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Brad Tavares
Brad Tavares
12-3 · USA
VS
Nate Marquardt
Nate Marquardt
33-13-2 · USA
January 3, 2015 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Brad Tavares def. Nate Marquardt by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Tavares12/360/000:00
Marquardt10/220/000:00
R2
Tavares14/291/100:27
Marquardt6/140/400:45
R3
Tavares24/540/000:02
Marquardt14/280/300:42
Total
Tavares50/1191/100:29
Marquardt30/640/701:27

Scorecards

Tavares vs Marquardt

RdAdalaide ByrdCardo UrsoMarcos RosalesCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.2
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-99.9-8.9
Total30-2730-2730-2729.6-27.2

Media (14 cards) · avg 3027.1 · 14 Tavares · 0 Marquardt

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Tavares-Marquardt.

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
TavaresWin probabilityMarquardt
36.4%63.6%
KO / TKO
39%
Submission
4%
Decision
57%
Expected fight time: 13.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Tavares36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%31%
Submission0%1%
Decision25%68%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes57 (3275)act 50
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 1
Marquardt64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%43%
Submission4%6%
Decision32%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes60 (3478)act 30
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 0
Combined totals~117 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R17%
R25%
R331%
Distance57%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Tavares
47.7%+108
Marquardt
-10851.4%
Most takedownstie 50.3%
Tavares
11.8%+322
Marquardt
-32237.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Tavares
Expected: 57.3
57.5
Over 57.5
42.2%
+137
Under 57.5
57.8%
-137
072144
Marquardt
Expected: 59.6
59.5
Over 59.5
42.6%
+135
Under 59.5
57.4%
-135
075149
Takedowns — over/under
Tavares
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.8%
Exactly 0
83.2%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Marquardt
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
42.3%
+137
Under 0.5
57.7%
-137
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 13.0 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
Tavares36.4%55.4%−19.0-130
Marquardt63.6%44.6%+19.0+120

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
64.4Striking75.8
Marquardt +11.4
40.8Grappling77.5
Marquardt +36.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TavaresMarquardt
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1568
Pound-for-pound
1597
1569
Divisional
1626
1498
Striking offense
1514
1510
Striking defense
1534
1486
Grappling offense
1543
1504
Grappling defense
1543
Physical
27 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
74"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.10
Strikes landed / min
2.79
41%
Strike accuracy
52%
2.56
Strikes absorbed / min
1.46
55%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.47
Takedowns / 15 min
2.89
31%
Takedown accuracy
74%
70%
Takedown defense
74%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.4
Form & résumé
70%
UFC win rate
65%
-2
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
40%
14%
Finish rate
64%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
189
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brad Tavares
  • LTim BoetschKO/TKO R2
    Close -3155mo before
  • LYoel RomeroU-DEC R3
    Close -1459mo before
  • WLorenz LarkinU-DEC R3
    Close +2401y before
  • WRobert McDanielU-DEC R3
    Close -5251y 4mo before
  • WRiki FukudaU-DEC R3
    Close -1201y 10mo before
Nate Marquardt
  • WJames Te HunaSUB R1
    Close +1706mo before
  • LHector LombardKO/TKO R1
    Close +1701y 2mo before
  • LJake EllenbergerKO/TKO R1
    Close +1251y 10mo before
  • WDan MillerU-DEC R3
    Close -3153y 10mo before
  • LYushin OkamiU-DEC R3
    Close -1904y 2mo before
Tavares — win / loss by method
Record: 12-3-0

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
33% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
7win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (86%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (40%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Marquardt — win / loss by method
Record: 33-13-2

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
11 wins, 3 losses
W
33% of wins
L
23% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 2 losses
W
42% of wins
L
15% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 8 losses
W
24% of wins
L
62% of losses
UFC
11win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO(50%) 3
3 (27%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (36%)Decision(50%) 3
Non-UFC
22win7loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (32%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
11 (50%)Submission(29%) 2
4 (18%)Decision(71%) 5

Profiles

Experience
Tavares
Marquardt
10
UFC fights
17
132.6 min · 13.3 avg
Octagon time
150.4 min · 8.8 avg
19y 1m
Career length
27y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Tavares
Marquardt
135W–46L · 74.6%
Overall
363W–84L · 81.2%
102W–36L · 73.9%
Wins
221W–54L · 80.4%
33W–10L · 76.7%
Losses
142W–30L · 82.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Tavares
Marquardt
1W–5L · 16.7%
Overall
251W–114L · 68.8%
1W–5L · 16.7%
Wins
167W–72L · 69.9%
0W–0L
Losses
84W–42L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Tavares
Marquardt
5.30
Landed / min
3.63
37.6%
Accuracy
42.9%
62.0%
Defense
69.5%
0.11
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.90
46.9%
Time at distance
39.4%
Grappling & control
Tavares
Marquardt
1.47
Takedowns / 15 min
2.89
31.0%
Takedown accuracy
74.4%
69.8%
Takedown defense
74.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.40
51.0%
Control share
67.5%
Strike target map
Tavares
  • Head60%(246)div 62%
  • Body20%(81)div 19%
  • Legs20%(84)div 18%
Marquardt
  • Head67%(280)div 62%
  • Body15%(61)div 19%
  • Legs19%(78)div 18%

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

Brad Tavares
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Nate Marquardt
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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