Luke Sanders

Loss

vs Felipe Colares

UFC on ESPN: Reyes vs. Prochazka
May 01, 2021

Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) R3 5:00

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Felipe Colares	1	118 of 211	55%	131 of 225	2 of 5	40%	0	0	2:55
Luke Sanders	0	78 of 131	59%	104 of 165	2 of 10	20%	0	0	2:54

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Felipe Colares	1	48 of 77	62%	59 of 88	0 of 0	---	1:39
1	Luke Sanders	0	16 of 27	59%	20 of 31	0 of 2	0%	0:34
2	Felipe Colares	0	33 of 48	68%	34 of 49	1 of 2	50%	0:42
2	Luke Sanders	0	25 of 44	56%	42 of 68	1 of 4	25%	1:45
3	Felipe Colares	0	37 of 86	43%	38 of 88	1 of 3	33%	0:34
3	Luke Sanders	0	37 of 60	61%	42 of 66	1 of 4	25%	0:35

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Felipe Colares	118 of 211	55%	93 of 182	16 of 20	9 of 9	97 of 187	12 of 14	9 of 10
Luke Sanders	78 of 131	59%	51 of 101	26 of 29	1 of 1	70 of 119	3 of 3	5 of 9

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Felipe Colares	48 of 77	62%	40 of 69	6 of 6	2 of 2	30 of 58	9 of 9	9 of 10
1	Luke Sanders	16 of 27	59%	9 of 20	7 of 7	0 of 0	15 of 26	1 of 1	0 of 0
2	Felipe Colares	33 of 48	68%	25 of 39	3 of 4	5 of 5	31 of 44	2 of 4	0 of 0
2	Luke Sanders	25 of 44	56%	18 of 35	6 of 8	1 of 1	18 of 33	2 of 2	5 of 9
3	Felipe Colares	37 of 86	43%	28 of 74	7 of 10	2 of 2	36 of 85	1 of 1	0 of 0
3	Luke Sanders	37 of 60	61%	24 of 46	13 of 14	0 of 0	37 of 60	0 of 0	0 of 0

Expert Picks (6)

BI

Big Brady Expert Confident picked Apr 27, 2021 (4 days before fight)

Felipe Colares

Big Brady picks Felipe Colares to win by submission in the third round. He notes that Luke Sanders is unreliable, often looking good before making a mistake and getting submitted, as seen in three of his four losses. Colares is a black belt in BJJ with excellent toughness and cardio, and Brady believes he can take Sanders down and exploit his questionable fight IQ. He also mentions Colares's youth and training camp shape as factors.

submission in round 3

"i'm going to take the the younger guy and felipe clarus here to win by submission"

DFS by the Numbers

CO

Cody Saftic Expert Confident picked Apr 27, 2021 (4 days before fight)

Luke Sanders

Cody picks Luke Sanders despite his history of blowing fights. He notes that Sanders has the skills: better striker and much better wrestler. He points out that Colares has poor takedown defense (34%) and low striking output (21, 23, 7 strikes in his three UFC fights). He thinks Sanders can march him down, beat him up, and cruise to a decision. However, he acknowledges that Sanders is untrustworthy and could do something stupid. He also mentions he bet under 2.5 rounds at +145, expecting Sanders to either finish or get finished.

under 2.5 rounds at +145 (bet placed)

"i would take luke sanders and i'd be willing to wager if sanders does win then he probably does win a decision"

Bookie Beatdown

DA

Daniel Levi Expert Confident picked Apr 29, 2021 (2 days before fight)

Felipe Colares

Daniel Levi picks Felipe Colares to win by submission, specifically a guillotine choke in the second round. He notes that Luke Sanders tends to dominate fights but then gets caught in submissions or knocked out. Levi believes Sanders will dominate early but eventually get caught in a guillotine.

submission, guillotine, round 2

"i'm going to go with felipe colaroche via second round submission and i'm gonna i'm gonna call the submission i'm gonna say guillotine"

Half the Battle

MM

MMA Lock of the Night Expert Lean picked Apr 30, 2021 (1 day before fight)

Felipe Colares

The host leans towards Colares due to Luke Sanders' tendency to make boneheaded mistakes and get caught. He notes that Colares has shown solid jiu-jitsu and durability, and he expects Sanders to have a 'banana peel moment' where he slips up. However, he is not confident, calling it a head-scratcher.

