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The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale
Brad Tavares
Brad Tavares
14-4 · USA
VS
Elias Theodorou
Elias Theodorou
13-1 · CAN
July 7, 2017 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Brad Tavares def. Elias Theodorou by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Tavares13/301/100:40
Theodorou9/330/100:00
R2
Tavares17/340/200:25
Theodorou20/411/200:50
R3
Tavares1/70/001:01
Theodorou5/82/403:23
Total
Tavares31/711/302:06
Theodorou34/823/704:13

Scorecards

Tavares vs Theodorou

RdDerek ClearyJeff MullenTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R29-109-109-109.1-9.9
R310-910-910-99.6-9.4
Total29-2829-2829-2828.6-28.4

Media (15 cards) · avg 2928 · 15 Tavares · 0 Theodorou

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

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 probabilityTheodorou
19.6%80.4%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
10%
Decision
61%
Expected fight time: 12.2 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 Theodorou. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Tavares20%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%19%
Submission2%12%
Decision14%69%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2252)act 31
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 1
Theodorou80%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%30%
Submission8%10%
Decision48%60%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes63 (3682)act 34
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 3
Combined totals~103 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R27%
R316%
Distance62%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Tavares
29.6%+234
Theodorou
-23469.4%
Most takedownstie 56.9%
Tavares
19.1%+126
Theodorou
-12624.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Tavares
Expected: 40.1
40
Over 40
41.9%
+135
Exactly 40
1.7%
push
Under 40
56.4%
-135
051101
Theodorou
Expected: 62.8
63
Over 63
41.8%
+137
Exactly 63
1.1%
push
Under 63
57.2%
-137
079158
Takedowns — over/under
Tavares
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.6%
+324
Under 0.5
76.4%
-324
035
Theodorou
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
28.4%
+252
Under 0.5
71.6%
-252
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 12.2 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
Tavares19.6%51.1%−31.5-115
Theodorou80.4%48.9%+31.5-105

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
65.3Striking67.0
Theodorou +1.8
42.2Grappling34.9
Tavares +7.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TavaresTheodorou
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1583
Pound-for-pound
1588
1584
Divisional
1589
1494
Striking offense
1505
1511
Striking defense
1525
1486
Grappling offense
1502
1516
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
29 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'1"
74"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.12
Strikes landed / min
3.27
41%
Strike accuracy
38%
2.49
Strikes absorbed / min
1.68
55%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.29
Takedowns / 15 min
1.90
33%
Takedown accuracy
29%
75%
Takedown defense
44%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
69%
UFC win rate
83%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
40%
Last-5 win rate
80%
11%
Finish rate
40%
Recent opp. quality
300
Days since last fight
138
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brad Tavares
  • WCaio MagalhaesS-DEC R3
    Close -22010mo before
  • LRobert WhittakerKO/TKO R1
    Close -1352y 2mo before
  • WNate MarquardtU-DEC R3
    Close -1302y 6mo before
  • LTim BoetschKO/TKO R2
    Close -3152y 11mo before
  • LYoel RomeroU-DEC R3
    Close -1453y 3mo before
Elias Theodorou
  • WCezar FerreiraU-DEC R3
    Close -1055mo before
  • WSam AlveyU-DEC R3
    Close -2351y 1mo before
  • LThiago SantosU-DEC R3
    Close -2251y 7mo before
  • WRoger NarvaezKO/TKO R2
    Close -3352y 4mo before
  • WBruno SantosU-DEC R3
    Close -3402y 9mo before
Tavares — win / loss by method
Record: 14-4-0

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
29% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 2 losses
W
57% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
9win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
8 (89%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (40%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Theodorou — win / loss by method
Record: 13-1-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
46% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
46% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (60%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (13%)Submission() 0
3 (38%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Tavares
Theodorou
13
UFC fights
6
163.4 min · 12.6 avg
Octagon time
78.8 min · 13.1 avg
19y 1m
Career length
15y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Tavares
Theodorou
190W–65L · 74.5%
Overall
76W–18L · 80.9%
144W–51L · 73.8%
Wins
65W–15L · 81.3%
46W–14L · 76.7%
Losses
11W–3L · 78.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Tavares
Theodorou
1W–5L · 16.7%
Overall
36W–11L · 76.6%
1W–5L · 16.7%
Wins
36W–11L · 76.6%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Tavares
Theodorou
4.86
Landed / min
3.60
37.8%
Accuracy
27.3%
62.1%
Defense
63.4%
0.09
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
50.9%
Time at distance
50.1%
Grappling & control
Tavares
Theodorou
1.29
Takedowns / 15 min
1.90
32.6%
Takedown accuracy
28.6%
75.4%
Takedown defense
44.4%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
49.5%
Control share
70.4%
Strike target map
Tavares
  • Head59%(298)div 63%
  • Body19%(97)div 19%
  • Legs22%(114)div 18%
Theodorou
  • Head50%(128)div 63%
  • Body31%(81)div 19%
  • Legs19%(49)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.

Elias Theodorou
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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