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UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant
Thiago Santos
Thiago Santos
11-3 · BRA
VS
Elias Theodorou
Elias Theodorou
11-0 · CAN
December 10, 2015 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Thiago Santos def. Elias Theodorou by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Santos8/210/000:00
Theodorou14/710/000:11
R2
Santos24/271/200:34
Theodorou11/131/403:22
R3
Santos20/330/000:20
Theodorou3/100/903:16
Total
Santos52/811/200:54
Theodorou28/941/1306:49

Scorecards

Santos vs Theodorou

RdDave HagenGlenn TrowbridgeJunichiro KamijoCommunity
R19-109-109-109-10
R210-910-910-99.9-9.2
R310-810-810-910-8.8
Total29-2729-2729-2828.9-28

Media (15 cards) · avg 2927.8 · 15 Santos · 0 Theodorou

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

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
SantosWin probabilityTheodorou
36.9%63.1%
KO / TKO
22%
Submission
8%
Decision
69%
Expected fight time: 12.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Santos37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%26%
Submission3%8%
Decision24%66%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2353)act 52
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 1
Theodorou63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%21%
Submission5%8%
Decision45%71%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (2660)act 28
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 1
Combined totals~87 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R29%
R37%
Distance69%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Santos
43.6%+126
Theodorou
-12655.1%
Most takedownstie 51.4%
Santos
13.7%+256
Theodorou
-25634.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Santos
Expected: 40.6
40.5
Over 40.5
42.6%
+135
Under 40.5
57.4%
-135
051102
Theodorou
Expected: 45.9
46
Over 46
41.7%
+136
Exactly 46
1.4%
push
Under 46
56.9%
-136
058115
Takedowns — over/under
Santos
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
19.4%
Exactly 0
80.6%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Theodorou
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
39.6%
+152
Under 0.5
60.4%
-152
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 12.3 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
Santos36.9%33.6%+3.3+185
Theodorou63.1%66.4%−3.3-225

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
71.3Striking81.2
Theodorou +9.9
0.0Grappling53.9
Theodorou +53.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SantosTheodorou
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1537
Pound-for-pound
1574
1537
Divisional
1574
1500
Striking offense
1513
1522
Striking defense
1510
1480
Grappling offense
1509
1509
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
31 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'1"
76"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.88
Strikes landed / min
4.59
39%
Strike accuracy
48%
2.41
Strikes absorbed / min
1.33
69%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.55
0%
Takedown accuracy
57%
0%
Takedown defense
40%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+3
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
166
Days since last fight
271
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Thiago Santos
  • WSteve BosseKO/TKO R1
    Close -1755mo before
  • WAndy EnzKO/TKO R1
    Close -17510mo before
  • LUriah HallU-DEC R3
    Close +2551y 5mo before
  • WRonny MarkesKO/TKO R1
    opp missedClose +6601y 9mo before
  • LCezar FerreiraSUB R1
    Close +4102y 4mo before
Elias Theodorou
  • WRoger NarvaezKO/TKO R2
    Close -3359mo before
  • WBruno SantosU-DEC R3
    Close -3401y 2mo before
  • WSheldon WestcottKO/TKO R2
    Close -1901y 8mo before
Santos — win / loss by method
Record: 11-3-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
64% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
9% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(0%) 0
Theodorou — win / loss by method
Record: 11-0-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
55% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (33%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (13%)Submission() 0
3 (38%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Santos
Theodorou
5
UFC fights
3
19.1 min · 3.8 avg
Octagon time
33.8 min · 11.3 avg
15y 8m
Career length
15y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Santos
Theodorou
47W–12L · 79.7%
Overall
28W–3L · 90.3%
34W–6L · 85.0%
Wins
28W–3L · 90.3%
13W–6L · 68.4%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Santos
Theodorou
13W–13L · 50.0%
Overall
36W–11L · 76.6%
10W–11L · 47.6%
Wins
36W–11L · 76.6%
3W–2L · 60.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Santos
Theodorou
2.73
Landed / min
4.91
30.5%
Accuracy
31.5%
69.0%
Defense
68.6%
2.36
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
88.4%
Time at distance
38.0%
Grappling & control
Santos
Theodorou
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.55
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
57.1%
0.0%
Takedown defense
40.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
87.8%
Control share
68.7%
Strike target map
Santos
  • Head41%(30)div 63%
  • Body12%(9)div 19%
  • Legs47%(35)div 18%
Theodorou
  • Head64%(99)div 63%
  • Body25%(39)div 19%
  • Legs11%(17)div 18%

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

Thiago Santos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Elias Theodorou
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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