The Ultimate Fight Fan
+ Log a bet
UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales
Mairon Santos
Mairon Santos
15-1 · BRA
VS
Sodiq Yusuff
Sodiq Yusuff
13-4 · USA
May 17, 2025 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Mairon Santos def. Sodiq Yusuff by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Santos9/270/000:03
Yusuff19/300/100:42
R2
Santos16/270/001:35
Yusuff10/260/100:01
R3
Santos15/290/000:19
Yusuff7/301/101:19
Total
Santos40/830/001:57
Yusuff36/861/302:02

Scorecards

Santos vs Yusuff

RdDerek ClearyEric ColónSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-99-1010-99.4-9.6
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-99.8-9.2
Total30-2729-2830-2729.2-27.8

Media (11 cards) · avg 29.527.5 · 11 Santos · 0 Yusuff

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

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 probabilityYusuff
60.4%39.6%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
16%
Decision
55%
Expected fight time: 11.0 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Santos60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%32%20%
Submission8%12%4%
Decision33%56%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2169)act 40
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.9)act 0
Yusuff40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%27%11%
Submission8%20%6%
Decision21%53%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (1652)act 36
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.5)act 1
Combined totals~89 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R213%
R310%
Distance55%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Santos
58.4%-144
Yusuff
+14440.6%
Most takedownstie 43.4%
Santos
22.1%+156
Yusuff
-15634.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Santos
Expected: 50.7
50.5
Over 50.5
39.9%
+151
Under 50.5
60.1%
-151
064127
Yusuff
Expected: 38.4
38.5
Over 38.5
39.6%
+153
Under 38.5
60.4%
-153
04896
Takedowns — over/under
Santos
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
30.7%
+226
Under 0.5
69.3%
-226
035
Yusuff
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
42.9%
+133
Under 0.5
57.1%
-133
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
Santos60.4%58.3%+2.1-156
Yusuff39.6%41.7%−2.1+129
By method
Santos by KO/TKO18.0%19.6%−1.6+332
Santos by submission9.4%4.4%+5.0+1808
Santos by decision33.0%32.7%+0.3+159
Yusuff by KO/TKO11.8%11.3%+0.5+648
Yusuff by submission6.1%5.8%+0.3+1361
Yusuff by decision21.6%26.1%−4.5+225
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds77.5%76.3%+1.2-442
Over 2.5 rds64.2%66.0%−1.8-240
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision54.6%61.9%−7.3-191

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
75.0Striking68.7
Santos +6.3
11.1Grappling33.0
Yusuff +21.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SantosYusuff
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1568
Pound-for-pound
1567
1539
Divisional
1518
1506
Striking offense
1513
1532
Striking defense
1496
1477
Grappling offense
1487
1506
Grappling defense
1507
Physical
24 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'9"
72"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.14
Strikes landed / min
5.38
45%
Strike accuracy
49%
2.37
Strikes absorbed / min
4.41
70%
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.32
0%
Takedown accuracy
22%
40%
Takedown defense
55%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
67%
+2
Win/loss streak
-2
100%
Last-5 win rate
40%
50%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
70
Days since last fight
399
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Mairon Santos
  • WFrancis MarshallS-DEC R3
    Close -2502mo before
  • WKaan OfliKO/TKO R2
    Close -2279mo before
Sodiq Yusuff
  • LDiego LopesKO/TKO R1
    Close +1271y 1mo before
  • LEdson BarbozaU-DEC R5
    Close -1921y 7mo before
  • WDon ShainisSUB R1
    Close -10482y 8mo before
  • WAlex CaceresU-DEC R3
    Close -2693y 2mo before
  • LArnold AllenU-DEC R3
    Close +5404y 1mo before
Santos — win / loss by method
Record: 15-1-0

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
8 wins, 1 loss
W
53% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 0 losses
W
47% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
13win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (54%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (46%)Decision(0%) 0
Yusuff — win / loss by method
Record: 13-4-0

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
6 wins, 2 losses
W
46% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
46% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
6win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (50%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (43%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Santos
Yusuff
2
UFC fights
9
21.5 min · 10.8 avg
Octagon time
93.5 min · 10.4 avg
7y 4m
Career length
10y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Santos
Yusuff
19W–4L · 82.6%
Overall
153W–47L · 76.5%
19W–4L · 82.6%
Wins
91W–29L · 75.8%
0W–0L
Losses
62W–18L · 77.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Santos
Yusuff
71W–53L · 57.3%
Overall
37W–10L · 78.7%
65W–52L · 55.6%
Wins
32W–9L · 78.0%
6W–1L · 85.7%
Losses
5W–1L · 83.3%
Distance striking
Santos
Yusuff
4.92
Landed / min
6.75
44.2%
Accuracy
45.0%
70.4%
Defense
58.4%
0.70
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.48
79.5%
Time at distance
61.5%
Grappling & control
Santos
Yusuff
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.32
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
22.2%
40.0%
Takedown defense
55.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.48
1.6%
Control share
56.2%
Strike target map
Santos
  • Head49%(44)div 63%
  • Body26%(23)div 21%
  • Legs25%(22)div 16%
Yusuff
  • Head59%(299)div 63%
  • Body18%(89)div 21%
  • Legs23%(115)div 16%

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

Mairon Santos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Sodiq Yusuff
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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