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UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2
Dan Ige
Dan Ige
8-2 · USA
VS
Mike Santiago
Mike Santiago
21-11 · USA
June 9, 2018 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
146.0lb
Weigh-in
145.0lb
Dan Ige def. Mike Santiago by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 0:50
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:50
Ige25/271/100:32
Santiago0/10/000:00
Total
Ige25/271/100:32
Santiago0/10/000:00

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
IgeWin probabilitySantiago
83.9%16.1%
KO / TKO
19%
Submission
40%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 8.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Ige84%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%18%
Submission34%40%
Decision35%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1946)act 25
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 1
Santiago16%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%24%
Submission7%42%
Decision5%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 0
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.8)act 0
Combined totals~68 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R146%
R27%
R37%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Ige
52.3%-114
Santiago
+11446.0%
Most takedownstie 45.4%
Ige
23.3%+134
Santiago
-13431.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ige
Expected: 35.2
35
Over 35
41.9%
+134
Exactly 35
1.9%
push
Under 35
56.2%
-134
04488
Santiago
Expected: 32.9
33
Over 33
41.2%
+138
Exactly 33
2.0%
push
Under 33
56.8%
-138
04283
Takedowns — over/under
Ige
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
32.0%
+213
Under 0.5
68.0%
-213
035
Santiago
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
40.1%
+149
Under 0.5
59.9%
-149
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 8.6 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
Ige83.9%50.0%+33.9-110
Santiago16.1%50.0%−33.9-110

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
51.6Striking60.3
Santiago +8.8
8.5Grappling70.2
Santiago +61.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
IgeSantiago
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1506
Pound-for-pound
1485
1506
Divisional
1485
Striking offense
Striking defense
1546
Grappling offense
1506
1549
Grappling defense
1489
Physical
26 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'10"
71"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.33
Strikes landed / min
3.08
31%
Strike accuracy
51%
4.80
Strikes absorbed / min
2.67
64%
Strike defense
34%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.08
8%
Takedown accuracy
50%
Takedown defense
60%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.2
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
146
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Dan Ige
  • LJulio ArceU-DEC R3
    Close +1205mo before
Mike Santiago
  • LMads BurnellU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -1905mo before
  • LZabit MagomedsharipovSUB R2
    Close +3259mo before
Ige — win / loss by method
Record: 8-2-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (25%)Decision(100%) 1
Santiago — win / loss by method
Record: 21-11-0

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
33% of wins
L
9% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 8 losses
W
48% of wins
L
73% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
19% of wins
L
18% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(50%) 1
0 ()Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
21win9loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (33%)KO/TKO(11%) 1
10 (48%)Submission(78%) 7
4 (19%)Decision(11%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Ige
Santiago
1
UFC fights
2
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
24.4 min · 12.2 avg
12y 1m
Career length
16y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ige
Santiago
13W–2L · 86.7%
Overall
20W–3L · 87.0%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
13W–2L · 86.7%
Losses
20W–3L · 87.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ige
Santiago
51W–27L · 65.4%
Overall
198W–129L · 60.6%
44W–23L · 65.7%
Wins
131W–97L · 57.5%
7W–4L · 63.6%
Losses
67W–32L · 67.7%
Distance striking
Ige
Santiago
2.77
Landed / min
8.05
32.4%
Accuracy
30.7%
66.8%
Defense
46.4%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
79.5%
Time at distance
11.7%
Grappling & control
Ige
Santiago
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.08
7.7%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
Takedown defense
60.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.23
63.3%
Control share
34.3%
Strike target map
Ige
  • Head43%(15)div 64%
  • Body17%(6)div 19%
  • Legs40%(14)div 17%
Santiago
  • Head53%(40)div 64%
  • Body24%(18)div 19%
  • Legs23%(17)div 17%

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

Dan Ige
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mike Santiago
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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