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Yoel Romero
Yoel Romero
7-1 · USA
VS
Brad Tavares
Brad Tavares
12-1 · USA
April 19, 2014 · Orlando, Florida, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Yoel Romero def. Brad Tavares by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Romero16/234/402:45
Tavares6/150/200:27
R2
Romero5/91/602:16
Tavares6/210/000:41
R3
Romero10/162/201:47
Tavares9/340/100:00
Total
Romero31/487/1206:48
Tavares21/700/301:08

Scorecards

Romero vs Tavares

RdChris LeeDerek ClearyRichard BertrandCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9.1
Total30-2730-2730-2730-27.1

Media (13 cards) · avg 3027 · 13 Romero · 0 Tavares

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

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
RomeroWin probabilityTavares
63.6%36.4%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
3%
Decision
63%
Expected fight time: 11.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Romero64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%42%
Submission1%2%
Decision36%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes60 (3478)act 31
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 7
Tavares36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%18%
Submission2%6%
Decision27%76%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2762)act 21
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~107 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R112%
R223%
R32%
Distance63%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Romero
60.1%-155
Tavares
+15538.9%
Most takedownstie 60.3%
Romero
23.6%-146
Tavares
+14616.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Romero
Expected: 59.7
59.5
Over 59.5
42.7%
+134
Under 59.5
57.3%
-134
075150
Tavares
Expected: 47.4
47.5
Over 47.5
42.4%
+136
Under 47.5
57.6%
-136
060119
Takedowns — over/under
Romero
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
27.3%
+266
Under 0.5
72.7%
-266
035
Tavares
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
19.9%
Exactly 0
80.1%
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 11.7 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
Romero63.6%41.8%+21.8+135
Tavares36.4%58.2%−21.8-145

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
82.6Striking65.8
Romero +16.9
15.2Grappling46.9
Tavares +31.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RomeroTavares
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1560
Pound-for-pound
1604
1559
Divisional
1604
1507
Striking offense
1506
1510
Striking defense
1515
1527
Grappling offense
1487
1532
Grappling defense
1509
Physical
36 yrs
Age
26 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'1"
73"
Reach
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.59
Strikes landed / min
3.35
58%
Strike accuracy
42%
2.22
Strikes absorbed / min
2.70
68%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.78
0%
Takedown accuracy
34%
55%
Takedown defense
81%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
88%
+3
Win/loss streak
+5
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
14%
Recent opp. quality
94
Days since last fight
94
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Yoel Romero
  • WDerek BrunsonKO/TKO R3
    Close -2103mo before
  • WRonny MarkesKO/TKO R3
    Close -1555mo before
  • WClifford StarksKO/TKO R1
    Close -1751y before
Brad Tavares
  • WLorenz LarkinU-DEC R3
    Close +2403mo before
  • WRobert McDanielU-DEC R3
    Close -5258mo before
  • WRiki FukudaU-DEC R3
    Close -1201y 2mo before
  • WTom WatsonS-DEC R3
    Close -1601y 7mo before
  • WDongi YangU-DEC R3
    Close -1601y 11mo before
Romero — win / loss by method
Record: 7-1-0

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, 1 loss
W
100% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (100%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Tavares — win / loss by method
Record: 12-1-0

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, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (86%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (40%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Romero
Tavares
3
UFC fights
8
26.6 min · 8.9 avg
Octagon time
109.3 min · 13.7 avg
16y 7m
Career length
19y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Romero
Tavares
33W–4L · 89.2%
Overall
111W–38L · 74.5%
33W–4L · 89.2%
Wins
102W–36L · 73.9%
0W–0L
Losses
9W–2L · 81.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Romero
Tavares
24W–9L · 72.7%
Overall
1W–5L · 16.7%
14W–6L · 70.0%
Wins
1W–5L · 16.7%
10W–3L · 76.9%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Romero
Tavares
4.26
Landed / min
5.63
52.5%
Accuracy
39.0%
67.8%
Defense
63.3%
1.13
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.14
73.4%
Time at distance
49.9%
Grappling & control
Romero
Tavares
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.78
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
34.2%
54.5%
Takedown defense
80.8%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
31.7%
Control share
53.2%
Strike target map
Romero
  • Head49%(60)div 63%
  • Body29%(35)div 19%
  • Legs22%(27)div 18%
Tavares
  • Head60%(220)div 63%
  • Body19%(71)div 19%
  • Legs20%(75)div 18%

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

Yoel Romero
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.