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UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs. Lansberg
Eric Spicely
Eric Spicely
8-1 · USA
VS
Thiago Santos
Thiago Santos
13-4 · BRA
September 24, 2016 · Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Eric Spicely def. Thiago Santos by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R1 2:58
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:58
Spicely5/81/201:23
Santos2/90/001:05
Total
Spicely5/81/201:23
Santos2/90/001:05

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
SpicelyWin probabilitySantos
29.8%70.2%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
8%
Decision
67%
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 Spicely, blue toward Santos. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Spicely30%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%15%
Submission4%15%
Decision21%70%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 5
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 1
Santos70%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%30%
Submission3%5%
Decision46%65%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes58 (3376)act 2
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Combined totals~90 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R114%
R215%
R34%
Distance67%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Spicely
23.8%+317
Santos
-31775.2%
Most takedownstie 54.4%
Spicely
29.8%-189
Santos
+18915.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Spicely
Expected: 31.9
32
Over 32
41.3%
+137
Exactly 32
2.1%
push
Under 32
56.6%
-137
04080
Santos
Expected: 58.3
58.5
Over 58.5
42.3%
+136
Under 58.5
57.7%
-136
073146
Takedowns — over/under
Spicely
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
34.2%
+192
Under 0.5
65.8%
-192
035
Santos
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
20.9%
Exactly 0
79.1%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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
Spicely29.8%14.8%+15.0+550
Santos70.2%85.2%−15.0-800

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
65.6Striking72.8
Santos +7.3
0.0Grappling31.7
Santos +31.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SpicelySantos
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1511
Pound-for-pound
1557
1511
Divisional
1558
1501
Striking offense
1500
1500
Striking defense
1515
1497
Grappling offense
1476
1493
Grappling defense
1504
Physical
29 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'2"
73"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.58
Strikes landed / min
3.48
78%
Strike accuracy
47%
2.94
Strikes absorbed / min
2.41
47%
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.35
0%
Takedown accuracy
20%
Takedown defense
75%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
63%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
80%
Finish rate
80%
Recent opp. quality
73
Days since last fight
77
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Eric Spicely
  • LSam AlveySUB R1
    Close +2352mo before
Thiago Santos
  • LGegard MousasiKO/TKO R1
    Close +2453mo before
  • WNate MarquardtKO/TKO R1
    Close -3604mo before
  • WElias TheodorouU-DEC R3
    Close +1859mo before
  • WSteve BosseKO/TKO R1
    Close -1751y 3mo before
  • WAndy EnzKO/TKO R1
    Close -1751y 8mo before
Spicely — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (50%)Submission() 0
2 (25%)Decision() 0
Santos — win / loss by method
Record: 13-4-0

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
8 wins, 2 losses
W
62% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
31% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
5win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (80%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (20%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Spicely
Santos
1
UFC fights
8
2.7 min · 2.7 avg
Octagon time
42.3 min · 5.3 avg
13y 6m
Career length
15y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Spicely
Santos
26W–8L · 76.5%
Overall
130W–33L · 79.8%
0W–0L
Wins
79W–21L · 79.0%
26W–8L · 76.5%
Losses
51W–12L · 81.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Spicely
Santos
42W–35L · 54.5%
Overall
13W–13L · 50.0%
42W–35L · 54.5%
Wins
10W–11L · 47.6%
0W–0L
Losses
3W–2L · 60.0%
Distance striking
Spicely
Santos
6.67
Landed / min
2.95
75.0%
Accuracy
35.5%
50.0%
Defense
68.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.77
33.1%
Time at distance
65.8%
Grappling & control
Spicely
Santos
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.35
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
20.0%
Takedown defense
75.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
78.7%
Control share
23.3%
Strike target map
Spicely
  • Head57%(4)div 63%
  • Body29%(2)div 19%
  • Legs14%(1)div 18%
Santos
  • Head42%(62)div 63%
  • Body22%(33)div 19%
  • Legs35%(52)div 18%

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

Eric Spicely
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Thiago Santos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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