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UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs Dos Anjos
Ben Saunders
Ben Saunders
16-6-2 · USA
VS
Chris Heatherly
Chris Heatherly
8-1 · USA
August 23, 2014 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Ben Saunders def. Chris Heatherly by SUB (Omoplata), R1 2:18
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:18
Saunders4/60/000:44
Heatherly4/51/101:14
Total
Saunders4/60/000:44
Heatherly4/51/101:14

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
SaundersWin probabilityHeatherly
44.5%55.5%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
28%
Decision
45%
Expected fight time: 9.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Saunders44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%37%
Submission11%24%
Decision17%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (2660)act 4
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.1)act 0
Heatherly56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%18%
Submission17%31%
Decision28%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2865)act 4
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 1
Combined totals~96 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R137%
R212%
R36%
Distance45%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Saunders
45.6%+117
Heatherly
-11753.2%
Most takedownstie 30.3%
Saunders
49.0%-237
Heatherly
+23720.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Saunders
Expected: 46.3
46.5
Over 46.5
42.2%
+137
Under 46.5
57.8%
-137
058116
Heatherly
Expected: 50.2
50
Over 50
42.1%
+134
Exactly 50
1.3%
push
Under 50
56.6%
-134
063126
Takedowns — over/under
Saunders
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
67.7%
-210
Under 0.5
32.3%
+210
035
Heatherly
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
38.7%
+158
Under 0.5
61.3%
-158
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 9.4 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
Saunders44.5%77.9%−33.4-385
Heatherly55.5%22.1%+33.4+345

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
SaundersHeatherly
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1530
Pound-for-pound
1520
1529
Divisional
1520
Striking offense
Striking defense
1503
Grappling offense
1500
1504
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
31 yrs
Age
26 yrs
6'2"
Height
5'9"
77"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.81
Strikes landed / min
67%
Strike accuracy
2.14
Strikes absorbed / min
50%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.23
Takedowns / 15 min
25%
Takedown accuracy
80%
Takedown defense
1.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
57%
UFC win rate
-2
Win/loss streak
40%
Last-5 win rate
75%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
1477
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ben Saunders
  • LDennis HallmanU-DEC R3
    Close -3004y 1mo before
  • LJon FitchU-DEC R3
    Close +2954y 5mo before
  • WMarcus DavisKO/TKO R1
    Close +2104y 9mo before
  • LMike SwickKO/TKO R2
    Close +1785y 2mo before
  • WBrandon WolffKO/TKO R1
    Close -3515y 8mo before
Chris Heatherly
No prior UFC fights.
Saunders — win / loss by method
Record: 16-6-2

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
9 wins, 3 losses
W
56% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
19% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
4win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
12win3loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (58%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
3 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (17%)Decision(33%) 1
Heatherly — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0, 1 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
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (50%)Submission(100%) 1
3 (38%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Saunders
Heatherly
7
UFC fights
0
66.5 min · 9.5 avg
Octagon time
22y 3m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Saunders
Heatherly
114W–25L · 82.0%
Overall
32W–8L · 80.0%
Wins
82W–17L · 82.8%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Saunders
Heatherly
214W–63L · 77.3%
Overall
65W–48L · 57.5%
153W–51L · 75.0%
Wins
56W–47L · 54.4%
61W–12L · 83.6%
Losses
9W–1L · 90.0%
Distance striking
Saunders
Heatherly
7.99
Landed / min
53.1%
Accuracy
73.2%
Defense
0.45
Knockdowns / 15 min
14.3%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Saunders
Heatherly
0.23
Takedowns / 15 min
25.0%
Takedown accuracy
80.0%
Takedown defense
1.58
Sub attempts / 15 min
25.4%
Control share
Strike target map
Saunders
  • Head52%(98)div 62%
  • Body38%(71)div 22%
  • Legs10%(18)div 16%
Heatherly
  • Head0%(0)div 62%
  • Body0%(0)div 22%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Ben Saunders
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Chris Heatherly

No UFC fights on record.

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