The Ultimate Fight Fan
+ Log a bet
UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura
Tai Tuivasa
Tai Tuivasa
7-1 · AUS
VS
Rashad Coulter
Rashad Coulter
8-2 · USA
November 18, 2017 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
Tai Tuivasa def. Rashad Coulter by KO/TKO (Flying Knee), R1 4:35
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:35
Tuivasa22/360/211:15
Coulter10/190/200:38
Total
Tuivasa22/360/211:15
Coulter10/190/200:38

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
TuivasaWin probabilityCoulter
80.1%19.9%
KO / TKO
52%
Submission
22%
Decision
26%
Expected fight time: 7.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Tuivasa80%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO41%52%
Submission18%22%
Decision21%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2455)act 22
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Coulter20%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%53%
Submission4%21%
Decision5%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 10
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Combined totals~75 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R148%
R214%
R312%
Distance26%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Tuivasa
60.5%-159
Coulter
+15938.0%
Most takedownstie 67.5%
Tuivasa
17.3%-113
Coulter
+11315.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Tuivasa
Expected: 42.1
42
Over 42
41.8%
+135
Exactly 42
1.6%
push
Under 42
56.6%
-135
053106
Coulter
Expected: 32.8
33
Over 33
41.2%
+138
Exactly 33
2.0%
push
Under 33
56.8%
-138
04283
Takedowns — over/under
Tuivasa
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
19.6%
Exactly 0
80.4%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Coulter
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.7%
Exactly 0
82.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 7.6 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
Tuivasa80.1%61.9%+18.2-175
Coulter19.9%38.1%−18.2+155

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TuivasaCoulter
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1517
Pound-for-pound
1505
1517
Divisional
1505
1500
Striking offense
1499
1500
Striking defense
1493
1500
Grappling offense
1490
1500
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
24 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'2"
Height
5'11"
75"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
4.19
Strike accuracy
43%
Strikes absorbed / min
11.98
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
0%
Win/loss streak
-1
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
189
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tai Tuivasa
No prior UFC fights.
Rashad Coulter
  • LChase ShermanKO/TKO R2
    Close -1106mo before
Tuivasa — win / loss by method
Record: 7-1-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
100% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Coulter — win / loss by method
Record: 8-2-0

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
8 wins, 1 loss
W
100% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Tuivasa
Coulter
0
UFC fights
1
Octagon time
8.6 min · 8.6 avg
Career length
15y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Tuivasa
Coulter
Overall
9W–3L · 75.0%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
9W–3L · 75.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Tuivasa
Coulter
32W–23L · 58.2%
Overall
28W–51L · 35.4%
25W–18L · 58.1%
Wins
28W–51L · 35.4%
7W–5L · 58.3%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Tuivasa
Coulter
Landed / min
4.12
Accuracy
39.7%
Defense
60.5%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
Time at distance
81.9%
Grappling & control
Tuivasa
Coulter
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
Control share
0.0%
Strike target map
Tuivasa
  • Head0%(0)div 66%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 15%
  • No strike data on record.
Coulter
  • Head89%(32)div 66%
  • Body8%(3)div 19%
  • Legs3%(1)div 15%

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

Tai Tuivasa

No UFC fights on record.

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

Rashad Coulter
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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