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Bolaji Oki vs Daniel Santos prediction

Featherweight · 3 rounds · UFC 333 (UFC 333: Volkanovski vs Evloev) · 24 Oct 2026
UFC 2-3 · Pro 10-4
VS
UFC 4-2 · Pro 14-3
FightIQ’s read

FightIQ's read: Daniel Santos over Bolaji Oki at 55% confidence — a coin-flip.

That read sits 1.7pp above the sportsbook line's implied 53% on Daniel Santos.

Most likely outcome: a decision at 45% (KO/TKO 38%, submission 17%, decision 45%) — a lean rather than a call.

The model gives it a 45% chance of going the distance, with a projected median fight time around 11:11.

Live on Polymarket, Daniel Santos is priced around 54%.

Assembled from the model's own outputs — not written free-hand. If a number isn't in the model, it isn't in this summary.

Prediction

One honest, calibrated confidence rating — the number is the signal.

TOSS-UPWe predict Daniel Santos — 55% confident
Bolaji Oki 45%Daniel Santos 55%
How it ends (method)
KO / TKO38%
Submission17%
Decision45%
How long it lasts (rounds)
Reaches R266%
Reaches R351%
Goes the distance45%
11:11
median time
+1.7pp
vs sportsbook line

Published 20 Oct 2026, 05:34 UTC — before the fight. Graded on this page after it.

Our record at this confidence: TOSS-UP picks are 42-43 (49.4%, n=85) in 2026. Every graded pick · How well our confidence is calibrated

Odds

The sportsbook line next to the live prediction-market prices — information only. Each bar is the two sides' share of one certain outcome.

Sportsbook line
Bolaji Oki47% · +107
Daniel Santos53% · -120
bar = implied chance, vig removed
Live · Polymarket
Bolaji Oki46% · +115
Daniel Santos54% · -115
as of 2026-10-20T10:51:02Z · $18 liquidity

Line moves

What the market has done since it opened — the price, not our model. The gold marker is where our pick was frozen.

Bolaji OkiDaniel SantosPolymarketSportsbook consensus (vig removed)
Bolaji Oki vs Daniel Santos — implied win chance over timeLine chart. Market-implied win chance for Bolaji Oki and Daniel Santos from Oct 19 to Oct 20, drawn from Polymarket and the sportsbook consensus. Bolaji Oki moves from 50% to 46% and Daniel Santos from 50% to 54%. A gold marker shows where our pick was frozen.35%40%45%50%55%60%65%Oct 19 22:00Oct 20 01:00Oct 20 04:00Oct 20 08:00Oct 20 11:00▲ we passed here (toss-up)46%54%

Daniel Santos's implied chance drifted up from 50% to 54% (+3.0pp) over this window.

Show the numbers
SeriesOpenLowHighLatestMove
Bolaji Oki — sportsbook consensus42.6%42.6%47.0%47.0%+4.4pp
Daniel Santos — sportsbook consensus57.4%53.0%57.4%53.0%−4.4pp
Bolaji Oki — Polymarket49.5%45.5%49.5%46.5%−3.0pp
Daniel Santos — Polymarket50.5%50.5%54.5%53.5%+3.0pp
Price history from Polymarket (moneyline, both corners) and BestFightOdds (sportsbook consensus, vig removed). 82 snapshots on file · window Oct 19 22:11–Oct 20 11:41Z · latest Oct 20, 11:41Z · hourly-downsampled for the chart · read at build time from the price archive, not a live feed.

Tale of the tape

The facts, side by side — Bolaji Oki vs Daniel Santos.