Colares inside the distance at +270 (originally +330)

"I ended up going on the claris side here but not with utmost confidence"

MMA Lock of the Night

PA

Paul Shaughnessy Expert Confident picked Apr 27, 2021 (4 days before fight)

Luke Sanders

Paul picks Sanders, noting that the skills are there and the price is rare for Sanders. He mentions that Colares has a cast-iron chin and has never been knocked out, but his output is very low. He thinks Sanders can win a decision if he fights smart, but he is always worried about Sanders making a mistake. He also suggests live betting Colares after the first round if Sanders doesn't finish him, as Colares' durability could pay off.

live bet Colares after round 1 (suggestion)

"i would rather live bet felipe corrales after the first round if he got out of it"

Bookie Beatdown

TH

The MMA Guru Expert Confident picked Apr 25, 2021 (6 days before fight)

Felipe Colares

The MMA Guru picks Felipe Colares over Luke Sanders, citing Sanders' recent poor performance and chin issues. He notes that Sanders took the fight on short notice and that Colares is the bigger fighter with a granite chin, having survived a beating from Montel Jackson. He predicts Colares will win a unanimous decision, 30-27, by jabbing and kicking from the outside, as Sanders is timid and unlikely to engage in a brawl.

"i'm going to pick felipe colares to go out there and win a unanimous decision"

THE MMA GURU

Loss

vs Nate Maness

UFC on ESPN: Smith vs. Clark
Nov 28, 2020

Submission (rear-naked choke) R2 2:29

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Nate Maness	0	55 of 112	49%	63 of 120	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:40
Luke Sanders	1	33 of 70	47%	38 of 75	1 of 2	50%	1	0	0:30

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Ctrl
1	Nate Maness	0	30 of 61	49%	37 of 68	0 of 0	---	0	0:22
1	Luke Sanders	0	13 of 30	43%	15 of 32	0 of 1	0%	0	0:12
2	Nate Maness	0	25 of 51	49%	26 of 52	0 of 1	0%	0	0:18
2	Luke Sanders	1	20 of 40	50%	23 of 43	1 of 1	100%	1	0:18

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Nate Maness	55 of 112	49%	40 of 90	7 of 9	8 of 13	47 of 102	8 of 10	0 of 0
Luke Sanders	33 of 70	47%	27 of 62	4 of 6	2 of 2	28 of 62	3 of 5	2 of 3

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Nate Maness	30 of 61	49%	19 of 43	5 of 7	6 of 11	25 of 55	5 of 6	0 of 0
1	Luke Sanders	13 of 30	43%	10 of 26	1 of 2	2 of 2	13 of 29	0 of 1	0 of 0
2	Nate Maness	25 of 51	49%	21 of 47	2 of 2	2 of 2	22 of 47	3 of 4	0 of 0
2	Luke Sanders	20 of 40	50%	17 of 36	3 of 4	0 of 0	15 of 33	3 of 4	2 of 3

Win

vs Renan Barão

UFC on ESPN: Ngannou vs. Velasquez
Feb 17, 2019

KO (punches) R2 1:01

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Luke Sanders	0	40 of 78	51%	41 of 79	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00
Renan Barão	1	39 of 75	52%	41 of 78	0 of 1	0%	0	0	0:18

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Luke Sanders	0	33 of 62	53%	34 of 63	0 of 0	---	0:00
1	Renan Barão	0	25 of 48	52%	27 of 51	0 of 1	0%	0:16
2	Luke Sanders	0	7 of 16	43%	7 of 16	0 of 0	---	0:00
2	Renan Barão	1	14 of 27	51%	14 of 27	0 of 0	---	0:02

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Luke Sanders	40 of 78	51%	10 of 33	27 of 41	3 of 4	34 of 72	6 of 6	0 of 0
Renan Barão	39 of 75	52%	26 of 58	6 of 8	7 of 9	34 of 70	2 of 2	3 of 3

