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UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Anders
Thiago Santos
Thiago Santos
16-5 · BRA
VS
Anthony Smith
Anthony Smith
29-12 · USA
February 3, 2018 · Belem, Para, Brazil
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Thiago Santos def. Anthony Smith by KO/TKO (Kick), R2 1:03
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Santos39/480/113:07
Smith9/131/200:51
R2 · 1:03
Santos19/340/010:13
Smith1/90/100:00
Total
Santos58/820/123:20
Smith10/221/300:51

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
SantosWin probabilitySmith
73.4%26.6%
KO / TKO
39%
Submission
3%
Decision
58%
Expected fight time: 11.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Santos73%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%38%
Submission1%1%
Decision44%61%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes74 (4296)act 58
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.1)act 0
Smith27%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%41%
Submission2%8%
Decision14%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (2660)act 10
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 1
Combined totals~120 sig strikes~0.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R116%
R219%
R37%
Distance58%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Santos
70.3%-244
Smith
+24428.9%
Most takedownstie 74.0%
Santos
19.5%-300
Smith
+3006.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Santos
Expected: 73.9
74
Over 74
42.0%
+136
Exactly 74
0.9%
push
Under 74
57.1%
-136
093185
Smith
Expected: 46.4
46.5
Over 46.5
42.3%
+136
Under 46.5
57.7%
-136
058116
Takedowns — over/under
Santos
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
20.5%
+388
Under 0.5
79.5%
-388
035
Smith
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
7.6%
Exactly 0
92.4%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 11.5 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
Santos73.4%69.4%+4.0-255
Smith26.6%30.6%−4.0+215

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
75.9Striking59.8
Santos +16.1
35.1Grappling32.8
Santos +2.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SantosSmith
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1588
Pound-for-pound
1549
1588
Divisional
1548
1518
Striking offense
1519
1533
Striking defense
1502
1479
Grappling offense
1482
1511
Grappling defense
1492
Physical
34 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'4"
76"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.08
Strikes landed / min
3.40
45%
Strike accuracy
47%
2.06
Strikes absorbed / min
3.85
67%
Strike defense
48%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.46
Takedowns / 15 min
0.45
29%
Takedown accuracy
29%
71%
Takedown defense
43%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
67%
+3
Win/loss streak
+3
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
88%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Thiago Santos
  • WJack HermanssonKO/TKO R1
    Close -1103mo before
  • WGerald MeerschaertKO/TKO R2
    Close -1607mo before
  • WJack MarshmanKO/TKO R2
    Close -16511mo before
  • LEric SpicelySUB R1
    Close -8001y 4mo before
  • LGegard MousasiKO/TKO R1
    Close +2451y 7mo before
Anthony Smith
  • WHector LombardKO/TKO R3
    Close -1555mo before
  • WAndrew SanchezKO/TKO R3
    Close +27010mo before
  • WElvis MutapcicKO/TKO R2
    Close -1151y 2mo before
  • LCezar FerreiraU-DEC R3
    Close -1051y 7mo before
  • WLeonardo GuimaraesU-DEC R3
    Close -1401y 11mo before
Santos — 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
11 wins, 2 losses
W
69% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
6% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
8win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (88%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 2
1 (13%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(0%) 0
Smith — win / loss by method
Record: 29-12-0

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
17 wins, 7 losses
W
59% of wins
L
58% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 4 losses
W
34% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
7% of wins
L
8% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (25%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
25win10loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
14 (56%)KO/TKO(70%) 7
10 (40%)Submission(30%) 3
1 (4%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Santos
Smith
12
UFC fights
6
64.6 min · 5.4 avg
Octagon time
66.7 min · 11.1 avg
15y 8m
Career length
18y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Santos
Smith
202W–50L · 80.2%
Overall
86W–20L · 81.1%
143W–37L · 79.4%
Wins
69W–14L · 83.1%
59W–13L · 81.9%
Losses
17W–6L · 73.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Santos
Smith
13W–13L · 50.0%
Overall
336W–164L · 67.2%
10W–11L · 47.6%
Wins
251W–133L · 65.4%
3W–2L · 60.0%
Losses
85W–31L · 73.3%
Distance striking
Santos
Smith
3.33
Landed / min
5.06
34.5%
Accuracy
41.5%
71.8%
Defense
54.9%
1.62
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.67
63.1%
Time at distance
51.2%
Grappling & control
Santos
Smith
0.46
Takedowns / 15 min
0.45
28.6%
Takedown accuracy
28.6%
71.4%
Takedown defense
42.9%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.45
38.7%
Control share
18.5%
Strike target map
Santos
  • Head56%(147)div 63%
  • Body19%(50)div 19%
  • Legs25%(67)div 18%
Smith
  • Head73%(165)div 63%
  • Body19%(43)div 19%
  • Legs8%(19)div 18%

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

Thiago Santos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Anthony Smith
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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