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UFC Fight Night 6
Dean Lister
Dean Lister
8-4 · USA
VS
Yuki Sasaki
Yuki Sasaki
20-12-1 · JPN
August 17, 2006 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Dean Lister def. Yuki Sasaki by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Lister6/123/603:05
Sasaki3/90/000:42
R2
Lister10/160/200:35
Sasaki12/300/003:14
R3
Lister8/232/902:09
Sasaki11/270/000:41
Total
Lister24/515/1705:49
Sasaki26/660/004:37

Scorecards

Lister vs Sasaki

RdAbe BelardoMarcos RosalesNelson HamiltonCommunity
R1---10-9
R2---9.8-9.2
R3---9.8-9.2
Total30-2730-2730-2729.6-27.4

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Lister-Sasaki.

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
ListerWin probabilitySasaki
76.3%23.7%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
14%
Decision
62%
Expected fight time: 11.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Lister76%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%24%
Submission11%14%
Decision47%62%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2455)act 24
Takedowns1.5 (0.03.6)act 5
Sasaki24%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%24%
Submission3%12%
Decision15%64%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2558)act 26
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Combined totals~87 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R210%
R34%
Distance62%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Lister
47.0%+110
Sasaki
-11051.7%
Most takedownstie 14.7%
Lister
77.0%-927
Sasaki
+9278.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lister
Expected: 42.4
42.5
Over 42.5
42.3%
+136
Under 42.5
57.7%
-136
054107
Sasaki
Expected: 44.6
44.5
Over 44.5
42.6%
+135
Under 44.5
57.4%
-135
056112
Takedowns — over/under
Lister
Expected: 1.5
1.5
Over 1.5
56.3%
-129
Under 1.5
43.7%
+129
035
Sasaki
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
29.1%
+244
Under 0.5
70.9%
-244
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 11.2 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
Lister76.3%87.1%−10.8-900
Sasaki23.7%12.9%+10.8+650

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
ListerSasaki
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1525
Pound-for-pound
1509
1508
Divisional
1509
1474
Striking offense
1500
1505
Striking defense
1500
1559
Grappling offense
1500
1547
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
30 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'2"
75"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
0.43
Strikes landed / min
50%
Strike accuracy
0.43
Strikes absorbed / min
67%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0%
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
12.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
82
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Dean Lister
  • WAlessio SakaraSUB R1
    Close -2653mo before
Yuki Sasaki
No prior UFC fights.
Lister — win / loss by method
Record: 8-4-0

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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
100% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 4 losses
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 4
Sasaki — win / loss by method
Record: 20-12-1

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
2 wins, 2 losses
W
10% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 3 losses
W
60% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 7 losses
W
30% of wins
L
58% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
20win12loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (10%)KO/TKO(17%) 2
12 (60%)Submission(25%) 3
6 (30%)Decision(58%) 7

Profiles

Experience
Lister
Sasaki
1
UFC fights
0
2.3 min · 2.3 avg
Octagon time
25y 10m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Lister
Sasaki
10W–3L · 76.9%
Overall
10W–3L · 76.9%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lister
Sasaki
128W–35L · 78.5%
Overall
244W–184L · 57.0%
33W–17L · 66.0%
Wins
155W–115L · 57.4%
95W–18L · 84.1%
Losses
89W–69L · 56.3%
Distance striking
Lister
Sasaki
2.00
Landed / min
50.0%
Accuracy
66.7%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
21.4%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Lister
Sasaki
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
12.86
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0%
Control share
Strike target map
Lister
  • Head100%(1)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
Sasaki
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Dean Lister
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Yuki Sasaki

No UFC fights on record.

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