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UFC 95: Sanchez vs Stevenson
VS
Stefan Struve
Stefan Struve
16-2 · NLD
February 21, 2009 · London, England, United Kingdom
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
239.0lb
Weigh-in
240.0lb
Junior Dos Santos def. Stefan Struve by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 0:54
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:54
Dos Santos12/180/020:06
Struve0/10/000:00
Total
Dos Santos12/180/020:06
Struve0/10/000:00

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
Dos SantosWin probabilityStruve
43.8%56.2%
KO / TKO
72%
Submission
5%
Decision
23%
Expected fight time: 8.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Dos Santos44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO34%78%
Submission0%1%
Decision10%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes52 (3068)act 12
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Struve56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO38%68%
Submission4%8%
Decision14%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 0
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~91 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R125%
R243%
R39%
Distance23%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Dos Santos
62.9%-175
Struve
+17535.9%
Most takedownstie 71.8%
Dos Santos
21.2%-301
Struve
+3017.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Dos Santos
Expected: 52.3
52.5
Over 52.5
42.3%
+137
Under 52.5
57.7%
-137
066131
Struve
Expected: 38.9
39
Over 39
41.4%
+137
Exactly 39
1.7%
push
Under 39
56.9%
-137
04998
Takedowns — over/under
Dos Santos
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
22.3%
+348
Under 0.5
77.7%
-348
035
Struve
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
8.4%
Exactly 0
91.6%
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 8.4 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
Dos Santos43.8%71.3%−27.5-293
Struve56.2%28.7%+27.5+233

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Dos SantosStruve
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1531
Pound-for-pound
1539
1531
Divisional
1539
1507
Striking offense
1500
1529
Striking defense
1500
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
25 yrs
Age
21 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'11"
77"
Reach
84"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.19
Strikes landed / min
64%
Strike accuracy
4.44
Strikes absorbed / min
0%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Junior Dos Santos
  • WFabricio WerdumKO/TKO R1
    Close +4504mo before
Stefan Struve
No prior UFC fights.
Dos Santos — win / loss by method
Record: 7-1-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
86% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (17%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Struve — win / loss by method
Record: 16-2-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
19% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 1 loss
W
75% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (19%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
12 (75%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (6%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Dos Santos
Struve
1
UFC fights
0
1.4 min · 1.4 avg
Octagon time
20y 0m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Dos Santos
Struve
11W–3L · 78.6%
Overall
11W–3L · 78.6%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Dos Santos
Struve
30W–20L · 60.0%
Overall
72W–63L · 53.3%
26W–18L · 59.1%
Wins
64W–58L · 52.5%
4W–2L · 66.7%
Losses
8W–5L · 61.5%
1 of Struve's non-UFC opponents have no record in our data, so this is understated. Refresh data to fill them in.
Distance striking
Dos Santos
Struve
2.50
Landed / min
42.9%
Accuracy
0.0%
Defense
11.11
Knockdowns / 15 min
88.9%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Dos Santos
Struve
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
100.0%
Control share
Strike target map
Dos Santos
  • Head71%(5)div 65%
  • Body14%(1)div 18%
  • Legs14%(1)div 17%
Struve
  • Head0%(0)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 18%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Junior Dos Santos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Stefan Struve

No UFC fights on record.

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