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UFC 70: Nations Collide
Alessio Sakara
Alessio Sakara
10-5 · ITA
VS
Victor Valimaki
Victor Valimaki
9-3 · CAN
April 21, 2007 · Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
204.0lb
Weigh-in
203.0lb
Alessio Sakara def. Victor Valimaki by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 1:44
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:44
Sakara6/230/000:00
Valimaki0/100/400:05
Total
Sakara6/230/000:00
Valimaki0/100/400:05

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 probabilityValimaki
39.4%60.6%
KO / TKO
40%
Submission
40%
Decision
20%
Expected fight time: 6.4 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 Valimaki. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Sakara39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%43%
Submission15%38%
Decision7%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2251)act 6
Takedowns1.0 (0.02.6)act 0
Valimaki61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%38%
Submission26%42%
Decision12%20%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 0
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~70 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R160%
R212%
R39%
Distance19%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Sakara
60.9%-162
Valimaki
+16237.6%
Most takedownstie 16.6%
Sakara
78.3%-1514
Valimaki
+15145.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sakara
Expected: 39.5
39.5
Over 39.5
42.6%
+135
Under 39.5
57.4%
-135
05099
Valimaki
Expected: 30.6
30.5
Over 30.5
42.7%
+134
Under 30.5
57.3%
-134
03977
Takedowns — over/under
Sakara
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
42.1%
-370
Exactly 1
46.5%
push
Under 1
11.4%
+370
035
Valimaki
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
18.8%
Exactly 0
81.2%
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 6.4 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
Sakara39.4%56.9%−17.5-150
Valimaki60.6%43.1%+17.5+120

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
81.9Striking67.9
Sakara +14.0
63.9Grappling20.2
Sakara +43.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SakaraValimaki
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1494
Pound-for-pound
1501
1494
Divisional
1501
1506
Striking offense
1499
1512
Striking defense
1503
1507
Grappling offense
1496
1511
Grappling defense
1508
Physical
25 yrs
Age
25 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'0"
72"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.60
Strikes landed / min
4.40
52%
Strike accuracy
32%
1.73
Strikes absorbed / min
2.93
54%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
5.07
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
82%
Takedown accuracy
33%
50%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
25%
UFC win rate
0%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
25%
Last-5 win rate
0%
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
129
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alessio Sakara
  • LDrew McFedriesKO/TKO R1
    Close -6055mo before
  • LDean ListerSUB R1
    Close +21511mo before
  • WElvis SinosicU-DEC R3
    Close -3921y 2mo before
Victor Valimaki
  • LDavid HeathS-DEC R3
    Close +1504mo before
Sakara — win / loss by method
Record: 10-5-0, 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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
20% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
30% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (22%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (22%)Decision(67%) 2
Valimaki — win / loss by method
Record: 9-3-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
44% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (22%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (44%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Sakara
Valimaki
4
UFC fights
1
26.6 min · 6.7 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
24y 1m
Career length
25y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sakara
Valimaki
16W–13L · 55.2%
Overall
8W–0L · 100.0%
5W–8L · 38.5%
Wins
0W–0L
11W–5L · 68.8%
Losses
8W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sakara
Valimaki
24W–17L · 58.5%
Overall
122W–54L · 69.3%
7W–9L · 43.8%
Wins
121W–54L · 69.1%
17W–8L · 68.0%
Losses
1W–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
Valimaki
8.00
Landed / min
4.20
47.9%
Accuracy
29.0%
64.0%
Defense
69.5%
0.56
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
21.6%
Time at distance
84.2%
Grappling & control
Sakara
Valimaki
5.07
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
81.8%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
50.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
96.0%
Control share
92.2%
Strike target map
Sakara
  • Head90%(134)div 68%
  • Body9%(14)div 14%
  • Legs1%(1)div 18%
Valimaki
  • Head70%(46)div 68%
  • Body12%(8)div 14%
  • Legs18%(12)div 18%

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.

Victor Valimaki
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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