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UFC 132: Cruz vs Faber
Rafael Dos Anjos
Rafael Dos Anjos
14-5 · BRA
VS
July 2, 2011 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Rafael Dos Anjos def. George Sotiropoulos by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 0:59
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:59
Dos Anjos2/100/010:03
Sotiropoulos2/240/000:00
Total
Dos Anjos2/100/010:03
Sotiropoulos2/240/000:00

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 AnjosWin probabilitySotiropoulos
70.7%29.3%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
52%
Decision
24%
Expected fight time: 6.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Dos Anjos71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%24%
Submission36%51%
Decision18%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 2
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 0
Sotiropoulos29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%25%
Submission16%55%
Decision6%20%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1332)act 2
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Combined totals~54 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R161%
R27%
R39%
Distance23%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Dos Anjos
56.2%-134
Sotiropoulos
+13441.8%
Most takedownstie 47.9%
Dos Anjos
26.6%-104
Sotiropoulos
+10425.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Dos Anjos
Expected: 29.1
29
Over 29
41.6%
+135
Exactly 29
2.3%
push
Under 29
56.1%
-135
03773
Sotiropoulos
Expected: 24.8
25
Over 25
40.8%
+139
Exactly 25
2.6%
push
Under 25
56.6%
-139
03263
Takedowns — over/under
Dos Anjos
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
34.5%
+190
Under 0.5
65.5%
-190
035
Sotiropoulos
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
34.0%
+194
Under 0.5
66.0%
-194
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 6.7 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 Anjos70.7%33.2%+37.5+195
Sotiropoulos29.3%66.8%−37.5-215

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
62.9Striking62.0
Dos Anjos +0.8
72.0Grappling68.6
Dos Anjos +3.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Dos AnjosSotiropoulos
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1532
Pound-for-pound
1600
1532
Divisional
1577
1478
Striking offense
1503
1508
Striking defense
1518
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
26 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'10"
70"
Reach
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.22
Strikes landed / min
2.49
32%
Strike accuracy
27%
2.14
Strikes absorbed / min
2.15
72%
Strike defense
71%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.73
Takedowns / 15 min
2.87
41%
Takedown accuracy
37%
73%
Takedown defense
45%
1.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.3
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
88%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
33%
Finish rate
71%
Recent opp. quality
329
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rafael Dos Anjos
  • LClay GuidaSUB R3
    Close -12611mo before
  • WTerry EtimSUB R2
    Close +1251y 3mo before
  • WKyle BradleyU-DEC R3
    Close -3831y 6mo before
  • WRob EmersonU-DEC R3
    Close -1401y 9mo before
  • LTyson GriffinU-DEC R3
    Close +3952y 3mo before
George Sotiropoulos
  • LDennis SiverU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -3604mo before
  • WJoe LauzonSUB R2
    Close -2257mo before
  • WKurt PellegrinoU-DEC R3
    Close -1581y before
  • WJoe StevensonU-DEC R3
    Close +2111y 4mo before
  • WJason DentSUB R2
    Close -6731y 7mo before
Dos Anjos — win / loss by method
Record: 14-5-0

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
1 win, 1 loss
W
7% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 3 losses
W
43% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (33%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (67%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (9%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (55%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (36%)Decision(100%) 2
Sotiropoulos — win / loss by method
Record: 14-3-0

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, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
36% of wins
L
67% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (57%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (57%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (43%)Decision(50%) 1
0 (0%)DQ / other(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Dos Anjos
Sotiropoulos
6
UFC fights
8
77.0 min · 12.8 avg
Octagon time
78.3 min · 9.8 avg
21y 10m
Career length
21y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Dos Anjos
Sotiropoulos
90W–31L · 74.4%
Overall
120W–41L · 74.5%
37W–15L · 71.2%
Wins
103W–34L · 75.2%
53W–16L · 76.8%
Losses
17W–7L · 70.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Dos Anjos
Sotiropoulos
49W–32L · 60.5%
Overall
49W–26L · 65.3%
47W–29L · 61.8%
Wins
32W–22L · 59.3%
2W–3L · 40.0%
Losses
17W–4L · 81.0%
Distance striking
Dos Anjos
Sotiropoulos
2.70
Landed / min
3.72
25.1%
Accuracy
21.9%
76.3%
Defense
73.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.19
50.0%
Time at distance
46.0%
Grappling & control
Dos Anjos
Sotiropoulos
2.73
Takedowns / 15 min
2.87
41.2%
Takedown accuracy
36.6%
72.7%
Takedown defense
45.5%
1.56
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.30
66.9%
Control share
74.3%
Strike target map
Dos Anjos
  • Head63%(107)div 65%
  • Body8%(14)div 18%
  • Legs29%(50)div 17%
Sotiropoulos
  • Head85%(166)div 65%
  • Body12%(23)div 18%
  • Legs3%(6)div 17%

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

Rafael Dos Anjos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

George Sotiropoulos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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