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UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira
Pat Sabatini
Pat Sabatini
18-5 · USA
VS
Jonathan Pearce
Jonathan Pearce
14-6 · USA
October 12, 2024 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.0lb
Weigh-in
145.0lb
Pat Sabatini def. Jonathan Pearce by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R1 4:06
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:06
Sabatini3/52/303:56
Pearce2/20/000:00
Total
Sabatini3/52/303:56
Pearce2/20/000:00

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.

Prediction
SabatiniWin probabilityPearce
36.0%64.0%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
34%
Decision
31%
Expected fight time: 8.4 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Sabatini36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%18%5%
Submission18%49%15%
Decision12%33%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (931)act 3
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.4)act 2
Pearce64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO29%45%21%
Submission16%25%9%
Decision19%30%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1033)act 2
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.5)act 0
Combined totals~47 sig strikes~2.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R139%
R220%
R310%
Distance31%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Sabatini
47.3%+107
Pearce
-10750.8%
Most takedownstie 24.6%
Sabatini
37.4%+102
Pearce
-10238.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Sabatini
Expected: 23.1
23
Over 23
39.0%
+151
Exactly 23
2.1%
push
Under 23
58.9%
-151
02958
Pearce
Expected: 24.3
24.5
Over 24.5
39.4%
+154
Under 24.5
60.6%
-154
03161
Takedowns — over/under
Sabatini
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
37.6%
+106
Exactly 1
22.4%
push
Under 1
39.9%
-106
035
Pearce
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
38.3%
+104
Exactly 1
21.8%
push
Under 1
39.9%
-104
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 8.4 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
Sabatini36.0%38.7%−2.7+147
Pearce64.0%61.3%+2.7-179
By method
Sabatini by KO/TKO12.6%5.4%+7.2+1437
Sabatini by submission12.2%14.6%−2.4+467
Sabatini by decision11.2%21.2%−10.0+290
Pearce by KO/TKO22.4%21.4%+1.0+288
Pearce by submission21.7%9.5%+12.2+775
Pearce by decision19.9%27.9%−8.0+197
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds61.0%71.7%−10.7-332
Over 2.5 rds40.9%57.3%−16.4-157
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision31.1%51.0%−19.9-120

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
70.2Striking72.8
Pearce +2.6
75.1Grappling73.6
Sabatini +1.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SabatiniPearce
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1564
Pound-for-pound
1551
1564
Divisional
1561
Striking offense
Striking defense
1512
Grappling offense
1530
1493
Grappling defense
1483
Physical
33 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'8"
Height
6'0"
70"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
2.02
Strikes landed / min
4.36
60%
Strike accuracy
53%
1.54
Strikes absorbed / min
2.95
49%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.73
Takedowns / 15 min
5.27
42%
Takedown accuracy
50%
50%
Takedown defense
52%
1.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.9
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
63%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
40%
Finish rate
60%
Recent opp. quality
336
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Pat Sabatini
  • LDiego LopesKO/TKO R1
    Close -13011mo before
  • WLucas AlmeidaSUB R2
    Close -1901y 4mo before
  • LDamon JacksonKO/TKO R1
    Close -2022y 1mo before
  • WTJ LaramieU-DEC R3
    Close -5382y 6mo before
  • WTucker LutzU-DEC R3
    Close -1012y 11mo before
Jonathan Pearce
  • LDavid OnamaU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -1586mo before
  • LJoanderson BritoSUB R2
    Close -13611mo before
  • WDarren ElkinsU-DEC R3
    Close -5181y 10mo before
  • WMakwan AmirkhaniKO/TKO R2
    Close -1582y 3mo before
  • WChristian RodriguezU-DEC R3
    Close -3892y 8mo before
Sabatini — win / loss by method
Record: 18-5-0

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
2 wins, 3 losses
W
11% of wins
L
60% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 0 losses
W
61% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
28% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
2 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (60%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (15%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
9 (69%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (15%)Decision(67%) 2
Pearce — win / loss by method
Record: 14-6-0

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
9 wins, 1 loss
W
64% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 3 losses
W
14% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
21% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
5win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (20%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (40%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
9win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (78%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (11%)Submission(67%) 2
1 (11%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Sabatini
Pearce
7
UFC fights
8
56.3 min · 8.0 avg
Octagon time
82.6 min · 10.3 avg
12y 3m
Career length
11y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Sabatini
Pearce
113W–27L · 80.7%
Overall
123W–40L · 75.5%
70W–17L · 80.5%
Wins
70W–20L · 77.8%
43W–10L · 81.1%
Losses
53W–20L · 72.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Sabatini
Pearce
82W–43L · 65.6%
Overall
56W–44L · 56.0%
70W–36L · 66.0%
Wins
50W–42L · 54.3%
12W–7L · 63.2%
Losses
6W–2L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Sabatini
Pearce
3.92
Landed / min
6.14
46.3%
Accuracy
40.2%
56.6%
Defense
58.0%
0.27
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
19.9%
Time at distance
36.5%
Grappling & control
Sabatini
Pearce
3.73
Takedowns / 15 min
5.27
42.4%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
50.0%
Takedown defense
52.4%
1.86
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.91
81.3%
Control share
81.4%
Strike target map
Sabatini
  • Head75%(86)div 63%
  • Body18%(20)div 20%
  • Legs7%(8)div 16%
Pearce
  • Head71%(254)div 63%
  • Body18%(66)div 20%
  • Legs11%(40)div 16%

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

Pat Sabatini
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jonathan Pearce
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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