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UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2
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Sarah Kaufman
Sarah Kaufman
17-3 · CAN
December 19, 2015 · Orlando, Florida, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
134.0lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
Valentina Shevchenko def. Sarah Kaufman by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Shevchenko15/202/203:14
Kaufman8/170/100:06
R2
Shevchenko12/151/502:15
Kaufman10/150/101:19
R3
Shevchenko5/91/200:46
Kaufman9/121/203:27
Total
Shevchenko32/444/906:15
Kaufman27/441/404:52

Scorecards

Shevchenko vs Kaufman

RdBarry LuxenbergDon BalasHector GomezCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R29-1010-910-99.9-9.1
R39-109-109-109-10
Total28-2929-2829-2828.9-28.1

Media (15 cards) · avg 2928 · 15 Shevchenko · 0 Kaufman

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Shevchenko-Kaufman.

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
ShevchenkoWin probabilityKaufman
87.6%12.4%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
35%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 9.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Shevchenko88%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%20%
Submission33%38%
Decision37%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2150)act 32
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.3)act 4
Kaufman12%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%29%
Submission2%16%
Decision7%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1433)act 27
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.7)act 1
Combined totals~63 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R142%
R28%
R36%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Shevchenko
67.0%-213
Kaufman
+21331.4%
Most takedownstie 17.5%
Shevchenko
77.5%-1565
Kaufman
+15655.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Shevchenko
Expected: 38.1
38
Over 38
41.7%
+135
Exactly 38
1.7%
push
Under 38
56.5%
-135
04896
Kaufman
Expected: 25.4
25.5
Over 25.5
42.3%
+136
Under 25.5
57.7%
-136
03264
Takedowns — over/under
Shevchenko
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
50.6%
-103
Under 1.5
49.4%
+103
035
Kaufman
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
19.0%
Exactly 0
81.0%
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 9.0 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
Shevchenko87.6%48.9%+38.7-105
Kaufman12.4%51.1%−38.7-115

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
ShevchenkoKaufman
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1529
Pound-for-pound
1548
1529
Divisional
1548
1500
Striking offense
1505
1533
Striking defense
1503
1472
Grappling offense
1498
1500
Grappling defense
1504
Physical
27 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'5"
Height
5'5"
66"
Reach
66"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
9.29
Strike accuracy
50%
Strikes absorbed / min
4.67
Strike defense
68%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
0.39
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
88%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
33%
Win/loss streak
-1
Last-5 win rate
33%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
238
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Valentina Shevchenko
No prior UFC fights.
Sarah Kaufman
  • LAlexis DavisSUB R2
    Close -2158mo before
  • WLeslie SmithU-DEC R3
    Close -2651y 8mo before
Shevchenko — win / loss by method
Record: 11-1-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
36% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
18% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
5 (45%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (18%)Decision(0%) 0
Kaufman — win / loss by method
Record: 17-3-0, 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
10 wins, 0 losses
W
59% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 3 losses
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 0 losses
W
41% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
10 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 2
6 (38%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Shevchenko
Kaufman
0
UFC fights
3
Octagon time
38.1 min · 12.7 avg
Career length
20y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Shevchenko
Kaufman
Overall
22W–10L · 68.8%
Wins
6W–4L · 60.0%
Losses
16W–6L · 72.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Shevchenko
Kaufman
14W–11L · 56.0%
Overall
124W–54L · 69.7%
10W–11L · 47.6%
Wins
102W–50L · 67.1%
4W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
22W–4L · 84.6%
Distance striking
Shevchenko
Kaufman
Landed / min
9.04
Accuracy
38.6%
Defense
73.5%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
Time at distance
59.2%
Grappling & control
Shevchenko
Kaufman
Takedowns / 15 min
0.39
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
87.5%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
Control share
54.6%
Strike target map
Shevchenko
  • Head0%(0)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 18%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.
Kaufman
  • Head55%(196)div 65%
  • Body21%(74)div 18%
  • Legs24%(84)div 16%

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

Valentina Shevchenko

No UFC fights on record.

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

Sarah Kaufman
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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