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Dan Hardy
Dan Hardy
24-10 · GBR
VS
Amir Sadollah
Amir Sadollah
6-3 · USA
September 29, 2012 · Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Welterweight · 3 rounds
169.0lb
Weigh-in
169.0lb
Dan Hardy def. Amir Sadollah by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Hardy23/440/201:02
Sadollah34/650/000:26
R2
Hardy19/532/202:14
Sadollah20/480/000:07
R3
Hardy23/441/303:35
Sadollah7/210/200:13
Total
Hardy65/1413/706:51
Sadollah61/1340/200:46

Scorecards

Hardy vs Sadollah

RdAaron ChatfieldChris WattsMark CollettCommunity
R110-9--9.7-9.3
R210-9--10-9
R310-9--10-9
Total30-2729-2829-2829.7-27.3

Media (8 cards) · avg 29.327.8 · 8 Hardy · 0 Sadollah

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Hardy-Sadollah.

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
HardyWin probabilitySadollah
55.0%45.0%
KO / TKO
37%
Submission
10%
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 Hardy, blue toward Sadollah. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Hardy55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%46%
Submission5%8%
Decision25%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2150)act 65
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.1)act 3
Sadollah45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%26%
Submission6%13%
Decision27%61%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2455)act 61
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 0
Combined totals~81 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R222%
R36%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Hardy
45.2%+118
Sadollah
-11853.5%
Most takedownstie 54.8%
Hardy
28.4%-168
Sadollah
+16816.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hardy
Expected: 38.4
38.5
Over 38.5
42.4%
+136
Under 38.5
57.6%
-136
04997
Sadollah
Expected: 42.1
42
Over 42
41.8%
+135
Exactly 42
1.6%
push
Under 42
56.6%
-135
053106
Takedowns — over/under
Hardy
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
32.6%
+207
Under 0.5
67.4%
-207
035
Sadollah
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
22.0%
+356
Under 0.5
78.0%
-356
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
Hardy55.0%68.4%−13.4-230
Sadollah45.0%31.6%+13.4+210

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
52.8Striking74.1
Sadollah +21.3
29.5Grappling40.5
Sadollah +11.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HardySadollah
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1554
Pound-for-pound
1548
1552
Divisional
1538
1488
Striking offense
1514
1508
Striking defense
1504
1472
Grappling offense
1495
1487
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
30 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'10"
74"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.20
Strikes landed / min
5.08
33%
Strike accuracy
47%
3.35
Strikes absorbed / min
3.40
51%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.41
Takedowns / 15 min
0.74
30%
Takedown accuracy
31%
31%
Takedown defense
62%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
56%
UFC win rate
67%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
20%
Last-5 win rate
60%
40%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
126
Days since last fight
137
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Dan Hardy
  • WDuane LudwigKO/TKO R1
    Close -1304mo before
  • LChris LytleSUB R3
    Close -1041y 2mo before
  • LAnthony JohnsonU-DEC R3
    Close +1631y 6mo before
  • LCarlos ConditKO/TKO R1
    Close -1701y 11mo before
  • LGeorges St-PierreU-DEC R5
    Close +5502y 6mo before
Amir Sadollah
  • WJorge LopezS-DEC R3
    Close -1055mo before
  • LDuane LudwigU-DEC R3
    Close -3951y 2mo before
  • WDaMarques JohnsonKO/TKO R2
    Close -2401y 6mo before
  • WPeter SobottaU-DEC R3
    Close -2651y 11mo before
  • LDong Hyun KimU-DEC R3
    Close +1002y 4mo before
Hardy — win / loss by method
Record: 24-10-0, 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
14 wins, 1 loss
W
58% of wins
L
10% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 4 losses
W
8% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 4 losses
W
33% of wins
L
40% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
10% of losses
UFC
5win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(25%) 1
3 (60%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
19win6loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
12 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (11%)Submission(50%) 3
5 (26%)Decision(33%) 2
0 (0%)DQ / other(17%) 1
Sadollah — win / loss by method
Record: 6-3-0

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
1 win, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
67% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
6win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (67%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Hardy
Sadollah
9
UFC fights
9
108.7 min · 12.1 avg
Octagon time
102.0 min · 11.3 avg
22y 2m
Career length
18y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Hardy
Sadollah
178W–62L · 74.2%
Overall
107W–44L · 70.9%
96W–34L · 73.8%
Wins
70W–33L · 68.0%
82W–28L · 74.5%
Losses
37W–11L · 77.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hardy
Sadollah
195W–89L · 68.7%
Overall
149W–76L · 66.2%
Wins
46W–13L · 78.0%
Losses
Distance striking
Hardy
Sadollah
3.49
Landed / min
8.24
27.4%
Accuracy
42.0%
56.0%
Defense
67.8%
0.41
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
42.6%
Time at distance
41.3%
Grappling & control
Hardy
Sadollah
0.41
Takedowns / 15 min
0.74
30.0%
Takedown accuracy
31.3%
31.0%
Takedown defense
61.5%
0.41
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.44
22.6%
Control share
33.0%
Strike target map
Hardy
  • Head58%(139)div 62%
  • Body20%(48)div 22%
  • Legs22%(52)div 16%
Sadollah
  • Head45%(231)div 62%
  • Body28%(145)div 22%
  • Legs27%(142)div 16%

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

Dan Hardy
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Amir Sadollah
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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