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UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs Saint Preux
Frankie Saenz
Frankie Saenz
9-2 · USA
VS
Sirwan Kakai
Sirwan Kakai
12-2 · SWE
August 8, 2015 · Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Frankie Saenz def. Sirwan Kakai by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Saenz26/570/100:05
Kakai19/312/501:00
R2
Saenz30/800/200:11
Kakai24/521/100:36
R3
Saenz24/461/302:25
Kakai12/300/300:18
Total
Saenz80/1831/602:41
Kakai55/1133/901:54

Scorecards

Saenz vs Kakai

RdChris LeeDerek ClearyRichard BertrandCommunity
R110-99-1010-99.4-9.6
R210-99-1010-99.4-9.6
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total30-2728-2930-2728.7-28.3

Media (11 cards) · avg 29.228.1 · 10 Saenz · 0 Kakai · 1 draw

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

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
SaenzWin probabilityKakai
22.2%77.8%
KO / TKO
19%
Submission
36%
Decision
45%
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 Saenz, blue toward Kakai. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Saenz22%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%18%
Submission6%26%
Decision12%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2557)act 80
Takedowns1.0 (0.02.8)act 1
Kakai78%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%20%
Submission30%39%
Decision32%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2967)act 55
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 3
Combined totals~95 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R142%
R28%
R35%
Distance45%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Saenz
42.2%+134
Kakai
-13456.6%
Most takedownstie 21.1%
Saenz
64.8%-459
Kakai
+45914.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Saenz
Expected: 43.8
44
Over 44
41.4%
+138
Exactly 44
1.5%
push
Under 44
57.1%
-138
055110
Kakai
Expected: 51.1
51
Over 51
42.0%
+135
Exactly 51
1.3%
push
Under 51
56.7%
-135
064128
Takedowns — over/under
Saenz
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
44.1%
-378
Exactly 1
44.2%
push
Under 1
11.7%
+378
035
Kakai
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
41.7%
+140
Under 0.5
58.3%
-140
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
Saenz22.2%46.8%−24.6+105
Kakai77.8%53.2%+24.6-125

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
71.3Striking61.8
Saenz +9.5
58.9Grappling47.7
Saenz +11.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SaenzKakai
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1549
Pound-for-pound
1540
1548
Divisional
1541
1476
Striking offense
1499
1506
Striking defense
1500
1554
Grappling offense
1503
1551
Grappling defense
1504
Physical
34 yrs
Age
25 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'5"
66"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.70
Strikes landed / min
3.47
50%
Strike accuracy
36%
1.87
Strikes absorbed / min
3.93
50%
Strike defense
68%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.00
Takedowns / 15 min
5.00
62%
Takedown accuracy
50%
50%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
0%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
167
Days since last fight
42
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Frankie Saenz
  • WIuri AlcantaraU-DEC R3
    Close +7255mo before
  • WNolan TicmanU-DEC R3
    Close -1201y before
Sirwan Kakai
  • WDanny MartinezU-DEC R3
    Close -10542d before
Saenz — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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
33% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
44% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (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
Kakai — win / loss by method
Record: 12-2-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (55%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (9%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Saenz
Kakai
2
UFC fights
1
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
15y 9m
Career length
18y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Saenz
Kakai
35W–6L · 85.4%
Overall
18W–6L · 75.0%
35W–6L · 85.4%
Wins
18W–6L · 75.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Saenz
Kakai
58W–31L · 65.2%
Overall
79W–33L · 70.5%
47W–24L · 66.2%
Wins
71W–31L · 69.6%
11W–7L · 61.1%
Losses
8W–2L · 80.0%
Distance striking
Saenz
Kakai
2.47
Landed / min
3.96
28.4%
Accuracy
27.1%
53.6%
Defense
71.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.00
41.8%
Time at distance
53.9%
Grappling & control
Saenz
Kakai
4.00
Takedowns / 15 min
5.00
61.5%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
50.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
90.5%
Control share
97.9%
Strike target map
Saenz
  • Head42%(47)div 63%
  • Body17%(19)div 21%
  • Legs41%(45)div 16%
Kakai
  • Head92%(48)div 63%
  • Body8%(4)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%

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

Frankie Saenz
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Sirwan Kakai
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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