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UFC 104: Machida vs Shogun
Chael Sonnen
Chael Sonnen
24-10-1 · USA
VS
Yushin Okami
Yushin Okami
23-4 · JPN
October 24, 2009 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Chael Sonnen def. Yushin Okami by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sonnen33/813/402:02
Okami8/360/000:19
R2
Sonnen28/1160/100:39
Okami11/630/000:00
R3
Sonnen30/841/202:28
Okami6/550/000:00
Total
Sonnen91/2814/705:09
Okami25/1540/000:19

Scorecards

Sonnen vs Okami

RdCecil PeoplesNelson HamiltonTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-99.8-9.1
R310-910-910-99.6-9.2
Total30-2730-2730-2729.3-27.4

Media (2 cards) · avg 3027 · 2 Sonnen · 0 Okami

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Sonnen-Okami.

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
SonnenWin probabilityOkami
67.8%32.2%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
20%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 10.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Sonnen68%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%28%
Submission15%21%
Decision34%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1537)act 91
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.0)act 4
Okami32%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%39%
Submission5%17%
Decision14%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1433)act 25
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.6)act 0
Combined totals~54 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R114%
R231%
R36%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Sonnen
53.1%-118
Okami
+11844.9%
Most takedownstie 30.8%
Sonnen
41.6%-151
Okami
+15127.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sonnen
Expected: 28.1
28
Over 28
41.6%
+134
Exactly 28
2.3%
push
Under 28
56.0%
-134
03671
Okami
Expected: 25.7
25.5
Over 25.5
43.0%
+132
Under 25.5
57.0%
-132
03365
Takedowns — over/under
Sonnen
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
35.9%
+120
Exactly 1
21.1%
push
Under 1
43.0%
-120
035
Okami
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
43.3%
+131
Under 0.5
56.7%
-131
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 10.8 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
Sonnen67.8%29.3%+38.5+228
Okami32.2%70.7%−38.5-276

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
70.1Striking70.3
Okami +0.2
58.9Grappling73.8
Okami +14.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SonnenOkami
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1507
Pound-for-pound
1628
1518
Divisional
1625
1492
Striking offense
1500
1502
Striking defense
1542
1533
Grappling offense
1516
1496
Grappling defense
1537
Physical
32 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'2"
73"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
1.92
Strikes landed / min
2.18
47%
Strike accuracy
44%
0.80
Strikes absorbed / min
1.55
56%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.31
Takedowns / 15 min
2.35
46%
Takedown accuracy
59%
58%
Takedown defense
94%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
40%
UFC win rate
88%
+1
Win/loss streak
+3
40%
Last-5 win rate
80%
0%
Finish rate
43%
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
301
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Chael Sonnen
  • WDan MillerU-DEC R3
    Close +1805mo before
  • LDemian MaiaSUB R1
    Close +2308mo before
  • LJeremy HornSUB R2
    Close +2553y 5mo before
  • WTrevor PrangleyU-DEC R3
    Close +1903y 7mo before
  • LRenato SobralSUB R2
    4y 1mo before
Yushin Okami
  • WDean ListerU-DEC R3
    Close -38110mo before
  • WEvan TannerKO/TKO R2
    Close -2081y 8mo before
  • WJason MacDonaldU-DEC R3
    Close -2642y before
  • LRich FranklinU-DEC R3
    Close +1732y 4mo before
  • WMike SwickU-DEC R3
    Close +1052y 7mo before
Sonnen — win / loss by method
Record: 24-10-1

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, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 7 losses
W
8% of wins
L
70% of losses
Decision
14 wins, 1 loss
W
58% of wins
L
10% of losses
UFC
2win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 3
2 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
22win7loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (36%)KO/TKO(29%) 2
2 (9%)Submission(57%) 4
12 (55%)Decision(14%) 1
Okami — win / loss by method
Record: 23-4-0

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
11 wins, 1 loss
W
48% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
4% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 3 losses
W
43% of wins
L
75% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
4% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (57%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
16win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (50%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (6%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (38%)Decision(67%) 2
1 (6%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Sonnen
Okami
5
UFC fights
8
45.2 min · 9.0 avg
Octagon time
108.7 min · 13.6 avg
29y 3m
Career length
23y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sonnen
Okami
135W–24L · 84.9%
Overall
121W–29L · 80.7%
22W–4L · 84.6%
Wins
98W–27L · 78.4%
113W–20L · 85.0%
Losses
23W–2L · 92.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sonnen
Okami
394W–96L · 80.4%
Overall
174W–94L · 64.9%
191W–51L · 78.9%
Wins
129W–83L · 60.8%
203W–45L · 81.9%
Losses
45W–11L · 80.4%
Distance striking
Sonnen
Okami
4.34
Landed / min
2.29
40.4%
Accuracy
29.2%
62.5%
Defense
78.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.28
10.7%
Time at distance
40.6%
Grappling & control
Sonnen
Okami
4.31
Takedowns / 15 min
2.35
46.4%
Takedown accuracy
58.6%
58.3%
Takedown defense
93.8%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.97
89.7%
Control share
78.2%
Strike target map
Sonnen
  • Head72%(63)div 63%
  • Body13%(11)div 20%
  • Legs15%(13)div 17%
Okami
  • Head74%(175)div 63%
  • Body16%(37)div 20%
  • Legs11%(25)div 17%

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

Chael Sonnen
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Yushin Okami
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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