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UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Dollaway
Daniel Sarafian
Daniel Sarafian
8-5 · BRA
VS
December 20, 2014 · Barueri, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Daniel Sarafian def. Antonio Dos Santos by KO/TKO (to Finger Injury), R2 1:01
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sarafian19/370/200:19
Dos Santos32/660/011:17
R2 · 1:01
Sarafian5/90/000:00
Dos Santos5/70/000:00
Total
Sarafian24/460/200:19
Dos Santos37/730/011:17

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
SarafianWin probabilityDos Santos
40.6%59.4%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
17%
Decision
55%
Expected fight time: 10.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Sarafian41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%17%
Submission12%28%
Decision22%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes57 (3274)act 24
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.1)act 0
Dos Santos59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%34%
Submission6%10%
Decision33%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes65 (3784)act 37
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Combined totals~122 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R125%
R212%
R37%
Distance56%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Sarafian
43.6%+127
Dos Santos
-12755.5%
Most takedownstie 20.3%
Sarafian
64.9%-440
Dos Santos
+44014.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sarafian
Expected: 57.2
57
Over 57
42.1%
+135
Exactly 57
1.2%
push
Under 57
56.7%
-135
072143
Dos Santos
Expected: 64.9
65
Over 65
41.9%
+136
Exactly 65
1.0%
push
Under 65
57.1%
-136
082163
Takedowns — over/under
Sarafian
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
47.5%
-291
Exactly 1
36.2%
push
Under 1
16.3%
+291
035
Dos Santos
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
36.5%
+174
Under 0.5
63.5%
-174
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 10.8 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
Sarafian40.6%59.8%−19.2-155
Dos Santos59.4%40.2%+19.2+145

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SarafianDos Santos
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1486
Pound-for-pound
1515
1500
Divisional
1515
1495
Striking offense
1500
1501
Striking defense
1500
1520
Grappling offense
1500
1516
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
32 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'10"
73"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.99
Strikes landed / min
45%
Strike accuracy
2.44
Strikes absorbed / min
61%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.43
Takedowns / 15 min
8%
Takedown accuracy
54%
Takedown defense
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
25%
UFC win rate
-2
Win/loss streak
25%
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
189
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Daniel Sarafian
  • LKiichi KunimotoSUB R1
    Close -4506mo before
  • LCezar FerreiraS-DEC R3
    Close +1551y 1mo before
  • WEddie MendezSUB R1
    Close -4401y 6mo before
  • LCB DollawayS-DEC R3
    Close -1401y 11mo before
Antonio Dos Santos
No prior UFC fights.
Sarafian — win / loss by method
Record: 8-5-0

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
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 1 loss
W
88% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
1 win, 3 losses
W
13% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
1win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (100%)Submission(33%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
6 (86%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(50%) 1
Dos Santos — 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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (17%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Sarafian
Dos Santos
4
UFC fights
0
35.2 min · 8.8 avg
Octagon time
20y 0m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Sarafian
Dos Santos
40W–11L · 78.4%
Overall
7W–1L · 87.5%
Wins
33W–10L · 76.7%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sarafian
Dos Santos
76W–39L · 66.1%
Overall
34W–23L · 59.6%
49W–30L · 62.0%
Wins
30W–21L · 58.8%
27W–9L · 75.0%
Losses
4W–2L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Sarafian
Dos Santos
3.97
Landed / min
44.2%
Accuracy
64.5%
Defense
0.43
Knockdowns / 15 min
46.6%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Sarafian
Dos Santos
0.43
Takedowns / 15 min
8.3%
Takedown accuracy
53.8%
Takedown defense
0.85
Sub attempts / 15 min
27.8%
Control share
Strike target map
Sarafian
  • Head64%(45)div 62%
  • Body24%(17)div 19%
  • Legs11%(8)div 18%
Dos Santos
  • Head0%(0)div 62%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Daniel Sarafian
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Antonio Dos Santos

No UFC fights on record.

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