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UFC 200: Tate vs Nunes
Gegard Mousasi
Gegard Mousasi
38-6-2 · NLD
VS
Thiago Santos
Thiago Santos
13-3 · BRA
July 9, 2016 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Gegard Mousasi def. Thiago Santos by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 4:32
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:32
Mousasi21/342/212:09
Santos5/130/000:00
Total
Mousasi21/342/212:09
Santos5/130/000:00

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
MousasiWin probabilitySantos
77.0%23.0%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
7%
Decision
58%
Expected fight time: 11.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Mousasi77%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%35%
Submission7%9%
Decision43%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2966)act 21
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.5)act 2
Santos23%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%34%
Submission0%2%
Decision15%64%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2048)act 5
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 0
Combined totals~88 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R111%
R226%
R35%
Distance58%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Mousasi
64.1%-184
Santos
+18434.7%
Most takedownstie 41.4%
Mousasi
50.4%-611
Santos
+6118.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Mousasi
Expected: 51.1
51
Over 51
41.9%
+135
Exactly 51
1.3%
push
Under 51
56.8%
-135
064128
Santos
Expected: 36.9
37
Over 37
41.5%
+137
Exactly 37
1.8%
push
Under 37
56.8%
-137
04793
Takedowns — over/under
Mousasi
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
30.2%
+149
Exactly 1
24.9%
push
Under 1
44.9%
-149
035
Santos
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
14.8%
Exactly 0
85.2%
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 11.6 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
Mousasi77.0%72.0%+5.0-290
Santos23.0%28.0%−5.0+245

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
77.8Striking75.3
Mousasi +2.5
57.4Grappling34.9
Mousasi +22.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MousasiSantos
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1607
Pound-for-pound
1572
1596
Divisional
1572
1510
Striking offense
1505
1525
Striking defense
1522
1503
Grappling offense
1487
1534
Grappling defense
1509
Physical
30 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'2"
76"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.35
Strikes landed / min
3.76
49%
Strike accuracy
47%
1.36
Strikes absorbed / min
2.15
70%
Strike defense
68%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.79
Takedowns / 15 min
0.40
63%
Takedown accuracy
20%
81%
Takedown defense
86%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
63%
UFC win rate
71%
+1
Win/loss streak
+4
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
40%
Finish rate
80%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
56
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Gegard Mousasi
  • WThales LeitesU-DEC R3
    Close -3004mo before
  • LUriah HallKO/TKO R2
    Close -4009mo before
  • WConstantinos PhilippouU-DEC R3
    Close -8001y 2mo before
  • WDan HendersonKO/TKO R1
    Close -4301y 5mo before
  • LJacare SouzaSUB R3
    Close +1701y 10mo before
Thiago Santos
  • WNate MarquardtKO/TKO R1
    Close -36056d before
  • WElias TheodorouU-DEC R3
    Close +1857mo before
  • WSteve BosseKO/TKO R1
    Close -1751y before
  • WAndy EnzKO/TKO R1
    Close -1751y 5mo before
  • LUriah HallU-DEC R3
    Close +2552y before
Mousasi — win / loss by method
Record: 38-6-2

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
20 wins, 1 loss
W
53% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 3 losses
W
32% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
16% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
5win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (20%)Submission(33%) 1
3 (60%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
33win3loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
19 (58%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
11 (33%)Submission(67%) 2
3 (9%)Decision(33%) 1
Santos — win / loss by method
Record: 13-3-0

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
8 wins, 1 loss
W
62% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
31% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (80%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (20%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Mousasi
Santos
8
UFC fights
7
95.0 min · 11.9 avg
Octagon time
37.7 min · 5.4 avg
23y 3m
Career length
15y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Mousasi
Santos
138W–39L · 78.0%
Overall
92W–27L · 77.3%
87W–27L · 76.3%
Wins
79W–21L · 79.0%
51W–12L · 81.0%
Losses
13W–6L · 68.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Mousasi
Santos
338W–149L · 69.4%
Overall
13W–13L · 50.0%
288W–133L · 68.4%
Wins
10W–11L · 47.6%
50W–16L · 75.8%
Losses
3W–2L · 60.0%
Distance striking
Mousasi
Santos
4.24
Landed / min
3.03
43.5%
Accuracy
35.6%
75.3%
Defense
69.6%
0.16
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.99
56.2%
Time at distance
68.1%
Grappling & control
Mousasi
Santos
0.79
Takedowns / 15 min
0.40
62.5%
Takedown accuracy
20.0%
81.3%
Takedown defense
85.7%
0.47
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
58.3%
Control share
28.4%
Strike target map
Mousasi
  • Head71%(227)div 63%
  • Body11%(35)div 19%
  • Legs18%(56)div 18%
Santos
  • Head42%(59)div 63%
  • Body23%(33)div 19%
  • Legs35%(50)div 18%

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

Gegard Mousasi
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.