Red corner BolajiOki“The Zulu Warrior”Hometown (per Sherdog): Brussels
VSUpcoming
Blue corner DanielSantos“Willycat”Chute Boxe Diego Lima · Born in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil · Fights out of São Paulo, Brazil
Featherweight3 roundsPicks published · graded in public after the card
The story
  • Has dropped 2 straight in the UFC.
  • Has finished 2 of 4 UFC wins.
  • Carries 11 points more striking defence than Santos.
  • Averages 1.6 more takedowns per 15 minutes than Oki.
10-4
Record
14-3
−1 yr30
Age
31
+3″5' 10"
Height
5' 7"
+6″73″
Reach
67″
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
5
UFC bouts
+16
0/20% of wins
Finishes
2/450% of wins
Brusselshometown, per Sherdog
From
São Paulo, Brazilfights out of
Vitals, record, nickname and camp come from the public UFC fighter register and are current, not a snapshot of fight night. UFC bouts, finish rate and every storyline line are counted off the official UFC fight record. A tick marks the side holding the raw edge in that row — longer reach, taller, younger, more bouts, a higher finish rate. It is a fact about the tape, not a prediction, and rows with no clean comparison (record, stance, gym, hometown) carry no tick at all. Any row we cannot fill on both sides is left out rather than half-drawn. Where a fighter was born and where they fight out of come from their Wikipedia entry; where we hold neither, the hometown shown is Sherdog’s.
All the vitals, as a table
UFC 2-3UFC recordUFC 4-2
10-4Pro record14-3
The Zulu WarriorNicknameWillycat
5' 10"Height5' 7"
73"Reach67"
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox
30Age31
155 lbs.Weight145 lbs.
BelgiumNationalityBrazil
—Born inUberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
—Fights out ofSão Paulo, Brazil
BrusselsHometown (per Sherdog)—
—CampChute Boxe Diego Lima
Vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality and camp from the public fighter register. Where a fighter was born and where they fight out of come from their Wikipedia entry; where we hold neither, the hometown shown is Sherdog’s. The UFC record is counted from the official results themselves.

FightIQ Metrics

Our read — not official stats. Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against the fighter’s own weight class (the full roster where a division is too thin to rank in). The better score on each row is highlighted in that fighter's corner colour.

Bolaji OkiDaniel Santos
78
Striking
62
50
Defence
28
56
Grappling / TD
53
79
Cardio
71
12
Chin
38
55
Fight IQ
50
Our read — derived, not official stats. Ranked within weight class.

Strike zones

Strike zones

Where they go — head to head

Career UFC significant strikes by target zone. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Bolaji Oki5 UFC fights · 346 landed

68.2%
HEAD
66.7%
23.1%
BODY
22.1%
8.7%
LEGS
11.2%

Daniel Santos6 UFC fights · 357 landed

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average.

Takedowns

Takedowns

The level change — head to head

Career UFC takedown rates. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Bolaji Oki

1.02takedowns / 15 min
1.02 / 15m
TAKEDOWNS
2.60 / 15m
1.79 / 15m
ATTEMPTS
7.88 / 15m
57%
ACCURACY
33%
0.00 / 15m
SUB ATT
0.00 / 15m

Daniel Santos

2.60takedowns / 15 min

Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average. Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (5.56 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

Ranked roster-wide

Stats comparison

Bolaji Oki (left) vs Daniel Santos (right) — career striking & grappling rates.

Strikes landed / min
6.42
vs
5.15
Striking accuracy
45%
vs
40%
Strikes absorbed / min
5.12
vs
5.38
Striking defence
61%
vs
50%
Takedowns / 15 min
1.02
vs
2.6
Takedown accuracy
57%
vs
33%
Takedown defence
75%
vs
73%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0
vs
0
Career averages from public UFC statistics.

Bios

Who these two are — reported newsroom prose where we have it, our own data-built profile where we don’t. Each is labelled.

Bolaji OkiFightIQ profileVolume striker

5' 10" orthodox volume striker campaigning at Lightweight. 2 UFC wins — 2 decision.

Built from Bolaji Oki’s own fight record and striking and grappling figures, recomputed for this build. Full profile →
Daniel SantosFightIQ profileGrappling-led all-rounder

5' 7" orthodox grappling-led all-rounder campaigning at Featherweight. 4 UFC wins — 2 KO/TKO, 2 decision.

Built from Daniel Santos’s own fight record and striking and grappling figures, recomputed for this build. Full profile →

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