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UFC 18: The Road to the Heavyweight Title
Mikey Burnett
Mikey Burnett
4-2 · USA
VS
January 8, 1999 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Lightweight · 1 rounds
169.0lb
Weigh-in
169.0lb
Mikey Burnett def. Townsend Saunders by U-DEC, R2 3:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Burnett32/1150/01
Saunders23/480/50
R2 · 3:00
Burnett10/200/00
Saunders11/150/10
Total
Burnett42/1350/01
Saunders34/630/60

Scorecards

Burnett vs Saunders

RdDave MeltzerEddie GoldmanTim CatalfoCommunity
R1---10-9
Total1-01-01-010-9

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Burnett-Saunders.

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
BurnettWin probabilitySaunders
59.2%40.8%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
7%
Decision
68%
Expected fight time: 12.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Burnett59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%27%
Submission5%9%
Decision38%64%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes76 (4398)act 42
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Saunders41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%23%
Submission2%4%
Decision30%73%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes56 (3273)act 34
Takedowns0.9 (0.12.5)act 0
Combined totals~132 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R111%
R214%
R37%
Distance68%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Burnett
63.0%-174
Saunders
+17436.2%
Most takedownstie 35.0%
Burnett
16.8%+287
Saunders
-28748.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Burnett
Expected: 75.6
75.5
Over 75.5
42.6%
+135
Under 75.5
57.4%
-135
095189
Saunders
Expected: 56.5
56.5
Over 56.5
42.5%
+136
Under 56.5
57.5%
-136
071142
Takedowns — over/under
Burnett
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
75.8%
-313
Under 0.5
24.2%
+313
035
Saunders
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
41.4%
-916
Exactly 1
54.1%
push
Under 1
4.5%
+916
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 12.3 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.

Trait web
74.1Striking52.1
Burnett +22.0
75.6Grappling35.0
Burnett +40.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BurnettSaunders
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1506
Pound-for-pound
1486
1506
Divisional
1486
1495
Striking offense
1466
1543
Striking defense
1511
1497
Grappling offense
1549
1519
Grappling defense
1555
Physical
24 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'5"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.15
Strikes landed / min
0.87
54%
Strike accuracy
38%
0.81
Strikes absorbed / min
1.20
57%
Strike defense
33%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.46
Takedowns / 15 min
2.00
100%
Takedown accuracy
67%
91%
Takedown defense
1.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
50%
Last-5 win rate
0%
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
84
Days since last fight
301
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Mikey Burnett
  • LPat MiletichS-DEC R3
    3mo before
  • WEugenio TadeuKO/TKO R1
    10mo before
Townsend Saunders
  • LPat MiletichS-DEC R2
    10mo before
Burnett — win / loss by method
Record: 4-2-0

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
1 win, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Saunders — win / loss by method
Record: 0-1-0

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
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Burnett
Saunders
2
UFC fights
1
30.8 min · 15.4 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
30y 3m
Career length
28y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Burnett
Saunders
22W–2L · 91.7%
Overall
17W–1L · 94.4%
2W–1L · 66.7%
Wins
0W–0L
20W–1L · 95.2%
Losses
17W–1L · 94.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Burnett
Saunders
0W–0L
Overall
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
Distance striking
Burnett
Saunders
0.97
Landed / min
0.00
27.7%
Accuracy
0.0%
64.0%
Defense
75.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
43.4%
Time at distance
58.8%
Grappling & control
Burnett
Saunders
1.46
Takedowns / 15 min
2.00
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
90.9%
Takedown defense
1.46
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
Control share
Strike target map
Burnett
  • Head41%(27)div 61%
  • Body56%(37)div 30%
  • Legs3%(2)div 9%
Saunders
  • Head54%(7)div 61%
  • Body38%(5)div 30%
  • Legs8%(1)div 9%

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

Mikey Burnett
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Townsend Saunders
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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