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UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2
Alistair Overeem
Alistair Overeem
39-14 · NLD
VS
December 19, 2015 · Orlando, Florida, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
243.0lb
Weigh-in
239.0lb
Alistair Overeem def. Junior Dos Santos by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 4:43
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Overeem9/130/100:00
Dos Santos7/150/000:00
R2 · 4:43
Overeem23/300/010:03
Dos Santos15/310/000:00
Total
Overeem32/430/110:03
Dos Santos22/460/000:00

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
OvereemWin probabilityDos Santos
48.5%51.5%
KO / TKO
53%
Submission
3%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 11.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Overeem48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%51%
Submission3%6%
Decision20%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes59 (3377)act 32
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.1)act 0
Dos Santos52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO29%55%
Submission0%1%
Decision23%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes66 (3785)act 22
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~125 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R214%
R323%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Overeem
44.7%+122
Dos Santos
-12254.5%
Most takedownstie 69.3%
Overeem
17.9%-140
Dos Santos
+14012.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Overeem
Expected: 59.1
59
Over 59
42.1%
+135
Exactly 59
1.1%
push
Under 59
56.8%
-135
074148
Dos Santos
Expected: 65.6
65.5
Over 65.5
42.6%
+135
Under 65.5
57.4%
-135
083165
Takedowns — over/under
Overeem
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
19.8%
+405
Under 0.5
80.2%
-405
035
Dos Santos
Expected: 0.2
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 11.0 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
Overeem48.5%32.6%+15.9+195
Dos Santos51.5%67.4%−15.9-235

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
86.6Striking70.5
Overeem +16.2
40.5Grappling51.1
Dos Santos +10.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
OvereemDos Santos
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1582
Pound-for-pound
1647
1581
Divisional
1647
1520
Striking offense
1560
1505
Striking defense
1525
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
35 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'4"
80"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.08
Strikes landed / min
4.82
75%
Strike accuracy
47%
1.61
Strikes absorbed / min
3.24
62%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.56
Takedowns / 15 min
0.51
29%
Takedown accuracy
63%
89%
Takedown defense
80%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.1
Form & résumé
57%
UFC win rate
85%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
50%
Finish rate
73%
Recent opp. quality
280
Days since last fight
371
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alistair Overeem
  • WRoy NelsonU-DEC R3
    Close -1609mo before
  • WStefan StruveKO/TKO R1
    Close -2001y before
  • LBen RothwellKO/TKO R1
    Close -3301y 3mo before
  • WFrank MirU-DEC R3
    Close -4201y 11mo before
  • LTravis BrowneKO/TKO R1
    Close -1502y 4mo before
Junior Dos Santos
  • WStipe MiocicU-DEC R5
    Close -4001y before
  • LCain VelasquezKO/TKO R5
    Close +1852y 2mo before
  • WMark HuntKO/TKO R3
    Close -4752y 7mo before
  • LCain VelasquezU-DEC R5
    Close -1903y before
  • WFrank MirKO/TKO R2
    Close -4753y 7mo before
Overeem — win / loss by method
Record: 39-14-0, 1 NC

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
18 wins, 10 losses
W
46% of wins
L
71% of losses
Submission
17 wins, 1 loss
W
44% of wins
L
7% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
10% of wins
L
21% of losses
UFC
4win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
35win11loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
16 (46%)KO/TKO(64%) 7
17 (49%)Submission(9%) 1
2 (6%)Decision(27%) 3
Dos Santos — win / loss by method
Record: 17-3-0

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
13 wins, 1 loss
W
76% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
6% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
18% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (73%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (27%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (17%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Overeem
Dos Santos
7
UFC fights
13
53.5 min · 7.6 avg
Octagon time
146.8 min · 11.3 avg
26y 9m
Career length
20y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Overeem
Dos Santos
129W–40L · 76.3%
Overall
193W–48L · 80.1%
65W–26L · 71.4%
Wins
171W–46L · 78.8%
64W–14L · 82.1%
Losses
22W–2L · 91.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Overeem
Dos Santos
448W–166L · 73.0%
Overall
30W–20L · 60.0%
340W–147L · 69.8%
Wins
26W–18L · 59.1%
108W–19L · 85.0%
Losses
4W–2L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Overeem
Dos Santos
4.47
Landed / min
6.14
69.9%
Accuracy
43.7%
68.4%
Defense
62.2%
1.12
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.23
47.7%
Time at distance
62.4%
Grappling & control
Overeem
Dos Santos
0.56
Takedowns / 15 min
0.51
28.6%
Takedown accuracy
62.5%
88.9%
Takedown defense
80.2%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.10
94.0%
Control share
15.0%
Strike target map
Overeem
  • Head47%(129)div 67%
  • Body40%(108)div 18%
  • Legs13%(35)div 15%
Dos Santos
  • Head68%(484)div 67%
  • Body29%(205)div 18%
  • Legs3%(19)div 15%

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

Alistair Overeem
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Junior Dos Santos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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