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UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Ferguson
Diego Sanchez
Diego Sanchez
26-9 · USA
VS
Marcin Held
Marcin Held
22-4 · POL
November 5, 2016 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Diego Sanchez def. Marcin Held by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sanchez17/440/100:31
Held23/640/000:17
R2
Sanchez8/100/004:36
Held2/40/000:00
R3
Sanchez21/270/004:10
Held5/140/200:00
Total
Sanchez46/810/109:17
Held30/820/200:17

Scorecards

Sanchez vs Held

RdBrian PuccilloChris LeeSal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-109-109-109-10
R210-910-910-910-9.1
R310-910-810-910-9
Total29-2829-2729-2829-28.1

Media (17 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 17 Sanchez · 0 Held

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Sanchez-Held.

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
SanchezWin probabilityHeld
6.3%93.7%
KO / TKO
20%
Submission
12%
Decision
68%
Expected fight time: 12.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Sanchez6%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%25%
Submission0%4%
Decision4%71%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1741)act 46
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Held94%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%19%
Submission12%13%
Decision64%68%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes52 (2967)act 30
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.5)act 0
Combined totals~83 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R26%
R37%
Distance68%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Sanchez
27.6%+258
Held
-25871.2%
Most takedownstie 38.7%
Sanchez
9.3%+561
Held
-56152.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sanchez
Expected: 31.4
31.5
Over 31.5
42.2%
+137
Under 31.5
57.8%
-137
04079
Held
Expected: 51.6
51.5
Over 51.5
42.6%
+135
Under 51.5
57.4%
-135
065130
Takedowns — over/under
Sanchez
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.1%
Exactly 0
83.9%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Held
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
38.9%
+111
Exactly 1
17.8%
push
Under 1
43.3%
-111
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 12.0 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
Sanchez6.3%27.6%−21.3+250
Held93.7%72.4%+21.3-300

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SanchezHeld
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1594
Pound-for-pound
1561
1567
Divisional
1561
1469
Striking offense
1482
1509
Striking defense
1500
1463
Grappling offense
1561
1525
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
34 yrs
Age
24 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'9"
72"
Reach
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.71
Strikes landed / min
35%
Strike accuracy
3.12
Strikes absorbed / min
58%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
1.36
Takedowns / 15 min
19%
Takedown accuracy
50%
Takedown defense
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
63%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
40%
Last-5 win rate
33%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Diego Sanchez
  • LJoe LauzonKO/TKO R1
    Close -1254mo before
  • WJim MillerU-DEC R3
    Close +1608mo before
  • LRicardo LamasU-DEC R3
    Close +35011mo before
  • WRoss PearsonS-DEC R3
    Close +1202y 5mo before
  • LMyles JuryU-DEC R3
    Close +1602y 8mo before
Marcin Held
No prior UFC fights.
Sanchez — win / loss by method
Record: 26-9-0

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
35% of wins
L
22% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
11 wins, 7 losses
W
42% of wins
L
78% of losses
UFC
15win9loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (33%)KO/TKO(22%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
10 (67%)Decision(78%) 7
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO() 0
6 (55%)Submission() 0
1 (9%)Decision() 0
Held — win / loss by method
Record: 22-4-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
18% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 1 loss
W
55% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 3 losses
W
27% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
22win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (18%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
12 (55%)Submission(25%) 1
6 (27%)Decision(75%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Sanchez
Held
24
UFC fights
0
309.4 min · 12.9 avg
Octagon time
24y 1m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Sanchez
Held
425W–116L · 78.6%
Overall
273W–85L · 76.3%
Wins
152W–31L · 83.1%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sanchez
Held
54W–57L · 48.6%
Overall
295W–93L · 76.0%
54W–57L · 48.6%
Wins
249W–90L · 73.5%
0W–0L
Losses
46W–3L · 93.9%
Distance striking
Sanchez
Held
2.89
Landed / min
28.1%
Accuracy
61.8%
Defense
0.29
Knockdowns / 15 min
58.1%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Sanchez
Held
1.36
Takedowns / 15 min
19.3%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
Takedown defense
0.87
Sub attempts / 15 min
59.7%
Control share
Strike target map
Sanchez
  • Head72%(600)div 63%
  • Body23%(195)div 20%
  • Legs5%(42)div 17%
Held
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Diego Sanchez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Marcin Held

No UFC fights on record.

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