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UFC Fight Night - Fight for the Troops
Ben Saunders
Ben Saunders
6-0-2 · USA
VS
Brandon Wolff
Brandon Wolff
7-2 · USA
December 10, 2008 · Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Ben Saunders def. Brandon Wolff by KO/TKO (Knees), R1 1:49
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:49
Saunders42/510/010:48
Wolff0/10/000:06
Total
Saunders42/510/010:48
Wolff0/10/000:06

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
SaundersWin probabilityWolff
83.8%16.2%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
38%
Decision
39%
Expected fight time: 8.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Saunders84%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%22%
Submission34%40%
Decision32%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes62 (3581)act 42
Takedowns0.6 (0.01.9)act 0
Wolff16%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%27%
Submission4%25%
Decision8%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2252)act 0
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 0
Combined totals~102 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R145%
R27%
R39%
Distance39%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Saunders
69.4%-235
Wolff
+23529.6%
Most takedownstie 26.9%
Saunders
67.5%-1195
Wolff
+11955.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Saunders
Expected: 62.0
62
Over 62
42.0%
+136
Exactly 62
1.1%
push
Under 62
56.9%
-136
078156
Wolff
Expected: 39.6
39.5
Over 39.5
42.7%
+134
Under 39.5
57.3%
-134
05099
Takedowns — over/under
Saunders
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
75.0%
-300
Under 0.5
25.0%
+300
035
Wolff
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
14.3%
Exactly 0
85.7%
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 8.6 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
Saunders83.8%76.6%+7.2-351
Wolff16.2%23.4%−7.2+321

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
SaundersWolff
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1542
Pound-for-pound
1512
1542
Divisional
1512
1502
Striking offense
1500
1514
Striking defense
1500
1511
Grappling offense
1500
1504
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
25 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'2"
Height
5'9"
77"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.63
Strikes landed / min
71%
Strike accuracy
1.07
Strikes absorbed / min
66%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.67
Takedowns / 15 min
100%
Takedown accuracy
95%
Takedown defense
4.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
+2
Win/loss streak
100%
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
123
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ben Saunders
  • WRyan ThomasSUB R2
    Close -2514mo before
  • WDan BarreraU-DEC R3
    Close -2311y before
Brandon Wolff
No prior UFC fights.
Saunders — win / loss by method
Record: 6-0-2

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
33% of wins
L
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
4win0loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (50%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Wolff — win / loss by method
Record: 7-2-0

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
43% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
57% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (57%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Saunders
Wolff
2
UFC fights
0
22.5 min · 11.2 avg
Octagon time
22y 3m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Saunders
Wolff
9W–1L · 90.0%
Overall
9W–1L · 90.0%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Saunders
Wolff
12W–6L · 66.7%
Overall
25W–6L · 80.6%
12W–6L · 66.7%
Wins
23W–5L · 82.1%
0W–0L
Losses
2W–1L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Saunders
Wolff
9.04
Landed / min
63.2%
Accuracy
79.1%
Defense
0.67
Knockdowns / 15 min
17.7%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Saunders
Wolff
0.67
Takedowns / 15 min
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
94.7%
Takedown defense
4.01
Sub attempts / 15 min
57.0%
Control share
Strike target map
Saunders
  • Head54%(32)div 65%
  • Body39%(23)div 20%
  • Legs7%(4)div 15%
Wolff
  • Head0%(0)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 15%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Ben Saunders
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Brandon Wolff

No UFC fights on record.

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