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UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs Henderson
Brian Ortega
Brian Ortega
8-0 · USA
VS
Thiago Tavares
Thiago Tavares
19-5-1 · BRA
June 6, 2015 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
Brian Ortega def. Thiago Tavares by KO/TKO (Punch), R3 4:10
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ortega5/170/000:40
Tavares10/253/303:07
R2
Ortega5/130/000:02
Tavares9/183/404:29
R3 · 4:10
Ortega31/710/010:12
Tavares20/510/400:46
Total
Ortega41/1010/010:54
Tavares39/946/1108:22

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
OrtegaWin probabilityTavares
56.9%43.1%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
42%
Decision
37%
Expected fight time: 8.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Ortega57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%21%
Submission22%38%
Decision23%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 41
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Tavares43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%21%
Submission20%47%
Decision14%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 39
Takedowns1.0 (0.02.9)act 6
Combined totals~66 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R145%
R27%
R311%
Distance37%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Ortega
49.2%-100
Tavares
+10049.1%
Most takedownstie 30.2%
Ortega
13.0%+435
Tavares
-43556.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ortega
Expected: 32.9
33
Over 33
41.4%
+137
Exactly 33
2.0%
push
Under 33
56.7%
-137
04283
Tavares
Expected: 32.9
33
Over 33
41.3%
+138
Exactly 33
2.0%
push
Under 33
56.7%
-138
04283
Takedowns — over/under
Ortega
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
25.6%
+291
Under 0.5
74.4%
-291
035
Tavares
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
38.6%
-117
Exactly 1
28.3%
push
Under 1
33.1%
+117
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 8.5 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
Ortega56.9%42.9%+14.0+125
Tavares43.1%57.1%−14.0-145

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
55.2Striking64.1
Tavares +8.9
90.2Grappling72.7
Ortega +17.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
OrtegaTavares
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1527
Pound-for-pound
1588
1527
Divisional
1551
1485
Striking offense
1466
1500
Striking defense
1523
1560
Grappling offense
1529
1547
Grappling defense
1520
Physical
24 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'7"
69"
Reach
70"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.82
Strikes landed / min
1.95
50%
Strike accuracy
40%
3.64
Strikes absorbed / min
2.25
45%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
9.09
Takedowns / 15 min
3.47
33%
Takedown accuracy
40%
100%
Takedown defense
65%
18.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.5
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
64%
-1
Win/loss streak
+2
0%
Last-5 win rate
80%
Finish rate
56%
Recent opp. quality
315
Days since last fight
294
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brian Ortega
No prior UFC fights.
Thiago Tavares
  • WRobert PeraltaSUB R1
    Close -13510mo before
  • WJustin SalasSUB R1
    Close -2451y 7mo before
  • LKhabib NurmagomedovKO/TKO R1
    Close +1752y 5mo before
  • WSam StoutU-DEC R3
    Close -1253y 5mo before
  • WSpencer FisherKO/TKO R2
    Close -1853y 9mo before
Ortega — win / loss by method
Record: 8-0-0, 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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (50%)Submission() 0
4 (50%)Decision() 0
Tavares — win / loss by method
Record: 19-5-1

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, 3 losses
W
11% of wins
L
60% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 0 losses
W
68% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
21% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
9win5loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO(60%) 3
4 (44%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (44%)Decision(40%) 2
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (10%)KO/TKO() 0
9 (90%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Ortega
Tavares
1
UFC fights
15
1.6 min · 1.6 avg
Octagon time
146.9 min · 9.8 avg
16y 3m
Career length
22y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ortega
Tavares
Overall
188W–47L · 80.0%
Wins
131W–36L · 78.4%
Losses
57W–11L · 83.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ortega
Tavares
30W–23L · 56.6%
Overall
31W–18L · 63.3%
30W–23L · 56.6%
Wins
31W–18L · 63.3%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Ortega
Tavares
5.60
Landed / min
3.26
40.0%
Accuracy
34.0%
44.4%
Defense
71.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
21.6%
Time at distance
37.8%
Grappling & control
Ortega
Tavares
9.09
Takedowns / 15 min
3.47
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
40.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
64.7%
18.18
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.53
100.0%
Control share
62.4%
Strike target map
Ortega
  • Head33%(1)div 64%
  • Body67%(2)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
Tavares
  • Head68%(194)div 64%
  • Body26%(73)div 19%
  • Legs7%(19)div 17%

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

Brian Ortega
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.