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UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs Henderson 2
Cezar Ferreira
Cezar Ferreira
6-2 · BRA
VS
Daniel Sarafian
Daniel Sarafian
8-3 · BRA
November 9, 2013 · Goiania, Goias, Brazil
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Cezar Ferreira def. Daniel Sarafian by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ferreira10/280/101:21
Sarafian8/200/301:20
R2
Ferreira2/111/103:13
Sarafian10/150/100:26
R3
Ferreira3/82/203:51
Sarafian3/90/100:13
Total
Ferreira15/473/408:25
Sarafian21/440/501:59

Scorecards

Ferreira vs Sarafian

RdDouglas CrosbyMarcos RosalesOtto TorrieroCommunity
R110-109-1010-99.4-9.7
R210-99-1010-99.7-9.3
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2828-2930-2729.1-28

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.227.8 · 13 Ferreira · 0 Sarafian

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Ferreira-Sarafian.

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
FerreiraWin probabilitySarafian
60.5%39.5%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
25%
Decision
52%
Expected fight time: 10.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Ferreira60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%28%
Submission11%19%
Decision32%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2047)act 15
Takedowns2.1 (0.04.9)act 3
Sarafian40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%16%
Submission14%34%
Decision20%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1537)act 21
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.5)act 0
Combined totals~64 sig strikes~2.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R211%
R310%
Distance52%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Ferreira
60.3%-158
Sarafian
+15838.1%
Most takedownstie 22.3%
Ferreira
72.7%-1448
Sarafian
+14485.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ferreira
Expected: 36.0
36
Over 36
41.6%
+136
Exactly 36
1.8%
push
Under 36
56.5%
-136
04691
Sarafian
Expected: 28.2
28
Over 28
41.7%
+134
Exactly 28
2.3%
push
Under 28
56.0%
-134
03671
Takedowns — over/under
Ferreira
Expected: 2.1
2
Over 2
41.0%
+100
Exactly 2
18.0%
push
Under 2
41.0%
-100
047
Sarafian
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
13.8%
Exactly 0
86.2%
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 10.5 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
Ferreira60.5%61.4%−0.9-165
Sarafian39.5%38.6%+0.9+155

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
60.8Striking60.2
Ferreira +0.6
36.9Grappling40.2
Sarafian +3.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FerreiraSarafian
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1534
Pound-for-pound
1515
1534
Divisional
1515
1486
Striking offense
1490
1516
Striking defense
1499
1546
Grappling offense
1549
1562
Grappling defense
1550
Physical
28 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'9"
78"
Reach
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.85
Strikes landed / min
2.65
39%
Strike accuracy
43%
2.41
Strikes absorbed / min
3.81
49%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.87
Takedown accuracy
14%
100%
Takedown defense
67%
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.9
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
50%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
50%
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cezar Ferreira
  • WThiago SantosSUB R1
    Close -4603mo before
  • WSergio MoraesU-DEC R3
    Close -3151y 5mo before
Daniel Sarafian
  • WEddie MendezSUB R1
    Close -4405mo before
  • LCB DollawayS-DEC R3
    Close -14010mo before
Ferreira — win / loss by method
Record: 6-2-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Sarafian — win / loss by method
Record: 8-3-0

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
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
88% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
13% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
6 (86%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Ferreira
Sarafian
2
UFC fights
2
15.8 min · 7.9 avg
Octagon time
17.3 min · 8.7 avg
19y 3m
Career length
20y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ferreira
Sarafian
14W–2L · 87.5%
Overall
19W–5L · 79.2%
14W–2L · 87.5%
Wins
7W–1L · 87.5%
0W–0L
Losses
12W–4L · 75.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ferreira
Sarafian
42W–21L · 66.7%
Overall
76W–39L · 66.1%
33W–19L · 63.5%
Wins
49W–30L · 62.0%
9W–2L · 81.8%
Losses
27W–9L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Ferreira
Sarafian
2.81
Landed / min
3.84
36.5%
Accuracy
41.3%
48.4%
Defense
64.7%
1.90
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.87
85.7%
Time at distance
64.6%
Grappling & control
Ferreira
Sarafian
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.87
Takedown accuracy
14.3%
100.0%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.95
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.87
93.7%
Control share
52.3%
Strike target map
Ferreira
  • Head67%(30)div 63%
  • Body31%(14)div 19%
  • Legs2%(1)div 18%
Sarafian
  • Head67%(31)div 63%
  • Body33%(15)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%

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

Cezar Ferreira
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Daniel Sarafian
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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