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Joby Sanchez
Joby Sanchez
6-1 · USA
VS
Tateki Matsuda
Tateki Matsuda
10-6 · JPN
January 18, 2015 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
Joby Sanchez def. Tateki Matsuda by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sanchez15/550/010:44
Matsuda19/430/000:04
R2
Sanchez17/781/100:22
Matsuda23/640/000:00
R3
Sanchez26/781/101:20
Matsuda13/600/100:00
Total
Sanchez58/2112/212:26
Matsuda55/1670/100:04

Scorecards

Sanchez vs Matsuda

RdDouglas CrosbyMike MenaSteve RitaCommunity
R19-1010-910-910-9.1
R29-1010-99-109-10
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total28-2930-2729-2828.9-28.2

Media (11 cards) · avg 2928.2 · 9 Sanchez · 0 Matsuda · 2 draws

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Sanchez-Matsuda.

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
SanchezWin probabilityMatsuda
72.0%28.0%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
15%
Decision
58%
Expected fight time: 11.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Sanchez72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%29%
Submission12%17%
Decision39%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes66 (3886)act 58
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.3)act 2
Matsuda28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%26%
Submission2%8%
Decision19%66%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes57 (3274)act 55
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.1)act 0
Combined totals~123 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R210%
R39%
Distance57%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Sanchez
56.9%-135
Matsuda
+13542.2%
Most takedownstie 16.5%
Sanchez
75.3%-918
Matsuda
+9188.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sanchez
Expected: 66.4
66.5
Over 66.5
42.4%
+136
Under 66.5
57.6%
-136
084167
Matsuda
Expected: 56.7
56.5
Over 56.5
42.8%
+134
Under 56.5
57.2%
-134
071142
Takedowns — over/under
Sanchez
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
51.5%
-106
Under 1.5
48.5%
+106
035
Matsuda
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
27.6%
Exactly 0
72.4%
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 11.1 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
Sanchez72.0%68.4%+3.6-230
Matsuda28.0%31.6%−3.6+210

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
58.7Striking62.8
Matsuda +4.1
9.9Grappling6.9
Sanchez +3.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SanchezMatsuda
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1506
Pound-for-pound
1489
1506
Divisional
1503
1497
Striking offense
1500
1504
Striking defense
1505
1496
Grappling offense
1494
1495
Grappling defense
1497
Physical
23 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'7"
68"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.33
Strikes landed / min
2.73
23%
Strike accuracy
37%
1.47
Strikes absorbed / min
3.00
67%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0%
36%
Takedown defense
25%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
148
Days since last fight
135
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Joby Sanchez
  • LWilson ReisU-DEC R3
    Close +3055mo before
Tateki Matsuda
  • LChris BealU-DEC R3
    Close +4354mo before
Sanchez — win / loss by method
Record: 6-1-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (50%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Matsuda — win / loss by method
Record: 10-6-0

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
40% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 5 losses
W
50% of wins
L
83% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
10win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (10%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (50%)Decision(80%) 4
0 (0%)DQ / other(20%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Sanchez
Matsuda
1
UFC fights
1
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
15y 6m
Career length
18y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sanchez
Matsuda
17W–5L · 77.3%
Overall
9W–0L · 100.0%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
17W–5L · 77.3%
Losses
9W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sanchez
Matsuda
33W–25L · 56.9%
Overall
62W–37L · 62.6%
33W–25L · 56.9%
Wins
30W–24L · 55.6%
0W–0L
Losses
32W–13L · 71.1%
Distance striking
Sanchez
Matsuda
1.92
Landed / min
5.16
20.3%
Accuracy
35.2%
70.5%
Defense
80.5%
1.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
52.0%
Time at distance
47.8%
Grappling & control
Sanchez
Matsuda
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
35.7%
Takedown defense
25.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
3.9%
Control share
25.6%
Strike target map
Sanchez
  • Head80%(16)div 59%
  • Body20%(4)div 24%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
Matsuda
  • Head46%(19)div 59%
  • Body10%(4)div 24%
  • Legs44%(18)div 17%

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

Joby Sanchez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Tateki Matsuda
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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