The Ultimate Fight Fan
+ Log a bet
UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Dollaway
Leandro Issa
Leandro Issa
12-4 · BRA
VS
Yuta Sasaki
Yuta Sasaki
18-1-2 · JPN
December 20, 2014 · Barueri, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
135.0lb
Leandro Issa def. Yuta Sasaki by SUB (Neck Crank), R2 4:13
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Issa19/241/203:21
Sasaki3/91/100:35
R2 · 4:13
Issa6/131/103:33
Sasaki5/100/100:00
Total
Issa25/372/306:54
Sasaki8/191/200:35

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
IssaWin probabilitySasaki
33.7%66.3%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
31%
Decision
39%
Expected fight time: 9.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Issa34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%31%
Submission12%34%
Decision12%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (1330)act 25
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.5)act 2
Sasaki66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%29%
Submission20%30%
Decision27%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1637)act 8
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 1
Combined totals~52 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R221%
R38%
Distance39%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Issa
39.6%+148
Sasaki
-14858.4%
Most takedownstie 29.3%
Issa
45.8%-184
Sasaki
+18424.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Issa
Expected: 23.4
23.5
Over 23.5
42.2%
+137
Under 23.5
57.8%
-137
03059
Sasaki
Expected: 28.8
29
Over 29
41.0%
+139
Exactly 29
2.3%
push
Under 29
56.8%
-139
03773
Takedowns — over/under
Issa
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
40.5%
-103
Exactly 1
19.9%
push
Under 1
39.5%
+103
035
Sasaki
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
41.5%
+141
Under 0.5
58.5%
-141
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 9.3 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
Issa33.7%21.1%+12.6+350
Sasaki66.3%78.9%−12.6-500

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
59.5Striking88.7
Sasaki +29.2
47.7Grappling25.0
Issa +22.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
IssaSasaki
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1524
Pound-for-pound
1570
1525
Divisional
1570
1483
Striking offense
1488
1504
Striking defense
1505
1554
Grappling offense
1559
1539
Grappling defense
1549
Physical
31 yrs
Age
25 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'10"
69"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.56
Strikes landed / min
4.55
32%
Strike accuracy
63%
3.19
Strikes absorbed / min
0.91
64%
Strike defense
75%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.52
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
22%
Takedown accuracy
0%
Takedown defense
2.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
13.6
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
50%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
167
Days since last fight
119
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Leandro Issa
  • WJumabieke TuerxunSUB R3
    Close -1255mo before
  • LRussell DoaneSUB R2
    Close -12011mo before
Yuta Sasaki
  • WRoland DelormeSUB R1
    Close -1504mo before
Issa — win / loss by method
Record: 12-4-0

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
1 win, 2 losses
W
8% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 2 losses
W
67% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (100%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (9%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
7 (64%)Submission(33%) 1
3 (27%)Decision(0%) 0
Sasaki — win / loss by method
Record: 18-1-2

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, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 1 loss
W
39% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
17win1loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (12%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (47%)Submission(0%) 0
7 (41%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Issa
Sasaki
2
UFC fights
1
23.8 min · 11.9 avg
Octagon time
1.1 min · 1.1 avg
19y 9m
Career length
16y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Issa
Sasaki
28W–4L · 87.5%
Overall
9W–3L · 75.0%
16W–1L · 94.1%
Wins
9W–3L · 75.0%
12W–3L · 80.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Issa
Sasaki
64W–34L · 65.3%
Overall
90W–58L · 60.8%
54W–25L · 68.4%
Wins
81W–52L · 60.9%
10W–9L · 52.6%
Losses
9W–6L · 60.0%
Distance striking
Issa
Sasaki
4.19
Landed / min
8.82
29.7%
Accuracy
62.5%
74.1%
Defense
75.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
54.2%
Time at distance
51.5%
Grappling & control
Issa
Sasaki
2.52
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
22.2%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
Takedown defense
2.52
Sub attempts / 15 min
13.64
48.1%
Control share
100.0%
Strike target map
Issa
  • Head57%(35)div 63%
  • Body8%(5)div 21%
  • Legs34%(21)div 16%
Sasaki
  • Head100%(5)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%

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

Leandro Issa
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Yuta Sasaki
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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