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Sean Strickland
Sean Strickland
15-1 · USA
VS
Igor Araujo
Igor Araujo
25-7 · BRA
July 15, 2015 · San Diego, California, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Sean Strickland def. Igor Araujo by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Strickland40/811/112:30
Araujo14/290/000:00
R2
Strickland13/301/102:27
Araujo9/150/200:18
R3
Strickland18/581/100:32
Araujo16/380/100:00
Total
Strickland71/1693/315:29
Araujo39/820/300:18

Scorecards

Strickland vs Araujo

RdMark SmithMichael BellWade VierraCommunity
R110-810-810-910-8.1
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2630-2630-2730-26.1

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.926.4 · 14 Strickland · 0 Araujo

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Strickland-Araujo.

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
StricklandWin probabilityAraujo
91.7%8.3%
KO / TKO
40%
Submission
19%
Decision
41%
Expected fight time: 11.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Strickland92%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO38%42%
Submission16%17%
Decision38%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes69 (4090)act 71
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 3
Araujo8%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO1%19%
Submission3%35%
Decision4%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 39
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.1)act 0
Combined totals~113 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R121%
R29%
R329%
Distance41%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Strickland
70.6%-248
Araujo
+24828.5%
Most takedownstie 57.9%
Strickland
21.8%-107
Araujo
+10720.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Strickland
Expected: 69.4
69.5
Over 69.5
42.4%
+136
Under 69.5
57.6%
-136
087174
Araujo
Expected: 43.1
43
Over 43
41.9%
+135
Exactly 43
1.5%
push
Under 43
56.5%
-135
054108
Takedowns — over/under
Strickland
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
25.9%
+286
Under 0.5
74.1%
-286
035
Araujo
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
25.2%
Exactly 0
74.8%
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 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
Strickland91.7%79.7%+12.0-470
Araujo8.3%20.3%−12.0+375

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
63.5Striking51.3
Strickland +12.2
51.0Grappling33.8
Strickland +17.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
StricklandAraujo
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1564
Pound-for-pound
1554
1535
Divisional
1553
1497
Striking offense
1475
1507
Striking defense
1504
1500
Grappling offense
1535
1512
Grappling defense
1522
Physical
24 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'1"
76"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.24
Strikes landed / min
1.09
31%
Strike accuracy
38%
2.84
Strikes absorbed / min
2.11
73%
Strike defense
39%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.74
Takedowns / 15 min
1.20
44%
Takedown accuracy
19%
60%
Takedown defense
33%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
67%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
67%
Last-5 win rate
67%
50%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
143
Days since last fight
305
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sean Strickland
  • LSantiago PonzinibbioU-DEC R3
    Close -2005mo before
  • WLuke BarnattS-DEC R3
    Close +1451y 1mo before
  • WRobert McDanielSUB R1
    Close -1551y 4mo before
Igor Araujo
  • LGeorge SullivanKO/TKO R2
    Close -13010mo before
  • WDanny MitchellU-DEC R3
    Close -2651y 4mo before
  • WIldemar AlcantaraU-DEC R3
    Close +3151y 9mo before
Strickland — 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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
47% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
27% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
13win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (54%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (23%)Submission() 0
3 (23%)Decision() 0
Araujo — win / loss by method
Record: 25-7-0, 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
1 win, 3 losses
W
4% of wins
L
43% of losses
Submission
17 wins, 1 loss
W
68% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 3 losses
W
28% of wins
L
43% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
23win6loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (4%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
17 (74%)Submission(17%) 1
5 (22%)Decision(50%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Strickland
Araujo
3
UFC fights
3
34.5 min · 11.5 avg
Octagon time
37.5 min · 12.5 avg
18y 4m
Career length
21y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Strickland
Araujo
47W–9L · 83.9%
Overall
48W–12L · 80.0%
28W–7L · 80.0%
Wins
33W–9L · 78.6%
19W–2L · 90.5%
Losses
15W–3L · 83.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Strickland
Araujo
83W–34L · 70.9%
Overall
168W–90L · 65.1%
83W–34L · 70.9%
Wins
107W–62L · 63.3%
0W–0L
Losses
61W–28L · 68.5%
Distance striking
Strickland
Araujo
3.39
Landed / min
2.21
28.4%
Accuracy
30.6%
73.1%
Defense
73.6%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
80.3%
Time at distance
18.1%
Grappling & control
Strickland
Araujo
1.74
Takedowns / 15 min
1.20
44.4%
Takedown accuracy
18.8%
60.0%
Takedown defense
33.3%
0.43
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.80
77.2%
Control share
54.6%
Strike target map
Strickland
  • Head81%(91)div 63%
  • Body4%(5)div 21%
  • Legs14%(16)div 16%
Araujo
  • Head63%(26)div 63%
  • Body22%(9)div 21%
  • Legs15%(6)div 16%

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

Sean Strickland
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Igor Araujo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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