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Augusto Mendes
Augusto Mendes
5-1 · BRA
VS
Frankie Saenz
Frankie Saenz
10-4 · USA
January 15, 2017 · Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Augusto Mendes def. Frankie Saenz by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Mendes16/391/300:51
Saenz15/400/000:00
R2
Mendes11/291/400:46
Saenz11/390/310:48
R3
Mendes15/412/200:36
Saenz14/270/101:45
Total
Mendes42/1094/902:13
Saenz40/1060/412:33

Scorecards

Mendes vs Saenz

RdBrad FrankChris FloresDennis O'ConnellCommunity
R19-1010-910-99.8-9.2
R29-109-109-109-9.9
R310-910-910-99.7-9.3
Total28-2929-2829-2828.5-28.4

Media (16 cards) · avg 2928 · 16 Mendes · 0 Saenz

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

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
MendesWin probabilitySaenz
62.8%37.2%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
26%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 10.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Mendes63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%29%
Submission20%31%
Decision25%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 42
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.6)act 4
Saenz37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%27%
Submission6%16%
Decision21%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2251)act 40
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 0
Combined totals~78 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R227%
R37%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Mendes
48.5%+103
Saenz
-10350.1%
Most takedownstie 27.7%
Mendes
50.0%-225
Saenz
+22522.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Mendes
Expected: 38.8
39
Over 39
41.4%
+138
Exactly 39
1.7%
push
Under 39
56.9%
-138
04998
Saenz
Expected: 39.5
39.5
Over 39.5
42.6%
+135
Under 39.5
57.4%
-135
05099
Takedowns — over/under
Mendes
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
43.4%
+130
Under 1.5
56.6%
-130
035
Saenz
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
41.0%
+144
Under 0.5
59.0%
-144
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 10.3 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
Mendes62.8%40.4%+22.4+140
Saenz37.2%59.6%−22.4-160

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
61.2Striking66.6
Saenz +5.4
0.0Grappling51.1
Saenz +51.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MendesSaenz
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1502
Pound-for-pound
1533
1517
Divisional
1534
1474
Striking offense
1485
1493
Striking defense
1500
1552
Grappling offense
1522
1549
Grappling defense
1522
Physical
33 yrs
Age
36 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'6"
65"
Reach
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.56
Strikes landed / min
4.20
29%
Strike accuracy
46%
2.56
Strikes absorbed / min
3.17
73%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.09
Takedown accuracy
38%
Takedown defense
74%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
60%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
0%
Last-5 win rate
60%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
329
Days since last fight
176
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Augusto Mendes
  • LCody GarbrandtKO/TKO R1
    Close +36011mo before
Frankie Saenz
  • LEddie WinelandKO/TKO R3
    Close -1556mo before
  • LUrijah FaberU-DEC R3
    Close +3901y 1mo before
  • WSirwan KakaiS-DEC R3
    Close +1051y 5mo before
  • WIuri AlcantaraU-DEC R3
    Close +7251y 11mo before
  • WNolan TicmanU-DEC R3
    Close -1202y 5mo before
Mendes — win / loss by method
Record: 5-1-0

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
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
80% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (80%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Saenz — win / loss by method
Record: 10-4-0

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
3 wins, 2 losses
W
30% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
25% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (100%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Mendes
Saenz
1
UFC fights
5
4.3 min · 4.3 avg
Octagon time
71.9 min · 14.4 avg
12y 4m
Career length
15y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Mendes
Saenz
7W–0L · 100.0%
Overall
100W–27L · 78.7%
0W–0L
Wins
47W–8L · 85.5%
7W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
53W–19L · 73.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Mendes
Saenz
13W–6L · 68.4%
Overall
58W–31L · 65.2%
13W–6L · 68.4%
Wins
47W–24L · 66.2%
0W–0L
Losses
11W–7L · 61.1%
Distance striking
Mendes
Saenz
2.40
Landed / min
4.27
27.8%
Accuracy
36.7%
74.4%
Defense
57.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
96.8%
Time at distance
53.8%
Grappling & control
Mendes
Saenz
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.09
Takedown accuracy
38.5%
Takedown defense
74.1%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.21
0.0%
Control share
78.2%
Strike target map
Mendes
  • Head45%(5)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs55%(6)div 16%
Saenz
  • Head50%(151)div 63%
  • Body20%(59)div 21%
  • Legs30%(92)div 16%

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

Augusto Mendes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Frankie Saenz
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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