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UFC on FUEL TV: Korean Zombie vs Poirier
Amir Sadollah
Amir Sadollah
5-3 · USA
VS
Jorge Lopez
Jorge Lopez
11-2 · USA
May 15, 2012 · Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Amir Sadollah def. Jorge Lopez by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sadollah9/270/100:51
Lopez20/331/302:08
R2
Sadollah13/270/100:20
Lopez6/102/403:01
R3
Sadollah14/291/100:41
Lopez6/181/703:13
Total
Sadollah36/831/301:52
Lopez32/614/1408:22

Scorecards

Sadollah vs Lopez

RdCardo UrsoJeff BlatnickSal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-109-109-109-10
R210-99-1010-99.5-9.5
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2828-2929-2828.5-28.5

Media (6 cards) · avg 29.327.7 · 6 Sadollah · 0 Lopez

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

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
SadollahWin probabilityLopez
18.6%81.4%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
28%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 9.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Sadollah19%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%17%
Submission7%37%
Decision9%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2661)act 36
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.4)act 1
Lopez81%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%27%
Submission21%26%
Decision38%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2661)act 32
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 4
Combined totals~94 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R135%
R213%
R35%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Sadollah
49.0%+102
Lopez
-10249.8%
Most takedownstie 26.0%
Sadollah
47.6%-180
Lopez
+18026.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sadollah
Expected: 46.7
46.5
Over 46.5
42.8%
+134
Under 46.5
57.2%
-134
059117
Lopez
Expected: 47.1
47
Over 47
41.9%
+135
Exactly 47
1.4%
push
Under 47
56.7%
-135
059118
Takedowns — over/under
Sadollah
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
35.8%
-160
Exactly 1
41.9%
push
Under 1
22.4%
+160
035
Lopez
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
55.0%
-122
Under 0.5
45.0%
+122
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 9.5 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
Sadollah18.6%50.0%−31.4-105
Lopez81.4%50.0%+31.4-105

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
75.5Striking66.2
Sadollah +9.3
37.3Grappling63.5
Lopez +26.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SadollahLopez
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1533
Pound-for-pound
1513
1522
Divisional
1513
1514
Striking offense
1495
1505
Striking defense
1503
1493
Grappling offense
1505
1504
Grappling defense
1499
Physical
31 yrs
Age
23 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'10"
75"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.54
Strikes landed / min
2.80
47%
Strike accuracy
67%
3.62
Strikes absorbed / min
2.73
64%
Strike defense
44%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.69
Takedowns / 15 min
3.00
31%
Takedown accuracy
100%
56%
Takedown defense
85%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
63%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
0%
40%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
275
Days since last fight
241
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Amir Sadollah
  • LDuane LudwigU-DEC R3
    Close -3959mo before
  • WDaMarques JohnsonKO/TKO R2
    Close -2401y 2mo before
  • WPeter SobottaU-DEC R3
    Close -2651y 6mo before
  • LDong Hyun KimU-DEC R3
    Close +1002y before
  • WBrad BlackburnU-DEC R3
    Close -1562y 4mo before
Jorge Lopez
  • LJustin EdwardsU-DEC R3
    Close -3908mo before
Sadollah — win / loss by method
Record: 5-3-0

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
20% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
60% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
5win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (60%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Lopez — 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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
55% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (45%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (55%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Sadollah
Lopez
8
UFC fights
1
87.0 min · 10.9 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
18y 1m
Career length
19y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sadollah
Lopez
96W–42L · 69.6%
Overall
6W–1L · 85.7%
59W–31L · 65.6%
Wins
0W–0L
37W–11L · 77.1%
Losses
6W–1L · 85.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sadollah
Lopez
Overall
93W–55L · 62.8%
Wins
85W–45L · 65.4%
Losses
8W–10L · 44.4%
Distance striking
Sadollah
Lopez
8.51
Landed / min
3.32
42.6%
Accuracy
32.0%
69.1%
Defense
70.6%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
43.8%
Time at distance
16.1%
Grappling & control
Sadollah
Lopez
0.69
Takedowns / 15 min
3.00
30.8%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
56.0%
Takedown defense
84.6%
0.34
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
36.5%
Control share
60.5%
Strike target map
Sadollah
  • Head45%(217)div 63%
  • Body27%(132)div 22%
  • Legs28%(133)div 16%
Lopez
  • Head81%(34)div 63%
  • Body12%(5)div 22%
  • Legs7%(3)div 16%

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

Amir Sadollah
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jorge Lopez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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