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UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier
Tai Tuivasa
Tai Tuivasa
13-4 · AUS
VS
Augusto Sakai
Augusto Sakai
15-3-1 · BRA
December 11, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
264.0lb
Weigh-in
263.5lb
Tai Tuivasa def. Augusto Sakai by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 0:26
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Tuivasa24/370/101:57
Sakai19/260/100:33
R2 · 0:26
Tuivasa10/150/010:01
Sakai2/30/000:00
Total
Tuivasa34/520/111:58
Sakai21/290/100:33

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 probabilitySakai
49.7%50.3%
KO / TKO
50%
Submission
8%
Decision
41%
Expected fight time: 9.4 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 Sakai. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Tuivasa50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%56%34%
Submission4%9%4%
Decision18%35%12%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2168)act 34
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.6)act 0
Sakai50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%44%22%
Submission4%8%6%
Decision24%48%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (1653)act 21
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Combined totals~89 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R217%
R39%
Distance41%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Tuivasa
57.2%-137
Sakai
+13741.7%
Most takedownstie 56.5%
Tuivasa
20.1%+117
Sakai
-11723.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Tuivasa
Expected: 49.9
50
Over 50
39.1%
+153
Exactly 50
1.0%
push
Under 50
59.9%
-153
063125
Sakai
Expected: 39.1
39
Over 39
39.3%
+151
Exactly 39
1.2%
push
Under 39
59.4%
-151
04998
Takedowns — over/under
Tuivasa
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
24.5%
+308
Under 0.5
75.5%
-308
035
Sakai
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
27.7%
+262
Under 0.5
72.3%
-262
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 9.4 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
Tuivasa49.7%52.7%−3.0-124
Sakai50.3%47.3%+3.0+102
By method
Tuivasa by KO/TKO24.9%34.3%−9.4+137
Tuivasa by submission4.2%4.0%+0.2+1924
Tuivasa by decision20.6%11.9%+8.7+582
Sakai by KO/TKO25.2%21.5%+3.7+279
Sakai by submission4.2%6.3%−2.1+1200
Sakai by decision20.8%21.9%−1.1+271
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds67.5%59.4%+8.1-170
Over 2.5 rds50.3%44.7%+5.6+110
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision41.4%35.5%+5.9+163

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
68.6Striking62.3
Tuivasa +6.4
13.0Grappling33.1
Sakai +20.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TuivasaSakai
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1568
Pound-for-pound
1566
1568
Divisional
1566
1534
Striking offense
1507
1508
Striking defense
1480
1484
Grappling offense
1487
1528
Grappling defense
1516
Physical
28 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'3"
75"
Reach
77"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.48
Strikes landed / min
4.94
51%
Strike accuracy
48%
3.48
Strikes absorbed / min
4.74
51%
Strike defense
47%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.21
0%
Takedown accuracy
50%
47%
Takedown defense
33%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
67%
+3
Win/loss streak
-2
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
83%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
189
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tai Tuivasa
  • WGreg HardyKO/TKO R1
    Close -1295mo before
  • WHarry HunsuckerKO/TKO R1
    Close -4559mo before
  • WStefan StruveKO/TKO R1
    Close -1121y 2mo before
  • LSerghei SpivacSUB R2
    Close -3302y 2mo before
  • LBlagoy IvanovU-DEC R3
    Close -1602y 6mo before
Augusto Sakai
  • LJairzinho RozenstruikKO/TKO R1
    Close +1056mo before
  • LAlistair OvereemKO/TKO R5
    Close +1301y 3mo before
  • WBlagoy IvanovS-DEC R3
    Close -1151y 6mo before
  • WMarcin TyburaKO/TKO R1
    Close -1252y 3mo before
  • WAndrei ArlovskiS-DEC R3
    Close -1652y 8mo before
Tuivasa — win / loss by method
Record: 13-4-0

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
12 wins, 2 losses
W
92% 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
8% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
6win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (17%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Sakai — win / loss by method
Record: 15-3-1

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
11 wins, 2 losses
W
73% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (82%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (18%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Tuivasa
Sakai
9
UFC fights
6
59.5 min · 6.6 avg
Octagon time
70.5 min · 11.7 avg
14y 1m
Career length
14y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Tuivasa
Sakai
132W–46L · 74.2%
Overall
130W–50L · 72.2%
87W–38L · 69.6%
Wins
73W–30L · 70.9%
45W–8L · 84.9%
Losses
57W–20L · 74.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Tuivasa
Sakai
32W–23L · 58.2%
Overall
62W–22L · 73.8%
25W–18L · 58.1%
Wins
36W–12L · 75.0%
7W–5L · 58.3%
Losses
26W–10L · 72.2%
Distance striking
Tuivasa
Sakai
5.49
Landed / min
4.85
46.5%
Accuracy
39.8%
55.3%
Defense
53.3%
1.26
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.21
60.6%
Time at distance
67.9%
Grappling & control
Tuivasa
Sakai
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.21
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
46.7%
Takedown defense
33.3%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
50.7%
Control share
47.1%
Strike target map
Tuivasa
  • Head63%(168)div 65%
  • Body15%(41)div 19%
  • Legs22%(58)div 16%
Sakai
  • Head64%(221)div 65%
  • Body24%(85)div 19%
  • Legs12%(42)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.

Augusto Sakai
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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