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Thales Leites
Thales Leites
26-7 · BRA
VS
Sam Alvey
Sam Alvey
30-8 · USA
April 22, 2017 · Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
184.0lb
Thales Leites def. Sam Alvey by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Leites14/250/100:00
Alvey8/320/000:00
R2
Leites12/201/301:20
Alvey11/250/000:21
R3
Leites12/230/300:17
Alvey8/320/000:00
Total
Leites38/681/701:37
Alvey27/890/000:21

Scorecards

Leites vs Alvey

RdAnthony ManessChris LeeDave TirelliCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-99.8-9.2
R310-910-910-99.4-9.6
Total30-2730-2730-2729.2-27.8

Media (15 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 15 Leites · 0 Alvey

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

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
LeitesWin probabilityAlvey
71.0%29.0%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
2%
Decision
77%
Expected fight time: 13.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Leites71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%15%
Submission2%3%
Decision58%82%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes52 (2968)act 38
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.4)act 1
Alvey29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%34%
Submission0%0%
Decision19%66%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2354)act 27
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~94 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R17%
R211%
R35%
Distance77%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Leites
59.4%-151
Alvey
+15139.4%
Most takedownstie 51.2%
Leites
45.6%-1437
Alvey
+14373.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Leites
Expected: 52.0
52
Over 52
41.9%
+136
Exactly 52
1.3%
push
Under 52
56.8%
-136
066131
Alvey
Expected: 41.8
42
Over 42
41.5%
+137
Exactly 42
1.6%
push
Under 42
57.0%
-137
053105
Takedowns — over/under
Leites
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
33.1%
+161
Exactly 1
13.6%
push
Under 1
53.3%
-161
035
Alvey
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
5.2%
Exactly 0
94.8%
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 13.2 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
Leites71.0%53.2%+17.8-125
Alvey29.0%46.8%−17.8+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
57.3Striking65.1
Alvey +7.8
50.7Grappling25.9
Leites +24.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LeitesAlvey
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1596
Pound-for-pound
1599
1594
Divisional
1601
1470
Striking offense
1514
1517
Striking defense
1502
1512
Grappling offense
1480
1526
Grappling defense
1527
Physical
35 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'2"
78"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.00
Strikes landed / min
3.60
39%
Strike accuracy
49%
2.96
Strikes absorbed / min
3.80
54%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.25
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
28%
Takedown accuracy
0%
40%
Takedown defense
85%
1.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
65%
UFC win rate
70%
-1
Win/loss streak
+4
40%
Last-5 win rate
80%
64%
Finish rate
71%
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
84
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Thales Leites
  • LKrzysztof JotkoU-DEC R3
    Close -1355mo before
  • WChris CamozziSUB R3
    Close -1759mo before
  • LGegard MousasiU-DEC R3
    Close +2501y 2mo before
  • LMichael BispingS-DEC R5
    Close +1151y 9mo before
  • WTim BoetschSUB R2
    Close -3002y 3mo before
Sam Alvey
  • WNate MarquardtU-DEC R3
    Close -1403mo before
  • WAlex NicholsonU-DEC R3
    Close -1656mo before
  • WKevin CaseyKO/TKO R2
    Close -2708mo before
  • WEric SpicelySUB R1
    Close -2759mo before
  • LElias TheodorouU-DEC R3
    Close +19510mo before
Leites — win / loss by method
Record: 26-7-0

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
58% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 6 losses
W
27% of wins
L
86% of losses
UFC
11win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (18%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (45%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (36%)Decision(100%) 6
Non-UFC
15win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (13%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
10 (67%)Submission(100%) 1
3 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Alvey — win / loss by method
Record: 30-8-0, 1 NC

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
18 wins, 1 loss
W
60% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
10% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 6 losses
W
30% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
7win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
23win5loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
14 (61%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (9%)Submission(20%) 1
7 (30%)Decision(80%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Leites
Alvey
17
UFC fights
10
206.7 min · 12.2 avg
Octagon time
81.6 min · 8.2 avg
22y 8m
Career length
18y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Leites
Alvey
302W–85L · 78.0%
Overall
128W–40L · 76.2%
173W–59L · 74.6%
Wins
88W–29L · 75.2%
129W–26L · 83.2%
Losses
40W–11L · 78.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Leites
Alvey
260W–131L · 66.5%
Overall
265W–160L · 62.4%
236W–115L · 67.2%
Wins
220W–153L · 59.0%
24W–16L · 60.0%
Losses
45W–7L · 86.5%
Distance striking
Leites
Alvey
2.45
Landed / min
3.42
31.1%
Accuracy
42.7%
58.8%
Defense
58.8%
0.29
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.74
49.1%
Time at distance
69.2%
Grappling & control
Leites
Alvey
2.25
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
28.4%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
40.0%
Takedown defense
85.0%
1.23
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.18
68.8%
Control share
33.0%
Strike target map
Leites
  • Head77%(317)div 63%
  • Body8%(31)div 19%
  • Legs16%(65)div 18%
Alvey
  • Head68%(200)div 63%
  • Body19%(55)div 19%
  • Legs13%(39)div 18%

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

Thales Leites
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Sam Alvey
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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