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UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till
Tanner Boser
Tanner Boser
18-6-1 · CAN
VS
Raphael Pessoa
Raphael Pessoa
10-1 · BRA
July 25, 2020 · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
235.0lb
Weigh-in
264.0lb
Tanner Boser def. Raphael Pessoa by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 2:36
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Boser15/240/000:00
Pessoa5/160/000:00
R2 · 2:36
Boser28/360/000:06
Pessoa7/200/100:00
Total
Boser43/600/000:06
Pessoa12/360/100:00

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
BoserWin probabilityPessoa
56.1%43.9%
KO / TKO
42%
Submission
13%
Decision
45%
Expected fight time: 10.1 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Boser, blue toward Pessoa. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Boser56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%42%
Submission8%13%
Decision25%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 43
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Pessoa44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%43%
Submission6%13%
Decision19%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 12
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.5)act 0
Combined totals~78 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R130%
R211%
R314%
Distance45%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Boser
59.2%-150
Pessoa
+15039.5%
Most takedownstie 63.3%
Boser
14.8%+148
Pessoa
-14821.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Boser
Expected: 43.2
43
Over 43
42.1%
+134
Exactly 43
1.5%
push
Under 43
56.4%
-134
055109
Pessoa
Expected: 34.8
35
Over 35
41.3%
+138
Exactly 35
1.9%
push
Under 35
56.8%
-138
04488
Takedowns — over/under
Boser
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.9%
Exactly 0
82.1%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Pessoa
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
24.7%
+305
Under 0.5
75.3%
-305
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 10.1 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
Boser56.1%70.2%−14.1-278
Pessoa43.9%29.8%+14.1+220

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
74.0Striking53.7
Boser +20.3
25.0Grappling25.0
Boser +0.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BoserPessoa
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1535
Pound-for-pound
1530
1535
Divisional
1530
1506
Striking offense
1493
1507
Striking defense
1504
1490
Grappling offense
1484
1511
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
28 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'3"
75"
Reach
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.28
Strikes landed / min
2.40
51%
Strike accuracy
26%
3.15
Strikes absorbed / min
2.55
64%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0%
100%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
67%
Last-5 win rate
50%
50%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
28
Days since last fight
273
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tanner Boser
  • WPhilipe LinsKO/TKO R1
    Close -11228d before
  • LCiryl GaneU-DEC R3
    Close +4847mo before
  • WDaniel SpitzU-DEC R3
    Close -1459mo before
Raphael Pessoa
  • WJeff HughesU-DEC R3
    Close +2059mo before
  • LCiryl GaneSUB R1
    Close +37511mo before
Boser — win / loss by method
Record: 18-6-1

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
9 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 5 losses
W
39% of wins
L
83% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
16win5loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (50%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
2 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (38%)Decision(80%) 4
Pessoa — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
10% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (11%)Submission() 0
2 (22%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Boser
Pessoa
3
UFC fights
2
32.7 min · 10.9 avg
Octagon time
19.2 min · 9.6 avg
13y 10m
Career length
9y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Boser
Pessoa
25W–6L · 80.6%
Overall
13W–2L · 86.7%
20W–6L · 76.9%
Wins
10W–2L · 83.3%
5W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
3W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Boser
Pessoa
235W–120L · 66.2%
Overall
42W–31L · 57.5%
178W–96L · 65.0%
Wins
42W–31L · 57.5%
57W–24L · 70.4%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Boser
Pessoa
4.31
Landed / min
2.38
50.4%
Accuracy
23.5%
65.6%
Defense
51.7%
0.46
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.78
98.6%
Time at distance
83.3%
Grappling & control
Boser
Pessoa
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
100.0%
Control share
5.2%
Strike target map
Boser
  • Head37%(52)div 66%
  • Body23%(32)div 19%
  • Legs40%(56)div 15%
Pessoa
  • Head59%(27)div 66%
  • Body11%(5)div 19%
  • Legs30%(14)div 15%

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

Tanner Boser
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Raphael Pessoa
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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