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UFC 163: Aldo vs Jung
Cezar Ferreira
Cezar Ferreira
5-2 · BRA
VS
Thiago Santos
Thiago Santos
8-1 · BRA
August 3, 2013 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Cezar Ferreira def. Thiago Santos by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R1 0:47
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:47
Ferreira3/50/000:07
Santos0/10/100:04
Total
Ferreira3/50/000:07
Santos0/10/100:04

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 probabilitySantos
40.5%59.5%
KO / TKO
18%
Submission
13%
Decision
69%
Expected fight time: 12.6 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 Santos. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Ferreira40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%17%
Submission6%14%
Decision27%69%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 3
Takedowns1.6 (0.04.0)act 0
Santos60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%19%
Submission8%13%
Decision41%68%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2661)act 0
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~82 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R19%
R214%
R38%
Distance69%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Ferreira
36.2%+173
Santos
-17362.5%
Most takedownstie 27.1%
Ferreira
69.2%-1862
Santos
+18623.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ferreira
Expected: 34.9
35
Over 35
41.4%
+137
Exactly 35
1.9%
push
Under 35
56.7%
-137
04488
Santos
Expected: 46.7
46.5
Over 46.5
42.7%
+134
Under 46.5
57.3%
-134
059117
Takedowns — over/under
Ferreira
Expected: 1.6
1.5
Over 1.5
50.8%
-103
Under 1.5
49.2%
+103
035
Santos
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
9.4%
Exactly 0
90.6%
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 12.6 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
Ferreira40.5%80.7%−40.2-460
Santos59.5%19.3%+40.2+410

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
FerreiraSantos
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1518
Pound-for-pound
1520
1518
Divisional
1520
1483
Striking offense
1500
1504
Striking defense
1533
1545
Grappling offense
1480
1560
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
28 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'2"
78"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.80
Strikes landed / min
38%
Strike accuracy
2.53
Strikes absorbed / min
48%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
100%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
406
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Cezar Ferreira
  • WSergio MoraesU-DEC R3
    Close -3151y 1mo before
Thiago Santos
No prior UFC fights.
Ferreira — win / loss by method
Record: 5-2-0

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
60% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Santos — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% 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
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Ferreira
Santos
1
UFC fights
0
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
19y 3m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Ferreira
Santos
6W–1L · 85.7%
Overall
6W–1L · 85.7%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ferreira
Santos
42W–21L · 66.7%
Overall
13W–13L · 50.0%
33W–19L · 63.5%
Wins
10W–11L · 47.6%
9W–2L · 81.8%
Losses
3W–2L · 60.0%
Distance striking
Ferreira
Santos
2.71
Landed / min
35.4%
Accuracy
47.5%
Defense
2.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
86.1%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Ferreira
Santos
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
100.0%
Control share
Strike target map
Ferreira
  • Head64%(27)div 63%
  • Body33%(14)div 19%
  • Legs2%(1)div 17%
Santos
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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.

Thiago Santos

No UFC fights on record.

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