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UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2
Sam Hughes
Sam Hughes
9-6 · USA
VS
Stephanie Luciano
Stephanie Luciano
6-1-1 · BRA
March 15, 2025 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Strawweight · 3 rounds
116.0lb
Weigh-in
116.0lb
Sam Hughes def. Stephanie Luciano by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Hughes35/682/200:47
Luciano42/1040/100:15
R2
Hughes13/291/103:19
Luciano18/440/000:00
R3
Hughes28/550/500:15
Luciano22/1031/101:00
Total
Hughes76/1523/804:21
Luciano82/2511/201:15

Scorecards

Hughes vs Luciano

RdDerek ClearyMichael BellSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-99-109.2-9.8
R210-810-910-910-8.6
R39-109-109-109.1-9.9
Total29-2729-2828-2928.3-28.3

Media (9 cards) · avg 28.828 · 7 Hughes · 0 Luciano · 2 draws

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Hughes-Luciano.

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
HughesWin probabilityLuciano
29.2%70.8%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
18%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 10.5 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Hughes29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%30%
Submission7%24%
Decision13%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (1757)act 76
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 3
Luciano71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%34%
Submission11%15%
Decision36%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes53 (2271)act 82
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.9)act 1
Combined totals~94 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R213%
R312%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Hughes
41.8%+137
Luciano
-13757.2%
Most takedownstie 33.0%
Hughes
29.2%+129
Luciano
-12937.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hughes
Expected: 41.8
42
Over 42
38.9%
+154
Exactly 42
1.2%
push
Under 42
59.9%
-154
053105
Luciano
Expected: 52.6
52.5
Over 52.5
39.9%
+151
Under 52.5
60.1%
-151
066132
Takedowns — over/under
Hughes
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
45.0%
+122
Under 0.5
55.0%
-122
035
Luciano
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
31.1%
+154
Exactly 1
20.9%
push
Under 1
48.0%
-154
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
Hughes29.2%39.7%−10.5+142
Luciano70.8%60.3%+10.5-168

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
64.3Striking74.2
Luciano +9.9
34.9Grappling25.0
Hughes +9.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HughesLuciano
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1512
Pound-for-pound
1530
1512
Divisional
1530
1508
Striking offense
1500
1496
Striking defense
1504
1480
Grappling offense
1499
1506
Grappling defense
1506
Physical
32 yrs
Age
25 yrs
5'5"
Height
5'6"
64"
Reach
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.33
Strikes landed / min
4.80
47%
Strike accuracy
41%
4.46
Strikes absorbed / min
2.73
57%
Strike defense
73%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.85
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
30%
Takedown accuracy
60%
Takedown defense
90%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
44%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
25%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
224
Days since last fight
217
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sam Hughes
  • WViktoriia DudakovaS-DEC R3
    Close +1647mo before
  • LYazmin JaureguiU-DEC R3
    Close +4881y 1mo before
  • WJaqueline AmorimU-DEC R3
    Close +2171y 11mo before
  • LPiera RodriguezU-DEC R3
    Close +1442y 5mo before
  • WElise ReedKO/TKO R3
    Close +1272y 10mo before
Stephanie Luciano
  • WTalita AlencarU-DEC R3
    Close -1607mo before
Hughes — win / loss by method
Record: 9-6-0

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, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 4 losses
W
44% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
4win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (75%)Decision(80%) 4
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (60%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Luciano — win / loss by method
Record: 6-1-1

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (60%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Hughes
Luciano
9
UFC fights
1
123.9 min · 13.8 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
7y 5m
Career length
7y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Hughes
Luciano
68W–12L · 85.0%
Overall
5W–0L · 100.0%
25W–3L · 89.3%
Wins
5W–0L · 100.0%
43W–9L · 82.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hughes
Luciano
11W–3L · 78.6%
Overall
12W–2L · 85.7%
7W–2L · 77.8%
Wins
9W–1L · 90.0%
4W–1L · 80.0%
Losses
3W–1L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Hughes
Luciano
5.81
Landed / min
5.26
41.5%
Accuracy
39.5%
62.3%
Defense
74.5%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.00
56.2%
Time at distance
83.7%
Grappling & control
Hughes
Luciano
0.85
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
30.4%
Takedown accuracy
60.5%
Takedown defense
90.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
70.1%
Control share
64.8%
Strike target map
Hughes
  • Head69%(369)div 61%
  • Body17%(91)div 23%
  • Legs14%(76)div 16%
Luciano
  • Head68%(49)div 61%
  • Body19%(14)div 23%
  • Legs13%(9)div 16%

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

Sam Hughes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Stephanie Luciano
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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