The Ultimate Fight Fan
+ Log a bet
UFC on FUEL TV: Korean Zombie vs Poirier
Brad Tavares
Brad Tavares
7-1 · USA
VS
Dongi Yang
Dongi Yang
10-2 · KOR
May 15, 2012 · Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Brad Tavares def. Dongi Yang by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Tavares19/640/000:31
Yang7/270/000:09
R2
Tavares9/480/000:29
Yang14/340/200:24
R3
Tavares11/472/301:18
Yang11/221/100:00
Total
Tavares39/1592/302:18
Yang32/831/300:33

Scorecards

Tavares vs Yang

RdBrian CostelloEric ColónSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.5-9.5
R29-109-109-109-10
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2829-2829-2828.5-28.5

Media (6 cards) · avg 2928 · 6 Tavares · 0 Yang

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

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 probabilityYang
27.0%73.0%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
38%
Decision
36%
Expected fight time: 8.7 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 Yang. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Tavares27%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%17%
Submission11%40%
Decision11%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (2046)act 39
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 2
Yang73%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%29%
Submission27%37%
Decision25%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2148)act 32
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 1
Combined totals~73 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R144%
R25%
R315%
Distance36%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Tavares
46.9%+110
Yang
-11051.6%
Most takedownstie 54.5%
Tavares
19.8%+130
Yang
-13025.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Tavares
Expected: 35.3
35.5
Over 35.5
42.2%
+137
Under 35.5
57.8%
-137
04589
Yang
Expected: 37.2
37
Over 37
42.0%
+134
Exactly 37
1.8%
push
Under 37
56.2%
-134
04794
Takedowns — over/under
Tavares
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
25.1%
+298
Under 0.5
74.9%
-298
035
Yang
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
31.0%
+222
Under 0.5
69.0%
-222
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 8.7 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
Tavares27.0%60.6%−33.6-160
Yang73.0%39.4%+33.6+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
59.5Striking70.9
Yang +11.4
47.2Grappling62.4
Yang +15.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TavaresYang
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1530
Pound-for-pound
1518
1530
Divisional
1518
1504
Striking offense
1506
1503
Striking defense
1507
1502
Grappling offense
1502
1494
Grappling defense
1511
Physical
24 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'10"
74"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
1.54
Strikes landed / min
3.97
54%
Strike accuracy
52%
2.21
Strikes absorbed / min
3.44
40%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.75
Takedowns / 15 min
1.89
31%
Takedown accuracy
63%
88%
Takedown defense
67%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
33%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
67%
Last-5 win rate
33%
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
318
Days since last fight
241
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brad Tavares
  • LAaron SimpsonU-DEC R3
    Close +20510mo before
  • WPhil BaroniKO/TKO R1
    Close -2801y 4mo before
  • WSeth BaczynskiU-DEC R3
    Close -2201y 11mo before
Dongi Yang
  • LCourt McGeeU-DEC R3
    Close +1648mo before
  • WRob KimmonsKO/TKO R2
    Close -2251y 2mo before
  • LChris CamozziS-DEC R3
    Close -1101y 7mo before
Tavares — win / loss by method
Record: 7-1-0

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
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (40%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Yang — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

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
9 wins, 0 losses
W
90% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (89%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (11%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Tavares
Yang
3
UFC fights
3
34.3 min · 11.4 avg
Octagon time
39.8 min · 13.3 avg
19y 1m
Career length
19y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Tavares
Yang
33W–19L · 63.5%
Overall
49W–10L · 83.1%
24W–17L · 58.5%
Wins
23W–6L · 79.3%
9W–2L · 81.8%
Losses
26W–4L · 86.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Tavares
Yang
1W–5L · 16.7%
Overall
29W–31L · 48.3%
1W–5L · 16.7%
Wins
29W–31L · 48.3%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Tavares
Yang
6.33
Landed / min
4.05
43.4%
Accuracy
42.7%
63.6%
Defense
63.2%
0.44
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.75
10.6%
Time at distance
63.4%
Grappling & control
Tavares
Yang
1.75
Takedowns / 15 min
1.89
30.8%
Takedown accuracy
62.5%
88.2%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.75
47.6%
Control share
85.1%
Strike target map
Tavares
  • Head62%(33)div 64%
  • Body25%(13)div 19%
  • Legs13%(7)div 17%
Yang
  • Head74%(117)div 64%
  • Body14%(22)div 19%
  • Legs12%(19)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.

Dongi Yang
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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