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Gleison Tibau
Gleison Tibau
27-9 · BRA
VS
John Cholish
John Cholish
8-2 · USA
May 18, 2013 · Jaragua do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
156.2lbMissed +0.2
Gleison Tibau def. John Cholish by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R2 2:34
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Tibau16/432/301:17
Cholish7/140/000:01
R2 · 2:34
Tibau5/240/100:11
Cholish2/120/100:06
Total
Tibau21/672/401:28
Cholish9/260/100:07

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
TibauWin probabilityCholish
58.0%42.0%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
26%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 9.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Tibau58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%20%
Submission15%26%
Decision31%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (1230)act 21
Takedowns1.6 (0.03.9)act 2
Cholish42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%38%
Submission11%25%
Decision15%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 9
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Combined totals~50 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R214%
R37%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.2%
Tibau
42.9%+128
Cholish
-12854.9%
Most takedownstie 19.8%
Tibau
70.1%-697
Cholish
+69710.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Tibau
Expected: 23.2
23
Over 23
41.5%
+134
Exactly 23
2.8%
push
Under 23
55.7%
-134
02958
Cholish
Expected: 26.5
26.5
Over 26.5
42.4%
+136
Under 26.5
57.6%
-136
03467
Takedowns — over/under
Tibau
Expected: 1.6
1.5
Over 1.5
54.9%
-122
Under 1.5
45.1%
+122
035
Cholish
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
28.7%
+249
Under 0.5
71.3%
-249
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 9.8 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
Tibau58.0%70.6%−12.6-255
Cholish42.0%29.4%+12.6+235

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
61.5Striking72.8
Cholish +11.3
86.5Grappling36.8
Tibau +49.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TibauCholish
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1585
Pound-for-pound
1521
1592
Divisional
1521
1452
Striking offense
1490
1546
Striking defense
1507
1555
Grappling offense
1544
1550
Grappling defense
1546
Physical
29 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'11"
71"
Reach
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.84
Strikes landed / min
3.41
33%
Strike accuracy
51%
2.18
Strikes absorbed / min
2.80
64%
Strike defense
74%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.68
Takedowns / 15 min
1.22
57%
Takedown accuracy
17%
93%
Takedown defense
83%
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
61%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
50%
36%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
105
Days since last fight
378
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Gleison Tibau
  • LEvan DunhamS-DEC R3
    Close +1253mo before
  • WFrancisco TrinaldoU-DEC R3
    Close -1307mo before
  • LKhabib NurmagomedovU-DEC R3
    Close -15310mo before
  • WRafael Dos AnjosS-DEC R3
    Close -1551y 6mo before
  • WRafaello OliveiraSUB R2
    Close -4302y before
John Cholish
  • LDanny CastilloU-DEC R3
    Close -1501y before
  • WMitch ClarkeKO/TKO R2
    Close -3451y 5mo before
Tibau — win / loss by method
Record: 27-9-0

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, 2 losses
W
15% of wins
L
22% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 1 loss
W
41% of wins
L
11% of losses
Decision
12 wins, 6 losses
W
44% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
11win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (9%)KO/TKO(14%) 1
3 (27%)Submission(14%) 1
7 (64%)Decision(71%) 5
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (19%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
8 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (31%)Decision(50%) 1
Cholish — win / loss by method
Record: 8-2-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (57%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (14%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Tibau
Cholish
18
UFC fights
2
214.5 min · 11.9 avg
Octagon time
24.6 min · 12.3 avg
26y 7m
Career length
18y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Tibau
Cholish
309W–87L · 78.0%
Overall
22W–4L · 84.6%
188W–60L · 75.8%
Wins
9W–0L · 100.0%
121W–27L · 81.8%
Losses
13W–4L · 76.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Tibau
Cholish
42W–26L · 61.8%
Overall
61W–27L · 69.3%
37W–25L · 59.7%
Wins
59W–27L · 68.6%
5W–1L · 83.3%
Losses
2W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Tibau
Cholish
2.56
Landed / min
3.86
25.5%
Accuracy
45.6%
70.6%
Defense
80.5%
0.14
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
44.0%
Time at distance
65.3%
Grappling & control
Tibau
Cholish
4.68
Takedowns / 15 min
1.22
57.3%
Takedown accuracy
16.7%
93.1%
Takedown defense
83.3%
1.05
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
74.6%
Control share
53.7%
Strike target map
Tibau
  • Head79%(313)div 64%
  • Body16%(64)div 19%
  • Legs5%(18)div 17%
Cholish
  • Head74%(62)div 64%
  • Body6%(5)div 19%
  • Legs20%(17)div 17%

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

Gleison Tibau
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

John Cholish
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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