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UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos
VS
Ben Rothwell
Ben Rothwell
36-9 · USA
April 10, 2016 · Zagreb, Croatia
Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
241.0lb
Weigh-in
264.0lb
Junior Dos Santos def. Ben Rothwell by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Dos Santos26/370/000:02
Rothwell19/480/000:00
R2
Dos Santos29/490/000:00
Rothwell14/420/000:01
R3
Dos Santos29/430/000:00
Rothwell15/370/000:00
R4
Dos Santos40/570/000:00
Rothwell18/480/000:00
R5
Dos Santos33/610/000:00
Rothwell11/370/000:00
Total
Dos Santos157/2470/000:02
Rothwell77/2120/000:01

Scorecards

Dos Santos vs Rothwell

RdBen CartlidgeHoward HughesMark CollettCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.2
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
R410-910-910-910-9
R510-910-910-910-9
Total50-4550-4550-4549.8-45.2

Media (16 cards) · avg 49.945.1 · 16 Dos Santos · 0 Rothwell

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Dos Santos-Rothwell.

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
Dos SantosWin probabilityRothwell
59.5%40.5%
KO / TKO
79%
Submission
3%
Decision
17%
Expected fight time: 10.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Dos Santos59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO46%78%
Submission1%1%
Decision12%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes76 (4399)act 157
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.6)act 0
Rothwell41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO33%81%
Submission3%6%
Decision5%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes55 (3172)act 77
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Combined totals~131 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R233%
R39%
R45%
R54%
Distance18%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Dos Santos
64.1%-183
Rothwell
+18335.1%
Most takedownstie 66.5%
Dos Santos
11.8%+185
Rothwell
-18521.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Dos Santos
Expected: 75.9
76
Over 76
42.0%
+136
Exactly 76
0.9%
push
Under 76
57.1%
-136
095190
Rothwell
Expected: 55.3
55.5
Over 55.5
42.2%
+137
Under 55.5
57.8%
-137
070139
Takedowns — over/under
Dos Santos
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
14.2%
Exactly 0
85.8%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Rothwell
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.9%
+319
Under 0.5
76.1%
-319
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 10.8 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
Dos Santos59.5%51.1%+8.4-115
Rothwell40.5%48.9%−8.4-105

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
69.4Striking55.3
Dos Santos +14.1
51.0Grappling49.0
Dos Santos +1.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Dos SantosRothwell
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1628
Pound-for-pound
1602
1628
Divisional
1602
1555
Striking offense
1507
1518
Striking defense
1494
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
32 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'4"
77"
Reach
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.66
Strikes landed / min
2.92
47%
Strike accuracy
47%
3.24
Strikes absorbed / min
4.00
53%
Strike defense
42%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.48
Takedowns / 15 min
1.54
63%
Takedown accuracy
33%
80%
Takedown defense
55%
0.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.9
Form & résumé
79%
UFC win rate
67%
-1
Win/loss streak
+4
40%
Last-5 win rate
80%
73%
Finish rate
83%
Recent opp. quality
113
Days since last fight
71
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Junior Dos Santos
  • LAlistair OvereemKO/TKO R2
    Close -2354mo before
  • WStipe MiocicU-DEC R5
    Close -4001y 4mo before
  • LCain VelasquezKO/TKO R5
    Close +1852y 6mo before
  • WMark HuntKO/TKO R3
    Close -4752y 11mo before
  • LCain VelasquezU-DEC R5
    Close -1903y 3mo before
Ben Rothwell
  • WJosh BarnettSUB R2
    Close +1202mo before
  • WMatt MitrioneSUB R1
    Close +14510mo before
  • WAlistair OvereemKO/TKO R1
    Close +3001y 7mo before
  • WBrandon VeraKO/TKO R3
    Close -1552y 7mo before
  • LGabriel GonzagaSUB R2
    Close +1053y 3mo before
Dos Santos — win / loss by method
Record: 17-4-0

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
13 wins, 2 losses
W
76% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
6% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
18% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
11win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (73%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (27%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (17%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Rothwell — win / loss by method
Record: 36-9-0

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
27 wins, 4 losses
W
75% of wins
L
44% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
22% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
8% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
6win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
2 (33%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (17%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
30win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
24 (80%)KO/TKO(50%) 3
4 (13%)Submission(17%) 1
2 (7%)Decision(33%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Dos Santos
Rothwell
14
UFC fights
9
156.6 min · 11.2 avg
Octagon time
68.1 min · 7.6 avg
20y 0m
Career length
25y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Dos Santos
Rothwell
232W–62L · 78.9%
Overall
161W–58L · 73.5%
171W–46L · 78.8%
Wins
136W–45L · 75.1%
61W–16L · 79.2%
Losses
25W–13L · 65.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Dos Santos
Rothwell
30W–20L · 60.0%
Overall
509W–183L · 73.6%
26W–18L · 59.1%
Wins
472W–168L · 73.8%
4W–2L · 66.7%
Losses
37W–15L · 71.2%
Distance striking
Dos Santos
Rothwell
5.77
Landed / min
3.70
43.8%
Accuracy
38.3%
60.6%
Defense
48.0%
1.15
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.66
64.7%
Time at distance
46.0%
Grappling & control
Dos Santos
Rothwell
0.48
Takedowns / 15 min
1.54
62.5%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
80.5%
Takedown defense
54.5%
0.10
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.88
15.0%
Control share
52.8%
Strike target map
Dos Santos
  • Head68%(496)div 67%
  • Body29%(212)div 19%
  • Legs3%(22)div 15%
Rothwell
  • Head77%(153)div 67%
  • Body17%(33)div 19%
  • Legs7%(13)div 15%

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

Junior Dos Santos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Ben Rothwell
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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