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Thomas Petersen
Thomas Petersen
9-3 · USA
VS
Don'Tale Mayes
Don'Tale Mayes
11-8 · USA
May 3, 2025 · Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
250.0lb
Weigh-in
259.0lb
Thomas Petersen def. Don'Tale Mayes by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Petersen1/33/304:34
Mayes1/50/000:00
R2
Petersen5/192/204:27
Mayes1/40/000:00
R3
Petersen22/294/404:48
Mayes1/20/000:00
Total
Petersen28/519/9013:49
Mayes3/110/000:00

Scorecards

Petersen vs Mayes

RdBruce HuckfeldtDerek ClearyRon McCarthyCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.8
R210-810-810-910-8.5
R310-810-910-810-8.2
Total30-2530-2630-2630-25.5

Media (9 cards) · avg 3026.6 · 9 Petersen · 0 Mayes

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Petersen-Mayes.

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
PetersenWin probabilityMayes
61.5%38.5%
KO / TKO
48%
Submission
20%
Decision
33%
Expected fight time: 8.1 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Petersen61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO30%50%
Submission13%21%
Decision18%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1447)act 28
Takedowns2.1 (0.05.4)act 9
Mayes39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%44%
Submission7%18%
Decision15%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1448)act 3
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~70 sig strikes~2.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R146%
R213%
R38%
Distance33%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Petersen
48.8%+102
Mayes
-10249.8%
Most takedownstie 20.3%
Petersen
77.4%-3397
Mayes
+33972.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Petersen
Expected: 34.8
35
Over 35
38.7%
+155
Exactly 35
1.4%
push
Under 35
59.9%
-155
04487
Mayes
Expected: 35.1
35
Over 35
39.2%
+152
Exactly 35
1.4%
push
Under 35
59.4%
-152
04488
Takedowns — over/under
Petersen
Expected: 2.1
2
Over 2
40.7%
+102
Exactly 2
17.8%
push
Under 2
41.5%
-102
047
Mayes
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
7.0%
Exactly 0
93.0%
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 8.1 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
Petersen61.5%73.7%−12.2-330
Mayes38.5%26.3%+12.2+265

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
72.1Striking56.8
Petersen +15.2
49.2Grappling37.2
Petersen +12.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PetersenMayes
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1513
Pound-for-pound
1494
1513
Divisional
1494
1494
Striking offense
1523
1491
Striking defense
1492
1532
Grappling offense
1468
1553
Grappling defense
1483
Physical
30 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'6"
74"
Reach
81"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.61
Strikes landed / min
3.10
59%
Strike accuracy
41%
4.28
Strikes absorbed / min
3.76
58%
Strike defense
48%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.81
Takedowns / 15 min
0.78
33%
Takedown accuracy
47%
100%
Takedown defense
43%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
36%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
33%
Last-5 win rate
40%
0%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
91
Days since last fight
77
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Thomas Petersen
  • LShamil GazievKO/TKO R1
    Close +2713mo before
  • WMohammed UsmanU-DEC R3
    Close +1009mo before
  • LJamal PoguesU-DEC R3
    Close -1651y 3mo before
Don'Tale Mayes
  • LValter WalkerSUB R1
    Close +2613mo before
  • LShamil GazievU-DEC R3
    Close +3199mo before
  • WCaio MachadoU-DEC R3
    Close +1131y before
  • LRodrigo NascimentoU-DEC R3
    Close +1701y 6mo before
  • WAndrei ArlovskiKO/TKO R2
    Close -1411y 11mo before
Petersen — win / loss by method
Record: 9-3-0

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
7 wins, 2 losses
W
78% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
11% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (88%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Mayes — win / loss by method
Record: 11-8-0, 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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
55% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
1 win, 3 losses
W
9% of wins
L
38% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
36% of wins
L
38% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
13% of losses
UFC
4win6loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 3
2 (50%)Decision(50%) 3
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Petersen
Mayes
3
UFC fights
11
33.2 min · 11.1 avg
Octagon time
134.8 min · 12.3 avg
6y 7m
Career length
10y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Petersen
Mayes
33W–8L · 80.5%
Overall
131W–41L · 76.2%
10W–3L · 76.9%
Wins
71W–33L · 68.3%
23W–5L · 82.1%
Losses
60W–8L · 88.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Petersen
Mayes
54W–46L · 54.0%
Overall
48W–24L · 66.7%
49W–46L · 51.6%
Wins
33W–18L · 64.7%
5W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
15W–6L · 71.4%
Distance striking
Petersen
Mayes
5.23
Landed / min
5.08
58.5%
Accuracy
38.7%
59.6%
Defense
52.5%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.22
82.9%
Time at distance
52.1%
Grappling & control
Petersen
Mayes
1.81
Takedowns / 15 min
0.78
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
46.7%
100.0%
Takedown defense
43.5%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
97.9%
Control share
33.7%
Strike target map
Petersen
  • Head58%(88)div 65%
  • Body33%(50)div 20%
  • Legs10%(15)div 16%
Mayes
  • Head55%(230)div 65%
  • Body28%(119)div 20%
  • Legs17%(69)div 16%

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

Thomas Petersen
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Don'Tale Mayes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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