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Lightweight
3 Rounds
Christos Giagos won · U-DEC R3
Elo1369
Elo1495
Christos Giagos

Mizuto HirotavsChristos GiagosUFC Prediction Result

UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa · Saturday, December 1, 2018Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Official fight result

Christos Giagos won

U-DEC · Round 3 · 5:00

Style matchupMizuto Hirota: Well-roundedvsChristos Giagos: Wrestler

Well-rounded fighters typically have the tools to neutralize wrestlers if their TD defense is sharp.

Model Prediction: Mizuto Hirota wins(53.9%)

Actual result: Christos Giagos wins · Model version: ufc_v6_2_pure_lightgbm_20260715_055615

Incorrect

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Mizuto Hirota at +310 American odds

$100 profit

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Scouting Report

Auto-generated signals worth knowing before you read the deep stats below.

  • Christos Giagos has a 10cm reach advantage.

Tale of the Tape

Mizuto Hirota
Red Corner
VS
Christos Giagos
Blue Corner
+310
(24%)
Vegas Odds
-370
(79%)
1369
Elo
1495
45
Age
36
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
5'7"
Height
5'10"
170.18 cm
Reach
180.34 cm

Recent Form

Last 5 fights for each fighter — most recent on the right. Hover any result for the matchup.

Mizuto HirotaL2 streak
oldest →
L
vs Rani Yahya · Mar 13
L
vs Rodrigo Damm · Jun 13
W
vs Cole Miller · Dec 16
L
vs Alexander Volkanovski · Jun 17
L
vs Ross Pearson · Feb 18
latest
Christos GiagosL2 streak
oldest →
L
KOvs Arman Tsarukyan · Sep 21
L
SUBvs Thiago Moises · Jun 22
W
KOvs Ricky Glenn · Apr 23
L
SUBvs Daniel Zellhuber · Sep 23
L
KOvs Ignacio Bahamondes · Apr 24
latest

Output & Defense Comparison

Rate-normalized career statistics. Bold side has the edge per metric.

Mizuto HirotaMetricChristos Giagos
3.36
Strikes / min
3.03
3.50
Strikes absorbed / min
3.21
54%
Strike defense
50%
1.36
TDs / 15 min
2.84
58%
Takedown defense
52%
0.10
Sub atts / 15 min
0.40
Net striking (SLpM − SApM)
-0.14evenly matched on net striking-0.18

Statistical Profile

Career averages · bigger area = stronger across dimensions

Elo1453 vs 1469Strikes58.0 vs 17.0Takedowns1.5 vs 0.3Sub Atts0.00 vs 0.25Form-0.7 vs -0.9
Mizuto HirotaChristos Giagos

Recent Elo Trajectory

Last 10 fights for each fighter, aligned right (most recent on the right).

14801490150015101520← oldermost recent →
Mizuto Hirota(6 fights)Christos Giagos(10 fights)

Model Feature Differentials

Red − Blue for each engineered feature. Bar leans toward the stronger fighter.Hover a label to see what it measures.

ELO Rating
Red -125.6|Blue +125.6
Recent Form
Red +0.2|Blue -0.2
Striker Score
Red +1.6|Blue -1.6
Grappler Score
Red +0.1|Blue -0.1
Layoff
Red +224.0|Blue -224.0
Red Corner advantageBlue Corner advantage

Strike Breakdown

Where the strikes landed. Head accuracy is the single strongest predictor of fight outcomes.

Mizuto HirotaTargetChristos Giagos

By target zone

15
30% acc · 79%
Head
22
28% acc · 71%
4
100% acc · 21%
Body
8
89% acc · 26%
0
0% acc
Leg
1
100% acc · 3%

By position

12
29% acc · 63%
Distance
14
26% acc · 45%
4
40% acc · 21%
Clinch
3
75% acc · 10%
3
75% acc · 16%
Ground
14
42% acc · 45%

Round-by-Round Scoring (Model)

Statistical round-winner heuristic based on strikes, takedowns, control time, and knockdowns. Not the official judges' scorecard.

0
Mizuto Hirota rounds
1
even
2
Christos Giagos rounds
Round 1Christos Giagos edged it
Sig. strikes8
Takedowns0
Control0:00
21Sig. strikes
2Takedowns
2:41Control
Round 2Christos Giagos edged it
Sig. strikes4
Takedowns0
Control0:00
9Sig. strikes
2Takedowns
3:58Control
Round 3Even round
Sig. strikes7
Takedowns0
Control1:05
1Sig. strikes
1Takedowns
2:42Control
Statistical round count agrees with the official result.

Fight Stats

Totals

0
KD
0
19 / 55
Sig Strikes
31 / 90
33.7%
Sig Str %
27.3%
47 / 86
Total Strikes
63 / 131
0 / 0
TDs
5 / 10
TD %
72%
1
Sub Att
0
0
Rev
1
1:05
Ctrl Time
9:21

Round-by-Round

RoundFighterSig StrTotal StrTDSub
1Christos Giagos21 / 5133 / 642 / 20
1Mizuto Hirota8 / 1912 / 230 / 01
2Christos Giagos9 / 3125 / 552 / 20
2Mizuto Hirota4 / 158 / 210 / 00
3Christos Giagos1 / 85 / 121 / 60
3Mizuto Hirota7 / 2127 / 420 / 00

Mizuto Hirota

StanceOrthodox
Height67.0"
Reach67.0"
Fights6

Christos Giagos

StanceOrthodox
Height70.0"
Reach71.0"
Fights14