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UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill
Thiago Moises
Thiago Moises
16-6 · BRA
VS
Melquizael Costa
Melquizael Costa
19-5 · BRA
January 21, 2023 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.5lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Thiago Moises def. Melquizael Costa by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 4:05
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Moises9/161/402:49
Costa16/300/000:00
R2 · 4:05
Moises13/173/302:42
Costa7/200/000:02
Total
Moises22/334/705:31
Costa23/500/000:02

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
MoisesWin probabilityCosta
63.2%36.8%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
23%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 9.8 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 Moises, blue toward Costa. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Moises63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%25%17%
Submission16%25%29%
Decision31%50%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1241)act 22
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.7)act 4
Costa37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%38%10%
Submission7%20%6%
Decision16%42%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (1549)act 23
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 0
Combined totals~66 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R216%
R36%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Moises
44.0%+124
Costa
-12454.6%
Most takedownstie 33.1%
Moises
43.7%-188
Costa
+18823.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Moises
Expected: 30.6
30.5
Over 30.5
39.9%
+151
Under 30.5
60.1%
-151
03977
Costa
Expected: 35.8
36
Over 36
38.9%
+154
Exactly 36
1.3%
push
Under 36
59.8%
-154
04590
Takedowns — over/under
Moises
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
36.7%
+122
Exactly 1
18.6%
push
Under 1
44.7%
-122
035
Costa
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
36.8%
+171
Under 0.5
63.2%
-171
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 9.8 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
Moises63.2%76.8%−13.6-409
Costa36.8%23.2%+13.6+313
By method
Moises by KO/TKO18.8%16.8%+2.0+391
Moises by submission14.6%29.1%−14.5+184
Moises by decision29.8%29.6%+0.2+179
Costa by KO/TKO10.9%10.1%+0.8+715
Costa by submission8.5%5.7%+2.8+1341
Costa by decision17.3%8.7%+8.6+847
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds69.5%60.8%+8.7-186
Over 2.5 rds53.1%46.6%+6.5+102
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision47.1%40.8%+6.3+129

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MoisesCosta
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1554
Pound-for-pound
1530
1554
Divisional
1530
1480
Striking offense
1500
1493
Striking defense
1500
1512
Grappling offense
1500
1500
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
27 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'10"
70"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.24
Strikes landed / min
37%
Strike accuracy
4.06
Strikes absorbed / min
57%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
1.15
Takedowns / 15 min
36%
Takedown accuracy
61%
Takedown defense
1.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
56%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
60%
Last-5 win rate
40%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
210
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Thiago Moises
  • WChristos GiagosSUB R1
    Close -2517mo before
  • LJoel AlvarezKO/TKO R1
    opp missedClose -2631y 2mo before
  • LIslam MakhachevSUB R4
    Close +5441y 6mo before
  • WAlexander HernandezU-DEC R3
    Close +1791y 11mo before
  • WKing GreenU-DEC R3
    Close +2552y 3mo before
Melquizael Costa
No prior UFC fights.
Moises — win / loss by method
Record: 16-6-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
19% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 1 loss
W
44% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 4 losses
W
38% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
5win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
2 (40%)Submission(25%) 1
3 (60%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (27%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (45%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (27%)Decision(100%) 2
Costa — win / loss by method
Record: 19-5-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
37% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 1 loss
W
32% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 3 losses
W
32% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
19win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (37%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
6 (32%)Submission(20%) 1
6 (32%)Decision(60%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Moises
Costa
9
UFC fights
0
104.2 min · 11.6 avg
Octagon time
14y 2m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Moises
Costa
166W–51L · 76.5%
Overall
94W–43L · 68.6%
Wins
72W–8L · 90.0%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Moises
Costa
88W–32L · 73.3%
Overall
164W–84L · 66.1%
67W–30L · 69.1%
Wins
116W–74L · 61.1%
21W–2L · 91.3%
Losses
48W–10L · 82.8%
Distance striking
Moises
Costa
3.26
Landed / min
32.9%
Accuracy
62.4%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
54.3%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Moises
Costa
1.15
Takedowns / 15 min
36.4%
Takedown accuracy
60.7%
Takedown defense
1.30
Sub attempts / 15 min
36.7%
Control share
Strike target map
Moises
  • Head68%(158)div 63%
  • Body13%(30)div 21%
  • Legs19%(45)div 16%
Costa
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Thiago Moises
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Melquizael Costa

No UFC fights on record.

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