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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs Team Forrest Finale
Diego Sanchez
Diego Sanchez
18-2 · USA
VS
Luigi Fioravanti
Luigi Fioravanti
13-3 · USA
June 21, 2008 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Diego Sanchez def. Luigi Fioravanti by KO/TKO (Flying Knee), R3 4:07
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sanchez11/340/500:05
Fioravanti9/271/100:28
R2
Sanchez20/430/011:22
Fioravanti11/310/200:03
R3 · 4:07
Sanchez20/390/310:24
Fioravanti7/220/000:14
Total
Sanchez51/1160/821:51
Fioravanti27/801/300:45

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 probabilityFioravanti
31.3%68.7%
KO / TKO
19%
Submission
34%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 9.9 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 Fioravanti. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Sanchez31%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%17%
Submission13%41%
Decision13%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1536)act 51
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Fioravanti69%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%20%
Submission21%31%
Decision34%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 27
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.6)act 1
Combined totals~62 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R136%
R23%
R314%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Sanchez
38.7%+154
Fioravanti
-15459.6%
Most takedownstie 57.1%
Sanchez
16.6%+158
Fioravanti
-15826.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sanchez
Expected: 27.5
27.5
Over 27.5
42.5%
+135
Under 27.5
57.5%
-135
03569
Fioravanti
Expected: 34.7
34.5
Over 34.5
42.8%
+134
Under 34.5
57.2%
-134
04487
Takedowns — over/under
Sanchez
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
21.0%
Exactly 0
79.0%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Fioravanti
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
30.7%
+226
Under 0.5
69.3%
-226
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 9.9 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
Sanchez31.3%80.5%−49.2-560
Fioravanti68.7%19.5%+49.2+385

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
69.2Striking68.0
Sanchez +1.2
50.3Grappling58.6
Fioravanti +8.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SanchezFioravanti
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1604
Pound-for-pound
1527
1594
Divisional
1525
1487
Striking offense
1491
1522
Striking defense
1526
1512
Grappling offense
1497
1515
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
26 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'8"
72"
Reach
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.39
Strikes landed / min
2.34
40%
Strike accuracy
43%
1.43
Strikes absorbed / min
2.09
63%
Strike defense
75%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.63
Takedowns / 15 min
3.63
33%
Takedown accuracy
63%
21%
Takedown defense
56%
1.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
78%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
57%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
112
Days since last fight
112
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Diego Sanchez
  • WDavid BielkhedenKO/TKO R1
    Close -5754mo before
  • LJon FitchS-DEC R3
    Close +1059mo before
  • LJosh KoscheckU-DEC R3
    Close -1901y 2mo before
  • WJoe RiggsKO/TKO R1
    Close -5001y 6mo before
  • WKaro ParisyanU-DEC R3
    Close -1031y 10mo before
Luigi Fioravanti
  • WLuke CummoU-DEC R3
    Close +1514mo before
  • LForrest PetzU-DEC R3
    Close -3251y before
  • LJon FitchSUB R2
    1y 4mo before
  • WDave MenneKO/TKO R1
    Close -4501y 6mo before
  • WSolomon HutchersonKO/TKO R1
    opp missedClose -1602y before
Sanchez — win / loss by method
Record: 18-2-0

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
44% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
22% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (43%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO() 0
6 (55%)Submission() 0
1 (9%)Decision() 0
Fioravanti — win / loss by method
Record: 13-3-0

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
62% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
31% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (33%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (60%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (10%)Submission() 0
3 (30%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Sanchez
Fioravanti
9
UFC fights
6
91.2 min · 10.1 avg
Octagon time
62.1 min · 10.3 avg
24y 1m
Career length
22y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sanchez
Fioravanti
129W–40L · 76.3%
Overall
97W–29L · 77.0%
104W–37L · 73.8%
Wins
53W–21L · 71.6%
25W–3L · 89.3%
Losses
44W–8L · 84.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sanchez
Fioravanti
54W–57L · 48.6%
Overall
57W–38L · 60.0%
54W–57L · 48.6%
Wins
57W–38L · 60.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Sanchez
Fioravanti
1.34
Landed / min
2.93
18.3%
Accuracy
35.9%
69.8%
Defense
82.2%
0.33
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.48
39.3%
Time at distance
38.5%
Grappling & control
Sanchez
Fioravanti
2.63
Takedowns / 15 min
3.63
32.7%
Takedown accuracy
62.5%
21.1%
Takedown defense
55.6%
1.32
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
67.0%
Control share
47.2%
Strike target map
Sanchez
  • Head72%(156)div 66%
  • Body25%(55)div 20%
  • Legs3%(7)div 15%
Fioravanti
  • Head50%(73)div 66%
  • Body14%(20)div 20%
  • Legs36%(52)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.

Luigi Fioravanti
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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