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UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Ivanov
Sage Northcutt
Sage Northcutt
10-2 · USA
VS
Zak Ottow
Zak Ottow
16-5 · USA
July 14, 2018 · Boise, Idaho, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
Sage Northcutt def. Zak Ottow by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 3:13
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Northcutt10/150/000:38
Ottow4/100/113:59
R2 · 3:13
Northcutt14/221/110:56
Ottow2/61/301:14
Total
Northcutt24/371/111:34
Ottow6/161/415:13

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
NorthcuttWin probabilityOttow
72.9%27.1%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
13%
Decision
55%
Expected fight time: 11.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Northcutt73%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%33%
Submission8%10%
Decision41%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes49 (2764)act 24
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.7)act 1
Ottow27%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%29%
Submission5%20%
Decision14%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1741)act 6
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 1
Combined totals~81 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R218%
R38%
Distance55%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Northcutt
68.4%-226
Ottow
+22630.3%
Most takedownstie 40.2%
Northcutt
32.8%-121
Ottow
+12127.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Northcutt
Expected: 48.8
49
Over 49
41.6%
+137
Exactly 49
1.4%
push
Under 49
57.0%
-137
062123
Ottow
Expected: 31.8
32
Over 32
41.0%
+139
Exactly 32
2.1%
push
Under 32
57.0%
-139
04080
Takedowns — over/under
Northcutt
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
27.0%
+214
Exactly 1
15.3%
push
Under 1
57.7%
-214
035
Ottow
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
37.5%
+166
Under 0.5
62.5%
-166
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 11.1 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
Northcutt72.9%52.0%+20.9-125
Ottow27.1%48.0%−20.9-105

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
74.3Striking66.2
Northcutt +8.1
39.0Grappling40.4
Ottow +1.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NorthcuttOttow
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1559
Pound-for-pound
1547
1487
Divisional
1547
1508
Striking offense
1504
1513
Striking defense
1504
1502
Grappling offense
1485
1491
Grappling defense
1517
Physical
22 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'11"
71"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.66
Strikes landed / min
3.42
51%
Strike accuracy
40%
2.11
Strikes absorbed / min
2.71
59%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.81
Takedowns / 15 min
0.59
32%
Takedown accuracy
33%
35%
Takedown defense
67%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
60%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
40%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
146
Days since last fight
133
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sage Northcutt
  • WThibault GoutiU-DEC R3
    Close -3755mo before
  • WMichel QuinonesU-DEC R3
    Close -1908mo before
  • LMickey GallSUB R2
    Close +1401y 7mo before
  • WEnrique MarinU-DEC R3
    Close -4902y before
  • LBryan BarberenaSUB R2
    Close -2752y 5mo before
Zak Ottow
  • WMike PyleKO/TKO R1
    Close -3304mo before
  • LLi JingliangKO/TKO R1
    Close +1708mo before
  • WKiichi KunimotoS-DEC R3
    Close -3701y 1mo before
  • LSergio MoraesS-DEC R3
    Close +1301y 8mo before
  • WJoshua BurkmanS-DEC R3
    Close +2201y 9mo before
Northcutt — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
30% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (20%)Submission(100%) 2
3 (60%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (40%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Ottow — win / loss by method
Record: 16-5-0

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
3 wins, 2 losses
W
19% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 1 loss
W
63% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
19% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (15%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
10 (77%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (8%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Northcutt
Ottow
7
UFC fights
5
66.4 min · 9.5 avg
Octagon time
50.5 min · 10.1 avg
11y 8m
Career length
14y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Northcutt
Ottow
66W–16L · 80.5%
Overall
95W–37L · 72.0%
53W–13L · 80.3%
Wins
72W–31L · 69.9%
13W–3L · 81.3%
Losses
23W–6L · 79.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Northcutt
Ottow
29W–41L · 41.4%
Overall
135W–156L · 46.4%
29W–41L · 41.4%
Wins
105W–147L · 41.7%
0W–0L
Losses
30W–9L · 76.9%
Distance striking
Northcutt
Ottow
5.41
Landed / min
4.41
42.6%
Accuracy
37.9%
63.9%
Defense
63.1%
0.23
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.30
43.4%
Time at distance
68.2%
Grappling & control
Northcutt
Ottow
1.81
Takedowns / 15 min
0.59
32.0%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
35.0%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.45
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.30
32.4%
Control share
18.3%
Strike target map
Northcutt
  • Head64%(155)div 63%
  • Body19%(46)div 20%
  • Legs17%(42)div 16%
Ottow
  • Head59%(102)div 63%
  • Body17%(30)div 20%
  • Legs24%(41)div 16%

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

Sage Northcutt
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Zak Ottow
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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