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Brad Tavares
Brad Tavares
10-1 · USA
VS
Robert McDaniel
Robert McDaniel
20-6 · USA
August 28, 2013 · Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Brad Tavares def. Robert McDaniel by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Tavares9/300/000:45
McDaniel6/190/200:40
R2
Tavares17/340/100:28
McDaniel4/190/000:45
R3
Tavares4/150/000:24
McDaniel4/181/103:16
Total
Tavares30/790/101:37
McDaniel14/561/304:41

Scorecards

Tavares vs McDaniel

RdDouglas CrosbyRoy SilbertSal 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 2928 · 12 Tavares · 0 McDaniel

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

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 probabilityMcDaniel
45.5%54.5%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
45%
Decision
31%
Expected fight time: 8.1 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 McDaniel. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Tavares45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%27%
Submission12%27%
Decision21%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1639)act 30
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
McDaniel55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%21%
Submission33%60%
Decision10%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1537)act 14
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 1
Combined totals~58 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R151%
R23%
R315%
Distance31%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Tavares
52.1%-113
McDaniel
+11346.0%
Most takedownstie 51.2%
Tavares
19.6%+149
McDaniel
-14929.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Tavares
Expected: 30.0
30
Over 30
41.5%
+136
Exactly 30
2.2%
push
Under 30
56.3%
-136
03876
McDaniel
Expected: 28.1
28
Over 28
41.6%
+135
Exactly 28
2.3%
push
Under 28
56.1%
-135
03671
Takedowns — over/under
Tavares
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
25.8%
+287
Under 0.5
74.2%
-287
035
McDaniel
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
35.4%
+183
Under 0.5
64.6%
-183
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 8.1 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
Tavares45.5%82.2%−36.7-525
McDaniel54.5%17.8%+36.7+450

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
64.3Striking78.6
McDaniel +14.3
51.2Grappling36.1
Tavares +15.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TavaresMcDaniel
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1575
Pound-for-pound
1543
1576
Divisional
1543
1510
Striking offense
1503
1504
Striking defense
1500
1494
Grappling offense
1507
1507
Grappling defense
1498
Physical
25 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'3"
74"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.67
Strikes landed / min
2.73
43%
Strike accuracy
65%
3.05
Strikes absorbed / min
1.09
52%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.08
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
39%
Takedown accuracy
83%
Takedown defense
40%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.5
Form & résumé
83%
UFC win rate
100%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
20%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
179
Days since last fight
137
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brad Tavares
  • WRiki FukudaU-DEC R3
    Close -1206mo before
  • WTom WatsonS-DEC R3
    Close -16011mo before
  • WDongi YangU-DEC R3
    Close -1601y 3mo before
  • LAaron SimpsonU-DEC R3
    Close +2052y 2mo before
  • WPhil BaroniKO/TKO R1
    Close -2802y 8mo before
Robert McDaniel
  • WGilbert SmithSUB R3
    Close -2105mo before
Tavares — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-0

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
40% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (80%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (40%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
McDaniel — win / loss by method
Record: 20-6-0

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, 3 losses
W
20% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
15 wins, 3 losses
W
75% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
5% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
19win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (21%)KO/TKO(50%) 3
14 (74%)Submission(50%) 3
1 (5%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Tavares
McDaniel
6
UFC fights
1
79.3 min · 13.2 avg
Octagon time
12.8 min · 12.8 avg
19y 1m
Career length
20y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Tavares
McDaniel
77W–31L · 71.3%
Overall
5W–1L · 83.3%
68W–29L · 70.1%
Wins
5W–1L · 83.3%
9W–2L · 81.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Tavares
McDaniel
1W–5L · 16.7%
Overall
201W–98L · 67.2%
1W–5L · 16.7%
Wins
119W–67L · 64.0%
0W–0L
Losses
82W–31L · 72.6%
Distance striking
Tavares
McDaniel
6.59
Landed / min
7.84
39.5%
Accuracy
52.9%
59.6%
Defense
58.6%
0.19
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
46.3%
Time at distance
17.9%
Grappling & control
Tavares
McDaniel
2.08
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
39.3%
Takedown accuracy
82.6%
Takedown defense
40.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
3.51
54.8%
Control share
62.1%
Strike target map
Tavares
  • Head67%(194)div 63%
  • Body18%(53)div 19%
  • Legs15%(44)div 17%
McDaniel
  • Head74%(26)div 63%
  • Body14%(5)div 19%
  • Legs11%(4)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.

Robert McDaniel
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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