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Luke Sanders	33 of 62	53%	7 of 24	23 of 35	3 of 3	27 of 56	6 of 6	0 of 0
1	Renan Barão	25 of 48	52%	14 of 35	4 of 6	7 of 7	23 of 46	2 of 2	0 of 0
2	Luke Sanders	7 of 16	43%	3 of 9	4 of 6	0 of 1	7 of 16	0 of 0	0 of 0
2	Renan Barão	14 of 27	51%	12 of 23	2 of 2	0 of 2	11 of 24	0 of 0	3 of 3

Loss

vs Rani Yahya

UFC Fight Night: Gaethje vs. Vick
Aug 25, 2018

Submission (heel hook) R1 1:31

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Rani Yahya	0	4 of 8	50%	4 of 8	0 of 2	0%	2	0	0:04
Luke Sanders	0	2 of 4	50%	2 of 4	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:22

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Rani Yahya	0	4 of 8	50%	4 of 8	0 of 2	0%	2	0	0:04
1	Luke Sanders	0	2 of 4	50%	2 of 4	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:22

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Rani Yahya	4 of 8	50%	1 of 4	1 of 1	2 of 3	4 of 8	0 of 0	0 of 0
Luke Sanders	2 of 4	50%	2 of 4	0 of 0	0 of 0	2 of 3	0 of 0	0 of 1

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Rani Yahya	4 of 8	50%	1 of 4	1 of 1	2 of 3	4 of 8	0 of 0	0 of 0
1	Luke Sanders	2 of 4	50%	2 of 4	0 of 0	0 of 0	2 of 3	0 of 0	0 of 1

Win

vs Patrick Williams

UFC on Fox: Poirier vs. Gaethje
Apr 14, 2018

Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) R3 5:00

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Luke Sanders	1	59 of 140	42%	62 of 143	0 of 0	---	0	0	1:18
Patrick Williams	0	61 of 109	55%	68 of 117	1 of 5	20%	0	0	0:55

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Luke Sanders	1	22 of 42	52%	24 of 44	0 of 0	---	0:42
1	Patrick Williams	0	15 of 23	65%	21 of 29	0 of 3	0%	0:44
2	Luke Sanders	0	20 of 59	33%	21 of 60	0 of 0	---	0:31
2	Patrick Williams	0	24 of 45	53%	25 of 46	1 of 2	50%	0:11
3	Luke Sanders	0	17 of 39	43%	17 of 39	0 of 0	---	0:05
3	Patrick Williams	0	22 of 41	53%	22 of 42	0 of 0	---	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Luke Sanders	59 of 140	42%	44 of 121	13 of 16	2 of 3	44 of 119	13 of 19	2 of 2
Patrick Williams	61 of 109	55%	15 of 56	15 of 20	31 of 33	53 of 94	8 of 15	0 of 0

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Luke Sanders	22 of 42	52%	17 of 35	5 of 7	0 of 0	13 of 29	7 of 11	2 of 2
1	Patrick Williams	15 of 23	65%	1 of 6	9 of 12	5 of 5	8 of 12	7 of 11	0 of 0
2	Luke Sanders	20 of 59	33%	12 of 49	6 of 7	2 of 3	15 of 52	5 of 7	0 of 0
2	Patrick Williams	24 of 45	53%	7 of 28	4 of 4	13 of 13	24 of 43	0 of 2	0 of 0
3	Luke Sanders	17 of 39	43%	15 of 37	2 of 2	0 of 0	16 of 38	1 of 1	0 of 0
3	Patrick Williams	22 of 41	53%	7 of 22	2 of 4	13 of 15	21 of 39	1 of 2	0 of 0

Loss

vs Andre Soukhamthath

UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega
Dec 09, 2017

TKO (punches) R2 1:06

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Andre Soukhamthath	0	23 of 67	34%	37 of 82	0 of 1	0%	0	0	1:49
Luke Sanders	1	20 of 49	40%	23 of 52	0 of 0	---	0	0	0:00

