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UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Murphy
Brad Tavares
Brad Tavares
20-10 · USA
VS
Gerald Meerschaert
Gerald Meerschaert
37-18 · USA
April 5, 2025 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.5lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Brad Tavares def. Gerald Meerschaert by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Tavares13/360/000:00
Meerschaert8/240/200:26
R2
Tavares26/510/000:01
Meerschaert23/440/100:47
R3
Tavares8/220/000:00
Meerschaert7/150/503:31
Total
Tavares47/1090/000:01
Meerschaert38/830/804:44

Scorecards

Tavares vs Meerschaert

RdDavid LethabyJunichiro KamijoSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R39-109-109-109-10
Total29-2829-2829-2829-28

Media (12 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 12 Tavares · 0 Meerschaert

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

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 probabilityMeerschaert
46.2%53.8%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
22%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 10.3 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 Tavares, blue toward Meerschaert. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Tavares46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%24%18%
Submission2%3%4%
Decision33%73%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (1861)act 47
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Meerschaert54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%33%7%
Submission20%38%17%
Decision16%29%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (1755)act 38
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.2)act 0
Combined totals~85 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R125%
R217%
R38%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Tavares
52.2%-112
Meerschaert
+11246.7%
Most takedownstie 47.3%
Tavares
14.8%+256
Meerschaert
-25637.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Tavares
Expected: 44.6
44.5
Over 44.5
39.9%
+151
Under 44.5
60.1%
-151
056112
Meerschaert
Expected: 40.8
41
Over 41
38.9%
+154
Exactly 41
1.2%
push
Under 41
59.9%
-154
051102
Takedowns — over/under
Tavares
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
21.0%
+376
Under 0.5
79.0%
-376
035
Meerschaert
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
28.5%
+200
Exactly 1
14.4%
push
Under 1
57.1%
-200
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 10.3 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
Tavares46.2%60.1%−13.9-169
Meerschaert53.8%39.9%+13.9+140
By method
Tavares by KO/TKO13.2%17.8%−4.6+369
Tavares by submission10.1%3.8%+6.3+2106
Tavares by decision22.9%40.9%−18.0+104
Meerschaert by KO/TKO15.3%7.4%+7.9+1030
Meerschaert by submission11.8%17.0%−5.2+393
Meerschaert by decision26.6%13.1%+13.5+541
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds74.5%72.9%+1.6-358
Over 2.5 rds57.4%61.3%−3.9-188
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision49.5%56.1%−6.6-150

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
63.7Striking62.0
Tavares +1.6
38.2Grappling57.0
Meerschaert +18.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TavaresMeerschaert
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1568
Pound-for-pound
1556
1569
Divisional
1554
1503
Striking offense
1492
1490
Striking defense
1491
1471
Grappling offense
1551
1544
Grappling defense
1479
Physical
37 yrs
Age
37 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'1"
74"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.43
Strikes landed / min
3.10
43%
Strike accuracy
46%
3.31
Strikes absorbed / min
3.45
55%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.74
Takedowns / 15 min
2.01
27%
Takedown accuracy
35%
81%
Takedown defense
43%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.5
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
55%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
20%
Last-5 win rate
40%
13%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
175
Days since last fight
147
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brad Tavares
  • LJunYong ParkS-DEC R3
    Close +1656mo before
  • LGregory RodriguesKO/TKO R3
    Close +1991y 2mo before
  • WChris WeidmanU-DEC R3
    Close -2051y 8mo before
  • LBruno SilvaKO/TKO R1
    Close -1671y 11mo before
  • LDricus Du PlessisU-DEC R3
    Close +1452y 9mo before
Gerald Meerschaert
  • LReinier de RidderSUB R3
    Close +2545mo before
  • WEdmen ShahbazyanSUB R2
    Close +2587mo before
  • WBryan BarberenaSUB R2
    Close -2501y 1mo before
  • LAndre PetroskiS-DEC R3
    Close +1921y 8mo before
  • LJoe PyferKO/TKO R1
    Close +1652y before
Tavares — win / loss by method
Record: 20-10-0

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
5 wins, 5 losses
W
25% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
13 wins, 5 losses
W
65% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
15win10loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (13%)KO/TKO(50%) 5
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
13 (87%)Decision(50%) 5
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (40%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Meerschaert — win / loss by method
Record: 37-18-0

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, 4 losses
W
16% of wins
L
22% of losses
Submission
29 wins, 9 losses
W
78% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 5 losses
W
5% of wins
L
28% of losses
UFC
12win10loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (8%)KO/TKO(40%) 4
11 (92%)Submission(20%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(40%) 4
Non-UFC
25win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
18 (72%)Submission(88%) 7
2 (8%)Decision(13%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Tavares
Meerschaert
25
UFC fights
22
322.6 min · 12.9 avg
Octagon time
187.0 min · 8.5 avg
19y 1m
Career length
19y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Tavares
Meerschaert
387W–112L · 77.6%
Overall
297W–71L · 80.7%
249W–77L · 76.4%
Wins
160W–41L · 79.6%
138W–35L · 79.8%
Losses
137W–30L · 82.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Tavares
Meerschaert
1W–5L · 16.7%
Overall
281W–265L · 51.5%
1W–5L · 16.7%
Wins
192W–219L · 46.7%
0W–0L
Losses
89W–46L · 65.9%
Distance striking
Tavares
Meerschaert
4.85
Landed / min
4.80
40.8%
Accuracy
41.8%
58.8%
Defense
59.0%
0.19
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.24
59.6%
Time at distance
50.9%
Grappling & control
Tavares
Meerschaert
0.74
Takedowns / 15 min
2.01
26.7%
Takedown accuracy
35.2%
80.6%
Takedown defense
42.9%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.52
40.9%
Control share
46.8%
Strike target map
Tavares
  • Head60%(663)div 63%
  • Body16%(176)div 20%
  • Legs24%(267)div 17%
Meerschaert
  • Head73%(425)div 63%
  • Body17%(99)div 20%
  • Legs9%(55)div 17%

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.

Gerald Meerschaert
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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