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Amir Sadollah
Amir Sadollah
2-1 · USA
VS
Brad Blackburn
Brad Blackburn
18-9-1 · USA
January 11, 2010 · Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Amir Sadollah def. Brad Blackburn by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sadollah35/711/100:28
Blackburn20/740/000:26
R2
Sadollah30/580/000:00
Blackburn17/680/102:02
R3
Sadollah22/331/104:32
Blackburn0/80/000:00
Total
Sadollah87/1622/205:00
Blackburn37/1500/102:28

Scorecards

Sadollah vs Blackburn

RdCardo UrsoDouglas CrosbyEric ColónCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-99.3-9.7
R310-910-910-910-8.3
Total30-2730-2730-2729.3-27

Media (4 cards) · avg 3027 · 4 Sadollah · 0 Blackburn

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

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 probabilityBlackburn
51.7%48.3%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
29%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 9.8 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 Blackburn. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Sadollah52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%16%
Submission18%33%
Decision26%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2557)act 87
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 2
Blackburn48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%32%
Submission12%25%
Decision21%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2150)act 37
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 0
Combined totals~82 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R135%
R27%
R311%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Sadollah
55.5%-129
Blackburn
+12943.1%
Most takedownstie 47.9%
Sadollah
16.7%+212
Blackburn
-21235.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sadollah
Expected: 43.9
44
Over 44
41.6%
+137
Exactly 44
1.5%
push
Under 44
56.9%
-137
055110
Blackburn
Expected: 38.4
38.5
Over 38.5
42.3%
+137
Under 38.5
57.7%
-137
04896
Takedowns — over/under
Sadollah
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.6%
+323
Under 0.5
76.4%
-323
035
Blackburn
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
41.4%
+141
Under 0.5
58.6%
-141
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 9.8 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
Sadollah51.7%58.8%−7.1-156
Blackburn48.3%41.2%+7.1+134

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
84.0Striking73.1
Sadollah +10.9
36.9Grappling30.0
Sadollah +6.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SadollahBlackburn
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1516
Pound-for-pound
1542
1502
Divisional
1542
1501
Striking offense
1508
1506
Striking defense
1507
1507
Grappling offense
1489
1498
Grappling defense
1526
Physical
29 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'10"
75"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
7.45
Strikes landed / min
5.28
58%
Strike accuracy
36%
3.46
Strikes absorbed / min
2.96
63%
Strike defense
72%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0%
Takedown accuracy
0%
60%
Takedown defense
91%
1.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+3
67%
Last-5 win rate
100%
50%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
51
Days since last fight
205
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Amir Sadollah
  • WPhil BaroniU-DEC R3
    Close -23851d before
  • LJohny HendricksKO/TKO R1
    Close -1095mo before
  • WCB DollawaySUB R1
    Close +1481y 7mo before
Brad Blackburn
  • WEdgar GarciaS-DEC R3
    Close -1357mo before
  • WRyo ChonanU-DEC R3
    1y before
  • WJames GibooKO/TKO R2
    Close -2381y 6mo before
Sadollah — win / loss by method
Record: 2-1-0

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
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Blackburn — win / loss by method
Record: 18-9-1, 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
9 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
22% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
11% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 6 losses
W
28% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (67%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
15win9loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
8 (53%)KO/TKO(22%) 2
4 (27%)Submission(11%) 1
3 (20%)Decision(67%) 6

Profiles

Experience
Sadollah
Blackburn
3
UFC fights
3
18.5 min · 6.2 avg
Octagon time
37.5 min · 12.5 avg
18y 1m
Career length
25y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sadollah
Blackburn
24W–11L · 68.6%
Overall
34W–10L · 77.3%
19W–11L · 63.3%
Wins
34W–10L · 77.3%
5W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sadollah
Blackburn
Overall
118W–56L · 67.8%
Wins
63W–31L · 67.0%
Losses
55W–25L · 68.8%
Distance striking
Sadollah
Blackburn
12.68
Landed / min
5.28
55.2%
Accuracy
33.9%
71.9%
Defense
72.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
2.00
31.5%
Time at distance
85.4%
Grappling & control
Sadollah
Blackburn
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
60.0%
Takedown defense
90.9%
1.62
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.40
54.8%
Control share
87.4%
Strike target map
Sadollah
  • Head39%(54)div 63%
  • Body39%(54)div 21%
  • Legs22%(30)div 16%
Blackburn
  • Head66%(130)div 63%
  • Body13%(25)div 21%
  • Legs22%(43)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.

Brad Blackburn
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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