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UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa
Mauricio Rua
Mauricio Rua
25-11 · BRA
VS
Tyson Pedro
Tyson Pedro
7-2 · AUS
December 1, 2018 · Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
206.0lb
Weigh-in
205.0lb
Mauricio Rua def. Tyson Pedro by KO/TKO (Punches), R3 0:43
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Rua10/211/300:35
Pedro30/410/100:41
R2
Rua6/112/204:33
Pedro0/20/000:00
R3 · 0:43
Rua14/240/010:12
Pedro1/10/000:00
Total
Rua30/563/515:20
Pedro31/440/100:41

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
RuaWin probabilityPedro
23.3%76.7%
KO / TKO
68%
Submission
10%
Decision
23%
Expected fight time: 7.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Rua23%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%74%
Submission0%2%
Decision6%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 30
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 3
Pedro77%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO51%66%
Submission9%12%
Decision17%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (2046)act 31
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.1)act 0
Combined totals~61 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R141%
R229%
R37%
Distance23%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Rua
35.4%+178
Pedro
-17862.9%
Most takedownstie 59.0%
Rua
23.2%-131
Pedro
+13117.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Rua
Expected: 26.0
26
Over 26
41.1%
+137
Exactly 26
2.5%
push
Under 26
56.4%
-137
03365
Pedro
Expected: 35.3
35.5
Over 35.5
42.1%
+137
Under 35.5
57.9%
-137
04589
Takedowns — over/under
Rua
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
27.1%
+269
Under 0.5
72.9%
-269
035
Pedro
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
21.8%
+359
Under 0.5
78.2%
-359
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 7.5 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
Rua23.3%18.8%+4.5+415
Pedro76.7%81.2%−4.5-525

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
66.7Striking68.5
Pedro +1.8
41.9Grappling52.5
Pedro +10.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RuaPedro
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1568
Pound-for-pound
1530
1558
Divisional
1529
1536
Striking offense
1510
1501
Striking defense
1509
1488
Grappling offense
1514
1498
Grappling defense
1497
Physical
37 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'3"
76"
Reach
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.55
Strikes landed / min
2.63
52%
Strike accuracy
60%
3.45
Strikes absorbed / min
2.46
54%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.60
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
41%
Takedown accuracy
29%
41%
Takedown defense
57%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.5
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
60%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
78%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
132
Days since last fight
161
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Mauricio Rua
  • LAnthony SmithKO/TKO R1
    Close -1504mo before
  • WGian VillanteKO/TKO R3
    Close -1551y 9mo before
  • WCorey AndersonS-DEC R3
    Close +1402y 7mo before
  • WRogerio NogueiraU-DEC R3
    Close -2303y 4mo before
  • LOvince Saint PreuxKO/TKO R1
    Close -1604y 1mo before
Tyson Pedro
  • LOvince Saint PreuxSUB R1
    Close -1455mo before
  • WSaparbeg SafarovSUB R1
    Close -30010mo before
  • LIlir LatifiU-DEC R3
    Close -1401y 3mo before
  • WPaul CraigKO/TKO R1
    Close -1401y 9mo before
  • WKhalil Rountree Jr.SUB R1
    Close -1152y before
Rua — win / loss by method
Record: 25-11-0

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
20 wins, 5 losses
W
80% of wins
L
45% of losses
Submission
1 win, 3 losses
W
4% of wins
L
27% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
16% of wins
L
27% of losses
UFC
9win9loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (78%)KO/TKO(44%) 4
0 (0%)Submission(22%) 2
2 (22%)Decision(33%) 3
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (81%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (6%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (13%)Decision(0%) 0
Pedro — win / loss by method
Record: 7-2-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
71% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (67%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (75%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Rua
Pedro
18
UFC fights
5
196.4 min · 10.9 avg
Octagon time
30.1 min · 6.0 avg
23y 9m
Career length
12y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Rua
Pedro
324W–102L · 76.1%
Overall
55W–18L · 75.3%
140W–45L · 75.7%
Wins
21W–2L · 91.3%
184W–57L · 76.3%
Losses
34W–16L · 68.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Rua
Pedro
230W–100L · 69.7%
Overall
8W–4L · 66.7%
195W–87L · 69.1%
Wins
8W–4L · 66.7%
35W–13L · 72.9%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Rua
Pedro
4.95
Landed / min
4.18
46.8%
Accuracy
52.9%
61.5%
Defense
65.9%
0.99
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.00
48.2%
Time at distance
35.8%
Grappling & control
Rua
Pedro
1.60
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
41.2%
Takedown accuracy
28.6%
40.8%
Takedown defense
57.1%
0.31
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.50
50.9%
Control share
43.3%
Strike target map
Rua
  • Head62%(430)div 66%
  • Body16%(110)div 18%
  • Legs23%(158)div 16%
Pedro
  • Head52%(41)div 66%
  • Body22%(17)div 18%
  • Legs27%(21)div 16%

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

Mauricio Rua
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Tyson Pedro
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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