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UFC 60: Hughes vs Gracie
Dean Lister
Dean Lister
7-4 · USA
VS
Alessio Sakara
Alessio Sakara
10-3 · ITA
May 27, 2006 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.0lb
Weigh-in
204.0lb
Dean Lister def. Alessio Sakara by SUB (Triangle Choke), R1 2:20
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:20
Lister1/20/100:00
Sakara1/30/001:50
Total
Lister1/20/100:00
Sakara1/30/001:50

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 probabilitySakara
58.2%41.8%
KO / TKO
50%
Submission
11%
Decision
39%
Expected fight time: 8.9 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 Sakara. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Lister58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%47%
Submission9%15%
Decision22%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1433)act 1
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Sakara42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%53%
Submission2%5%
Decision18%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1739)act 1
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Combined totals~55 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R137%
R218%
R36%
Distance39%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Lister
40.4%+143
Sakara
-14357.7%
Most takedownstie 48.1%
Lister
24.3%+114
Sakara
-11427.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lister
Expected: 25.0
25
Over 25
41.2%
+136
Exactly 25
2.6%
push
Under 25
56.2%
-136
03263
Sakara
Expected: 30.3
30.5
Over 30.5
42.0%
+138
Under 30.5
58.0%
-138
03876
Takedowns — over/under
Lister
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
31.4%
+219
Under 0.5
68.6%
-219
035
Sakara
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
34.5%
+190
Under 0.5
65.5%
-190
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 8.9 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
Lister58.2%69.6%−11.4-265
Sakara41.8%30.4%+11.4+215

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
ListerSakara
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1508
Pound-for-pound
1527
1508
Divisional
1527
1474
Striking offense
1511
1500
Striking defense
1528
1561
Grappling offense
1506
1558
Grappling defense
1523
Physical
30 yrs
Age
24 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
75"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
5.75
Strike accuracy
51%
Strikes absorbed / min
0.74
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
6.69
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
50%
Win/loss streak
+1
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
112
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Dean Lister
No prior UFC fights.
Alessio Sakara
  • WElvis SinosicU-DEC R3
    Close -3924mo before
Lister — win / loss by method
Record: 7-4-0

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
7 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
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 4
Sakara — win / loss by method
Record: 10-3-0, 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, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
30% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
9win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (22%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (22%)Decision(67%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Lister
Sakara
0
UFC fights
2
Octagon time
20.2 min · 10.1 avg
Career length
24y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lister
Sakara
Overall
5W–8L · 38.5%
Wins
5W–8L · 38.5%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lister
Sakara
128W–35L · 78.5%
Overall
24W–17L · 58.5%
33W–17L · 66.0%
Wins
7W–9L · 43.8%
95W–18L · 84.1%
Losses
17W–8L · 68.0%
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
Lister
Sakara
Landed / min
10.05
Accuracy
50.0%
Defense
66.7%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.74
Time at distance
14.8%
Grappling & control
Lister
Sakara
Takedowns / 15 min
6.69
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
Control share
98.7%
Strike target map
Lister
  • Head0%(0)div 70%
  • Body0%(0)div 13%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.
Sakara
  • Head91%(105)div 70%
  • Body9%(10)div 13%
  • Legs1%(1)div 17%

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

Dean Lister

No UFC fights on record.

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

Alessio Sakara
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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