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Amir Sadollah
Amir Sadollah
6-4 · USA
September 20, 2014 · Saitama, Japan
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Yoshihiro Akiyama def. Amir Sadollah by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Akiyama8/151/202:51
Sadollah9/250/000:11
R2
Akiyama16/401/302:36
Sadollah24/420/000:01
R3
Akiyama33/640/002:28
Sadollah9/340/000:00
Total
Akiyama57/1192/507:55
Sadollah42/1010/000:12

Scorecards

Akiyama vs Sadollah

RdJunichiro KamijoKon PapaioannouMark CollettCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-8.6
Total30-2730-2730-2729.9-26.7

Media (10 cards) · avg 3026.9 · 10 Akiyama · 0 Sadollah

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Akiyama-Sadollah.

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
AkiyamaWin probabilitySadollah
56.7%43.3%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
17%
Decision
56%
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 Akiyama, blue toward Sadollah. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Akiyama57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%32%
Submission13%22%
Decision26%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2150)act 57
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.3)act 2
Sadollah43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%21%
Submission4%10%
Decision30%69%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2966)act 42
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Combined totals~89 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R213%
R38%
Distance56%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Akiyama
36.4%+171
Sadollah
-17162.4%
Most takedownstie 41.2%
Akiyama
47.5%-421
Sadollah
+42111.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Akiyama
Expected: 38.1
38
Over 38
41.9%
+135
Exactly 38
1.7%
push
Under 38
56.4%
-135
04896
Sadollah
Expected: 50.7
50.5
Over 50.5
42.8%
+134
Under 50.5
57.2%
-134
064127
Takedowns — over/under
Akiyama
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
35.6%
+133
Exactly 1
17.0%
push
Under 1
47.4%
-133
035
Sadollah
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.5%
Exactly 0
81.5%
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 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
Akiyama56.7%59.8%−3.1-155
Sadollah43.3%40.2%+3.1+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
46.8Striking72.6
Sadollah +25.8
65.1Grappling37.5
Akiyama +27.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AkiyamaSadollah
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1496
Pound-for-pound
1532
1521
Divisional
1522
1486
Striking offense
1515
1483
Striking defense
1502
1514
Grappling offense
1491
1521
Grappling defense
1497
Physical
39 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'10"
75"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.70
Strikes landed / min
4.95
33%
Strike accuracy
47%
5.57
Strikes absorbed / min
3.52
55%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.44
Takedowns / 15 min
0.64
71%
Takedown accuracy
28%
89%
Takedown defense
61%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
20%
UFC win rate
60%
-4
Win/loss streak
-1
20%
Last-5 win rate
60%
0%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
938
Days since last fight
721
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Yoshihiro Akiyama
  • LJake ShieldsU-DEC R3
    Close +3152y 7mo before
  • LVitor BelfortKO/TKO R1
    Close +2903y 1mo before
  • LMichael BispingU-DEC R3
    Close +1903y 11mo before
  • LChris LebenSUB R3
    Close -1924y 3mo before
  • WAlan BelcherS-DEC R3
    Close -2455y 2mo before
Amir Sadollah
  • LDan HardyU-DEC R3
    Close +2102y before
  • WJorge LopezS-DEC R3
    Close -1052y 4mo before
  • LDuane LudwigU-DEC R3
    Close -3953y 1mo before
  • WDaMarques JohnsonKO/TKO R2
    Close -2403y 6mo before
  • WPeter SobottaU-DEC R3
    Close -2653y 10mo before
Akiyama — win / loss by method
Record: 13-5-0, 2 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
5 wins, 2 losses
W
38% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 1 loss
W
54% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
8% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
1win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(25%) 1
1 (100%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw2NC
WinsLosses
5 (42%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
7 (58%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Sadollah — win / loss by method
Record: 6-4-0

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, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
67% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
6win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
1 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (67%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Akiyama
Sadollah
5
UFC fights
10
61.5 min · 12.3 avg
Octagon time
117.0 min · 11.7 avg
21y 7m
Career length
18y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Akiyama
Sadollah
98W–30L · 76.6%
Overall
131W–54L · 70.8%
14W–5L · 73.7%
Wins
70W–33L · 68.0%
84W–25L · 77.1%
Losses
61W–21L · 74.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Akiyama
Sadollah
77W–27L · 74.0%
Overall
77W–26L · 74.8%
Wins
0W–1L · 0.0%
Losses
Distance striking
Akiyama
Sadollah
3.57
Landed / min
8.05
31.5%
Accuracy
41.6%
55.9%
Defense
67.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
66.8%
Time at distance
41.3%
Grappling & control
Akiyama
Sadollah
2.44
Takedowns / 15 min
0.64
71.4%
Takedown accuracy
27.8%
89.5%
Takedown defense
60.9%
0.24
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.38
71.9%
Control share
30.1%
Strike target map
Akiyama
  • Head83%(138)div 63%
  • Body7%(12)div 22%
  • Legs10%(16)div 16%
Sadollah
  • Head45%(262)div 63%
  • Body27%(158)div 22%
  • Legs27%(159)div 16%

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

Yoshihiro Akiyama
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Amir Sadollah
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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