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Thales Leites
Thales Leites
20-4 · BRA
VS
Tom Watson
Tom Watson
16-5 · GBR
August 3, 2013 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Thales Leites def. Tom Watson by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Leites18/291/203:46
Watson10/190/000:05
R2
Leites26/502/301:48
Watson19/400/001:06
R3
Leites7/122/404:31
Watson4/80/000:04
Total
Leites51/915/9010:05
Watson33/670/001:15

Scorecards

Leites vs Watson

RdGuilherme BravoRick WinterSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.8
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-8.7
Total30-2730-2730-2730-26.5

Media (11 cards) · avg 3027 · 11 Leites · 0 Watson

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Leites-Watson.

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 probabilityWatson
61.6%38.4%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
17%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 10.7 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 Watson. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Leites62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%21%
Submission16%25%
Decision33%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2047)act 51
Takedowns1.5 (0.04.0)act 5
Watson38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%42%
Submission2%5%
Decision20%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2150)act 33
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~74 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R211%
R39%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Leites
46.4%+112
Watson
-11252.1%
Most takedownstie 33.4%
Leites
62.4%-1504
Watson
+15044.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Leites
Expected: 36.0
36
Over 36
41.7%
+136
Exactly 36
1.8%
push
Under 36
56.5%
-136
04691
Watson
Expected: 38.3
38.5
Over 38.5
42.2%
+137
Under 38.5
57.8%
-137
04896
Takedowns — over/under
Leites
Expected: 1.5
1.5
Over 1.5
46.9%
+113
Under 1.5
53.1%
-113
035
Watson
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
9.0%
Exactly 0
91.0%
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 10.7 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
Leites61.6%60.6%+1.0-160
Watson38.4%39.4%−1.0+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
52.8Striking65.0
Watson +12.2
52.1Grappling12.3
Leites +39.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LeitesWatson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1560
Pound-for-pound
1527
1559
Divisional
1526
1478
Striking offense
1510
1520
Striking defense
1526
1514
Grappling offense
1496
1505
Grappling defense
1491
Physical
31 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'1"
78"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.74
Strikes landed / min
4.90
34%
Strike accuracy
53%
2.90
Strikes absorbed / min
4.94
50%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.40
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
27%
Takedown accuracy
0%
29%
Takedown defense
44%
1.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
63%
UFC win rate
50%
-2
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
50%
60%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
1456
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Thales Leites
  • LAlessio SakaraS-DEC R3
    Close -3454y before
  • LAnderson SilvaU-DEC R5
    Close +4584y 4mo before
  • WDrew McFedriesSUB R1
    Close -4514y 9mo before
  • WNate MarquardtS-DEC R3
    Close +1935y 2mo before
  • WRyan JensenSUB R1
    missedClose -3155y 11mo before
Tom Watson
  • WStanislav NedkovKO/TKO R2
    Close -1106mo before
  • LBrad TavaresS-DEC R3
    Close +15010mo before
Leites — win / loss by method
Record: 20-4-0

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
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 1 loss
W
65% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 3 losses
W
25% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
5win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (40%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
15win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (13%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
10 (67%)Submission(100%) 1
3 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Watson — win / loss by method
Record: 16-5-0

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
6% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 3 losses
W
44% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
15win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (47%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (7%)Submission(50%) 2
7 (47%)Decision(50%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Leites
Watson
8
UFC fights
2
93.9 min · 11.7 avg
Octagon time
24.7 min · 12.3 avg
22y 8m
Career length
20y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Leites
Watson
109W–28L · 79.6%
Overall
20W–1L · 95.2%
61W–16L · 79.2%
Wins
12W–0L · 100.0%
48W–12L · 80.0%
Losses
8W–1L · 88.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Leites
Watson
260W–131L · 66.5%
Overall
175W–109L · 61.6%
236W–115L · 67.2%
Wins
128W–69L · 65.0%
24W–16L · 60.0%
Losses
47W–40L · 54.0%
Distance striking
Leites
Watson
1.78
Landed / min
6.63
24.9%
Accuracy
44.0%
56.1%
Defense
56.8%
0.32
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.61
54.6%
Time at distance
33.6%
Grappling & control
Leites
Watson
2.40
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
26.8%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
28.6%
Takedown defense
44.4%
1.60
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
64.6%
Control share
40.6%
Strike target map
Leites
  • Head72%(118)div 63%
  • Body9%(15)div 19%
  • Legs18%(30)div 17%
Watson
  • Head52%(63)div 63%
  • Body36%(43)div 19%
  • Legs12%(15)div 17%

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.

Tom Watson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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