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UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje
Tai Tuivasa
Tai Tuivasa
10-4 · AUS
VS
Stefan Struve
Stefan Struve
29-12 · NLD
October 24, 2020 · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
Tai Tuivasa def. Stefan Struve by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 4:59
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:59
Tuivasa27/420/011:44
Struve13/190/100:00
Total
Tuivasa27/420/011:44
Struve13/190/100:00

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 probabilityStruve
56.6%43.4%
KO / TKO
55%
Submission
17%
Decision
28%
Expected fight time: 8.1 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 Struve. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Tuivasa57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO37%64%
Submission3%5%
Decision17%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1448)act 27
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 0
Struve43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%43%
Submission14%32%
Decision11%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1240)act 13
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.1)act 0
Combined totals~65 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R139%
R224%
R39%
Distance28%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Tuivasa
55.1%-127
Struve
+12743.5%
Most takedownstie 62.7%
Tuivasa
21.6%-137
Struve
+13715.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Tuivasa
Expected: 35.3
35.5
Over 35.5
39.4%
+154
Under 35.5
60.6%
-154
04589
Struve
Expected: 29.4
29.5
Over 29.5
39.6%
+153
Under 29.5
60.4%
-153
03774
Takedowns — over/under
Tuivasa
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
24.5%
+309
Under 0.5
75.5%
-309
035
Struve
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
18.8%
+433
Under 0.5
81.2%
-433
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 8.1 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
Tuivasa56.6%50.0%+6.6-112
Struve43.4%50.0%−6.6-112

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
66.1Striking58.0
Tuivasa +8.1
11.9Grappling62.7
Struve +50.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TuivasaStruve
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1521
Pound-for-pound
1557
1521
Divisional
1557
1512
Striking offense
1516
1508
Striking defense
1480
1483
Grappling offense
1497
1516
Grappling defense
1492
Physical
27 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'11"
75"
Reach
84"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.09
Strikes landed / min
3.13
49%
Strike accuracy
47%
3.54
Strikes absorbed / min
4.00
52%
Strike defense
47%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.58
0%
Takedown accuracy
50%
43%
Takedown defense
56%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.7
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
57%
-3
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
20%
67%
Finish rate
85%
Recent opp. quality
385
Days since last fight
322
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tai Tuivasa
  • LSerghei SpivacSUB R2
    Close -3301y 1mo before
  • LBlagoy IvanovU-DEC R3
    Close -1601y 5mo before
  • LJunior Dos SantosKO/TKO R2
    Close +1401y 11mo before
  • WAndrei ArlovskiU-DEC R3
    Close -2302y 5mo before
  • WCyril AskerKO/TKO R1
    Close -2752y 8mo before
Stefan Struve
  • LBen RothwellKO/TKO R2
    Close +13011mo before
  • WMarcos Rogerio de LimaSUB R2
    Close -1151y 8mo before
  • LMarcin TyburaU-DEC R3
    Close +1652y 3mo before
  • LAndrei ArlovskiU-DEC R3
    Close -1852y 8mo before
  • LAlexander VolkovKO/TKO R3
    Close +1103y 2mo before
Tuivasa — win / loss by method
Record: 10-4-0

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
9 wins, 2 losses
W
90% 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
10% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (33%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Struve — win / loss by method
Record: 29-12-0

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
8 wins, 8 losses
W
28% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
18 wins, 1 loss
W
62% of wins
L
8% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
7% of wins
L
25% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
3% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
13win10loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (38%)KO/TKO(70%) 7
6 (46%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (15%)Decision(30%) 3
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (19%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
12 (75%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (6%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Tuivasa
Struve
6
UFC fights
23
52.6 min · 8.8 avg
Octagon time
182.6 min · 7.9 avg
14y 1m
Career length
21y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Tuivasa
Struve
89W–28L · 76.1%
Overall
386W–114L · 77.2%
44W–20L · 68.8%
Wins
192W–49L · 79.7%
45W–8L · 84.9%
Losses
194W–65L · 74.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Tuivasa
Struve
32W–23L · 58.2%
Overall
72W–63L · 53.3%
25W–18L · 58.1%
Wins
64W–58L · 52.5%
7W–5L · 58.3%
Losses
8W–5L · 61.5%
1 of Struve's non-UFC opponents have no record in our data, so this is understated. Refresh data to fill them in.
Distance striking
Tuivasa
Struve
5.23
Landed / min
5.06
45.1%
Accuracy
44.7%
56.3%
Defense
49.6%
0.57
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.25
60.3%
Time at distance
51.5%
Grappling & control
Tuivasa
Struve
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.58
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
42.9%
Takedown defense
55.8%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.73
44.6%
Control share
24.6%
Strike target map
Tuivasa
  • Head64%(138)div 66%
  • Body17%(37)div 19%
  • Legs19%(40)div 15%
Struve
  • Head53%(306)div 66%
  • Body22%(128)div 19%
  • Legs24%(138)div 15%

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.

Stefan Struve
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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