC Fight Night: Gaethje vs. Vick
Cory Sandhagen
Cory Sandhagen
8-1 · USA
VS
Iuri Alcantara
Iuri Alcantara
35-9 · BRA
August 25, 2018 · Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Cory Sandhagen def. Iuri Alcantara by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 1:01
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sandhagen44/790/003:24
Alcantara9/191/101:13
R2 · 1:01
Sandhagen22/340/000:48
Alcantara0/50/000:00
Total
Sandhagen66/1130/004:12
Alcantara9/241/101:13

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
SandhagenWin probabilityAlcantara
81.9%18.1%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
32%
Decision
38%
Expected fight time: 9.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Sandhagen82%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%30%
Submission25%31%
Decision32%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2150)act 66
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Alcantara18%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%31%
Submission7%37%
Decision6%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1637)act 9
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 1
Combined totals~67 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R29%
R321%
Distance38%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Sandhagen
62.3%-173
Alcantara
+17336.1%
Most takedownstie 40.4%
Sandhagen
21.1%+183
Alcantara
-18338.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sandhagen
Expected: 38.1
38
Over 38
41.7%
+135
Exactly 38
1.7%
push
Under 38
56.5%
-135
04896
Alcantara
Expected: 28.5
28.5
Over 28.5
42.4%
+136
Under 28.5
57.6%
-136
03672
Takedowns — over/under
Sandhagen
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
32.5%
+208
Under 0.5
67.5%
-208
035
Alcantara
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
49.7%
+101
Under 0.5
50.3%
-101
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 9.8 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
Sandhagen81.9%64.3%+17.6-200
Alcantara18.1%35.7%−17.6+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
82.3Striking63.6
Sandhagen +18.8
33.5Grappling57.6
Alcantara +24.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SandhagenAlcantara
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1536
Pound-for-pound
1591
1519
Divisional
1586
1507
Striking offense
1499
1528
Striking defense
1575
1484
Grappling offense
1518
1503
Grappling defense
1519
Physical
26 yrs
Age
38 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'9"
70"
Reach
71"
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
9.09
Strikes landed / min
2.75
54%
Strike accuracy
46%
3.64
Strikes absorbed / min
2.51
64%
Strike defense
50%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.70
Takedowns / 15 min
1.43
100%
Takedown accuracy
62%
0%
Takedown defense
60%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
59%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
210
Days since last fight
203
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cory Sandhagen
  • WAustin ArnettKO/TKO R2
    Close -2007mo before
Iuri Alcantara
  • WJoe SotoKO/TKO R1
    Close -1207mo before
  • LAlejandro PerezU-DEC R3
    Close -1759mo before
  • LBrian KelleherSUB R1
    Close -3801y 3mo before
  • WLuke SandersSUB R2
    Close +1301y 6mo before
  • WBrad PickettSUB R1
    Close -1501y 11mo before
Sandhagen — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (43%)Decision(100%) 1
Alcantara — win / loss by method
Record: 35-9-0, 1 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
14 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
11% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 2 losses
W
40% of wins
L
22% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 6 losses
W
20% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
10win6loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
3 (30%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (20%)Submission(17%) 1
5 (50%)Decision(83%) 5
Non-UFC
25win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (44%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
12 (48%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (8%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Sandhagen
Alcantara
1
UFC fights
17
8.8 min · 8.8 avg
Octagon time
168.2 min · 9.9 avg
11y 2m
Career length
22y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sandhagen
Alcantara
15W–3L · 83.3%
Overall
276W–80L · 77.5%
15W–3L · 83.3%
Wins
165W–57L · 74.3%
0W–0L
Losses
111W–23L · 82.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sandhagen
Alcantara
49W–20L · 71.0%
Overall
240W–106L · 69.4%
39W–17L · 69.6%
Wins
223W–96L · 69.9%
10W–3L · 76.9%
Losses
17W–10L · 63.0%
Distance striking
Sandhagen
Alcantara
9.69
Landed / min
3.93
50.0%
Accuracy
38.0%
63.1%
Defense
64.7%
1.70
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.36
52.8%
Time at distance
45.1%
Grappling & control
Sandhagen
Alcantara
1.70
Takedowns / 15 min
1.43
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
61.5%
0.0%
Takedown defense
59.7%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.71
62.8%
Control share
30.9%
Strike target map
Sandhagen
  • Head59%(47)div 63%
  • Body29%(23)div 21%
  • Legs13%(10)div 16%
Alcantara
  • Head65%(301)div 63%
  • Body27%(125)div 21%
  • Legs8%(37)div 16%

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

Cory Sandhagen
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Iuri Alcantara
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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