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The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Finale
Jerrod Sanders
Jerrod Sanders
14-2 · USA
VS
Russell Doane
Russell Doane
14-4 · USA
July 12, 2015 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Jerrod Sanders def. Russell Doane by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sanders3/40/101:48
Doane0/51/202:26
R2
Sanders2/22/603:02
Doane9/130/001:36
R3
Sanders10/161/101:52
Doane4/80/012:19
Total
Sanders15/223/806:42
Doane13/261/216:21

Scorecards

Sanders vs Doane

RdDerek ClearyPatricia Morse JarmanSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.5-9.7
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-99-109-109.8-9.2
Total30-2729-2829-2829.2-28

Media (10 cards) · avg 29.327.9 · 10 Sanders · 0 Doane

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Sanders-Doane.

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
SandersWin probabilityDoane
32.0%68.0%
KO / TKO
20%
Submission
31%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 10.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Sanders32%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%13%
Submission10%32%
Decision18%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1332)act 15
Takedowns2.4 (0.05.3)act 3
Doane68%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%23%
Submission21%31%
Decision31%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1536)act 13
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 1
Combined totals~53 sig strikes~2.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R218%
R314%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Sanders
43.6%+125
Doane
-12554.4%
Most takedownstie 17.4%
Sanders
72.2%-697
Doane
+69710.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sanders
Expected: 24.8
25
Over 25
40.6%
+140
Exactly 25
2.6%
push
Under 25
56.8%
-140
03162
Doane
Expected: 27.9
28
Over 28
41.1%
+137
Exactly 28
2.3%
push
Under 28
56.5%
-137
03570
Takedowns — over/under
Sanders
Expected: 2.4
2.5
Over 2.5
46.4%
+116
Under 2.5
53.6%
-116
048
Doane
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
28.8%
+247
Under 0.5
71.2%
-247
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 10.9 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
Sanders32.0%20.3%+11.7+375
Doane68.0%79.7%−11.7-470

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
54.4Striking65.7
Doane +11.4
0.0Grappling58.4
Doane +58.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SandersDoane
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1523
Pound-for-pound
1539
1541
Divisional
1537
1479
Striking offense
1481
1493
Striking defense
1507
1535
Grappling offense
1514
1534
Grappling defense
1498
Physical
35 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'7"
72"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
0.53
Strikes landed / min
2.03
60%
Strike accuracy
41%
2.65
Strikes absorbed / min
1.78
35%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.38
0%
Takedown accuracy
43%
Takedown defense
63%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
67%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
67%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
281
Days since last fight
302
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jerrod Sanders
  • LYosdenis CedenoKO/TKO R1
    Close -1851y before
Russell Doane
  • LIuri AlcantaraU-DEC R3
    Close +28510mo before
  • WMarcus BrimageS-DEC R3
    Close +1051y before
  • WLeandro IssaSUB R2
    Close +1101y 6mo before
Sanders — win / loss by method
Record: 14-2-0, 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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
43% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
14win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (14%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (43%)Submission(100%) 1
6 (43%)Decision(0%) 0
Doane — win / loss by method
Record: 14-4-0

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, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
36% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
21% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
12win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (33%)Submission(67%) 2
2 (17%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Sanders
Doane
2
UFC fights
3
5.7 min · 2.8 avg
Octagon time
40.0 min · 13.3 avg
16y 4m
Career length
18y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sanders
Doane
9W–3L · 75.0%
Overall
47W–10L · 82.5%
0W–0L
Wins
17W–5L · 77.3%
9W–3L · 75.0%
Losses
30W–5L · 85.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sanders
Doane
79W–56L · 58.5%
Overall
78W–23L · 77.2%
71W–56L · 55.9%
Wins
68W–20L · 77.3%
8W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
10W–3L · 76.9%
Distance striking
Sanders
Doane
1.69
Landed / min
1.73
66.7%
Accuracy
23.0%
0.0%
Defense
65.6%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
20.9%
Time at distance
41.8%
Grappling & control
Sanders
Doane
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.38
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
42.9%
Takedown defense
62.5%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.38
26.3%
Control share
80.8%
Strike target map
Sanders
  • Head33%(1)div 63%
  • Body33%(1)div 21%
  • Legs33%(1)div 16%
Doane
  • Head81%(66)div 63%
  • Body15%(12)div 21%
  • Legs4%(3)div 16%

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

Jerrod Sanders
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Russell Doane
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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