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UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor
Urijah Faber
Urijah Faber
32-8 · USA
VS
Frankie Saenz
Frankie Saenz
10-2 · USA
December 12, 2015 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Urijah Faber def. Frankie Saenz by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Faber25/360/600:11
Saenz23/480/000:23
R2
Faber30/391/400:50
Saenz23/360/001:15
R3
Faber20/361/300:53
Saenz20/520/300:22
Total
Faber75/1112/1301:54
Saenz66/1360/302:00

Scorecards

Faber vs Saenz

RdLester GriffinMarcos RosalesTony WeeksCommunity
R1--10-99.8-9.3
R2--10-99.8-9.2
R3--10-99.7-9.3
Total29-2829-2830-2729.3-27.8

Media (16 cards) · avg 29.627.5 · 16 Faber · 0 Saenz

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Faber-Saenz.

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
FaberWin probabilitySaenz
72.0%28.0%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
9%
Decision
68%
Expected fight time: 12.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Faber72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%25%
Submission9%12%
Decision45%63%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2353)act 75
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 2
Saenz28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%16%
Submission1%2%
Decision23%82%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2354)act 66
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Combined totals~82 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R213%
R34%
Distance68%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Faber
47.8%+106
Saenz
-10650.8%
Most takedownstie 40.0%
Faber
39.2%-189
Saenz
+18920.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Faber
Expected: 40.4
40.5
Over 40.5
42.3%
+137
Under 40.5
57.7%
-137
051101
Saenz
Expected: 41.7
41.5
Over 41.5
42.8%
+134
Under 41.5
57.2%
-134
053105
Takedowns — over/under
Faber
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
30.7%
+170
Exactly 1
17.2%
push
Under 1
52.2%
-170
035
Saenz
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
31.5%
+218
Under 0.5
68.5%
-218
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 12.1 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
Faber72.0%80.3%−8.3-490
Saenz28.0%19.7%+8.3+390

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
68.8Striking70.1
Saenz +1.3
50.0Grappling57.8
Saenz +7.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FaberSaenz
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1620
Pound-for-pound
1564
1637
Divisional
1564
1473
Striking offense
1480
1527
Striking defense
1506
1522
Grappling offense
1543
1526
Grappling defense
1538
Physical
36 yrs
Age
35 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'6"
67"
Reach
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.94
Strikes landed / min
4.24
44%
Strike accuracy
47%
2.60
Strikes absorbed / min
2.47
67%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.65
Takedowns / 15 min
3.00
32%
Takedown accuracy
47%
65%
Takedown defense
62%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
100%
-1
Win/loss streak
+3
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
75%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
210
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Urijah Faber
  • LFrankie EdgarU-DEC R5
    Close +4257mo before
  • WFrancisco RiveraSUB R2
    Close -9251y before
  • WAlex CaceresSUB R3
    Close -7051y 5mo before
  • LRenan BaraoKO/TKO R1
    Close +3051y 10mo before
  • WMichael McDonaldSUB R2
    Close -1502y before
Frankie Saenz
  • WSirwan KakaiS-DEC R3
    Close +1054mo before
  • WIuri AlcantaraU-DEC R3
    Close +72510mo before
  • WNolan TicmanU-DEC R3
    Close -1201y 4mo before
Faber — win / loss by method
Record: 32-8-0

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
9 wins, 3 losses
W
28% of wins
L
38% of losses
Submission
17 wins, 0 losses
W
53% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 5 losses
W
16% of wins
L
63% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
3% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
8win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
6 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (25%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
24win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (38%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
11 (46%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (13%)Decision(50%) 2
1 (4%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Saenz — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Faber
Saenz
12
UFC fights
3
164.1 min · 13.7 avg
Octagon time
45.0 min · 15.0 avg
22y 8m
Career length
15y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Faber
Saenz
225W–43L · 84.0%
Overall
47W–8L · 85.5%
131W–36L · 78.4%
Wins
47W–8L · 85.5%
94W–7L · 93.1%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Faber
Saenz
309W–96L · 76.3%
Overall
58W–31L · 65.2%
251W–87L · 74.3%
Wins
47W–24L · 66.2%
58W–9L · 86.6%
Losses
11W–7L · 61.1%
Distance striking
Faber
Saenz
3.04
Landed / min
3.66
37.8%
Accuracy
32.1%
69.6%
Defense
53.3%
0.27
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
64.0%
Time at distance
46.1%
Grappling & control
Faber
Saenz
1.65
Takedowns / 15 min
3.00
32.1%
Takedown accuracy
47.4%
64.9%
Takedown defense
61.5%
0.73
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.33
73.9%
Control share
82.7%
Strike target map
Faber
  • Head72%(350)div 63%
  • Body20%(98)div 21%
  • Legs7%(35)div 16%
Saenz
  • Head50%(95)div 63%
  • Body22%(42)div 21%
  • Legs28%(54)div 16%

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

Urijah Faber
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Frankie Saenz
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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