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UFC Fight Night: Blachowicz vs. Rakic
Tatsuro Taira
Tatsuro Taira
10-0 · JPN
VS
May 14, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
125.0lb
Weigh-in
126.0lb
Tatsuro Taira def. Carlos Candelario by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Taira13/241/500:45
Candelario5/241/300:44
R2
Taira15/190/013:13
Candelario4/60/101:16
R3
Taira29/440/002:59
Candelario0/41/101:28
Total
Taira57/871/516:57
Candelario9/342/503:28

Scorecards

Taira vs Candelario

RdAdalaide ByrdDerek ClearyRon McCarthyCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-8.7
R310-910-810-910-8.8
Total30-2730-2630-2730-26.5

Media (15 cards) · avg 3027 · 15 Taira · 0 Candelario

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Taira-Candelario.

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
TairaWin probabilityCandelario
68.6%31.4%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
23%
Decision
51%
Expected fight time: 10.2 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 Taira, blue toward Candelario. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Taira69%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%27%16%
Submission17%25%27%
Decision33%48%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (1551)act 57
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.6)act 1
Candelario31%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%24%9%
Submission6%20%6%
Decision17%56%16%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1342)act 9
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.1)act 2
Combined totals~69 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R213%
R37%
Distance51%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Taira
54.9%-125
Candelario
+12543.7%
Most takedownstie 30.4%
Taira
37.1%-114
Candelario
+11432.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Taira
Expected: 37.3
37.5
Over 37.5
39.4%
+154
Under 37.5
60.6%
-154
04794
Candelario
Expected: 31.3
31.5
Over 31.5
39.4%
+154
Under 31.5
60.6%
-154
04079
Takedowns — over/under
Taira
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
34.7%
+138
Exactly 1
17.4%
push
Under 1
48.0%
-138
035
Candelario
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
30.8%
+166
Exactly 1
18.0%
push
Under 1
51.2%
-166
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 10.2 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
Taira68.6%73.0%−4.4-325
Candelario31.4%27.0%+4.4+253
By method
Taira by KO/TKO17.8%15.9%+1.9+405
Taira by submission16.0%26.6%−10.6+202
Taira by decision34.9%26.6%+8.3+203
Candelario by KO/TKO8.1%9.1%−1.0+786
Candelario by submission7.3%5.7%+1.6+1299
Candelario by decision15.9%16.1%−0.2+400
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds71.3%63.4%+7.9-205
Over 2.5 rds58.2%68.0%−9.8-127
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision50.8%46.3%+4.5+103

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.

Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1539
Pound-for-pound
1521
1539
Divisional
1521
1500
Striking offense
1500
1500
Striking defense
1500
1500
Grappling offense
1500
1500
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
22 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'8"
70"
Reach
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
Strike accuracy
Strikes absorbed / min
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
Win/loss streak
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tatsuro Taira
No prior UFC fights.
Carlos Candelario
No prior UFC fights.
Taira — win / loss by method
Record: 10-0-0

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, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (30%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (50%)Submission() 0
2 (20%)Decision() 0
Candelario — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Taira
Candelario
0
UFC fights
0
Octagon time
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Taira
Candelario
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Taira
Candelario
110W–61L · 64.3%
Overall
30W–14L · 68.2%
110W–61L · 64.3%
Wins
21W–13L · 61.8%
0W–0L
Losses
9W–1L · 90.0%
Distance striking
Taira
Candelario
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Taira
Candelario
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Taira
  • Head0%(0)div 62%
  • Body0%(0)div 22%
  • Legs0%(0)div 15%
  • No strike data on record.
Candelario
  • Head0%(0)div 62%
  • Body0%(0)div 22%
  • Legs0%(0)div 15%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Tatsuro Taira

No UFC fights on record.

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

Carlos Candelario

No UFC fights on record.

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