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Gleison Tibau
Gleison Tibau
26-7 · BRA
July 7, 2012 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Khabib Nurmagomedov def. Gleison Tibau by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Nurmagomedov8/270/801:37
Tibau10/270/100:00
R2
Nurmagomedov9/330/401:18
Tibau9/310/200:09
R3
Nurmagomedov8/410/101:30
Tibau9/291/300:08
Total
Nurmagomedov25/1010/1304:25
Tibau28/871/600:17

Scorecards

Nurmagomedov vs Tibau

RdGlenn TrowbridgeJeff CollinsMark SmithCommunity
R110-910-910-99.5-9.5
R210-910-910-99.4-9.6
R310-910-910-99.4-9.6
Total30-2730-2730-2728.3-28.7

Media (6 cards) · avg 29.827.3 · 6 Nurmagomedov · 0 Tibau

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Nurmagomedov-Tibau.

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
NurmagomedovWin probabilityTibau
90.4%9.6%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
8%
Decision
62%
Expected fight time: 12.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Nurmagomedov90%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO29%32%
Submission7%8%
Decision54%60%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2457)act 25
Takedowns1.5 (0.03.8)act 0
Tibau10%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO2%18%
Submission1%8%
Decision7%74%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes20 (1126)act 28
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 1
Combined totals~64 sig strikes~2.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R111%
R217%
R310%
Distance62%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Nurmagomedov
80.5%-442
Tibau
+44218.2%
Most takedownstie 22.5%
Nurmagomedov
56.0%-261
Tibau
+26121.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Nurmagomedov
Expected: 43.6
43.5
Over 43.5
42.6%
+135
Under 43.5
57.4%
-135
055109
Tibau
Expected: 20.0
20
Over 20
40.8%
+137
Exactly 20
3.2%
push
Under 20
56.0%
-137
02550
Takedowns — over/under
Nurmagomedov
Expected: 1.5
1.5
Over 1.5
50.7%
-103
Under 1.5
49.3%
+103
035
Tibau
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
49.6%
+102
Under 0.5
50.4%
-102
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 12.1 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
Nurmagomedov90.4%40.5%+49.9+143
Tibau9.6%59.5%−49.9-153

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
75.6Striking63.0
Nurmagomedov +12.6
74.1Grappling88.0
Tibau +13.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NurmagomedovTibau
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1567
Pound-for-pound
1606
1567
Divisional
1615
1476
Striking offense
1458
1505
Striking defense
1547
1559
Grappling offense
1552
1552
Grappling defense
1551
Physical
23 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'10"
70"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.88
Strikes landed / min
1.73
45%
Strike accuracy
33%
1.07
Strikes absorbed / min
1.80
70%
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.71
Takedowns / 15 min
5.22
33%
Takedown accuracy
61%
100%
Takedown defense
89%
1.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
67%
+1
Win/loss streak
+3
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
100%
Finish rate
40%
Recent opp. quality
169
Days since last fight
231
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Khabib Nurmagomedov
  • WKamal ShalorusSUB R3
    Close -1106mo before
Gleison Tibau
  • WRafael Dos AnjosS-DEC R3
    Close -1558mo before
  • WRafaello OliveiraSUB R2
    Close -4301y 1mo before
  • WKurt PellegrinoS-DEC R3
    Close -1451y 4mo before
  • LJim MillerU-DEC R3
    Close +1151y 10mo before
  • WCaol UnoKO/TKO R1
    Close -3302y 3mo before
Nurmagomedov — win / loss by method
Record: 17-0-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
35% of wins
L
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
41% of wins
L
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
24% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
16win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (38%)KO/TKO() 0
6 (38%)Submission() 0
4 (25%)Decision() 0
Tibau — win / loss by method
Record: 26-7-0

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
29% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 1 loss
W
42% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
11 wins, 4 losses
W
42% of wins
L
57% of losses
UFC
10win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (10%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
3 (30%)Submission(20%) 1
6 (60%)Decision(60%) 3
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (19%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
8 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (31%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Nurmagomedov
Tibau
1
UFC fights
15
12.1 min · 12.1 avg
Octagon time
169.5 min · 11.3 avg
17y 10m
Career length
26y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Nurmagomedov
Tibau
7W–1L · 87.5%
Overall
268W–83L · 76.4%
7W–1L · 87.5%
Wins
177W–59L · 75.0%
0W–0L
Losses
91W–24L · 79.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Nurmagomedov
Tibau
59W–48L · 55.1%
Overall
42W–26L · 61.8%
59W–48L · 55.1%
Wins
37W–25L · 59.7%
0W–0L
Losses
5W–1L · 83.3%
Distance striking
Nurmagomedov
Tibau
2.66
Landed / min
2.49
31.9%
Accuracy
26.2%
72.5%
Defense
71.0%
1.24
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.18
46.4%
Time at distance
42.3%
Grappling & control
Nurmagomedov
Tibau
3.71
Takedowns / 15 min
5.22
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
61.5%
100.0%
Takedown defense
88.9%
1.24
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.06
98.6%
Control share
80.4%
Strike target map
Nurmagomedov
  • Head91%(32)div 64%
  • Body9%(3)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
Tibau
  • Head83%(244)div 64%
  • Body13%(39)div 19%
  • Legs4%(11)div 17%

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

Khabib Nurmagomedov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Gleison Tibau
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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