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Leonardo Santos
Leonardo Santos
12-3-1 · BRA
VS
Efrain Escudero
Efrain Escudero
22-8 · USA
September 13, 2014 · Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Leonardo Santos def. Efrain Escudero by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Santos13/221/103:49
Escudero8/170/000:04
R2
Santos8/340/200:02
Escudero30/620/010:46
R3
Santos15/421/103:04
Escudero5/220/000:00
Total
Santos36/982/406:55
Escudero43/1010/010:50

Scorecards

Santos vs Escudero

RdGuilherme BravoOtto TorrieroVinicius LinsCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R29-109-109-108.9-10
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2829-2829-2828.9-28

Media (11 cards) · avg 2928 · 11 Santos · 0 Escudero

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

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
SantosWin probabilityEscudero
31.3%68.7%
KO / TKO
17%
Submission
23%
Decision
60%
Expected fight time: 11.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Santos31%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%17%
Submission8%26%
Decision18%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 36
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.4)act 2
Escudero69%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%17%
Submission15%21%
Decision43%62%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 43
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Combined totals~69 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R27%
R37%
Distance60%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Santos
48.6%+102
Escudero
-10249.8%
Most takedownstie 41.5%
Santos
34.1%-139
Escudero
+13924.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Santos
Expected: 34.1
34
Over 34
41.8%
+135
Exactly 34
1.9%
push
Under 34
56.3%
-135
04386
Escudero
Expected: 34.5
34.5
Over 34.5
42.6%
+135
Under 34.5
57.4%
-135
04487
Takedowns — over/under
Santos
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
43.4%
+130
Under 0.5
56.6%
-130
035
Escudero
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
35.2%
+184
Under 0.5
64.8%
-184
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 11.0 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
Santos31.3%66.3%−35.0-210
Escudero68.7%33.7%+35.0+190

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
60.3Striking64.7
Escudero +4.4
37.6Grappling63.6
Escudero +26.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SantosEscudero
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1541
Pound-for-pound
1514
1526
Divisional
1514
1484
Striking offense
1484
1504
Striking defense
1525
1551
Grappling offense
1494
1538
Grappling defense
1504
Physical
34 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'9"
75"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.94
Strikes landed / min
2.31
40%
Strike accuracy
36%
2.91
Strikes absorbed / min
2.09
60%
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.61
Takedowns / 15 min
1.36
8%
Takedown accuracy
50%
83%
Takedown defense
69%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.2
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
43%
0
Win/loss streak
-3
50%
Last-5 win rate
20%
100%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
174
Days since last fight
875
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Leonardo Santos
  • DNorman ParkeM-DEC R3
    Close +2606mo before
  • WWilliam MacarioSUB R2
    Close -1701y 3mo before
Efrain Escudero
  • LMac DanzigU-DEC R3
    Close +1252y 5mo before
  • LJacob VolkmannU-DEC R3
    Close +2452y 8mo before
  • LCharles OliveiraSUB R3
    Close -1554y before
  • WDan LauzonU-DEC R3
    Close -4004y 4mo before
  • LEvan DunhamSUB R3
    Close -2484y 8mo before
Santos — win / loss by method
Record: 12-3-1

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
8% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
67% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (9%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
7 (64%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (18%)Decision(67%) 2
1 (9%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Escudero — win / loss by method
Record: 22-8-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 2 losses
W
55% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 6 losses
W
36% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
3win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 2
2 (67%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
19win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (5%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
12 (63%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (32%)Decision(100%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Santos
Escudero
2
UFC fights
7
24.7 min · 12.4 avg
Octagon time
88.0 min · 12.6 avg
24y 1m
Career length
20y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Santos
Escudero
6W–0L · 100.0%
Overall
87W–17L · 83.7%
6W–0L · 100.0%
Wins
32W–6L · 84.2%
0W–0L
Losses
55W–11L · 83.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Santos
Escudero
125W–61L · 67.2%
Overall
168W–65L · 72.1%
96W–54L · 64.0%
Wins
93W–34L · 73.2%
29W–7L · 80.6%
Losses
75W–31L · 70.8%
Distance striking
Santos
Escudero
4.50
Landed / min
3.24
38.7%
Accuracy
29.7%
72.8%
Defense
70.6%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.51
36.8%
Time at distance
44.2%
Grappling & control
Santos
Escudero
0.61
Takedowns / 15 min
1.36
8.3%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
83.3%
Takedown defense
69.0%
0.61
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.19
10.1%
Control share
44.5%
Strike target map
Santos
  • Head63%(30)div 63%
  • Body23%(11)div 20%
  • Legs15%(7)div 17%
Escudero
  • Head57%(116)div 63%
  • Body14%(28)div 20%
  • Legs29%(59)div 17%

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

Leonardo Santos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Efrain Escudero
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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