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UFC 76: Knockout
Jon Fitch
Jon Fitch
17-2 · USA
VS
Diego Sanchez
Diego Sanchez
17-1 · USA
September 22, 2007 · Anaheim, California, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Jon Fitch def. Diego Sanchez by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Fitch13/181/102:09
Sanchez9/121/702:24
R2
Fitch6/82/203:08
Sanchez2/31/201:11
R3
Fitch6/140/004:22
Sanchez0/30/000:00
Total
Fitch25/403/309:39
Sanchez11/182/903:35

Scorecards

Fitch vs Sanchez

RdCecil PeoplesMarcos RosalesRichard BertrandCommunity
R1---10-9
R2---9.9-9.1
R3---9.9-9.1
Total30-2728-2929-2829.8-27.2

Media (4 cards) · avg 29.527.5 · 4 Fitch · 0 Sanchez

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Fitch-Sanchez.

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
FitchWin probabilitySanchez
74.7%25.3%
KO / TKO
40%
Submission
12%
Decision
48%
Expected fight time: 10.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Fitch75%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO29%38%
Submission9%13%
Decision37%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2354)act 25
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.7)act 3
Sanchez25%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%43%
Submission3%11%
Decision11%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes19 (1025)act 11
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 2
Combined totals~60 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R231%
R32%
Distance48%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Fitch
80.5%-444
Sanchez
+44418.1%
Most takedownstie 38.4%
Fitch
53.9%-705
Sanchez
+7057.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Fitch
Expected: 41.5
41.5
Over 41.5
42.5%
+135
Under 41.5
57.5%
-135
052104
Sanchez
Expected: 18.9
19
Over 19
40.6%
+138
Exactly 19
3.4%
push
Under 19
56.0%
-138
02448
Takedowns — over/under
Fitch
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
33.0%
+125
Exactly 1
25.6%
push
Under 1
41.3%
-125
035
Sanchez
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
14.1%
Exactly 0
85.9%
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 10.3 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
Fitch74.7%54.1%+20.6-135
Sanchez25.3%45.9%−20.6+105

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
73.7Striking69.6
Fitch +4.1
87.6Grappling43.6
Fitch +44.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FitchSanchez
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1614
Pound-for-pound
1607
1600
Divisional
1597
1497
Striking offense
1491
1534
Striking defense
1522
1537
Grappling offense
1505
1500
Grappling defense
1507
Physical
29 yrs
Age
25 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'10"
74"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.85
Strikes landed / min
2.56
56%
Strike accuracy
38%
0.89
Strikes absorbed / min
1.45
47%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.23
Takedowns / 15 min
2.73
62%
Takedown accuracy
33%
64%
Takedown defense
25%
1.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
86%
+6
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
67%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
102
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jon Fitch
  • WRoan CarneiroSUB R2
    Close -3603mo before
  • WLuigi FioravantiSUB R2
    7mo before
  • WKuniyoshi HironakaU-DEC R3
    Close -25511mo before
  • WThiago AlvesKO/TKO R2
    Close -2251y 3mo before
  • WJoshua BurkmanSUB R2
    Close +1901y 6mo before
Diego Sanchez
  • LJosh KoscheckU-DEC R3
    Close -1906mo before
  • WJoe RiggsKO/TKO R1
    Close -5009mo before
  • WKaro ParisyanU-DEC R3
    Close -1031y 1mo before
  • WJohn AlessioU-DEC R3
    Close -4601y 4mo before
  • WNick DiazU-DEC R3
    1y 11mo before
Fitch — win / loss by method
Record: 17-2-0, 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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
41% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
24% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 0 losses
W
35% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (50%)Submission() 0
2 (33%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
6 (55%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (9%)Submission(50%) 1
4 (36%)Decision(0%) 0
Sanchez — win / loss by method
Record: 17-1-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
41% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
35% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
24% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO() 0
6 (55%)Submission() 0
1 (9%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Fitch
Sanchez
6
UFC fights
7
63.8 min · 10.6 avg
Octagon time
71.5 min · 10.2 avg
24y 0m
Career length
24y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Fitch
Sanchez
72W–13L · 84.7%
Overall
100W–33L · 75.2%
72W–13L · 84.7%
Wins
92W–32L · 74.2%
0W–0L
Losses
8W–1L · 88.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Fitch
Sanchez
68W–26L · 72.3%
Overall
54W–57L · 48.6%
66W–25L · 72.5%
Wins
54W–57L · 48.6%
2W–1L · 66.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Fitch
Sanchez
5.75
Landed / min
1.31
42.9%
Accuracy
17.9%
74.5%
Defense
69.9%
0.47
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.42
10.6%
Time at distance
47.9%
Grappling & control
Fitch
Sanchez
4.23
Takedowns / 15 min
2.73
62.1%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
64.3%
Takedown defense
25.0%
1.88
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.63
78.7%
Control share
78.1%
Strike target map
Fitch
  • Head75%(137)div 66%
  • Body14%(26)div 20%
  • Legs10%(19)div 14%
Sanchez
  • Head72%(132)div 66%
  • Body25%(45)div 20%
  • Legs3%(6)div 14%

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

Jon Fitch
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Diego Sanchez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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