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UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade
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Thiago Alves
Thiago Alves
23-13 · BRA
May 11, 2019 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
170.5lb
Laureano Staropoli def. Thiago Alves by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Staropoli13/550/000:00
Alves10/240/000:00
R2
Staropoli19/681/100:22
Alves19/590/000:00
R3
Staropoli22/790/000:10
Alves29/641/300:27
Total
Staropoli54/2021/100:32
Alves58/1471/300:27

Scorecards

Staropoli vs Alves

RdDerek ClearyMarcelo VilhenaSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R29-1010-910-99.8-9.1
R310-910-910-99.6-9.4
Total29-2830-2730-2729.4-27.5

Media (12 cards) · avg 29.227.8 · 12 Staropoli · 0 Alves

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Staropoli-Alves.

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
StaropoliWin probabilityAlves
72.6%27.4%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
6%
Decision
67%
Expected fight time: 12.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Staropoli73%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%25%
Submission5%7%
Decision49%68%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes56 (3273)act 54
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 1
Alves27%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%33%
Submission1%3%
Decision17%64%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes56 (3273)act 58
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 1
Combined totals~112 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R116%
R28%
R39%
Distance67%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Staropoli
49.2%+101
Alves
-10149.8%
Most takedownstie 55.8%
Staropoli
26.4%-148
Alves
+14817.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Staropoli
Expected: 55.7
55.5
Over 55.5
42.8%
+134
Under 55.5
57.2%
-134
070140
Alves
Expected: 56.0
56
Over 56
42.0%
+135
Exactly 56
1.2%
push
Under 56
56.8%
-135
071141
Takedowns — over/under
Staropoli
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
30.8%
+224
Under 0.5
69.2%
-224
035
Alves
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
22.7%
+340
Under 0.5
77.3%
-340
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 12.1 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
Staropoli72.6%46.8%+25.8+105
Alves27.4%53.2%−25.8-125

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
68.3Striking66.5
Staropoli +1.7
0.0Grappling49.9
Alves +49.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
StaropoliAlves
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1532
Pound-for-pound
1578
1532
Divisional
1589
1502
Striking offense
1546
1500
Striking defense
1518
1489
Grappling offense
1463
1510
Grappling defense
1529
Physical
26 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'9"
71"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
6.47
Strikes landed / min
3.71
35%
Strike accuracy
42%
4.60
Strikes absorbed / min
3.36
59%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.70
Takedown accuracy
65%
Takedown defense
63%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
60%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
40%
0%
Finish rate
60%
Recent opp. quality
175
Days since last fight
98
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Laureano Staropoli
  • WHector AldanaU-DEC R3
    Close +1006mo before
Thiago Alves
  • WMax GriffinS-DEC R3
    Close +1603mo before
  • LAleksei KunchenkoU-DEC R3
    Close +3508mo before
  • LCurtis MillenderKO/TKO R2
    Close -1501y 3mo before
  • WPatrick CoteU-DEC R3
    Close +1102y 1mo before
  • LJim MillerU-DEC R3
    Close -1552y 6mo before
Staropoli — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
63% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (71%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Alves — win / loss by method
Record: 23-13-0

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, 3 losses
W
57% of wins
L
23% of losses
Submission
1 win, 4 losses
W
4% of wins
L
31% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 6 losses
W
39% of wins
L
46% of losses
UFC
15win10loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (53%)KO/TKO(30%) 3
1 (7%)Submission(20%) 2
6 (40%)Decision(50%) 5
Non-UFC
8win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
3 (38%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Staropoli
Alves
1
UFC fights
25
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
279.0 min · 11.2 avg
13y 0m
Career length
25y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Staropoli
Alves
4W–1L · 80.0%
Overall
451W–118L · 79.3%
4W–1L · 80.0%
Wins
265W–83L · 76.1%
0W–0L
Losses
186W–35L · 84.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Staropoli
Alves
14W–6L · 70.0%
Overall
51W–17L · 75.0%
10W–6L · 62.5%
Wins
32W–12L · 72.7%
4W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
19W–5L · 79.2%
Distance striking
Staropoli
Alves
6.84
Landed / min
5.09
34.8%
Accuracy
38.8%
60.1%
Defense
67.6%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.70
91.6%
Time at distance
56.4%
Grappling & control
Staropoli
Alves
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.70
Takedown accuracy
65.0%
Takedown defense
62.7%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.32
0.0%
Control share
28.9%
Strike target map
Staropoli
  • Head73%(71)div 63%
  • Body15%(15)div 20%
  • Legs11%(11)div 16%
Alves
  • Head52%(535)div 63%
  • Body14%(142)div 20%
  • Legs35%(358)div 16%

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

Laureano Staropoli
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Thiago Alves
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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