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Elias Theodorou
Elias Theodorou
9-0 · CAN
VS
Bruno Santos
Bruno Santos
13-1 · BRA
October 4, 2014 · Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Elias Theodorou def. Bruno Santos by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Theodorou14/430/201:41
Santos12/242/200:37
R2
Theodorou15/390/001:07
Santos4/121/301:22
R3
Theodorou14/243/503:45
Santos0/41/100:30
Total
Theodorou43/1063/706:33
Santos16/404/602:29

Scorecards

Theodorou vs Santos

RdDon RobinsonIan BridgemanRobert MacAvoyCommunity
R1---9.4-9.7
R2---9.3-9.8
R3---10-9
Total29-2829-2829-2828.7-28.5

Media (8 cards) · avg 2928 · 8 Theodorou · 0 Santos

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Theodorou-Santos.

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
TheodorouWin probabilitySantos
61.2%38.8%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
24%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 10.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Theodorou61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%29%
Submission16%26%
Decision27%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2967)act 43
Takedowns1.0 (0.02.7)act 3
Santos39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%12%
Submission8%22%
Decision26%66%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 16
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.6)act 4
Combined totals~84 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R211%
R35%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Theodorou
69.0%-231
Santos
+23129.8%
Most takedownstie 21.9%
Theodorou
64.0%-454
Santos
+45414.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Theodorou
Expected: 51.2
51
Over 51
42.1%
+134
Exactly 51
1.3%
push
Under 51
56.5%
-134
065129
Santos
Expected: 32.9
33
Over 33
41.3%
+137
Exactly 33
2.0%
push
Under 33
56.7%
-137
04283
Takedowns — over/under
Theodorou
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
43.1%
-337
Exactly 1
44.1%
push
Under 1
12.8%
+337
035
Santos
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
41.8%
+139
Under 0.5
58.2%
-139
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 10.2 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
Theodorou61.2%74.6%−13.4-340
Santos38.8%25.4%+13.4+280

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
91.7Striking63.2
Theodorou +28.5
62.1Grappling53.6
Theodorou +8.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TheodorouSantos
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1544
Pound-for-pound
1541
1544
Divisional
1541
1507
Striking offense
1488
1502
Striking defense
1505
1505
Grappling offense
1504
1499
Grappling defense
1502
Physical
26 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'9"
75"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
7.54
Strikes landed / min
1.23
71%
Strike accuracy
49%
1.34
Strikes absorbed / min
1.97
58%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.65
Takedowns / 15 min
2.50
100%
Takedown accuracy
28%
50%
Takedown defense
80%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
50%
100%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
171
Days since last fight
91
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Elias Theodorou
  • WSheldon WestcottKO/TKO R2
    Close -1906mo before
Bruno Santos
  • WChris CamozziS-DEC R3
    Close +2203mo before
  • LKrzysztof JotkoU-DEC R3
    Close -23510mo before
Theodorou — win / loss by method
Record: 9-0-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (13%)Submission() 0
3 (38%)Decision() 0
Santos — win / loss by method
Record: 13-1-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
11 wins, 1 loss
W
85% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
12win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (8%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (8%)Submission() 0
10 (83%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Theodorou
Santos
1
UFC fights
2
9.7 min · 9.7 avg
Octagon time
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
15y 1m
Career length
18y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Theodorou
Santos
8W–1L · 88.9%
Overall
32W–7L · 82.1%
8W–1L · 88.9%
Wins
19W–7L · 73.1%
0W–0L
Losses
13W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Theodorou
Santos
36W–11L · 76.6%
Overall
115W–40L · 74.2%
36W–11L · 76.6%
Wins
115W–40L · 74.2%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Theodorou
Santos
12.86
Landed / min
1.67
55.3%
Accuracy
32.7%
68.2%
Defense
63.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
16.9%
Time at distance
31.8%
Grappling & control
Theodorou
Santos
4.65
Takedowns / 15 min
2.50
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
27.8%
50.0%
Takedown defense
80.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.50
54.8%
Control share
77.8%
Strike target map
Theodorou
  • Head78%(57)div 63%
  • Body14%(10)div 19%
  • Legs8%(6)div 18%
Santos
  • Head43%(16)div 63%
  • Body22%(8)div 19%
  • Legs35%(13)div 18%

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

Elias Theodorou
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Bruno Santos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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