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UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Munoz
Nicholas Musoke
Nicholas Musoke
10-2 · SWE
VS
Alessio Sakara
Alessio Sakara
15-10 · ITA
October 26, 2013 · Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Nicholas Musoke def. Alessio Sakara by SUB (Armbar), R1 3:07
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 3:07
Musoke12/241/101:46
Sakara20/271/100:47
Total
Musoke12/241/101:46
Sakara20/271/100:47

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
MusokeWin probabilitySakara
69.3%30.7%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
30%
Decision
38%
Expected fight time: 8.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Musoke69%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%29%
Submission24%34%
Decision25%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2046)act 12
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.7)act 1
Sakara31%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%41%
Submission6%19%
Decision12%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (2046)act 20
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.1)act 1
Combined totals~71 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R141%
R211%
R310%
Distance38%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Musoke
49.7%-102
Sakara
+10248.8%
Most takedownstie 37.4%
Musoke
35.7%-132
Sakara
+13227.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Musoke
Expected: 35.7
35.5
Over 35.5
42.9%
+133
Under 35.5
57.1%
-133
04590
Sakara
Expected: 35.4
35.5
Over 35.5
42.3%
+136
Under 35.5
57.7%
-136
04589
Takedowns — over/under
Musoke
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
29.2%
+183
Exactly 1
17.5%
push
Under 1
53.3%
-183
035
Sakara
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
39.6%
+152
Under 0.5
60.4%
-152
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 8.7 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
Musoke69.3%37.2%+32.1+165
Sakara30.7%62.8%−32.1-175

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
MusokeSakara
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1521
Pound-for-pound
1501
1521
Divisional
1501
1500
Striking offense
1516
1500
Striking defense
1501
1500
Grappling offense
1512
1500
Grappling defense
1506
Physical
27 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'0"
75"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
3.85
Strike accuracy
47%
Strikes absorbed / min
2.76
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
2.07
Takedown accuracy
77%
Takedown defense
65%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
43%
Win/loss streak
-3
Last-5 win rate
40%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
343
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nicholas Musoke
No prior UFC fights.
Alessio Sakara
  • LPatrick CoteDQ R1
    Close +19011mo before
  • LBrian StannKO/TKO R1
    Close +3401y 6mo before
  • LChris WeidmanU-DEC R3
    Close +1902y 8mo before
  • WJames IrvinKO/TKO R1
    Close -1203y 7mo before
  • WThales LeitesS-DEC R3
    Close +2954y 3mo before
Musoke — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0, 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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (40%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (20%)Decision(50%) 1
Sakara — win / loss by method
Record: 15-10-0, 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
9 wins, 4 losses
W
60% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
13% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
27% of wins
L
30% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
10% of losses
UFC
6win7loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO(57%) 4
0 (0%)Submission(14%) 1
2 (33%)Decision(14%) 1
0 (0%)DQ / other(14%) 1
Non-UFC
9win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (22%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (22%)Decision(67%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Musoke
Sakara
0
UFC fights
14
Octagon time
72.5 min · 5.2 avg
Career length
24y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Musoke
Sakara
Overall
131W–44L · 74.9%
Wins
64W–21L · 75.3%
Losses
67W–23L · 74.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Musoke
Sakara
58W–18L · 76.3%
Overall
24W–17L · 58.5%
42W–14L · 75.0%
Wins
7W–9L · 43.8%
16W–4L · 80.0%
Losses
17W–8L · 68.0%
1 of Sakara's non-UFC opponents have no record in our data, so this is understated. Refresh data to fill them in.
Distance striking
Musoke
Sakara
Landed / min
3.76
Accuracy
37.6%
Defense
70.1%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.83
Time at distance
45.6%
Grappling & control
Musoke
Sakara
Takedowns / 15 min
2.07
Takedown accuracy
76.9%
Takedown defense
64.7%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
Control share
57.5%
Strike target map
Musoke
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.
Sakara
  • Head80%(224)div 63%
  • Body16%(46)div 19%
  • Legs3%(9)div 17%

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

Nicholas Musoke

No UFC fights on record.

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

Alessio Sakara
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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