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Hector Sandoval
Hector Sandoval
12-3 · USA
VS
Fredy Serrano
Fredy Serrano
3-1 · COL
December 17, 2016 · Sacramento, California, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
Hector Sandoval def. Fredy Serrano by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sandoval15/241/700:48
Serrano6/270/300:04
R2
Sandoval11/280/201:10
Serrano7/250/500:03
R3
Sandoval7/151/300:41
Serrano9/350/000:00
Total
Sandoval33/672/1202:39
Serrano22/870/800:07

Scorecards

Sandoval vs Serrano

RdBrandon SaucedoMike GuingonaRon McCarthyCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-99-1010-99.9-9.1
Total30-2729-2830-2729.8-27.2

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.727.3 · 13 Sandoval · 0 Serrano

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Sandoval-Serrano.

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
SandovalWin probabilitySerrano
37.6%62.4%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
25%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 9.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Sandoval38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%25%
Submission10%26%
Decision19%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 33
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.4)act 2
Serrano62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%41%
Submission16%25%
Decision21%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1433)act 22
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.2)act 0
Combined totals~57 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R216%
R312%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Sandoval
59.3%-152
Serrano
+15238.9%
Most takedownstie 25.0%
Sandoval
26.6%+182
Serrano
-18248.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sandoval
Expected: 32.0
32
Over 32
41.4%
+136
Exactly 32
2.1%
push
Under 32
56.5%
-136
04080
Serrano
Expected: 25.5
25.5
Over 25.5
42.5%
+135
Under 25.5
57.5%
-135
03264
Takedowns — over/under
Sandoval
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
51.4%
-106
Under 0.5
48.6%
+106
035
Serrano
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
42.8%
-144
Exactly 1
27.5%
push
Under 1
29.8%
+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 9.5 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
Sandoval37.6%53.2%−15.6-125
Serrano62.4%46.8%+15.6+105

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
61.7Striking60.7
Sandoval +1.0
11.1Grappling62.1
Serrano +51.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SandovalSerrano
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1513
Pound-for-pound
1516
1513
Divisional
1517
1504
Striking offense
1499
1497
Striking defense
1516
1504
Grappling offense
1541
1491
Grappling defense
1533
Physical
30 yrs
Age
37 yrs
5'2"
Height
5'3"
64"
Reach
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.75
Strikes landed / min
1.65
38%
Strike accuracy
28%
2.20
Strikes absorbed / min
1.72
50%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
4.40
Takedown accuracy
33%
40%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
67%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
67%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Hector Sandoval
  • LWilson ReisSUB R1
    Close +3005mo before
Fredy Serrano
  • LRyan BenoitS-DEC R3
    Close -1155mo before
  • WYao ZhikuiKO/TKO R1
    Close -1551y 1mo before
  • WBentley SylerKO/TKO R3
    Close -1551y 9mo before
Sandoval — win / loss by method
Record: 12-3-0

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, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 0 losses
W
58% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
12win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (25%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (17%)Submission(50%) 1
7 (58%)Decision(0%) 0
Serrano — win / loss by method
Record: 3-1-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
1 (100%)DQ / other() 0

Profiles

Experience
Sandoval
Serrano
1
UFC fights
3
1.8 min · 1.8 avg
Octagon time
27.3 min · 9.1 avg
18y 0m
Career length
13y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sandoval
Serrano
20W–6L · 76.9%
Overall
18W–6L · 75.0%
0W–0L
Wins
10W–2L · 83.3%
20W–6L · 76.9%
Losses
8W–4L · 66.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sandoval
Serrano
62W–29L · 68.1%
Overall
3W–0L · 100.0%
51W–25L · 67.1%
Wins
3W–0L · 100.0%
11W–4L · 73.3%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Sandoval
Serrano
8.73
Landed / min
2.15
45.5%
Accuracy
26.4%
50.0%
Defense
71.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.55
31.5%
Time at distance
66.3%
Grappling & control
Sandoval
Serrano
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
4.40
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
40.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
9.9%
Control share
79.8%
Strike target map
Sandoval
  • Head60%(3)div 61%
  • Body20%(1)div 24%
  • Legs20%(1)div 15%
Serrano
  • Head69%(31)div 61%
  • Body24%(11)div 24%
  • Legs7%(3)div 15%

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

Hector Sandoval
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Fredy Serrano
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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