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Augusto Mendes
Augusto Mendes
6-1 · BRA
April 15, 2017 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Aljamain Sterling def. Augusto Mendes by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sterling23/461/103:24
Mendes9/200/010:11
R2
Sterling23/461/201:27
Mendes12/300/301:35
R3
Sterling37/690/301:09
Mendes9/410/001:27
Total
Sterling83/1612/606:00
Mendes30/910/313:13

Scorecards

Sterling vs Mendes

RdCardo UrsoMarcos RosalesSal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-109-109-109.5-9.5
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2829-2829-2829.5-27.5

Media (19 cards) · avg 29.627.4 · 19 Sterling · 0 Mendes

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Sterling-Mendes.

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
SterlingWin probabilityMendes
93.0%7.0%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
32%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 9.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Sterling93%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%28%
Submission29%32%
Decision38%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2762)act 83
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.6)act 2
Mendes7%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%28%
Submission2%31%
Decision3%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (1229)act 30
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.8)act 0
Combined totals~70 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R141%
R27%
R312%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Sterling
80.1%-428
Mendes
+42818.7%
Most takedownstie 32.1%
Sterling
42.4%-166
Mendes
+16625.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sterling
Expected: 47.9
48
Over 48
41.6%
+137
Exactly 48
1.4%
push
Under 48
57.0%
-137
060120
Mendes
Expected: 22.4
22.5
Over 22.5
42.1%
+137
Under 22.5
57.9%
-137
02856
Takedowns — over/under
Sterling
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
32.3%
+130
Exactly 1
25.9%
push
Under 1
41.8%
-130
035
Mendes
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
44.8%
+123
Under 0.5
55.2%
-123
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 9.1 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
Sterling93.0%77.3%+15.7-400
Mendes7.0%22.7%−15.7+325

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
75.9Striking64.6
Sterling +11.3
59.8Grappling60.7
Mendes +1.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SterlingMendes
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1559
Pound-for-pound
1520
1559
Divisional
1534
1496
Striking offense
1474
1531
Striking defense
1495
1512
Grappling offense
1549
1519
Grappling defense
1546
Physical
27 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'6"
71"
Reach
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.08
Strikes landed / min
2.75
46%
Strike accuracy
36%
1.22
Strikes absorbed / min
2.64
67%
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.43
Takedowns / 15 min
3.11
41%
Takedown accuracy
44%
46%
Takedown defense
100%
1.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
50%
-2
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
50%
75%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
77
Days since last fight
90
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Aljamain Sterling
  • LRaphael AssuncaoS-DEC R3
    Close +1253mo before
  • LBryan CarawayS-DEC R3
    Close -31011mo before
  • WJohnny EduardoSUB R2
    Close -6401y 4mo before
  • WTakeya MizugakiSUB R3
    Close -3452y before
  • WHugo VianaKO/TKO R3
    Close -2502y 9mo before
Augusto Mendes
  • WFrankie SaenzS-DEC R3
    Close +1403mo before
  • LCody GarbrandtKO/TKO R1
    Close +3601y 2mo before
Sterling — win / loss by method
Record: 12-2-0

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
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (50%)Submission() 0
3 (38%)Decision() 0
Mendes — win / loss by method
Record: 6-1-0

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
1 win, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (80%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Sterling
Mendes
6
UFC fights
2
80.3 min · 13.4 avg
Octagon time
19.3 min · 9.7 avg
15y 3m
Career length
12y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sterling
Mendes
109W–33L · 76.8%
Overall
17W–4L · 81.0%
66W–21L · 75.9%
Wins
10W–4L · 71.4%
43W–12L · 78.2%
Losses
7W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sterling
Mendes
34W–17L · 66.7%
Overall
13W–6L · 68.4%
34W–17L · 66.7%
Wins
13W–6L · 68.4%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Sterling
Mendes
3.45
Landed / min
3.16
32.4%
Accuracy
32.0%
70.5%
Defense
71.4%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
42.6%
Time at distance
65.7%
Grappling & control
Sterling
Mendes
2.43
Takedowns / 15 min
3.11
40.6%
Takedown accuracy
44.4%
46.2%
Takedown defense
100.0%
1.31
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
75.4%
Control share
45.7%
Strike target map
Sterling
  • Head45%(111)div 63%
  • Body30%(74)div 21%
  • Legs25%(62)div 16%
Mendes
  • Head72%(38)div 63%
  • Body11%(6)div 21%
  • Legs17%(9)div 16%

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

Aljamain Sterling
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Augusto Mendes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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