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UFC 95: Sanchez vs Stevenson
Diego Sanchez
Diego Sanchez
19-2 · USA
VS
Joe Stevenson
Joe Stevenson
29-9 · USA
February 21, 2009 · London, England, United Kingdom
Lightweight · 3 rounds · Main event
156.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Diego Sanchez def. Joe Stevenson by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sanchez36/660/100:01
Stevenson11/540/100:00
R2
Sanchez31/531/100:45
Stevenson9/370/300:15
R3
Sanchez24/740/200:00
Stevenson21/540/000:09
Total
Sanchez91/1931/400:46
Stevenson41/1450/400:24

Scorecards

Sanchez vs Stevenson

RdAndy RobertsChris LeeHoward HughesCommunity
R110-9-10-99.9-9.3
R210-9-10-910-9.1
R310-9-10-99.6-9.4
Total30-2729-2830-2729.5-27.8

Media (5 cards) · avg 29.427.6 · 5 Sanchez · 0 Stevenson

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Sanchez-Stevenson.

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
SanchezWin probabilityStevenson
34.0%66.0%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
34%
Decision
46%
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 Sanchez, blue toward Stevenson. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Sanchez34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%30%
Submission9%25%
Decision15%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1639)act 91
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 1
Stevenson66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%16%
Submission25%38%
Decision31%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 41
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Combined totals~64 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R137%
R24%
R313%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Sanchez
44.0%+124
Stevenson
-12454.3%
Most takedownstie 55.7%
Sanchez
14.2%+212
Stevenson
-21230.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sanchez
Expected: 30.0
30
Over 30
41.4%
+136
Exactly 30
2.2%
push
Under 30
56.4%
-136
03875
Stevenson
Expected: 33.6
33.5
Over 33.5
42.7%
+134
Under 33.5
57.3%
-134
04385
Takedowns — over/under
Sanchez
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.5%
Exactly 0
81.5%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Stevenson
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
34.0%
+194
Under 0.5
66.0%
-194
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
Sanchez34.0%73.8%−39.8-316
Stevenson66.0%26.2%+39.8+271

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
70.1Striking68.0
Sanchez +2.0
47.7Grappling71.2
Stevenson +23.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SanchezStevenson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1617
Pound-for-pound
1585
1542
Divisional
1589
1494
Striking offense
1492
1529
Striking defense
1501
1509
Grappling offense
1531
1513
Grappling defense
1483
Physical
27 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'7"
72"
Reach
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.55
Strikes landed / min
2.02
40%
Strike accuracy
50%
1.49
Strikes absorbed / min
2.23
64%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.28
Takedowns / 15 min
3.05
28%
Takedown accuracy
59%
27%
Takedown defense
21%
1.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.9
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
67%
+2
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
63%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
245
Days since last fight
98
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Diego Sanchez
  • WLuigi FioravantiKO/TKO R3
    Close -5608mo before
  • WDavid BielkhedenKO/TKO R1
    Close -5751y before
  • LJon FitchS-DEC R3
    Close +1051y 5mo before
  • LJosh KoscheckU-DEC R3
    Close -1901y 11mo before
  • WJoe RiggsKO/TKO R1
    Close -5002y 2mo before
Joe Stevenson
  • LKenny FlorianSUB R1
    Close +1783mo before
  • WGleison TibauSUB R2
    Close -2408mo before
  • LBJ PennSUB R2
    Close +2651y 1mo before
  • WKurt PellegrinoU-DEC R3
    Close -3001y 6mo before
  • WMelvin GuillardSUB R1
    Close -1601y 11mo before
Sanchez — win / loss by method
Record: 19-2-0

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
9 wins, 0 losses
W
47% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
32% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
21% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO() 0
6 (55%)Submission() 0
1 (9%)Decision() 0
Stevenson — win / loss by method
Record: 29-9-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
24% of wins
L
11% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 4 losses
W
45% of wins
L
44% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 4 losses
W
31% of wins
L
44% of losses
UFC
6win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (50%)Submission(67%) 2
2 (33%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
23win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (26%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
10 (43%)Submission(33%) 2
7 (30%)Decision(50%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Sanchez
Stevenson
10
UFC fights
9
105.3 min · 10.5 avg
Octagon time
78.6 min · 8.7 avg
24y 1m
Career length
27y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sanchez
Stevenson
142W–43L · 76.8%
Overall
139W–36L · 79.4%
117W–40L · 74.5%
Wins
102W–26L · 79.7%
25W–3L · 89.3%
Losses
37W–10L · 78.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sanchez
Stevenson
54W–57L · 48.6%
Overall
104W–62L · 62.7%
54W–57L · 48.6%
Wins
75W–52L · 59.1%
0W–0L
Losses
29W–10L · 74.4%
Distance striking
Sanchez
Stevenson
1.64
Landed / min
2.67
21.6%
Accuracy
35.0%
70.0%
Defense
69.4%
0.57
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.19
41.6%
Time at distance
26.2%
Grappling & control
Sanchez
Stevenson
2.28
Takedowns / 15 min
3.05
28.1%
Takedown accuracy
59.3%
27.3%
Takedown defense
21.4%
1.28
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.86
67.2%
Control share
48.2%
Strike target map
Sanchez
  • Head73%(197)div 67%
  • Body23%(63)div 18%
  • Legs3%(9)div 15%
Stevenson
  • Head77%(123)div 67%
  • Body15%(24)div 18%
  • Legs8%(12)div 15%

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

Diego Sanchez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Joe Stevenson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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