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UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Gaethje
Luke Sanders
Luke Sanders
11-2 · USA
VS
April 14, 2018 · Glendale, Arizona, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Luke Sanders def. Patrick Williams by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sanders22/420/010:42
Williams15/230/300:44
R2
Sanders20/590/000:31
Williams24/451/200:11
R3
Sanders17/390/000:05
Williams22/410/000:00
Total
Sanders59/1400/011:18
Williams61/1091/500:55

Scorecards

Sanders vs Williams

RdBrad FrankChris LeeDerek ClearyCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.9
R210-910-99-109.3-9.7
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total30-2730-2729-2829.2-27.7

Media (15 cards) · avg 29.327.7 · 15 Sanders · 0 Williams

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Sanders-Williams.

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
SandersWin probabilityWilliams
73.3%26.7%
KO / TKO
42%
Submission
24%
Decision
34%
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 Sanders, blue toward Williams. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Sanders73%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO31%43%
Submission16%22%
Decision26%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 59
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Williams27%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%41%
Submission8%29%
Decision8%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1741)act 61
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.6)act 1
Combined totals~71 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R139%
R217%
R310%
Distance34%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Sanders
59.3%-151
Williams
+15139.2%
Most takedownstie 28.9%
Sanders
12.1%+488
Williams
-48859.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sanders
Expected: 39.2
39
Over 39
42.0%
+134
Exactly 39
1.7%
push
Under 39
56.3%
-134
05099
Williams
Expected: 31.5
31.5
Over 31.5
42.4%
+136
Under 31.5
57.6%
-136
04079
Takedowns — over/under
Sanders
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
24.8%
+303
Under 0.5
75.2%
-303
035
Williams
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
45.4%
+120
Under 1.5
54.6%
-120
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
Sanders73.3%78.3%−5.0-430
Williams26.7%21.7%+5.0+345

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
84.8Striking59.8
Sanders +25.0
39.0Grappling88.4
Williams +49.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SandersWilliams
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1518
Pound-for-pound
1493
1503
Divisional
1493
1504
Striking offense
1484
1493
Striking defense
1486
1507
Grappling offense
1547
1495
Grappling defense
1545
Physical
32 yrs
Age
36 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'8"
67"
Reach
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
7.97
Strikes landed / min
4.17
57%
Strike accuracy
47%
3.29
Strikes absorbed / min
4.33
64%
Strike defense
44%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.84
Takedowns / 15 min
4.72
33%
Takedown accuracy
57%
33%
Takedown defense
100%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.2
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
33%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
33%
Last-5 win rate
33%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
126
Days since last fight
364
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Luke Sanders
  • LAndre SoukhamthathKO/TKO R2
    Close -3454mo before
  • LIuri AlcantaraSUB R2
    Close -1501y 1mo before
  • WMaximo BlancoSUB R1
    Close +1052y 3mo before
Patrick Williams
  • LTom DuquesnoyKO/TKO R2
    Close +6501y before
  • WAlejandro PerezSUB R1
    Close +1502y 10mo before
  • LChris BealKO/TKO R2
    Close +1004y before
Sanders — win / loss by method
Record: 11-2-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
55% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
18% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
27% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (100%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (60%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (10%)Submission() 0
3 (30%)Decision() 0
Williams — win / loss by method
Record: 8-5-0

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
4 wins, 3 losses
W
50% of wins
L
60% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
2 (29%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (14%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Sanders
Williams
3
UFC fights
3
17.9 min · 6.0 avg
Octagon time
12.7 min · 4.2 avg
15y 7m
Career length
15y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sanders
Williams
56W–18L · 75.7%
Overall
40W–6L · 87.0%
12W–6L · 66.7%
Wins
18W–5L · 78.3%
44W–12L · 78.6%
Losses
22W–1L · 95.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sanders
Williams
60W–31L · 65.9%
Overall
40W–27L · 59.7%
60W–31L · 65.9%
Wins
24W–14L · 63.2%
0W–0L
Losses
16W–13L · 55.2%
Distance striking
Sanders
Williams
5.48
Landed / min
4.50
39.7%
Accuracy
43.0%
69.0%
Defense
54.4%
0.84
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.18
61.0%
Time at distance
59.4%
Grappling & control
Sanders
Williams
0.84
Takedowns / 15 min
4.72
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
57.1%
33.3%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.84
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.18
90.9%
Control share
78.9%
Strike target map
Sanders
  • Head91%(130)div 63%
  • Body6%(9)div 21%
  • Legs3%(4)div 16%
Williams
  • Head53%(28)div 63%
  • Body25%(13)div 21%
  • Legs23%(12)div 16%

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

Luke Sanders
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Patrick Williams
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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