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UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2
Tai Tuivasa
Tai Tuivasa
14-4 · AUS
VS
Derrick Lewis
Derrick Lewis
26-8 · USA
February 12, 2022 · Houston, Texas, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
265.0lb
Weigh-in
266.0lb
Tai Tuivasa def. Derrick Lewis by KO/TKO (Elbow), R2 1:40
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Tuivasa14/210/002:06
Lewis16/242/301:24
R2 · 1:40
Tuivasa10/150/010:00
Lewis11/190/100:24
Total
Tuivasa24/360/012:06
Lewis27/432/401:48

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
TuivasaWin probabilityLewis
48.2%51.8%
KO / TKO
47%
Submission
7%
Decision
46%
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 Tuivasa, blue toward Lewis. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Tuivasa48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%48%26%
Submission3%6%4%
Decision22%46%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (1755)act 24
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Lewis52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%46%47%
Submission4%7%4%
Decision24%47%10%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (1551)act 27
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 2
Combined totals~78 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R219%
R36%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Tuivasa
51.3%-108
Lewis
+10847.5%
Most takedownstie 64.7%
Tuivasa
22.1%-168
Lewis
+16813.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Tuivasa
Expected: 40.3
40.5
Over 40.5
39.6%
+153
Under 40.5
60.4%
-153
051101
Lewis
Expected: 37.8
38
Over 38
38.9%
+154
Exactly 38
1.3%
push
Under 38
59.9%
-154
04895
Takedowns — over/under
Tuivasa
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
24.6%
+306
Under 0.5
75.4%
-306
035
Lewis
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.0%
Exactly 0
84.0%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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
Tuivasa48.2%38.2%+10.0+151
Lewis51.8%61.8%−10.0-182
By method
Tuivasa by KO/TKO22.8%26.2%−3.4+215
Tuivasa by submission3.2%3.7%−0.5+2130
Tuivasa by decision22.3%9.0%+13.3+818
Lewis by KO/TKO24.4%46.8%−22.4-131
Lewis by submission3.4%4.1%−0.7+1921
Lewis by decision23.9%10.3%+13.6+704
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds71.2%39.6%+31.6+136
Over 2.5 rds52.3%23.4%+28.9+300
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision46.2%19.8%+26.4+371

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
69.0Striking61.3
Tuivasa +7.8
13.9Grappling29.1
Lewis +15.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TuivasaLewis
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1584
Pound-for-pound
1669
1584
Divisional
1664
1542
Striking offense
1524
1513
Striking defense
1535
1486
Grappling offense
1467
1528
Grappling defense
1509
Physical
28 yrs
Age
37 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'3"
75"
Reach
79"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.63
Strikes landed / min
2.52
52%
Strike accuracy
50%
3.51
Strikes absorbed / min
2.48
50%
Strike defense
42%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.48
0%
Takedown accuracy
25%
50%
Takedown defense
55%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
70%
UFC win rate
74%
+4
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
86%
Finish rate
76%
Recent opp. quality
63
Days since last fight
56
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tai Tuivasa
  • WAugusto SakaiKO/TKO R2
    Close -1242mo before
  • WGreg HardyKO/TKO R1
    Close -1297mo before
  • WHarry HunsuckerKO/TKO R1
    Close -45511mo before
  • WStefan StruveKO/TKO R1
    Close -1121y 4mo before
  • LSerghei SpivacSUB R2
    Close -3302y 4mo before
Derrick Lewis
  • WChris DaukausKO/TKO R1
    Close +12056d before
  • LCiryl GaneKO/TKO R3
    Close +2566mo before
  • WCurtis BlaydesKO/TKO R2
    Close +3081y before
  • WAleksei OleinikKO/TKO R2
    Close -2001y 6mo before
  • WIlir LatifiU-DEC R3
    Close -2252y before
Tuivasa — win / loss by method
Record: 14-4-0

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
13 wins, 2 losses
W
93% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
7% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
7win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (86%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (14%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Lewis — win / loss by method
Record: 26-8-0, 1 NC

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
21 wins, 5 losses
W
81% of wins
L
63% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
4% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
15% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
17win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (76%)KO/TKO(83%) 5
0 (0%)Submission(17%) 1
4 (24%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
8 (89%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (11%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Tuivasa
Lewis
10
UFC fights
23
65.0 min · 6.5 avg
Octagon time
218.1 min · 9.5 avg
14y 1m
Career length
16y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Tuivasa
Lewis
147W–49L · 75.0%
Overall
383W–101L · 79.1%
102W–41L · 71.3%
Wins
297W–75L · 79.8%
45W–8L · 84.9%
Losses
86W–26L · 76.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Tuivasa
Lewis
32W–23L · 58.2%
Overall
44W–11L · 80.0%
25W–18L · 58.1%
Wins
32W–9L · 78.0%
7W–5L · 58.3%
Losses
12W–2L · 85.7%
Distance striking
Tuivasa
Lewis
5.65
Landed / min
2.08
46.6%
Accuracy
35.3%
55.4%
Defense
47.9%
1.39
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.55
57.5%
Time at distance
49.6%
Grappling & control
Tuivasa
Lewis
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.48
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
50.0%
Takedown defense
55.1%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
54.0%
Control share
26.8%
Strike target map
Tuivasa
  • Head64%(194)div 65%
  • Body16%(49)div 19%
  • Legs19%(58)div 16%
Lewis
  • Head78%(427)div 65%
  • Body17%(94)div 19%
  • Legs5%(28)div 16%

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

Tai Tuivasa
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Derrick Lewis
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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