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UFC 55: Fury
Alessio Sakara
Alessio Sakara
9-3 · ITA
VS
Ron Faircloth
Ron Faircloth
19-10 · USA
October 7, 2005 · Uncasville, Connecticut, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
No contest
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Sakara46/780/014:16
Faircloth1/40/000:00
R2 · 0:10
Sakara0/20/000:00
Faircloth1/10/000:00
Total
Sakara46/800/014:16
Faircloth2/50/000:00

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.

Not enough model history to predict this bout.
Predicted outcomes
Sakara50%
Faircloth50%

Expected fight time 9.5 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

No market on record for this bout.

Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
Pound-for-pound
Divisional
1500
Striking offense
1500
1533
Striking defense
1500
1494
Grappling offense
1500
1500
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
24 yrs
Age
26 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'9"
72"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
Strike accuracy
Strikes absorbed / min
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
Win/loss streak
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alessio Sakara
No prior UFC fights.
Ron Faircloth
No prior UFC fights.
Sakara — 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
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
0win0loss0draw0NC
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
Faircloth — win / loss by method
Record: 19-10-0

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
10 wins, 3 losses
W
53% of wins
L
30% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 3 losses
W
26% of wins
L
30% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 4 losses
W
21% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
19win10loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
10 (53%)KO/TKO(30%) 3
5 (26%)Submission(30%) 3
4 (21%)Decision(40%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Sakara
Faircloth
0
UFC fights
0
Octagon time
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Sakara
Faircloth
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sakara
Faircloth
24W–17L · 58.5%
Overall
197W–157L · 55.6%
7W–9L · 43.8%
Wins
71W–100L · 41.5%
17W–8L · 68.0%
Losses
126W–57L · 68.9%
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
Faircloth
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Sakara
Faircloth
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Sakara
  • Head0%(0)div 69%
  • Body0%(0)div 13%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
  • No strike data on record.
Faircloth
  • Head0%(0)div 69%
  • Body0%(0)div 13%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Alessio Sakara

No UFC fights on record.

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

Ron Faircloth

No UFC fights on record.

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