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The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated Finale
Israel Adesanya
Israel Adesanya
13-0 · NGA
VS
Brad Tavares
Brad Tavares
17-4 · USA
July 6, 2018 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 5 rounds · Main event
186.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Israel Adesanya def. Brad Tavares by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Adesanya14/350/000:00
Tavares9/360/100:25
R2
Adesanya25/490/100:12
Tavares8/300/200:13
R3
Adesanya27/500/100:02
Tavares9/540/100:15
R4
Adesanya28/370/000:12
Tavares8/281/201:12
R5
Adesanya25/440/001:20
Tavares6/260/600:00
Total
Adesanya119/2150/201:46
Tavares40/1741/1202:05

Scorecards

Adesanya vs Tavares

RdChris LeeDerek ClearySal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-1010-910-99.7-9.3
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-99.9-9
R410-910-910-99.9-9
R510-910-910-910-8.9
Total49-4650-4550-4549.5-45.2

Media (17 cards) · avg 49.645.1 · 17 Adesanya · 0 Tavares

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Adesanya-Tavares.

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
AdesanyaWin probabilityTavares
81.4%18.6%
KO / TKO
46%
Submission
2%
Decision
52%
Expected fight time: 18.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Adesanya81%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO42%52%
Submission1%1%
Decision38%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes120 (69156)act 119
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Tavares19%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%21%
Submission1%6%
Decision14%73%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes76 (4399)act 40
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 1
Combined totals~195 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R110%
R218%
R310%
R46%
R54%
Distance52%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.5%
Adesanya
70.3%-240
Tavares
+24029.2%
Most takedownstie 72.2%
Adesanya
8.0%+246
Tavares
-24619.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Adesanya
Expected: 119.6
119.5
Over 119.5
42.6%
+135
Under 119.5
57.4%
-135
0150299
Tavares
Expected: 75.7
75.5
Over 75.5
42.7%
+134
Under 75.5
57.3%
-134
095190
Takedowns — over/under
Adesanya
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
9.4%
Exactly 0
90.6%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Tavares
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
20.9%
+378
Under 0.5
79.1%
-378
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 18.1 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
Adesanya81.4%51.1%+30.3-115
Tavares18.6%48.9%−30.3-105

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
78.7Striking66.9
Adesanya +11.8
21.2Grappling41.4
Tavares +20.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AdesanyaTavares
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1567
Pound-for-pound
1630
1567
Divisional
1631
1508
Striking offense
1501
1531
Striking defense
1518
1477
Grappling offense
1484
1497
Grappling defense
1528
Physical
28 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'1"
80"
Reach
74"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.62
Strikes landed / min
3.19
55%
Strike accuracy
43%
2.88
Strikes absorbed / min
2.48
66%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.09
0%
Takedown accuracy
32%
76%
Takedown defense
77%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
75%
+2
Win/loss streak
+4
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
50%
Finish rate
17%
Recent opp. quality
83
Days since last fight
83
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Israel Adesanya
  • WMarvin VettoriS-DEC R3
    Close -2453mo before
  • WRob WilkinsonKO/TKO R2
    Close -3655mo before
Brad Tavares
  • WKrzysztof JotkoKO/TKO R3
    Close +1103mo before
  • WThales LeitesU-DEC R3
    Close -1759mo before
  • WElias TheodorouU-DEC R3
    Close -1151y before
  • WCaio MagalhaesS-DEC R3
    Close -2201y 10mo before
  • LRobert WhittakerKO/TKO R1
    Close -1353y 2mo before
Adesanya — win / loss by method
Record: 13-0-0

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
12 wins, 0 losses
W
92% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Tavares — win / loss by method
Record: 17-4-0

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
5 wins, 2 losses
W
29% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
12% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 2 losses
W
59% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
12win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (17%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
10 (83%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (40%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Adesanya
Tavares
2
UFC fights
16
23.6 min · 11.8 avg
Octagon time
205.6 min · 12.9 avg
14y 4m
Career length
19y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Adesanya
Tavares
23W–4L · 85.2%
Overall
249W–76L · 76.6%
23W–4L · 85.2%
Wins
203W–62L · 76.6%
0W–0L
Losses
46W–14L · 76.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Adesanya
Tavares
139W–55L · 71.6%
Overall
1W–5L · 16.7%
139W–55L · 71.6%
Wins
1W–5L · 16.7%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Adesanya
Tavares
5.97
Landed / min
4.79
50.6%
Accuracy
39.0%
71.3%
Defense
63.5%
0.64
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.22
60.3%
Time at distance
52.1%
Grappling & control
Adesanya
Tavares
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.09
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
31.9%
76.2%
Takedown defense
77.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
0.0%
Control share
48.4%
Strike target map
Adesanya
  • Head61%(66)div 63%
  • Body22%(24)div 19%
  • Legs17%(19)div 18%
Tavares
  • Head58%(382)div 63%
  • Body18%(115)div 19%
  • Legs24%(159)div 18%

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

Israel Adesanya
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.