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Maximo Blanco
Maximo Blanco
8-4-1 · VEN
VS
Sam Sicilia
Sam Sicilia
11-2 · USA
April 13, 2013 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
Maximo Blanco def. Sam Sicilia by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Blanco12/501/100:44
Sicilia6/310/000:00
R2
Blanco18/441/201:00
Sicilia13/371/401:33
R3
Blanco22/510/102:03
Sicilia7/310/300:39
Total
Blanco52/1452/403:47
Sicilia26/991/702:12

Scorecards

Blanco vs Sicilia

RdAdalaide ByrdMark SmithTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R29-109-109-109.5-9.6
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2829-2829-2829.4-27.7

Media (10 cards) · avg 29.527.5 · 10 Blanco · 0 Sicilia

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Blanco-Sicilia.

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
BlancoWin probabilitySicilia
65.9%34.1%
KO / TKO
22%
Submission
10%
Decision
67%
Expected fight time: 12.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Blanco66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%23%
Submission4%6%
Decision47%71%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2866)act 52
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 2
Sicilia34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%20%
Submission6%18%
Decision21%62%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2149)act 26
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 1
Combined totals~88 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R116%
R212%
R35%
Distance67%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Blanco
63.2%-178
Sicilia
+17835.6%
Most takedownstie 46.6%
Blanco
29.4%-123
Sicilia
+12323.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Blanco
Expected: 50.6
50.5
Over 50.5
42.6%
+135
Under 50.5
57.4%
-135
064127
Sicilia
Expected: 37.3
37.5
Over 37.5
42.1%
+137
Under 37.5
57.9%
-137
04794
Takedowns — over/under
Blanco
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
36.8%
+172
Under 0.5
63.2%
-172
035
Sicilia
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
31.4%
+218
Under 0.5
68.6%
-218
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 12.0 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
Blanco65.9%64.9%+1.0-195
Sicilia34.1%35.1%−1.0+180

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
57.6Striking57.3
Blanco +0.3
0.0Grappling47.9
Sicilia +47.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BlancoSicilia
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1495
Pound-for-pound
1526
1495
Divisional
1511
1477
Striking offense
1506
1506
Striking defense
1492
1540
Grappling offense
1494
1557
Grappling defense
1513
Physical
29 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'8"
71"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.20
Strikes landed / min
4.20
23%
Strike accuracy
38%
1.60
Strikes absorbed / min
4.96
82%
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.87
0%
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
67%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
357
Days since last fight
182
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Maximo Blanco
  • LMarcus BrimageS-DEC R3
    Close -2351y before
Sam Sicilia
  • LRony JasonKO/TKO R2
    Close +1906mo before
  • WCristiano MarcelloKO/TKO R2
    Close -19210mo before
Blanco — win / loss by method
Record: 8-4-1, 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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
88% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
25% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
8win3loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
7 (88%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
1 (13%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(33%) 1
Sicilia — win / loss by method
Record: 11-2-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
55% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
36% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (40%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (10%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Blanco
Sicilia
1
UFC fights
2
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
17.1 min · 8.6 avg
17y 11m
Career length
18y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Blanco
Sicilia
4W–1L · 80.0%
Overall
23W–6L · 79.3%
0W–0L
Wins
12W–3L · 80.0%
4W–1L · 80.0%
Losses
11W–3L · 78.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Blanco
Sicilia
133W–74L · 64.3%
Overall
26W–23L · 53.1%
93W–43L · 68.4%
Wins
23W–23L · 50.0%
40W–31L · 56.3%
Losses
3W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Blanco
Sicilia
1.17
Landed / min
3.67
23.0%
Accuracy
33.5%
81.8%
Defense
57.4%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
97.0%
Time at distance
85.7%
Grappling & control
Blanco
Sicilia
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.87
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
50.0%
Control share
88.9%
Strike target map
Blanco
  • Head50%(9)div 63%
  • Body22%(4)div 19%
  • Legs28%(5)div 17%
Sicilia
  • Head71%(51)div 63%
  • Body28%(20)div 19%
  • Legs1%(1)div 17%

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

Maximo Blanco
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Sam Sicilia
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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