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UFC 101: Declaration
Alessio Sakara
Alessio Sakara
13-7 · ITA
VS
Thales Leites
Thales Leites
14-2 · BRA
August 8, 2009 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.5lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Alessio Sakara def. Thales Leites by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sakara6/280/000:02
Leites2/240/400:09
R2
Sakara12/310/000:24
Leites14/473/502:13
R3
Sakara6/240/000:08
Leites6/311/300:19
Total
Sakara24/830/000:34
Leites22/1024/1202:41

Scorecards

Sakara vs Leites

RdCardo UrsoJeff BlatnickNelson HamiltonCommunity
R19-10--9.7-9.3
R29-10--9-10
R39-10--9.3-9.7
Total27-3029-2829-2828-29

Media (2 cards) · avg 2928.5 · 1 Sakara · 0 Leites · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Sakara-Leites.

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 probabilityLeites
27.0%73.0%
KO / TKO
38%
Submission
16%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 10.5 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 Leites. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Sakara27%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%57%
Submission2%5%
Decision10%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 24
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Leites73%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%32%
Submission15%20%
Decision35%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 22
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.2)act 4
Combined totals~72 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R237%
R34%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Sakara
54.3%-123
Leites
+12344.2%
Most takedownstie 39.7%
Sakara
14.9%+305
Leites
-30545.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sakara
Expected: 37.9
38
Over 38
41.4%
+137
Exactly 38
1.7%
push
Under 38
56.9%
-137
04895
Leites
Expected: 33.9
34
Over 34
41.4%
+137
Exactly 34
1.9%
push
Under 34
56.7%
-137
04385
Takedowns — over/under
Sakara
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
24.4%
+310
Under 0.5
75.6%
-310
035
Leites
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
35.0%
+137
Exactly 1
16.9%
push
Under 1
48.0%
-137
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 10.5 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
Sakara27.0%24.6%+2.4+295
Leites73.0%75.4%−2.4-345

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
75.4Striking51.9
Sakara +23.5
67.9Grappling53.5
Sakara +14.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SakaraLeites
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1517
Pound-for-pound
1579
1517
Divisional
1578
1511
Striking offense
1485
1500
Striking defense
1516
1527
Grappling offense
1513
1510
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
27 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'1"
72"
Reach
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.17
Strikes landed / min
1.79
50%
Strike accuracy
37%
2.67
Strikes absorbed / min
3.14
54%
Strike defense
46%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.22
Takedowns / 15 min
2.09
77%
Takedown accuracy
25%
79%
Takedown defense
29%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.9
Form & résumé
44%
UFC win rate
71%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
75%
Finish rate
60%
Recent opp. quality
325
Days since last fight
112
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alessio Sakara
  • WJoe VedepoKO/TKO R1
    Close -13611mo before
  • LChris LebenKO/TKO R1
    Close +1281y 5mo before
  • WJames LeeKO/TKO R1
    Close -1451y 7mo before
  • LHouston AlexanderKO/TKO R1
    Close +1351y 11mo before
  • WVictor ValimakiKO/TKO R1
    Close -1502y 4mo before
Thales Leites
  • LAnderson SilvaU-DEC R5
    Close +4584mo before
  • WDrew McFedriesSUB R1
    Close -4519mo before
  • WNate MarquardtS-DEC R3
    Close +1931y 2mo before
  • WRyan JensenSUB R1
    missedClose -3151y 11mo before
  • WFloyd SwordSUB R1
    Close -5002y 2mo before
Sakara — win / loss by method
Record: 13-7-0, 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
62% of wins
L
43% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
15% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
23% of wins
L
29% of losses
UFC
4win4loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(75%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(25%) 1
1 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (22%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (22%)Decision(67%) 2
Leites — win / loss by method
Record: 14-2-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
64% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
21% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (40%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO() 0
6 (67%)Submission() 0
1 (11%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Sakara
Leites
9
UFC fights
7
35.6 min · 4.0 avg
Octagon time
78.9 min · 11.3 avg
24y 1m
Career length
22y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sakara
Leites
71W–25L · 74.0%
Overall
96W–21L · 82.1%
36W–14L · 72.0%
Wins
61W–16L · 79.2%
35W–11L · 76.1%
Losses
35W–5L · 87.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sakara
Leites
24W–17L · 58.5%
Overall
82W–57L · 59.0%
7W–9L · 43.8%
Wins
82W–57L · 59.0%
17W–8L · 68.0%
Losses
0W–0L
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
Leites
5.85
Landed / min
1.95
43.1%
Accuracy
27.1%
68.5%
Defense
52.7%
0.84
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.38
29.8%
Time at distance
50.2%
Grappling & control
Sakara
Leites
4.22
Takedowns / 15 min
2.09
76.9%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
78.6%
Takedown defense
28.6%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.90
87.8%
Control share
63.0%
Strike target map
Sakara
  • Head89%(164)div 63%
  • Body10%(18)div 20%
  • Legs1%(2)div 17%
Leites
  • Head73%(103)div 63%
  • Body10%(14)div 20%
  • Legs17%(24)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.

Thales Leites
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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