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UFC 216: Ferguson vs. Lee
Brad Tavares
Brad Tavares
15-4 · USA
VS
Thales Leites
Thales Leites
27-7 · BRA
October 7, 2017 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Brad Tavares def. Thales Leites by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Tavares20/470/000:00
Leites12/300/201:21
R2
Tavares22/450/000:13
Leites20/530/200:30
R3
Tavares28/440/011:10
Leites14/490/301:06
Total
Tavares70/1360/011:23
Leites46/1320/702:57

Scorecards

Tavares vs Leites

RdDave HagenGlenn TrowbridgeSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-810-910-810-8.5
Total30-2630-2730-2630-26.5

Media (14 cards) · avg 3026.5 · 14 Tavares · 0 Leites

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

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
TavaresWin probabilityLeites
30.9%69.1%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
7%
Decision
63%
Expected fight time: 12.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Tavares31%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%29%
Submission0%1%
Decision22%70%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes52 (2967)act 70
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.4)act 0
Leites69%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%32%
Submission6%9%
Decision41%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2763)act 46
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 0
Combined totals~100 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R110%
R28%
R319%
Distance63%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Tavares
52.7%-114
Leites
+11446.2%
Most takedownstie 56.7%
Tavares
9.3%+365
Leites
-36534.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Tavares
Expected: 51.5
51.5
Over 51.5
42.5%
+135
Under 51.5
57.5%
-135
065129
Leites
Expected: 48.1
48
Over 48
41.9%
+135
Exactly 48
1.4%
push
Under 48
56.7%
-135
061121
Takedowns — over/under
Tavares
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
12.8%
Exactly 0
87.2%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Leites
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
36.7%
+173
Under 0.5
63.3%
-173
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 12.7 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
Tavares30.9%61.9%−31.0-175
Leites69.1%38.1%+31.0+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
65.1Striking58.6
Tavares +6.6
41.5Grappling48.9
Leites +7.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TavaresLeites
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1599
Pound-for-pound
1612
1600
Divisional
1610
1490
Striking offense
1469
1514
Striking defense
1523
1486
Grappling offense
1507
1514
Grappling defense
1528
Physical
29 yrs
Age
36 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'1"
74"
Reach
78"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.03
Strikes landed / min
2.03
42%
Strike accuracy
40%
2.47
Strikes absorbed / min
2.88
56%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.26
Takedowns / 15 min
2.16
33%
Takedown accuracy
28%
73%
Takedown defense
40%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.2
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
67%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
40%
10%
Finish rate
58%
Recent opp. quality
92
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brad Tavares
  • WElias TheodorouU-DEC R3
    Close -1153mo before
  • WCaio MagalhaesS-DEC R3
    Close -2201y 1mo before
  • LRobert WhittakerKO/TKO R1
    Close -1352y 5mo before
  • WNate MarquardtU-DEC R3
    Close -1302y 9mo before
  • LTim BoetschKO/TKO R2
    Close -3153y 2mo before
Thales Leites
  • WSam AlveyU-DEC R3
    Close -1256mo before
  • LKrzysztof JotkoU-DEC R3
    Close -13511mo before
  • WChris CamozziSUB R3
    Close -1751y 2mo before
  • LGegard MousasiU-DEC R3
    Close +2501y 7mo before
  • LMichael BispingS-DEC R5
    Close +1152y 3mo before
Tavares — win / loss by method
Record: 15-4-0

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
4 wins, 2 losses
W
27% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 2 losses
W
60% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
10win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (10%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
9 (90%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (40%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Leites — win / loss by method
Record: 27-7-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
15% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
15 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 6 losses
W
30% of wins
L
86% of losses
UFC
12win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (42%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (42%)Decision(100%) 6
Non-UFC
15win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (13%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
10 (67%)Submission(100%) 1
3 (20%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Tavares
Leites
14
UFC fights
18
178.4 min · 12.7 avg
Octagon time
221.7 min · 12.3 avg
19y 1m
Career length
22y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Tavares
Leites
203W–66L · 75.5%
Overall
332W–93L · 78.1%
157W–52L · 75.1%
Wins
203W–67L · 75.2%
46W–14L · 76.7%
Losses
129W–26L · 83.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Tavares
Leites
1W–5L · 16.7%
Overall
260W–131L · 66.5%
1W–5L · 16.7%
Wins
236W–115L · 67.2%
0W–0L
Losses
24W–16L · 60.0%
Distance striking
Tavares
Leites
4.70
Landed / min
2.51
37.7%
Accuracy
33.0%
62.5%
Defense
59.9%
0.08
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.27
50.2%
Time at distance
51.3%
Grappling & control
Tavares
Leites
1.26
Takedowns / 15 min
2.16
32.6%
Takedown accuracy
27.6%
73.4%
Takedown defense
40.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.15
48.1%
Control share
69.0%
Strike target map
Tavares
  • Head59%(316)div 63%
  • Body19%(105)div 19%
  • Legs22%(119)div 18%
Leites
  • Head72%(325)div 63%
  • Body8%(37)div 19%
  • Legs20%(89)div 18%

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

Brad Tavares
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Thales Leites
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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