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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia Finale
Dooho Choi
Dooho Choi
13-1 · KOR
VS
Thiago Tavares
Thiago Tavares
20-6-1 · BRA
July 8, 2016 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
146.0lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Dooho Choi def. Thiago Tavares by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 2:42
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:42
Choi4/70/010:17
Tavares2/52/201:58
Total
Choi4/70/010:17
Tavares2/52/201:58

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
ChoiWin probabilityTavares
55.8%44.2%
KO / TKO
19%
Submission
48%
Decision
32%
Expected fight time: 7.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Choi56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%30%
Submission21%37%
Decision18%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 4
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Tavares44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%6%
Submission27%62%
Decision14%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1433)act 2
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.2)act 2
Combined totals~58 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R152%
R27%
R39%
Distance32%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Choi
60.0%-157
Tavares
+15738.1%
Most takedownstie 24.7%
Choi
8.4%+793
Tavares
-79366.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Choi
Expected: 32.2
32
Over 32
42.0%
+133
Exactly 32
2.1%
push
Under 32
56.0%
-133
04181
Tavares
Expected: 25.3
25.5
Over 25.5
41.9%
+139
Under 25.5
58.1%
-139
03264
Takedowns — over/under
Choi
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
20.7%
Exactly 0
79.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Tavares
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
45.3%
-183
Exactly 1
30.0%
push
Under 1
24.7%
+183
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 7.8 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
Choi55.8%65.8%−10.0-220
Tavares44.2%34.2%+10.0+180

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
82.0Striking64.0
Choi +17.9
25.0Grappling73.5
Tavares +48.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ChoiTavares
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1566
Pound-for-pound
1586
1567
Divisional
1551
Striking offense
Striking defense
1497
Grappling offense
1540
1512
Grappling defense
1512
Physical
25 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'7"
70"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
15.14
Strikes landed / min
2.02
68%
Strike accuracy
40%
4.32
Strikes absorbed / min
2.32
65%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.71
Takedown accuracy
42%
100%
Takedown defense
63%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.5
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
63%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
60%
Recent opp. quality
223
Days since last fight
244
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Dooho Choi
  • WSam SiciliaKO/TKO R1
    Close -2507mo before
  • WJuan Manuel PuigKO/TKO R1
    Close -4201y 8mo before
Thiago Tavares
  • WClay GuidaSUB R1
    Close +1608mo before
  • LBrian OrtegaKO/TKO R3
    Close -1451y 1mo before
  • WRobert PeraltaSUB R1
    Close -1351y 11mo before
  • WJustin SalasSUB R1
    Close -2452y 8mo before
  • LKhabib NurmagomedovKO/TKO R1
    Close +1753y 6mo before
Choi — 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
10 wins, 0 losses
W
77% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
15% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (73%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (9%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (18%)Decision(100%) 1
Tavares — win / loss by method
Record: 20-6-1

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
2 wins, 4 losses
W
10% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 0 losses
W
70% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
20% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
10win6loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (10%)KO/TKO(67%) 4
5 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (40%)Decision(33%) 2
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (10%)KO/TKO() 0
9 (90%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Choi
Tavares
2
UFC fights
17
1.9 min · 0.9 avg
Octagon time
161.7 min · 9.5 avg
16y 8m
Career length
22y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Choi
Tavares
26W–8L · 76.5%
Overall
228W–62L · 78.6%
26W–8L · 76.5%
Wins
163W–51L · 76.2%
0W–0L
Losses
65W–11L · 85.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Choi
Tavares
89W–58L · 60.5%
Overall
31W–18L · 63.3%
81W–54L · 60.0%
Wins
31W–18L · 63.3%
8W–4L · 66.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Choi
Tavares
9.91
Landed / min
3.45
61.5%
Accuracy
34.0%
65.2%
Defense
71.6%
16.22
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
87.2%
Time at distance
37.4%
Grappling & control
Choi
Tavares
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
3.71
Takedown accuracy
41.7%
100.0%
Takedown defense
62.9%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.48
100.0%
Control share
64.9%
Strike target map
Choi
  • Head96%(27)div 64%
  • Body4%(1)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
Tavares
  • Head70%(229)div 64%
  • Body23%(75)div 19%
  • Legs7%(23)div 17%

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

Dooho Choi
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Thiago Tavares
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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