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Ctrl
1	Andre Soukhamthath	0	18 of 44	40%	32 of 59	0 of 1	0%	1:49
1	Luke Sanders	0	8 of 23	34%	11 of 26	0 of 0	---	0:00
2	Andre Soukhamthath	0	5 of 23	21%	5 of 23	0 of 0	---	0:00
2	Luke Sanders	1	12 of 26	46%	12 of 26	0 of 0	---	0:00

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Andre Soukhamthath	23 of 67	34%	19 of 61	4 of 6	0 of 0	21 of 61	2 of 6	0 of 0
Luke Sanders	20 of 49	40%	16 of 44	3 of 4	1 of 1	10 of 37	3 of 3	7 of 9

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Andre Soukhamthath	18 of 44	40%	14 of 39	4 of 5	0 of 0	16 of 38	2 of 6	0 of 0
1	Luke Sanders	8 of 23	34%	4 of 19	3 of 3	1 of 1	5 of 20	3 of 3	0 of 0
2	Andre Soukhamthath	5 of 23	21%	5 of 22	0 of 1	0 of 0	5 of 23	0 of 0	0 of 0
2	Luke Sanders	12 of 26	46%	12 of 25	0 of 1	0 of 0	5 of 17	0 of 0	7 of 9

Loss

vs Iuri Alcântara

UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 2
Mar 04, 2017

Submission (kneebar) R2 3:13

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Iuri Alcântara	0	23 of 75	30%	27 of 79	1 of 2	50%	1	0	0:05
Luke Sanders	0	94 of 134	70%	134 of 182	1 of 2	50%	0	0	3:37

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Ctrl
1	Iuri Alcântara	13 of 41	31%	15 of 43	1 of 1	100%	0	0:03
1	Luke Sanders	75 of 94	79%	107 of 132	1 of 1	100%	0	2:40
2	Iuri Alcântara	10 of 34	29%	12 of 36	0 of 1	0%	1	0:02
2	Luke Sanders	19 of 40	47%	27 of 50	0 of 1	0%	0	0:57

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Iuri Alcântara	23 of 75	30%	12 of 59	5 of 10	6 of 6	19 of 71	1 of 1	3 of 3
Luke Sanders	94 of 134	70%	90 of 127	4 of 7	0 of 0	15 of 47	4 of 6	75 of 81

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Iuri Alcântara	13 of 41	31%	5 of 32	5 of 6	3 of 3	10 of 38	0 of 0	3 of 3
1	Luke Sanders	75 of 94	79%	73 of 91	2 of 3	0 of 0	8 of 22	0 of 0	67 of 72
2	Iuri Alcântara	10 of 34	29%	7 of 27	0 of 4	3 of 3	9 of 33	1 of 1	0 of 0
2	Luke Sanders	19 of 40	47%	17 of 36	2 of 4	0 of 0	7 of 25	4 of 6	8 of 9

Win

vs Maximo Blanco

UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz
Jan 17, 2016

Submission (rear-naked choke) R1 3:38

Totals

Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
Luke Sanders	0	16 of 39	41%	17 of 40	1 of 1	100%	1	0	0:29
Maximo Blanco	1	26 of 48	54%	27 of 49	0 of 0	---	1	0	0:12

Per Round

Rd	Fighter	KD	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Total Str.	TD	TD %	Sub. Att	Rev.	Ctrl
1	Luke Sanders	0	16 of 39	41%	17 of 40	1 of 1	100%	1	0	0:29
1	Maximo Blanco	1	26 of 48	54%	27 of 49	0 of 0	---	1	0	0:12

Significant Strikes

Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
Luke Sanders	16 of 39	41%	2 of 25	7 of 7	7 of 7	16 of 37	0 of 1	0 of 1
Maximo Blanco	26 of 48	54%	21 of 42	1 of 1	4 of 5	24 of 43	0 of 3	2 of 2

Significant Strikes Per Round

Rd	Fighter	Sig. Str.	Sig. Str. %	Head	Body	Leg	Distance	Clinch	Ground
1	Luke Sanders	16 of 39	41%	2 of 25	7 of 7	7 of 7	16 of 37	0 of 1	0 of 1
1	Maximo Blanco	26 of 48	54%	21 of 42	1 of 1	4 of 5	24 of 43	0 of 3	2 of 2

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