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UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs Neer
Alessio Sakara
Alessio Sakara
12-7 · ITA
VS
Joe Vedepo
Joe Vedepo
8-1 · USA
September 17, 2008 · Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Alessio Sakara def. Joe Vedepo by KO/TKO (Kick), R1 1:27
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:27
Sakara7/100/010:00
Vedepo7/90/300:23
Total
Sakara7/100/010:00
Vedepo7/90/300:23

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 probabilityVedepo
44.5%55.5%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
46%
Decision
28%
Expected fight time: 7.3 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 Vedepo. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Sakara45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%31%
Submission17%37%
Decision14%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2354)act 7
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.6)act 0
Vedepo55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%21%
Submission29%53%
Decision14%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1741)act 7
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Combined totals~73 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R152%
R215%
R35%
Distance28%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Sakara
61.8%-168
Vedepo
+16836.8%
Most takedownstie 23.7%
Sakara
59.0%-340
Vedepo
+34017.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sakara
Expected: 41.7
41.5
Over 41.5
42.8%
+134
Under 41.5
57.2%
-134
053105
Vedepo
Expected: 31.6
31.5
Over 31.5
42.8%
+134
Under 31.5
57.2%
-134
04080
Takedowns — over/under
Sakara
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
39.9%
-294
Exactly 1
46.5%
push
Under 1
13.6%
+294
035
Vedepo
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
47.1%
+112
Under 0.5
52.9%
-112
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 7.3 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
Sakara44.5%54.9%−10.4-136
Vedepo55.5%45.1%+10.4+111

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
SakaraVedepo
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1500
Pound-for-pound
1520
1501
Divisional
1520
1504
Striking offense
1482
1493
Striking defense
1500
1522
Grappling offense
1500
1509
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
27 yrs
Age
25 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'0"
72"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.19
Strikes landed / min
49%
Strike accuracy
2.58
Strikes absorbed / min
56%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
4.39
Takedowns / 15 min
77%
Takedown accuracy
73%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
38%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
40%
Last-5 win rate
67%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
200
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alessio Sakara
  • LChris LebenKO/TKO R1
    Close +1287mo before
  • WJames LeeKO/TKO R1
    Close -1458mo before
  • LHouston AlexanderKO/TKO R1
    Close +1351y before
  • WVictor ValimakiKO/TKO R1
    Close -1501y 5mo before
  • LDrew McFedriesKO/TKO R1
    Close -6051y 10mo before
Joe Vedepo
No prior UFC fights.
Sakara — win / loss by method
Record: 12-7-0, 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
7 wins, 3 losses
W
58% of wins
L
43% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
29% of losses
UFC
3win4loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(75%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(25%) 1
1 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (22%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (22%)Decision(67%) 2
Vedepo — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (13%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (13%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Sakara
Vedepo
8
UFC fights
0
34.1 min · 4.3 avg
Octagon time
24y 1m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Sakara
Vedepo
63W–24L · 72.4%
Overall
28W–13L · 68.3%
Wins
35W–11L · 76.1%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sakara
Vedepo
24W–17L · 58.5%
Overall
66W–60L · 52.4%
7W–9L · 43.8%
Wins
63W–60L · 51.2%
17W–8L · 68.0%
Losses
3W–0L · 100.0%
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
Vedepo
5.76
Landed / min
42.3%
Accuracy
68.0%
Defense
0.44
Knockdowns / 15 min
29.5%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Sakara
Vedepo
4.39
Takedowns / 15 min
76.9%
Takedown accuracy
72.7%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
89.4%
Control share
Strike target map
Sakara
  • Head91%(161)div 63%
  • Body8%(15)div 20%
  • Legs1%(1)div 17%
Vedepo
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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.

Joe Vedepo

No UFC fights on record.

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