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UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington
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Sean Strickland
Sean Strickland
19-2 · USA
May 12, 2018 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos def. Sean Strickland by KO/TKO (Kick), R1 3:40
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 3:40
Zaleski dos Santos15/580/110:07
Strickland14/360/000:00
Total
Zaleski dos Santos15/580/110:07
Strickland14/360/000:00

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
Zaleski dos SantosWin probabilityStrickland
13.8%86.2%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
1%
Decision
69%
Expected fight time: 12.6 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Zaleski dos Santos, blue toward Strickland. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Zaleski dos Santos14%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%39%
Submission0%0%
Decision9%61%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes71 (4193)act 15
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 0
Strickland86%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%28%
Submission1%1%
Decision61%71%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes98 (56127)act 14
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Combined totals~169 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R110%
R213%
R37%
Distance70%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Zaleski dos Santos
35.1%+183
Strickland
-18364.2%
Most takedownstie 68.1%
Zaleski dos Santos
10.4%+205
Strickland
-20521.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Zaleski dos Santos
Expected: 71.3
71.5
Over 71.5
42.4%
+136
Under 71.5
57.6%
-136
090179
Strickland
Expected: 97.8
98
Over 98
42.0%
+136
Exactly 98
0.7%
push
Under 98
57.3%
-136
0123245
Takedowns — over/under
Zaleski dos Santos
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.7%
Exactly 0
87.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Strickland
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.3%
+330
Under 0.5
76.7%
-330
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 12.6 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
Zaleski dos Santos13.8%47.8%−34.0+100
Strickland86.2%52.2%+34.0-120

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
70.7Striking66.0
Zaleski dos Santos +4.7
25.9Grappling62.0
Strickland +36.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Zaleski dos SantosStrickland
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1574
Pound-for-pound
1606
1574
Divisional
1582
1505
Striking offense
1505
1511
Striking defense
1508
1488
Grappling offense
1499
1495
Grappling defense
1534
Physical
31 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'1"
73"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.52
Strikes landed / min
4.08
42%
Strike accuracy
35%
3.11
Strikes absorbed / min
3.43
62%
Strike defense
66%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.41
Takedowns / 15 min
1.51
11%
Takedown accuracy
58%
40%
Takedown defense
81%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
75%
+4
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
25%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
196
Days since last fight
182
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
  • WMax GriffinU-DEC R3
    Close -2306mo before
  • WLyman GoodS-DEC R3
    Close +13010mo before
  • WKeita NakamuraU-DEC R3
    Close +1051y 7mo before
  • WOmari AkhmedovKO/TKO R3
    Close +1252y 1mo before
  • LNicolas DalbyS-DEC R3
    Close +2302y 11mo before
Sean Strickland
  • WCourt McGeeU-DEC R3
    Close -2906mo before
  • LKamaru UsmanU-DEC R3
    Close +2451y 1mo before
  • WTom BreeseS-DEC R3
    Close -1101y 11mo before
  • WAlex GarciaKO/TKO R3
    Close -1152y 3mo before
  • WIgor AraujoU-DEC R3
    Close -4702y 10mo before
Zaleski dos Santos — win / loss by method
Record: 18-5-0

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
12 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
11% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
22% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (75%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
14win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (79%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (14%)Submission(50%) 2
1 (7%)Decision(50%) 2
Strickland — win / loss by method
Record: 19-2-0

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
42% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 2 losses
W
37% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
6win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (67%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
13win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (54%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (23%)Submission() 0
3 (23%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Zaleski dos Santos
Strickland
5
UFC fights
8
73.0 min · 14.6 avg
Octagon time
109.0 min · 13.6 avg
16y 9m
Career length
18y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Zaleski dos Santos
Strickland
92W–16L · 85.2%
Overall
122W–25L · 83.0%
79W–16L · 83.2%
Wins
94W–22L · 81.0%
13W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
28W–3L · 90.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Zaleski dos Santos
Strickland
144W–59L · 70.9%
Overall
83W–34L · 70.9%
86W–42L · 67.2%
Wins
83W–34L · 70.9%
58W–17L · 77.3%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Zaleski dos Santos
Strickland
5.06
Landed / min
4.62
34.1%
Accuracy
31.3%
68.9%
Defense
68.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.28
57.7%
Time at distance
68.5%
Grappling & control
Zaleski dos Santos
Strickland
0.41
Takedowns / 15 min
1.51
11.1%
Takedown accuracy
57.9%
40.0%
Takedown defense
81.1%
0.62
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.55
36.1%
Control share
51.2%
Strike target map
Zaleski dos Santos
  • Head68%(223)div 63%
  • Body21%(69)div 20%
  • Legs12%(38)div 16%
Strickland
  • Head84%(372)div 63%
  • Body7%(30)div 20%
  • Legs10%(43)div 16%

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

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Sean Strickland
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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