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UFC 213: Romero vs. Whittaker
Thiago Santos
Thiago Santos
14-5 · BRA
VS
July 8, 2017 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
184.5lb
Thiago Santos def. Gerald Meerschaert by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 2:04
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Santos36/660/000:36
Meerschaert15/282/501:01
R2 · 2:04
Santos24/490/001:37
Meerschaert0/11/300:09
Total
Santos60/1150/002:13
Meerschaert15/293/801:10

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 probabilityMeerschaert
69.5%30.5%
KO / TKO
44%
Submission
10%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 10.5 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 Meerschaert. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Santos69%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO34%49%
Submission2%3%
Decision33%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2865)act 60
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Meerschaert31%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%32%
Submission8%26%
Decision13%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1536)act 15
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 3
Combined totals~78 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R116%
R231%
R37%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Santos
74.5%-306
Meerschaert
+30624.4%
Most takedownstie 56.1%
Santos
11.4%+287
Meerschaert
-28732.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Santos
Expected: 49.9
50
Over 50
41.7%
+137
Exactly 50
1.3%
push
Under 50
56.9%
-137
063125
Meerschaert
Expected: 27.7
27.5
Over 27.5
43.0%
+133
Under 27.5
57.0%
-133
03570
Takedowns — over/under
Santos
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
15.3%
Exactly 0
84.7%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Meerschaert
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
35.6%
+181
Under 0.5
64.4%
-181
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 10.5 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
Santos69.5%59.6%+9.9-160
Meerschaert30.5%40.4%−9.9+140

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
72.6Striking73.3
Meerschaert +0.6
35.9Grappling25.0
Santos +10.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SantosMeerschaert
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1556
Pound-for-pound
1562
1556
Divisional
1562
1503
Striking offense
1498
1523
Striking defense
1504
1476
Grappling offense
1514
1505
Grappling defense
1491
Physical
33 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'1"
76"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.35
Strikes landed / min
2.95
45%
Strike accuracy
43%
2.15
Strikes absorbed / min
1.39
67%
Strike defense
71%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.57
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
29%
Takedown accuracy
0%
72%
Takedown defense
0%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
5.2
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
83%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
139
Days since last fight
139
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Thiago Santos
  • WJack MarshmanKO/TKO R2
    Close -1655mo before
  • LEric SpicelySUB R1
    Close -8009mo before
  • LGegard MousasiKO/TKO R1
    Close +2451y before
  • WNate MarquardtKO/TKO R1
    Close -3601y 2mo before
  • WElias TheodorouU-DEC R3
    Close +1851y 7mo before
Gerald Meerschaert
  • WRyan JanesSUB R1
    Close -3005mo before
  • WJoseph GigliottiSUB R1
    Close -2007mo before
Santos — win / loss by method
Record: 14-5-0

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
9 wins, 2 losses
W
64% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
7% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
6win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 2
1 (17%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(0%) 0
Meerschaert — win / loss by method
Record: 27-8-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
19% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
20 wins, 7 losses
W
74% of wins
L
88% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
7% of wins
L
13% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
25win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
18 (72%)Submission(88%) 7
2 (8%)Decision(13%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Santos
Meerschaert
10
UFC fights
2
52.6 min · 5.3 avg
Octagon time
5.8 min · 2.9 avg
15y 8m
Career length
19y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Santos
Meerschaert
159W–39L · 80.3%
Overall
16W–2L · 88.9%
100W–26L · 79.4%
Wins
16W–2L · 88.9%
59W–13L · 81.9%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Santos
Meerschaert
13W–13L · 50.0%
Overall
281W–265L · 51.5%
10W–11L · 47.6%
Wins
192W–219L · 46.7%
3W–2L · 60.0%
Losses
89W–46L · 65.9%
Distance striking
Santos
Meerschaert
3.01
Landed / min
4.59
34.4%
Accuracy
36.7%
71.4%
Defense
70.4%
1.71
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
63.9%
Time at distance
41.5%
Grappling & control
Santos
Meerschaert
0.57
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
28.6%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
72.2%
Takedown defense
0.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
5.20
34.3%
Control share
35.7%
Strike target map
Santos
  • Head44%(77)div 63%
  • Body22%(38)div 19%
  • Legs35%(61)div 18%
Meerschaert
  • Head88%(15)div 63%
  • Body6%(1)div 19%
  • Legs6%(1)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.

Gerald Meerschaert
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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