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UFC 154: St-Pierre vs Condit
Patrick Cote
Patrick Cote
17-8 · CAN
VS
Alessio Sakara
Alessio Sakara
15-9 · ITA
November 17, 2012 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Patrick Cote def. Alessio Sakara by DQ, R1 1:26
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:26
Cote14/330/000:00
Sakara24/340/010:13
Total
Cote14/330/000:00
Sakara24/340/010:13

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
CoteWin probabilitySakara
49.0%51.0%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
18%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 10.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Cote49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%25%
Submission10%20%
Decision27%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 14
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.3)act 0
Sakara51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%32%
Submission9%17%
Decision26%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2558)act 24
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 0
Combined totals~84 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R125%
R27%
R315%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Cote
42.9%+130
Sakara
-13055.8%
Most takedownstie 47.5%
Cote
7.4%+613
Sakara
-61345.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cote
Expected: 38.9
39
Over 39
41.5%
+137
Exactly 39
1.7%
push
Under 39
56.8%
-137
04998
Sakara
Expected: 44.8
45
Over 45
41.4%
+138
Exactly 45
1.5%
push
Under 45
57.1%
-138
056112
Takedowns — over/under
Cote
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
11.6%
Exactly 0
88.4%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Sakara
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
31.4%
+165
Exactly 1
16.7%
push
Under 1
51.9%
-165
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 10.9 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
Cote49.0%66.3%−17.3-210
Sakara51.0%33.7%+17.3+190

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
61.3Striking69.7
Sakara +8.4
32.2Grappling53.5
Sakara +21.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CoteSakara
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1475
Pound-for-pound
1519
1480
Divisional
1519
1490
Striking offense
1512
1525
Striking defense
1504
1466
Grappling offense
1509
1480
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
32 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'0"
75"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.12
Strikes landed / min
3.59
46%
Strike accuracy
45%
2.45
Strikes absorbed / min
2.62
50%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.46
Takedowns / 15 min
2.11
27%
Takedown accuracy
77%
54%
Takedown defense
65%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
46%
-4
Win/loss streak
-2
20%
Last-5 win rate
60%
50%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
217
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Patrick Cote
  • LCung LeU-DEC R3
    Close -2004mo before
  • LTom LawlorU-DEC R3
    Close -1752y 1mo before
  • LAlan BelcherSUB R2
    Close +1072y 6mo before
  • LAnderson SilvaKO/TKO R3
    Close +4134y 1mo before
  • WRicardo AlmeidaS-DEC R3
    Close +1094y 4mo before
Alessio Sakara
  • LBrian StannKO/TKO R1
    Close +3407mo before
  • LChris WeidmanU-DEC R3
    Close +1901y 9mo before
  • WJames IrvinKO/TKO R1
    Close -1202y 8mo before
  • WThales LeitesS-DEC R3
    Close +2953y 3mo before
  • WJoe VedepoKO/TKO R1
    Close -1364y 2mo before
Cote — win / loss by method
Record: 17-8-0

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
8 wins, 1 loss
W
47% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 3 losses
W
18% of wins
L
38% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 4 losses
W
35% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
4win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(13%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(38%) 3
2 (50%)Decision(50%) 4
Non-UFC
13win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (46%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (23%)Submission() 0
4 (31%)Decision() 0
Sakara — win / loss by method
Record: 15-9-0, 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
44% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
13% of wins
L
22% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
27% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
6win6loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO(67%) 4
0 (0%)Submission(17%) 1
2 (33%)Decision(17%) 1
Non-UFC
9win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (22%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (22%)Decision(67%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Cote
Sakara
12
UFC fights
13
130.4 min · 10.9 avg
Octagon time
71.0 min · 5.5 avg
23y 9m
Career length
24y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cote
Sakara
144W–39L · 78.7%
Overall
114W–36L · 76.0%
34W–9L · 79.1%
Wins
64W–21L · 75.3%
110W–30L · 78.6%
Losses
50W–15L · 76.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cote
Sakara
146W–55L · 72.6%
Overall
24W–17L · 58.5%
146W–55L · 72.6%
Wins
7W–9L · 43.8%
0W–0L
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
Cote
Sakara
3.43
Landed / min
3.75
38.7%
Accuracy
37.8%
59.7%
Defense
70.5%
0.46
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.63
35.7%
Time at distance
45.5%
Grappling & control
Cote
Sakara
0.46
Takedowns / 15 min
2.11
26.7%
Takedown accuracy
76.9%
53.7%
Takedown defense
64.7%
0.23
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
23.6%
Control share
57.2%
Strike target map
Cote
  • Head61%(168)div 63%
  • Body16%(44)div 19%
  • Legs23%(65)div 17%
Sakara
  • Head80%(205)div 63%
  • Body16%(41)div 19%
  • Legs4%(9)div 17%

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

Patrick Cote
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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.