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UFC Fight Night: Minotauro vs Nelson
Thales Leites
Thales Leites
22-4 · BRA
VS
Trevor Smith
Trevor Smith
11-4 · USA
April 11, 2014 · Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Thales Leites def. Trevor Smith by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 0:45
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:45
Leites5/80/010:04
Smith3/100/000:00
Total
Leites5/80/010:04
Smith3/100/000:00

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
LeitesWin probabilitySmith
66.6%33.4%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
4%
Decision
70%
Expected fight time: 12.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Leites67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%23%
Submission3%5%
Decision48%72%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2252)act 5
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 0
Smith33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%30%
Submission1%4%
Decision22%66%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2354)act 3
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Combined totals~82 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R212%
R35%
Distance70%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Leites
47.4%+108
Smith
-10851.2%
Most takedownstie 45.1%
Leites
37.7%-218
Smith
+21817.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Leites
Expected: 40.0
40
Over 40
41.7%
+136
Exactly 40
1.7%
push
Under 40
56.6%
-136
051101
Smith
Expected: 41.7
41.5
Over 41.5
42.8%
+134
Under 41.5
57.2%
-134
053105
Takedowns — over/under
Leites
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
29.1%
+193
Exactly 1
14.5%
push
Under 1
56.3%
-193
035
Smith
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
25.2%
+296
Under 0.5
74.8%
-296
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 12.3 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
Leites66.6%82.7%−16.1-545
Smith33.4%17.3%+16.1+465

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
57.0Striking73.9
Smith +16.9
55.8Grappling38.4
Leites +17.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LeitesSmith
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1591
Pound-for-pound
1520
1590
Divisional
1520
1481
Striking offense
1488
1519
Striking defense
1502
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
32 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'3"
78"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.89
Strikes landed / min
4.80
38%
Strike accuracy
63%
2.57
Strikes absorbed / min
3.43
51%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.78
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
32%
Takedown accuracy
15%
29%
Takedown defense
50%
1.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
70%
UFC win rate
50%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
50%
43%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
146
Days since last fight
86
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Thales Leites
  • WEd HermanU-DEC R3
    Close -1755mo before
  • WTom WatsonU-DEC R3
    Close -1608mo before
  • LAlessio SakaraS-DEC R3
    Close -3454y 8mo before
  • LAnderson SilvaU-DEC R5
    Close +4585y before
  • WDrew McFedriesSUB R1
    Close -4515y 6mo before
Trevor Smith
  • WBrian HoustonS-DEC R3
    Close -1303mo before
  • LEd HermanS-DEC R3
    Close +1658mo before
Leites — win / loss by method
Record: 22-4-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 1 loss
W
59% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 3 losses
W
32% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
7win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (43%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (57%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
15win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (13%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
10 (67%)Submission(100%) 1
3 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Smith — win / loss by method
Record: 11-4-0

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
1 win, 2 losses
W
9% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 1 loss
W
82% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
9% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
10win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (10%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
9 (90%)Submission(33%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Leites
Smith
10
UFC fights
2
123.9 min · 12.4 avg
Octagon time
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
22y 8m
Career length
17y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Leites
Smith
146W–42L · 77.7%
Overall
24W–10L · 70.6%
98W–30L · 76.6%
Wins
4W–1L · 80.0%
48W–12L · 80.0%
Losses
20W–9L · 69.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Leites
Smith
260W–131L · 66.5%
Overall
97W–44L · 68.8%
236W–115L · 67.2%
Wins
58W–30L · 65.9%
24W–16L · 60.0%
Losses
39W–14L · 73.6%
Distance striking
Leites
Smith
2.20
Landed / min
5.77
27.9%
Accuracy
56.0%
56.5%
Defense
62.0%
0.24
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
45.1%
Time at distance
56.6%
Grappling & control
Leites
Smith
2.78
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
31.5%
Takedown accuracy
15.4%
28.6%
Takedown defense
50.0%
1.57
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.00
74.1%
Control share
50.5%
Strike target map
Leites
  • Head79%(184)div 63%
  • Body8%(18)div 19%
  • Legs14%(32)div 18%
Smith
  • Head44%(64)div 63%
  • Body26%(37)div 19%
  • Legs30%(43)div 18%

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

Thales Leites
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Trevor Smith
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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