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UFC 57: Liddell vs Couture 3
Alessio Sakara
Alessio Sakara
9-3 · ITA
VS
Elvis Sinosic
Elvis Sinosic
5-8-2 · AUS
February 4, 2006 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
205.0lb
Weigh-in
205.0lb
Alessio Sakara def. Elvis Sinosic by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sakara28/503/303:53
Sinosic3/120/000:13
R2
Sakara25/543/304:11
Sinosic8/200/000:00
R3
Sakara17/423/304:17
Sinosic2/50/000:00
Total
Sakara70/1469/9012:21
Sinosic13/370/000:13

Scorecards

Sakara vs Sinosic

RdAbe BelardoCecil PeoplesJeff MullenCommunity
R1---9-9
R2---10-8
R3---10-8
Total29-2529-2629-2629-25

Point deductions: R11 Sakara (Illegal Downward Elbow)

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Sakara-Sinosic. Judge totals are round sums; the official result applies the deduction.

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 probabilitySinosic
69.1%30.9%
KO / TKO
54%
Submission
34%
Decision
11%
Expected fight time: 6.1 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 Sinosic. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Sakara69%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO37%54%
Submission23%33%
Decision9%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 70
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.0)act 9
Sinosic31%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%56%
Submission12%37%
Decision2%7%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes18 (923)act 13
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~50 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R158%
R218%
R313%
Distance11%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Sakara
73.6%-300
Sinosic
+30024.5%
Most takedownstie 42.0%
Sakara
52.6%-975
Sinosic
+9755.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sakara
Expected: 32.4
32.5
Over 32.5
42.3%
+137
Under 32.5
57.7%
-137
04181
Sinosic
Expected: 18.0
18
Over 18
40.8%
+137
Exactly 18
3.5%
push
Under 18
55.7%
-137
02346
Takedowns — over/under
Sakara
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
34.8%
+128
Exactly 1
20.6%
push
Under 1
44.7%
-128
035
Sinosic
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
9.8%
Exactly 0
90.2%
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 6.1 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
Sakara69.1%78.3%−9.2-392
Sinosic30.9%21.7%+9.2+352

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
95.4Striking48.3
Sakara +47.1
0.0Grappling13.9
Sinosic +13.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SakaraSinosic
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1514
Pound-for-pound
1457
1514
Divisional
1437
1507
Striking offense
1497
1532
Striking defense
1485
1499
Grappling offense
1486
1512
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
24 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'3"
72"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
8.90
Strikes landed / min
1.26
58%
Strike accuracy
39%
0.39
Strikes absorbed / min
4.37
60%
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0%
Takedown defense
0%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
20%
-1
Win/loss streak
-4
0%
Last-5 win rate
20%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
120
Days since last fight
120
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alessio Sakara
No prior UFC fights.
Elvis Sinosic
  • LForrest GriffinKO/TKO R1
    4mo before
  • LRenato SobralU-DEC R3
    3y 7mo before
  • LEvan TannerKO/TKO R1
    3y 10mo before
  • LTito OrtizKO/TKO R1
    Close +2004y 7mo before
  • WJeremy HornSUB R1
    4y 11mo before
Sakara — win / loss by method
Record: 9-3-0, 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
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
22% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
9win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (22%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (22%)Decision(67%) 2
Sinosic — win / loss by method
Record: 5-8-2

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, 4 losses
W
80% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 3 losses
W
0% of wins
L
38% of losses
UFC
1win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(75%) 3
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
4win4loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (100%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(25%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Sakara
Sinosic
1
UFC fights
5
5.2 min · 5.2 avg
Octagon time
27.0 min · 5.4 avg
24y 1m
Career length
29y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sakara
Sinosic
Overall
105W–20L · 84.0%
Wins
45W–9L · 83.3%
Losses
60W–11L · 84.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sakara
Sinosic
24W–17L · 58.5%
Overall
46W–15L · 75.4%
7W–9L · 43.8%
Wins
5W–2L · 71.4%
17W–8L · 68.0%
Losses
41W–13L · 75.9%
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
Sinosic
12.81
Landed / min
4.55
50.0%
Accuracy
35.0%
50.0%
Defense
65.5%
2.90
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
13.6%
Time at distance
22.8%
Grappling & control
Sakara
Sinosic
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
Takedown defense
0.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.11
100.0%
Control share
0.2%
Strike target map
Sakara
  • Head96%(44)div 69%
  • Body4%(2)div 13%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
Sinosic
  • Head41%(14)div 69%
  • Body21%(7)div 13%
  • Legs38%(13)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.

Elvis Sinosic
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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