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UFC 80: Rapid Fire
Alessio Sakara
Alessio Sakara
11-6 · ITA
VS
James Lee
James Lee
14-2 · USA
January 19, 2008 · Newcastle, England, United Kingdom
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
206.0lb
Weigh-in
206.0lb
Alessio Sakara def. James Lee by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 1:30
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:30
Sakara8/100/000:08
Lee0/12/400:43
Total
Sakara8/100/000:08
Lee0/12/400:43

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 probabilityLee
39.8%60.2%
KO / TKO
42%
Submission
47%
Decision
10%
Expected fight time: 4.9 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 Lee. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Sakara40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%50%
Submission13%32%
Decision7%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes20 (1026)act 8
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Lee60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%38%
Submission34%57%
Decision3%5%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes18 (1024)act 0
Takedowns1.5 (0.23.4)act 2
Combined totals~38 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R174%
R210%
R36%
Distance10%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.8%
Sakara
51.8%-114
Lee
+11445.4%
Most takedownstie 18.7%
Sakara
5.8%+1295
Lee
-129575.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sakara
Expected: 19.6
19.5
Over 19.5
42.9%
+133
Under 19.5
57.1%
-133
02550
Lee
Expected: 18.3
18.5
Over 18.5
41.7%
+140
Under 18.5
58.3%
-140
02346
Takedowns — over/under
Sakara
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
44.9%
Exactly 0
55.1%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Lee
Expected: 1.5
1.5
Over 1.5
55.8%
-126
Under 1.5
44.2%
+126
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 4.9 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
Sakara39.8%57.1%−17.3-145
Lee60.2%42.9%+17.3+125

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
SakaraLee
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1496
Pound-for-pound
1543
1495
Divisional
1543
Striking offense
Striking defense
1522
Grappling offense
1561
1514
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
26 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'11"
72"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
5.31
Strikes landed / min
50%
Strike accuracy
2.18
Strikes absorbed / min
56%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
5.11
Takedowns / 15 min
77%
Takedown accuracy
83%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
40%
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alessio Sakara
  • LHouston AlexanderKO/TKO R1
    Close +1354mo before
  • WVictor ValimakiKO/TKO R1
    Close -1509mo before
  • LDrew McFedriesKO/TKO R1
    Close -6051y 2mo before
  • LDean ListerSUB R1
    Close +2151y 8mo before
  • WElvis SinosicU-DEC R3
    Close -3921y 11mo before
James Lee
No prior UFC fights.
Sakara — win / loss by method
Record: 11-6-0, 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
6 wins, 2 losses
W
55% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
18% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
27% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
2win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (22%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (22%)Decision(67%) 2
Lee — win / loss by method
Record: 14-2-0, 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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 2 losses
W
71% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
14win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
10 (71%)Submission(100%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Sakara
Lee
6
UFC fights
0
29.4 min · 4.9 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
Lee
32W–17L · 65.3%
Overall
14W–11L · 56.0%
Wins
18W–6L · 75.0%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sakara
Lee
24W–17L · 58.5%
Overall
103W–65L · 61.3%
7W–9L · 43.8%
Wins
80W–43L · 65.0%
17W–8L · 68.0%
Losses
23W–22L · 51.1%
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
Lee
6.74
Landed / min
43.0%
Accuracy
70.2%
Defense
0.51
Knockdowns / 15 min
26.3%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Sakara
Lee
5.11
Takedowns / 15 min
76.9%
Takedown accuracy
83.3%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
94.5%
Control share
Strike target map
Sakara
  • Head90%(141)div 67%
  • Body9%(14)div 15%
  • Legs1%(1)div 17%
Lee
  • Head0%(0)div 67%
  • Body0%(0)div 15%
  • 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.

James Lee

No UFC fights on record.

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