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Robert Whittaker
Robert Whittaker
13-4 · AUS
VS
Brad Tavares
Brad Tavares
13-3 · USA
May 9, 2015 · Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Robert Whittaker def. Brad Tavares by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 0:44
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:44
Whittaker10/140/010:04
Tavares2/70/000:00
Total
Whittaker10/140/010:04
Tavares2/70/000:00

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
WhittakerWin probabilityTavares
80.7%19.3%
KO / TKO
47%
Submission
2%
Decision
51%
Expected fight time: 12.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Whittaker81%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO41%51%
Submission1%2%
Decision39%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes91 (52118)act 10
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Tavares19%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%32%
Submission0%1%
Decision13%67%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes55 (3171)act 2
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.6)act 0
Combined totals~145 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R16%
R222%
R321%
Distance51%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Whittaker
71.9%-262
Tavares
+26227.4%
Most takedownstie 69.7%
Whittaker
16.8%-124
Tavares
+12413.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Whittaker
Expected: 90.6
90.5
Over 90.5
42.5%
+135
Under 90.5
57.5%
-135
0114227
Tavares
Expected: 54.8
55
Over 55
41.6%
+137
Exactly 55
1.2%
push
Under 55
57.2%
-137
069137
Takedowns — over/under
Whittaker
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.7%
Exactly 0
81.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Tavares
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
15.7%
Exactly 0
84.3%
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 12.1 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
Whittaker80.7%44.7%+36.0+115
Tavares19.3%55.3%−36.0-135

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
65.8Striking64.8
Whittaker +1.1
53.4Grappling42.5
Whittaker +10.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
WhittakerTavares
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1550
Pound-for-pound
1586
1535
Divisional
1587
1516
Striking offense
1498
1496
Striking defense
1515
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
24 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'1"
73"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.74
Strikes landed / min
3.12
37%
Strike accuracy
41%
4.31
Strikes absorbed / min
2.51
66%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.67
Takedowns / 15 min
1.42
75%
Takedown accuracy
33%
92%
Takedown defense
74%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
73%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
50%
Finish rate
13%
Recent opp. quality
183
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Robert Whittaker
  • WClint HesterKO/TKO R2
    Close +1706mo before
  • WMike RhodesU-DEC R3
    Close -25010mo before
  • LStephen ThompsonKO/TKO R1
    Close +1201y 2mo before
  • LCourt McGeeS-DEC R3
    Close -1851y 8mo before
  • WColton SmithKO/TKO R3
    Close +1301y 11mo before
Brad Tavares
  • WNate MarquardtU-DEC R3
    Close -1304mo before
  • LTim BoetschKO/TKO R2
    Close -3159mo before
  • LYoel RomeroU-DEC R3
    Close -1451y 1mo before
  • WLorenz LarkinU-DEC R3
    Close +2401y 4mo before
  • WRobert McDanielU-DEC R3
    Close -5251y 8mo before
Whittaker — win / loss by method
Record: 13-4-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
46% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
15% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (56%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Tavares — win / loss by method
Record: 13-3-0

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, 1 loss
W
31% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
15% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 2 losses
W
54% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
8win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
7 (88%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (40%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Whittaker
Tavares
6
UFC fights
11
67.1 min · 11.2 avg
Octagon time
147.6 min · 13.4 avg
17y 4m
Career length
19y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Whittaker
Tavares
51W–11L · 82.3%
Overall
168W–59L · 74.0%
28W–7L · 80.0%
Wins
135W–49L · 73.4%
23W–4L · 85.2%
Losses
33W–10L · 76.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Whittaker
Tavares
64W–29L · 68.8%
Overall
1W–5L · 16.7%
39W–13L · 75.0%
Wins
1W–5L · 16.7%
25W–16L · 61.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Whittaker
Tavares
5.10
Landed / min
5.03
34.7%
Accuracy
37.9%
69.3%
Defense
61.4%
1.12
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.10
76.6%
Time at distance
50.1%
Grappling & control
Whittaker
Tavares
0.67
Takedowns / 15 min
1.42
75.0%
Takedown accuracy
32.6%
91.7%
Takedown defense
74.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
45.3%
Control share
50.2%
Strike target map
Whittaker
  • Head83%(263)div 63%
  • Body9%(30)div 19%
  • Legs8%(25)div 18%
Tavares
  • Head60%(277)div 63%
  • Body19%(88)div 19%
  • Legs21%(96)div 18%

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

Robert Whittaker
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Brad Tavares
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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