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UFC 146: Dos Santos vs Mir
VS
Frank Mir
Frank Mir
16-5 · USA
May 26, 2012 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
239.0lb
Weigh-in
261.0lb
Junior Dos Santos def. Frank Mir by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 3:04
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Dos Santos38/580/000:02
Mir9/210/400:09
R2 · 3:04
Dos Santos21/310/010:15
Mir8/160/000:00
Total
Dos Santos59/890/010:17
Mir17/370/400:09

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
Dos SantosWin probabilityMir
51.6%48.4%
KO / TKO
75%
Submission
9%
Decision
16%
Expected fight time: 12.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Dos Santos52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO44%84%
Submission1%2%
Decision7%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes71 (4092)act 59
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.5)act 0
Mir48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO31%65%
Submission8%16%
Decision9%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 17
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.1)act 0
Combined totals~110 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R224%
R316%
R410%
R57%
Distance16%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Dos Santos
74.7%-306
Mir
+30624.5%
Most takedownstie 72.5%
Dos Santos
11.2%+145
Mir
-14516.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Dos Santos
Expected: 70.8
71
Over 71
41.8%
+137
Exactly 71
1.0%
push
Under 71
57.2%
-137
089177
Mir
Expected: 39.5
39.5
Over 39.5
42.5%
+135
Under 39.5
57.5%
-135
05099
Takedowns — over/under
Dos Santos
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
12.7%
Exactly 0
87.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Mir
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
17.7%
+464
Under 0.5
82.3%
-464
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 12.3 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
Dos Santos51.6%81.1%−29.5-475
Mir48.4%18.9%+29.5+420

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
85.5Striking56.3
Dos Santos +29.2
52.9Grappling77.3
Mir +24.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Dos SantosMir
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1638
Pound-for-pound
1626
1638
Divisional
1625
1549
Striking offense
1496
1525
Striking defense
1496
1498
Grappling offense
1552
1535
Grappling defense
1489
Physical
28 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'3"
77"
Reach
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
6.80
Strikes landed / min
2.48
47%
Strike accuracy
50%
2.09
Strikes absorbed / min
3.53
64%
Strike defense
40%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.88
Takedowns / 15 min
3.01
75%
Takedown accuracy
51%
85%
Takedown defense
50%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.2
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
74%
+8
Win/loss streak
+3
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
75%
Finish rate
79%
Recent opp. quality
196
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Junior Dos Santos
  • WCain VelasquezKO/TKO R1
    Close +1156mo before
  • WShane CarwinU-DEC R3
    Close -15511mo before
  • WRoy NelsonU-DEC R3
    Close -3451y 10mo before
  • WGabriel GonzagaKO/TKO R1
    Close -2502y 2mo before
  • WGilbert YvelKO/TKO R1
    Close -3112y 5mo before
Frank Mir
  • WAntonio Rodrigo NogueiraSUB R1
    Close -2206mo before
  • WRoy NelsonU-DEC R3
    Close -1201y before
  • WMirko FilipovicKO/TKO R3
    Close -2251y 8mo before
  • LShane CarwinKO/TKO R1
    Close -1502y 2mo before
  • WCheick KongoSUB R1
    Close -1922y 5mo before
Dos Santos — win / loss by method
Record: 14-1-0

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
11 wins, 0 losses
W
79% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
7% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (25%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (17%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Mir — win / loss by method
Record: 16-5-0

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, 5 losses
W
19% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
19% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
14win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (21%)KO/TKO(100%) 5
8 (57%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (14%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (7%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Non-UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Dos Santos
Mir
8
UFC fights
19
51.3 min · 6.4 avg
Octagon time
94.8 min · 5.0 avg
20y 0m
Career length
25y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Dos Santos
Mir
134W–33L · 80.2%
Overall
213W–55L · 79.5%
134W–33L · 80.2%
Wins
179W–49L · 78.5%
0W–0L
Losses
34W–6L · 85.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Dos Santos
Mir
30W–20L · 60.0%
Overall
4W–1L · 80.0%
26W–18L · 59.1%
Wins
4W–1L · 80.0%
4W–2L · 66.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Dos Santos
Mir
6.28
Landed / min
3.56
44.1%
Accuracy
34.5%
64.3%
Defense
67.4%
2.34
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.95
81.6%
Time at distance
25.8%
Grappling & control
Dos Santos
Mir
0.88
Takedowns / 15 min
3.01
75.0%
Takedown accuracy
51.4%
84.6%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.17
45.9%
Control share
54.7%
Strike target map
Dos Santos
  • Head69%(240)div 67%
  • Body28%(96)div 17%
  • Legs4%(13)div 16%
Mir
  • Head53%(124)div 67%
  • Body31%(74)div 17%
  • Legs16%(37)div 16%

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

Junior Dos Santos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Frank Mir
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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