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Alex Oliveira
Alex Oliveira
15-4-1 · BRA
VS
Will Brooks
Will Brooks
18-1 · USA
October 1, 2016 · Portland, Oregon, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Alex Oliveira def. Will Brooks by KO/TKO (Punches), R3 3:30
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Oliveira17/200/403:18
Brooks10/112/401:03
R2
Oliveira13/142/301:44
Brooks2/22/302:41
R3 · 3:30
Oliveira18/252/303:10
Brooks4/40/100:00
Total
Oliveira48/594/1008:12
Brooks16/174/803:44

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
OliveiraWin probabilityBrooks
24.9%75.1%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
43%
Decision
33%
Expected fight time: 7.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Oliveira25%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%33%
Submission11%43%
Decision6%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (1330)act 48
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 4
Brooks75%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%21%
Submission32%43%
Decision27%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (1230)act 16
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 4
Combined totals~46 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R154%
R29%
R34%
Distance33%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.3%
Oliveira
49.7%-104
Brooks
+10447.9%
Most takedownstie 42.0%
Oliveira
25.8%+125
Brooks
-12532.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Oliveira
Expected: 23.4
23.5
Over 23.5
42.3%
+137
Under 23.5
57.7%
-137
03059
Brooks
Expected: 23.0
23
Over 23
41.0%
+137
Exactly 23
2.8%
push
Under 23
56.2%
-137
02958
Takedowns — over/under
Oliveira
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
36.7%
+172
Under 0.5
63.3%
-172
035
Brooks
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
42.5%
+135
Under 0.5
57.5%
-135
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 7.5 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
Oliveira24.9%26.7%−1.8+260
Brooks75.1%73.3%+1.8-320

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
66.9Striking73.1
Brooks +6.2
54.0Grappling37.6
Oliveira +16.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
OliveiraBrooks
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1561
Pound-for-pound
1579
1524
Divisional
1579
1491
Striking offense
1502
1526
Striking defense
1502
1513
Grappling offense
1501
1487
Grappling defense
1501
Physical
28 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'10"
76"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.60
Strikes landed / min
5.33
47%
Strike accuracy
53%
1.64
Strikes absorbed / min
3.60
50%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.48
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
30%
Takedown accuracy
17%
67%
Takedown defense
100%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
50%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
70
Days since last fight
85
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alex Oliveira
  • WJames MoontasriU-DEC R3
    Close -2202mo before
  • LDonald CerroneSUB R1
    Close +2307mo before
  • WPiotr HallmannKO/TKO R3
    Close -28011mo before
  • WJoe MerrittU-DEC R3
    Close -4251y 3mo before
  • WKJ NoonsSUB R1
    Close -1851y 4mo before
Will Brooks
  • WRoss PearsonU-DEC R3
    Close -3653mo before
Oliveira — win / loss by method
Record: 15-4-1, 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
9 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 3 losses
W
20% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (25%)Submission(100%) 2
2 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win2loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
8 (73%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (18%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (9%)Decision(50%) 1
Brooks — win / loss by method
Record: 18-1-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
28% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
17win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (29%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
4 (24%)Submission(0%) 0
8 (47%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Oliveira
Brooks
6
UFC fights
1
60.5 min · 10.1 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
14y 8m
Career length
15y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Oliveira
Brooks
80W–21L · 79.2%
Overall
19W–10L · 65.5%
43W–14L · 75.4%
Wins
19W–10L · 65.5%
37W–7L · 84.1%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Oliveira
Brooks
60W–45L · 57.1%
Overall
257W–108L · 70.4%
41W–37L · 52.6%
Wins
244W–103L · 70.3%
19W–8L · 70.4%
Losses
13W–5L · 72.2%
Distance striking
Oliveira
Brooks
4.78
Landed / min
6.78
34.6%
Accuracy
40.6%
65.9%
Defense
64.4%
0.25
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
22.8%
Time at distance
42.3%
Grappling & control
Oliveira
Brooks
2.48
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
30.3%
Takedown accuracy
16.7%
66.7%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.74
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
71.8%
Control share
68.3%
Strike target map
Oliveira
  • Head60%(94)div 63%
  • Body28%(44)div 20%
  • Legs12%(19)div 17%
Brooks
  • Head45%(36)div 63%
  • Body40%(32)div 20%
  • Legs15%(12)div 17%

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

Alex Oliveira
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Will Brooks
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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