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UFC 131: Dos Santos vs Carwin
VS
Shane Carwin
Shane Carwin
12-1 · USA
June 11, 2011 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Heavyweight · 3 rounds · Main event
239.0lb
Weigh-in
254.0lb
Junior Dos Santos def. Shane Carwin by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Dos Santos41/740/010:30
Carwin5/230/200:24
R2
Dos Santos24/610/000:00
Carwin10/380/000:00
R3
Dos Santos23/532/200:13
Carwin5/251/100:32
Total
Dos Santos88/1882/210:43
Carwin20/861/300:56

Scorecards

Dos Santos vs Carwin

RdBill MahoodNelson HamiltonSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-810-910-910-8.1
R210-910-910-99.9-8.9
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total30-2630-2730-2729.8-26.1

Media (6 cards) · avg 3026.2 · 6 Dos Santos · 0 Carwin

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Dos Santos-Carwin.

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 probabilityCarwin
45.5%54.5%
KO / TKO
44%
Submission
42%
Decision
14%
Expected fight time: 6.6 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 Carwin. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Dos Santos45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%47%
Submission15%34%
Decision9%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 88
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 2
Carwin55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%41%
Submission27%48%
Decision6%11%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1535)act 20
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.7)act 1
Combined totals~58 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R156%
R214%
R316%
Distance14%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Dos Santos
55.9%-132
Carwin
+13242.2%
Most takedownstie 61.1%
Dos Santos
24.6%-173
Carwin
+17314.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Dos Santos
Expected: 31.1
31
Over 31
41.6%
+135
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
56.3%
-135
03978
Carwin
Expected: 26.7
26.5
Over 26.5
43.0%
+132
Under 26.5
57.0%
-132
03467
Takedowns — over/under
Dos Santos
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
28.1%
+256
Under 0.5
71.9%
-256
035
Carwin
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
18.1%
Exactly 0
81.9%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 6.6 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 Santos45.5%59.8%−14.3-155
Carwin54.5%40.2%+14.3+145

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
82.8Striking89.6
Carwin +6.8
49.5Grappling33.2
Dos Santos +16.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Dos SantosCarwin
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1608
Pound-for-pound
1574
1608
Divisional
1574
1540
Striking offense
1519
1523
Striking defense
1519
1493
Grappling offense
1522
1517
Grappling defense
1501
Physical
27 yrs
Age
36 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'2"
77"
Reach
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
7.18
Strikes landed / min
7.65
47%
Strike accuracy
57%
2.27
Strikes absorbed / min
1.52
59%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.43
Takedowns / 15 min
1.03
50%
Takedown accuracy
25%
89%
Takedown defense
60%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
80%
+6
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
83%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
308
Days since last fight
343
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Junior Dos Santos
  • WRoy NelsonU-DEC R3
    Close -34510mo before
  • WGabriel GonzagaKO/TKO R1
    Close -2501y 3mo before
  • WGilbert YvelKO/TKO R1
    Close -3111y 5mo before
  • WMirko FilipovicKO/TKO R3
    Close -1651y 9mo before
  • WStefan StruveKO/TKO R1
    Close -2932y 4mo before
Shane Carwin
  • LBrock LesnarSUB R2
    Close +13511mo before
  • WFrank MirKO/TKO R1
    Close +1401y 2mo before
  • WGabriel GonzagaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1182y 3mo before
  • WNeil WainKO/TKO R1
    Close -7382y 8mo before
  • WChristian WellischKO/TKO R1
    Close -2333y 1mo before
Dos Santos — win / loss by method
Record: 12-1-0

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
10 wins, 0 losses
W
83% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (17%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Carwin — win / loss by method
Record: 12-1-0

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (50%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Dos Santos
Carwin
6
UFC fights
5
35.3 min · 5.9 avg
Octagon time
14.5 min · 2.9 avg
20y 0m
Career length
20y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Dos Santos
Carwin
113W–32L · 77.9%
Overall
40W–11L · 78.4%
113W–32L · 77.9%
Wins
36W–10L · 78.3%
0W–0L
Losses
4W–1L · 80.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Dos Santos
Carwin
30W–20L · 60.0%
Overall
29W–14L · 67.4%
26W–18L · 59.1%
Wins
29W–14L · 67.4%
4W–2L · 66.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Dos Santos
Carwin
6.94
Landed / min
2.76
44.4%
Accuracy
21.4%
59.3%
Defense
73.0%
2.55
Knockdowns / 15 min
4.13
78.5%
Time at distance
22.4%
Grappling & control
Dos Santos
Carwin
0.43
Takedowns / 15 min
1.03
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
88.9%
Takedown defense
60.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
45.0%
Control share
67.3%
Strike target map
Dos Santos
  • Head64%(161)div 67%
  • Body33%(84)div 17%
  • Legs3%(8)div 16%
Carwin
  • Head81%(90)div 67%
  • Body4%(4)div 17%
  • Legs15%(17)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.

Shane Carwin
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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