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UFC 166: Velasquez vs Dos Santos 3
Cain Velasquez
Cain Velasquez
12-1 · USA
VS
October 19, 2013 · Houston, Texas, USA
Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
241.0lb
Weigh-in
240.0lb
Cain Velasquez def. Junior Dos Santos by KO/TKO (Punch), R5 3:09
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Velasquez22/331/504:03
Dos Santos10/260/000:00
R2
Velasquez18/320/403:41
Dos Santos7/190/100:01
R3
Velasquez39/640/313:37
Dos Santos8/240/000:00
R4
Velasquez33/540/003:26
Dos Santos15/410/000:00
R5 · 3:09
Velasquez11/181/102:36
Dos Santos6/120/000:01
Total
Velasquez123/2012/13117:23
Dos Santos46/1220/100:02

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
VelasquezWin probabilityDos Santos
64.1%35.9%
KO / TKO
74%
Submission
6%
Decision
20%
Expected fight time: 11.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Velasquez64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO48%74%
Submission3%5%
Decision13%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes68 (3989)act 123
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.2)act 2
Dos Santos36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%73%
Submission3%9%
Decision7%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (2660)act 46
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.3)act 0
Combined totals~114 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R139%
R221%
R310%
R46%
R54%
Distance20%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Velasquez
67.6%-214
Dos Santos
+21431.5%
Most takedownstie 37.7%
Velasquez
55.9%-876
Dos Santos
+8766.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Velasquez
Expected: 68.3
68.5
Over 68.5
42.3%
+137
Under 68.5
57.7%
-137
086171
Dos Santos
Expected: 45.7
45.5
Over 45.5
42.8%
+133
Under 45.5
57.2%
-133
058115
Takedowns — over/under
Velasquez
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
38.2%
+106
Exactly 1
21.4%
push
Under 1
40.3%
-106
035
Dos Santos
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.0%
Exactly 0
88.0%
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 11.1 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
Velasquez64.1%65.5%−1.4-200
Dos Santos35.9%34.5%+1.4+185

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
91.1Striking78.3
Velasquez +12.8
72.0Grappling48.6
Velasquez +23.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
VelasquezDos Santos
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1646
Pound-for-pound
1648
1646
Divisional
1648
1537
Striking offense
1562
1515
Striking defense
1531
1539
Grappling offense
1495
1532
Grappling defense
1552
Physical
31 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'4"
77"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
6.50
Strikes landed / min
5.46
57%
Strike accuracy
49%
1.59
Strikes absorbed / min
2.68
62%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
5.76
Takedowns / 15 min
0.61
46%
Takedown accuracy
67%
75%
Takedown defense
74%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
91%
UFC win rate
91%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
80%
Finish rate
80%
Recent opp. quality
147
Days since last fight
147
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cain Velasquez
  • WAntonio SilvaKO/TKO R1
    Close -7055mo before
  • WJunior Dos SantosU-DEC R5
    Close +17510mo before
  • WAntonio SilvaKO/TKO R1
    Close -4001y 5mo before
  • LJunior Dos SantosKO/TKO R1
    Close -1251y 11mo before
  • WBrock LesnarKO/TKO R1
    Close +1553y before
Junior Dos Santos
  • WMark HuntKO/TKO R3
    Close -4755mo before
  • LCain VelasquezU-DEC R5
    Close -19010mo before
  • WFrank MirKO/TKO R2
    Close -4751y 5mo before
  • WCain VelasquezKO/TKO R1
    Close +1151y 11mo before
  • WShane CarwinU-DEC R3
    Close -1552y 4mo before
Velasquez — win / loss by method
Record: 12-1-0

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
10 wins, 1 loss
W
83% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (80%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Dos Santos — win / loss by method
Record: 16-2-0

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
13 wins, 0 losses
W
81% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
6% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (80%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (20%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (17%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Velasquez
Dos Santos
11
UFC fights
11
70.3 min · 6.4 avg
Octagon time
98.7 min · 9.0 avg
19y 10m
Career length
20y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Velasquez
Dos Santos
165W–29L · 85.1%
Overall
169W–46L · 78.6%
152W–28L · 84.4%
Wins
159W–45L · 77.9%
13W–1L · 92.9%
Losses
10W–1L · 90.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Velasquez
Dos Santos
6W–1L · 85.7%
Overall
30W–20L · 60.0%
6W–1L · 85.7%
Wins
26W–18L · 59.1%
0W–0L
Losses
4W–2L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Velasquez
Dos Santos
6.77
Landed / min
6.13
37.0%
Accuracy
46.7%
69.2%
Defense
66.4%
1.71
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.67
25.6%
Time at distance
70.6%
Grappling & control
Velasquez
Dos Santos
5.76
Takedowns / 15 min
0.61
45.8%
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
75.0%
Takedown defense
74.0%
0.43
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
92.8%
Control share
23.5%
Strike target map
Velasquez
  • Head78%(357)div 66%
  • Body13%(58)div 18%
  • Legs9%(42)div 16%
Dos Santos
  • Head69%(370)div 66%
  • Body28%(150)div 18%
  • Legs4%(19)div 16%

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

Cain Velasquez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Junior Dos Santos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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