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UFC Fight Night: Bader vs Saint Preux
Tim Boetsch
Tim Boetsch
17-7 · USA
VS
Brad Tavares
Brad Tavares
12-2 · USA
August 16, 2014 · Bangor, Maine, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Tim Boetsch def. Brad Tavares by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 3:18
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Boetsch8/141/500:27
Tavares16/340/102:40
R2 · 3:18
Boetsch6/140/020:09
Tavares8/220/001:39
Total
Boetsch14/281/520:36
Tavares24/560/104:19

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
BoetschWin probabilityTavares
50.3%49.7%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
4%
Decision
63%
Expected fight time: 11.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Boetsch50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%39%
Submission2%4%
Decision28%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes54 (3171)act 14
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 1
Tavares50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%26%
Submission2%4%
Decision35%70%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes53 (3069)act 24
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~107 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R220%
R34%
Distance63%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Boetsch
50.8%-105
Tavares
+10548.2%
Most takedownstie 65.1%
Boetsch
5.6%+523
Tavares
-52329.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Boetsch
Expected: 54.2
54
Over 54
42.2%
+134
Exactly 54
1.2%
push
Under 54
56.6%
-134
068136
Tavares
Expected: 52.7
52.5
Over 52.5
42.8%
+134
Under 52.5
57.2%
-134
066132
Takedowns — over/under
Boetsch
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
7.4%
Exactly 0
92.6%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Tavares
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
30.5%
+228
Under 0.5
69.5%
-228
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 11.8 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
Boetsch50.3%25.5%+24.8+285
Tavares49.7%74.5%−24.8-315

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
68.0Striking64.3
Boetsch +3.7
53.2Grappling41.3
Boetsch +11.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BoetschTavares
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1555
Pound-for-pound
1586
1553
Divisional
1586
1501
Striking offense
1502
1518
Striking defense
1517
1481
Grappling offense
1484
1493
Grappling defense
1504
Physical
33 yrs
Age
26 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'1"
74"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.76
Strikes landed / min
3.11
51%
Strike accuracy
41%
2.67
Strikes absorbed / min
2.62
57%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.78
Takedowns / 15 min
1.57
35%
Takedown accuracy
32%
54%
Takedown defense
68%
1.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
57%
UFC win rate
78%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
80%
38%
Finish rate
14%
Recent opp. quality
112
Days since last fight
119
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tim Boetsch
  • LLuke RockholdSUB R1
    Close +8004mo before
  • WCB DollawayS-DEC R3
    Close -14510mo before
  • LMark MunozU-DEC R3
    Close -1101y 1mo before
  • LConstantinos PhilippouKO/TKO R3
    Close -1451y 8mo before
  • WHector LombardS-DEC R3
    Close +2802y 1mo before
Brad Tavares
  • LYoel RomeroU-DEC R3
    Close -1454mo before
  • WLorenz LarkinU-DEC R3
    Close +2407mo before
  • WRobert McDanielU-DEC R3
    Close -5251y before
  • WRiki FukudaU-DEC R3
    Close -1201y 5mo before
  • WTom WatsonS-DEC R3
    Close -1601y 11mo before
Boetsch — win / loss by method
Record: 17-7-0

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
9 wins, 2 losses
W
53% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
18% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 3 losses
W
29% of wins
L
43% of losses
UFC
8win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 2
5 (63%)Decision(33%) 2
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Tavares — win / loss by method
Record: 12-2-0

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, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% 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
100% of losses
UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (86%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (40%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Boetsch
Tavares
14
UFC fights
9
151.5 min · 10.8 avg
Octagon time
124.3 min · 13.8 avg
19y 9m
Career length
19y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Boetsch
Tavares
191W–34L · 84.9%
Overall
118W–39L · 75.2%
130W–25L · 83.9%
Wins
102W–36L · 73.9%
61W–9L · 87.1%
Losses
16W–3L · 84.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Boetsch
Tavares
80W–45L · 64.0%
Overall
1W–5L · 16.7%
62W–42L · 59.6%
Wins
1W–5L · 16.7%
18W–3L · 85.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Boetsch
Tavares
3.93
Landed / min
5.34
43.1%
Accuracy
38.0%
69.7%
Defense
62.0%
0.30
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.12
42.7%
Time at distance
48.7%
Grappling & control
Boetsch
Tavares
1.78
Takedowns / 15 min
1.57
34.6%
Takedown accuracy
31.7%
53.7%
Takedown defense
68.4%
1.09
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
35.5%
Control share
47.7%
Strike target map
Boetsch
  • Head55%(231)div 63%
  • Body26%(110)div 19%
  • Legs18%(77)div 18%
Tavares
  • Head59%(229)div 63%
  • Body19%(74)div 19%
  • Legs22%(84)div 18%

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

Tim Boetsch
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.