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Paulo Thiago
Paulo Thiago
13-3 · BRA
VS
David Mitchell
David Mitchell
11-1 · USA
August 27, 2011 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Welterweight · 3 rounds
Paulo Thiago def. David Mitchell by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Thiago9/172/202:12
Mitchell4/260/000:00
R2
Thiago3/253/301:41
Mitchell8/400/000:29
R3
Thiago7/271/101:02
Mitchell11/540/000:08
Total
Thiago19/696/604:55
Mitchell23/1200/000:37

Scorecards

Thiago vs Mitchell

RdAndy RobertsPaul SutherlandSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-27

Media (6 cards) · avg 3027 · 6 Thiago · 0 Mitchell

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Thiago-Mitchell.

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
ThiagoWin probabilityMitchell
61.7%38.3%
KO / TKO
20%
Submission
16%
Decision
65%
Expected fight time: 11.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Thiago62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%23%
Submission9%14%
Decision39%63%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1638)act 19
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.0)act 6
Mitchell38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%15%
Submission7%18%
Decision26%67%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1740)act 23
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~60 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R212%
R34%
Distance65%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Thiago
47.7%+106
Mitchell
-10650.5%
Most takedownstie 40.4%
Thiago
39.9%-204
Mitchell
+20419.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Thiago
Expected: 29.6
29.5
Over 29.5
42.7%
+134
Under 29.5
57.3%
-134
03774
Mitchell
Expected: 30.5
30.5
Over 30.5
42.4%
+136
Under 30.5
57.6%
-136
03977
Takedowns — over/under
Thiago
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
31.9%
+163
Exactly 1
16.0%
push
Under 1
52.1%
-163
035
Mitchell
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
29.3%
+242
Under 0.5
70.7%
-242
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 11.6 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
Thiago61.7%79.1%−17.4-415
Mitchell38.3%20.9%+17.4+370

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
66.4Striking57.0
Thiago +9.5
54.6Grappling64.0
Mitchell +9.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
ThiagoMitchell
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1548
Pound-for-pound
1519
1542
Divisional
1519
1496
Striking offense
1493
1528
Striking defense
1507
1508
Grappling offense
1502
1494
Grappling defense
1493
Physical
30 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'0"
74"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.48
Strikes landed / min
0.87
43%
Strike accuracy
72%
1.68
Strikes absorbed / min
2.47
65%
Strike defense
36%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.85
Takedowns / 15 min
2.00
22%
Takedown accuracy
67%
55%
Takedown defense
14%
2.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
6.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
0%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
0%
67%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
308
Days since last fight
346
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Paulo Thiago
  • LDiego SanchezU-DEC R3
    Close -14010mo before
  • LMartin KampmannU-DEC R3
    Close -2181y 2mo before
  • WMike SwickSUB R2
    Close +1701y 7mo before
  • WJacob VolkmannU-DEC R3
    Close -1901y 9mo before
  • LJon FitchU-DEC R3
    Close +3852y 2mo before
David Mitchell
  • LTJ WaldburgerU-DEC R3
    Close -16011mo before
Thiago — win / loss by method
Record: 13-3-0

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
15% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
62% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
23% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (10%)KO/TKO() 0
7 (70%)Submission() 0
2 (20%)Decision() 0
Mitchell — win / loss by method
Record: 11-1-0

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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
82% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
18% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
9 (82%)Submission() 0
2 (18%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Thiago
Mitchell
6
UFC fights
1
70.4 min · 11.7 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
21y 1m
Career length
20y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Thiago
Mitchell
92W–16L · 85.2%
Overall
12W–5L · 70.6%
35W–6L · 85.4%
Wins
0W–0L
57W–10L · 85.1%
Losses
12W–5L · 70.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Thiago
Mitchell
28W–8L · 77.8%
Overall
71W–34L · 67.6%
28W–8L · 77.8%
Wins
71W–34L · 67.6%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Thiago
Mitchell
2.48
Landed / min
2.39
34.2%
Accuracy
60.0%
79.3%
Defense
0.0%
0.85
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
30.3%
Time at distance
8.4%
Grappling & control
Thiago
Mitchell
0.85
Takedowns / 15 min
2.00
22.2%
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
55.0%
Takedown defense
14.3%
2.34
Sub attempts / 15 min
6.00
23.5%
Control share
12.9%
Strike target map
Thiago
  • Head66%(69)div 62%
  • Body21%(22)div 22%
  • Legs13%(13)div 16%
Mitchell
  • Head69%(9)div 62%
  • Body15%(2)div 22%
  • Legs15%(2)div 16%

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

Paulo Thiago
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

David Mitchell
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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