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Brad Tavares
Brad Tavares
8-1 · USA
VS
Tom Watson
Tom Watson
15-4 · GBR
September 29, 2012 · Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Brad Tavares def. Tom Watson by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Tavares38/802/400:58
Watson29/550/100:19
R2
Tavares23/581/202:09
Watson20/380/000:01
R3
Tavares22/352/602:18
Watson16/340/100:47
Total
Tavares83/1735/1205:25
Watson65/1270/201:07

Scorecards

Tavares vs Watson

RdChris WattsDouglas CrosbyHoward HughesCommunity
R1--10-99.9-9.1
R2--10-99.9-9.1
R3--10-99.5-9.5
Total29-2828-2930-2729.3-27.7

Media (8 cards) · avg 3027 · 8 Tavares · 0 Watson

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Tavares-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
TavaresWin probabilityWatson
43.6%56.4%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
39%
Decision
29%
Expected fight time: 8.5 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 Watson. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Tavares44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%31%
Submission19%43%
Decision12%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2354)act 83
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 5
Watson56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%33%
Submission19%35%
Decision18%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2353)act 65
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.3)act 0
Combined totals~83 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R144%
R26%
R321%
Distance29%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Tavares
49.7%-101
Watson
+10149.0%
Most takedownstie 54.5%
Tavares
37.0%-437
Watson
+4378.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Tavares
Expected: 41.4
41.5
Over 41.5
42.4%
+136
Under 41.5
57.6%
-136
052104
Watson
Expected: 41.1
41
Over 41
41.8%
+135
Exactly 41
1.6%
push
Under 41
56.5%
-135
052103
Takedowns — over/under
Tavares
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
39.8%
+151
Under 0.5
60.2%
-151
035
Watson
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.3%
Exactly 0
87.7%
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 8.5 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
Tavares43.6%60.6%−17.0-160
Watson56.4%39.4%+17.0+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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TavaresWatson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1545
Pound-for-pound
1524
1545
Divisional
1524
1502
Striking offense
1500
1507
Striking defense
1533
1502
Grappling offense
1494
1499
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
24 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'1"
74"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.86
Strikes landed / min
36%
Strike accuracy
2.19
Strikes absorbed / min
48%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
1.82
Takedowns / 15 min
38%
Takedown accuracy
85%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
75%
Last-5 win rate
33%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
137
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brad Tavares
  • WDongi YangU-DEC R3
    Close -1605mo before
  • LAaron SimpsonU-DEC R3
    Close +2051y 3mo before
  • WPhil BaroniKO/TKO R1
    Close -2801y 9mo before
  • WSeth BaczynskiU-DEC R3
    Close -2202y 3mo before
Tom Watson
No prior UFC fights.
Tavares — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (40%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Watson — win / loss by method
Record: 15-4-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
47% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
7% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 2 losses
W
47% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
15win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (47%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (7%)Submission(50%) 2
7 (47%)Decision(50%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Tavares
Watson
4
UFC fights
0
49.3 min · 12.3 avg
Octagon time
19y 1m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Tavares
Watson
43W–21L · 67.2%
Overall
34W–19L · 64.2%
Wins
9W–2L · 81.8%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Tavares
Watson
1W–5L · 16.7%
Overall
175W–109L · 61.6%
1W–5L · 16.7%
Wins
128W–69L · 65.0%
0W–0L
Losses
47W–40L · 54.0%
Distance striking
Tavares
Watson
3.77
Landed / min
28.0%
Accuracy
64.2%
Defense
0.30
Knockdowns / 15 min
31.2%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Tavares
Watson
1.82
Takedowns / 15 min
37.5%
Takedown accuracy
85.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
50.7%
Control share
Strike target map
Tavares
  • Head50%(46)div 63%
  • Body25%(23)div 20%
  • Legs25%(23)div 17%
Watson
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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.

Tom Watson

No UFC fights on record.

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