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UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz
Edmen Shahbazyan
Edmen Shahbazyan
10-0 · USA
VS
Brad Tavares
Brad Tavares
17-5 · USA
November 2, 2019 · New York City, New York, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Edmen Shahbazyan def. Brad Tavares by KO/TKO (Kick), R1 2:27
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:27
Shahbazyan14/380/020:04
Tavares3/230/000:00
Total
Shahbazyan14/380/020:04
Tavares3/230/000:00

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
ShahbazyanWin probabilityTavares
85.6%14.4%
KO / TKO
40%
Submission
7%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 10.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Shahbazyan86%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO38%44%
Submission6%7%
Decision42%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes69 (3990)act 14
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 0
Tavares14%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%21%
Submission1%4%
Decision10%75%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2354)act 3
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Combined totals~111 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R219%
R38%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Shahbazyan
72.1%-267
Tavares
+26727.0%
Most takedownstie 56.4%
Shahbazyan
23.4%-115
Tavares
+11520.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Shahbazyan
Expected: 69.3
69.5
Over 69.5
42.3%
+137
Under 69.5
57.7%
-137
087174
Tavares
Expected: 41.4
41.5
Over 41.5
42.4%
+136
Under 41.5
57.6%
-136
052104
Takedowns — over/under
Shahbazyan
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
27.8%
+259
Under 0.5
72.2%
-259
035
Tavares
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
25.0%
+300
Under 0.5
75.0%
-300
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 10.9 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
Shahbazyan85.6%62.8%+22.8-185
Tavares14.4%37.2%−22.8+160

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
74.1Striking63.6
Shahbazyan +10.5
75.6Grappling39.1
Shahbazyan +36.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ShahbazyanTavares
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1569
Pound-for-pound
1611
1569
Divisional
1612
1504
Striking offense
1496
1520
Striking defense
1517
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
21 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'1"
75"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.85
Strikes landed / min
3.02
59%
Strike accuracy
41%
2.08
Strikes absorbed / min
2.73
58%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
8.02
Takedowns / 15 min
1.04
41%
Takedown accuracy
27%
75%
Takedown defense
78%
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
71%
+3
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
67%
Finish rate
17%
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
484
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Edmen Shahbazyan
  • WJack MarshmanSUB R1
    Close -5704mo before
  • WCharles ByrdKO/TKO R1
    Close -1508mo before
  • WDarren StewartS-DEC R3
    Close -12011mo before
Brad Tavares
  • LIsrael AdesanyaU-DEC R5
    Close -1051y 4mo before
  • WKrzysztof JotkoKO/TKO R3
    Close +1101y 7mo before
  • WThales LeitesU-DEC R3
    Close -1752y 1mo before
  • WElias TheodorouU-DEC R3
    Close -1152y 4mo before
  • WCaio MagalhaesS-DEC R3
    Close -2203y 2mo before
Shahbazyan — 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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
80% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (33%)Submission() 0
1 (33%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Tavares — win / loss by method
Record: 17-5-0

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
5 wins, 2 losses
W
29% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
12% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 3 losses
W
59% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
12win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (17%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
10 (83%)Decision(60%) 3
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (40%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Shahbazyan
Tavares
3
UFC fights
17
16.8 min · 5.6 avg
Octagon time
230.6 min · 13.6 avg
9y 5m
Career length
19y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Shahbazyan
Tavares
42W–16L · 72.4%
Overall
262W–76L · 77.5%
42W–16L · 72.4%
Wins
203W–62L · 76.6%
0W–0L
Losses
59W–14L · 80.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Shahbazyan
Tavares
28W–45L · 38.4%
Overall
1W–5L · 16.7%
28W–45L · 38.4%
Wins
1W–5L · 16.7%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Shahbazyan
Tavares
4.26
Landed / min
4.33
45.9%
Accuracy
37.2%
77.4%
Defense
61.0%
0.89
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.20
23.7%
Time at distance
55.1%
Grappling & control
Shahbazyan
Tavares
8.02
Takedowns / 15 min
1.04
40.9%
Takedown accuracy
27.1%
75.0%
Takedown defense
77.6%
0.89
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
93.5%
Control share
48.7%
Strike target map
Shahbazyan
  • Head75%(36)div 63%
  • Body15%(7)div 19%
  • Legs10%(5)div 17%
Tavares
  • Head60%(416)div 63%
  • Body17%(118)div 19%
  • Legs23%(162)div 17%

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

Edmen Shahbazyan
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Brad Tavares
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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