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Alessio Sakara
Alessio Sakara
14-7 · ITA
VS
James Irvin
James Irvin
14-5 · USA
March 21, 2010 · Broomfield, Colorado, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Alessio Sakara def. James Irvin by KO/TKO (to Eye Injury), R1 3:01
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 3:01
Sakara13/290/010:01
Irvin6/160/000:00
Total
Sakara13/290/010:01
Irvin6/160/000:00

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
SakaraWin probabilityIrvin
54.0%46.0%
KO / TKO
36%
Submission
39%
Decision
25%
Expected fight time: 7.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Sakara54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%32%
Submission20%37%
Decision17%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 13
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.1)act 0
Irvin46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%40%
Submission19%42%
Decision8%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1331)act 6
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Combined totals~58 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R147%
R220%
R38%
Distance25%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Sakara
63.4%-182
Irvin
+18234.8%
Most takedownstie 38.4%
Sakara
52.0%-539
Irvin
+5399.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sakara
Expected: 33.4
33.5
Over 33.5
42.2%
+137
Under 33.5
57.8%
-137
04284
Irvin
Expected: 24.2
24
Over 24
41.7%
+133
Exactly 24
2.7%
push
Under 24
55.6%
-133
03161
Takedowns — over/under
Sakara
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
36.7%
+116
Exactly 1
20.5%
push
Under 1
42.8%
-116
035
Irvin
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.9%
Exactly 0
83.1%
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 7.4 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
Sakara54.0%52.2%+1.8-120
Irvin46.0%47.8%−1.8+100

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
74.3Striking50.6
Sakara +23.7
60.1Grappling18.5
Sakara +41.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SakaraIrvin
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1536
Pound-for-pound
1532
1536
Divisional
1526
1506
Striking offense
1498
1507
Striking defense
1492
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
28 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'2"
72"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.11
Strikes landed / min
1.81
46%
Strike accuracy
51%
2.31
Strikes absorbed / min
3.44
62%
Strike defense
31%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.97
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
77%
Takedown accuracy
0%
73%
Takedown defense
38%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
50%
+2
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
60%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
225
Days since last fight
610
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alessio Sakara
  • WThales LeitesS-DEC R3
    Close +2957mo before
  • WJoe VedepoKO/TKO R1
    Close -1361y 6mo before
  • LChris LebenKO/TKO R1
    Close +1282y 1mo before
  • WJames LeeKO/TKO R1
    Close -1452y 2mo before
  • LHouston AlexanderKO/TKO R1
    Close +1352y 6mo before
James Irvin
  • LAnderson SilvaKO/TKO R1
    Close +4131y 8mo before
  • WHouston AlexanderKO/TKO R1
    Close +2332y before
  • WLuiz CaneDQ R1
    Close +1582y 3mo before
  • LThiago SilvaKO/TKO R1
    2y 10mo before
  • WHector RamirezKO/TKO R2
    3y 4mo before
Sakara — win / loss by method
Record: 14-7-0, 1 NC

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, 3 losses
W
57% of wins
L
43% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
14% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
29% of wins
L
29% of losses
UFC
5win4loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(75%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(25%) 1
2 (40%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (22%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (22%)Decision(67%) 2
Irvin — win / loss by method
Record: 14-5-0, 1 NC

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, 3 losses
W
71% of wins
L
60% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
7% of wins
L
20% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(75%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(25%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (25%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
7 (70%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (10%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Sakara
Irvin
10
UFC fights
8
50.6 min · 5.1 avg
Octagon time
23.3 min · 2.9 avg
24y 1m
Career length
23y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sakara
Irvin
85W–27L · 75.9%
Overall
80W–13L · 86.0%
50W–16L · 75.8%
Wins
32W–4L · 88.9%
35W–11L · 76.1%
Losses
48W–9L · 84.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sakara
Irvin
24W–17L · 58.5%
Overall
36W–21L · 63.2%
7W–9L · 43.8%
Wins
29W–19L · 60.4%
17W–8L · 68.0%
Losses
7W–2L · 77.8%
1 of Sakara's non-UFC opponents have no record in our data, so this is understated. Refresh data to fill them in.
Distance striking
Sakara
Irvin
3.77
Landed / min
4.28
37.8%
Accuracy
43.1%
73.9%
Defense
44.3%
0.59
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.93
44.0%
Time at distance
28.1%
Grappling & control
Sakara
Irvin
2.97
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
76.9%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
73.1%
Takedown defense
37.5%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.64
78.6%
Control share
3.9%
Strike target map
Sakara
  • Head88%(182)div 63%
  • Body12%(24)div 20%
  • Legs1%(2)div 17%
Irvin
  • Head38%(16)div 63%
  • Body19%(8)div 20%
  • Legs43%(18)div 17%

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

Alessio Sakara
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

James Irvin
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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