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Duane Ludwig
Duane Ludwig
20-11 · USA
VS
Amir Sadollah
Amir Sadollah
5-2 · USA
August 14, 2011 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Duane Ludwig def. Amir Sadollah by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ludwig57/1190/000:56
Sadollah26/830/300:45
R2
Ludwig37/1020/100:20
Sadollah32/780/200:12
R3
Ludwig29/1071/100:21
Sadollah37/950/300:02
Total
Ludwig123/3281/201:37
Sadollah95/2560/800:59

Scorecards

Ludwig vs Sadollah

RdChris LeeOtto TorrieroRick WinterCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R39-109-109-109.6-9.4
Total29-2829-2829-2829.6-27.4

Media (6 cards) · avg 29.527.5 · 6 Ludwig · 0 Sadollah

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Ludwig-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
LudwigWin probabilitySadollah
45.1%54.9%
KO / TKO
42%
Submission
12%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 10.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Ludwig45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%54%
Submission4%9%
Decision17%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 123
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 1
Sadollah55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%32%
Submission8%14%
Decision30%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2762)act 95
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Combined totals~85 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R222%
R36%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Ludwig
38.7%+155
Sadollah
-15560.0%
Most takedownstie 54.7%
Ludwig
22.2%+103
Sadollah
-10323.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ludwig
Expected: 37.7
37.5
Over 37.5
42.9%
+133
Under 37.5
57.1%
-133
04895
Sadollah
Expected: 47.6
47.5
Over 47.5
42.6%
+135
Under 47.5
57.4%
-135
060120
Takedowns — over/under
Ludwig
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
27.2%
+268
Under 0.5
72.8%
-268
035
Sadollah
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
27.9%
+258
Under 0.5
72.1%
-258
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 10.0 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
Ludwig45.1%21.8%+23.3+350
Sadollah54.9%78.2%−23.3-395

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
69.4Striking80.6
Sadollah +11.2
15.0Grappling50.1
Sadollah +35.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LudwigSadollah
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1537
Pound-for-pound
1549
1552
Divisional
1537
1489
Striking offense
1512
1499
Striking defense
1509
1487
Grappling offense
1501
1484
Grappling defense
1505
Physical
33 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'10"
70"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.23
Strikes landed / min
5.38
44%
Strike accuracy
51%
2.70
Strikes absorbed / min
2.67
55%
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.83
0%
Takedown accuracy
80%
54%
Takedown defense
57%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
71%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
33%
Finish rate
40%
Recent opp. quality
274
Days since last fight
141
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Duane Ludwig
  • WNick OsipczakS-DEC R3
    Close +2809mo before
  • LDarren ElkinsKO/TKO R1
    Close -1551y 5mo before
  • LJim MillerSUB R1
    Close +3691y 7mo before
  • WJonathan GouletKO/TKO R1
    Close +1605y 7mo before
  • WGenki SudoU-DEC R3
    Close +1058y 4mo before
Amir Sadollah
  • WDaMarques JohnsonKO/TKO R2
    Close -2405mo before
  • WPeter SobottaU-DEC R3
    Close -2659mo before
  • LDong Hyun KimU-DEC R3
    Close +1001y 3mo before
  • WBrad BlackburnU-DEC R3
    Close -1561y 7mo before
  • WPhil BaroniU-DEC R3
    Close -2381y 9mo before
Ludwig — win / loss by method
Record: 20-11-0

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
14 wins, 5 losses
W
70% of wins
L
45% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 5 losses
W
10% of wins
L
45% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
9% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (67%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
17win9loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (76%)KO/TKO(44%) 4
2 (12%)Submission(44%) 4
2 (12%)Decision(11%) 1
Sadollah — win / loss by method
Record: 5-2-0

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
1 win, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
60% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (60%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Ludwig
Sadollah
5
UFC fights
7
33.4 min · 6.7 avg
Octagon time
72.0 min · 10.3 avg
26y 6m
Career length
18y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ludwig
Sadollah
52W–12L · 81.3%
Overall
76W–31L · 71.0%
27W–9L · 75.0%
Wins
59W–31L · 65.6%
25W–3L · 89.3%
Losses
17W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ludwig
Sadollah
213W–86L · 71.2%
Overall
118W–64L · 64.8%
Wins
95W–22L · 81.2%
Losses
Distance striking
Ludwig
Sadollah
6.03
Landed / min
8.92
35.7%
Accuracy
45.6%
54.1%
Defense
71.8%
0.45
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
42.7%
Time at distance
36.8%
Grappling & control
Ludwig
Sadollah
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.83
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
80.0%
53.8%
Takedown defense
56.5%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.42
33.3%
Control share
36.4%
Strike target map
Ludwig
  • Head47%(66)div 62%
  • Body43%(60)div 22%
  • Legs11%(15)div 16%
Sadollah
  • Head44%(172)div 62%
  • Body29%(112)div 22%
  • Legs27%(103)div 16%

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

Duane Ludwig
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.