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Brad Tavares
Brad Tavares
19-6 · USA
July 2, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
185.5lb
Dricus Du Plessis def. Brad Tavares by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Du Plessis14/260/601:18
Tavares10/130/001:58
R2
Du Plessis39/750/100:00
Tavares33/590/000:03
R3
Du Plessis60/1110/000:00
Tavares39/780/100:00
Total
Du Plessis113/2120/701:18
Tavares82/1500/102:01

Scorecards

Du Plessis vs Tavares

RdMichael BellRon McCarthyTony WeeksCommunity
R19-109-109-109-10
R210-910-910-99.9-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2829-2829-2828.9-28

Media (20 cards) · avg 2928 · 20 Du Plessis · 0 Tavares

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Du Plessis-Tavares.

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
Du PlessisWin probabilityTavares
65.4%34.6%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
10%
Decision
66%
Expected fight time: 11.8 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 Du Plessis, blue toward Tavares. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Du Plessis65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%29%30%
Submission10%15%11%
Decision36%56%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (1962)act 113
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.6)act 0
Tavares35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%12%12%
Submission1%2%3%
Decision30%86%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1447)act 82
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 0
Combined totals~81 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R116%
R215%
R33%
Distance66%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Du Plessis
58.2%-143
Tavares
+14340.7%
Most takedownstie 47.5%
Du Plessis
20.0%+163
Tavares
-16332.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Du Plessis
Expected: 45.8
46
Over 46
39.0%
+153
Exactly 46
1.1%
push
Under 46
59.9%
-153
058115
Tavares
Expected: 34.9
35
Over 35
38.9%
+154
Exactly 35
1.4%
push
Under 35
59.7%
-154
04488
Takedowns — over/under
Du Plessis
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
27.4%
+265
Under 0.5
72.6%
-265
035
Tavares
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
39.1%
+156
Under 0.5
60.9%
-156
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 11.8 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
Du Plessis65.4%61.0%+4.4-177
Tavares34.6%39.0%−4.4+145
By method
Du Plessis by KO/TKO15.3%30.2%−14.9+170
Du Plessis by submission6.8%11.1%−4.3+631
Du Plessis by decision43.4%16.7%+26.7+386
Tavares by KO/TKO8.1%12.2%−4.1+566
Tavares by submission3.6%3.3%+0.3+2390
Tavares by decision22.9%26.5%−3.6+207
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds83.9%62.5%+21.4-200
Over 2.5 rds68.6%49.3%+19.3-110
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision66.3%44.9%+21.4+109

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
79.6Striking65.6
Du Plessis +14.0
37.7Grappling38.9
Tavares +1.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Du PlessisTavares
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1577
Pound-for-pound
1623
1576
Divisional
1624
1514
Striking offense
1497
1530
Striking defense
1510
1488
Grappling offense
1478
1505
Grappling defense
1532
Physical
28 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'1"
76"
Reach
74"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.07
Strikes landed / min
3.18
48%
Strike accuracy
42%
2.39
Strikes absorbed / min
2.76
68%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.99
Takedowns / 15 min
0.91
50%
Takedown accuracy
27%
Takedown defense
79%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
70%
+2
Win/loss streak
+2
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
14%
Recent opp. quality
357
Days since last fight
357
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Dricus Du Plessis
  • WTrevin GilesKO/TKO R2
    Close -1161y before
  • WMarkus PerezKO/TKO R1
    Close -1671y 9mo before
Brad Tavares
  • WOmari AkhmedovS-DEC R3
    Close -1531y before
  • WAntonio Carlos JuniorU-DEC R3
    Close -1151y 5mo before
  • LEdmen ShahbazyanKO/TKO R1
    Close +1602y 8mo before
  • LIsrael AdesanyaU-DEC R5
    Close -1054y before
  • WKrzysztof JotkoKO/TKO R3
    Close +1104y 3mo before
Du Plessis — win / loss by method
Record: 16-2-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
44% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
14win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (36%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
9 (64%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Tavares — win / loss by method
Record: 19-6-0

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
5 wins, 3 losses
W
26% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
12 wins, 3 losses
W
63% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
14win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (14%)KO/TKO(50%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
12 (86%)Decision(50%) 3
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (40%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Du Plessis
Tavares
2
UFC fights
20
10.1 min · 5.0 avg
Octagon time
263.1 min · 13.2 avg
13y 0m
Career length
19y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Du Plessis
Tavares
26W–5L · 83.9%
Overall
303W–85L · 78.1%
26W–5L · 83.9%
Wins
234W–71L · 76.7%
0W–0L
Losses
69W–14L · 83.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Du Plessis
Tavares
135W–46L · 74.6%
Overall
1W–5L · 16.7%
111W–41L · 73.0%
Wins
1W–5L · 16.7%
24W–5L · 82.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Du Plessis
Tavares
5.54
Landed / min
4.55
46.4%
Accuracy
39.0%
69.9%
Defense
62.7%
2.99
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.23
80.8%
Time at distance
57.0%
Grappling & control
Du Plessis
Tavares
2.99
Takedowns / 15 min
0.91
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
27.1%
Takedown defense
79.4%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
88.9%
Control share
44.6%
Strike target map
Du Plessis
  • Head27%(14)div 64%
  • Body22%(11)div 20%
  • Legs51%(26)div 17%
Tavares
  • Head59%(493)div 64%
  • Body16%(137)div 20%
  • Legs25%(207)div 17%

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

Dricus Du Plessis
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Brad Tavares
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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