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UFC 128: Shogun vs Jones
Gleison Tibau
Gleison Tibau
23-7 · BRA
VS
Kurt Pellegrino
Kurt Pellegrino
16-5 · USA
March 19, 2011 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Gleison Tibau def. Kurt Pellegrino by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Tibau9/310/301:36
Pellegrino17/440/200:15
R2
Tibau9/220/000:00
Pellegrino16/381/102:17
R3
Tibau26/502/401:16
Pellegrino14/380/300:39
Total
Tibau44/1032/702:52
Pellegrino47/1201/603:11

Scorecards

Tibau vs Pellegrino

RdCardo UrsoDouglas CrosbyTony TamburrinoCommunity
R110-910-99-109.8-9.2
R29-109-109-109-10
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2829-2828-2928.8-28.2

Media (6 cards) · avg 2928.5 · 3 Tibau · 0 Pellegrino · 3 draws

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

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 probabilityPellegrino
64.2%35.8%
KO / TKO
17%
Submission
25%
Decision
59%
Expected fight time: 10.6 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 Pellegrino. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Tibau64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%17%
Submission14%21%
Decision39%62%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (1230)act 44
Takedowns1.5 (0.03.8)act 2
Pellegrino36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%16%
Submission11%30%
Decision19%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1433)act 47
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 1
Combined totals~49 sig strikes~2.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R28%
R34%
Distance59%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.2%
Tibau
43.6%+124
Pellegrino
-12454.2%
Most takedownstie 23.1%
Tibau
59.6%-344
Pellegrino
+34417.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Tibau
Expected: 22.8
23
Over 23
40.6%
+139
Exactly 23
2.8%
push
Under 23
56.5%
-139
02958
Pellegrino
Expected: 25.7
25.5
Over 25.5
43.0%
+133
Under 25.5
57.0%
-133
03365
Takedowns — over/under
Tibau
Expected: 1.5
1.5
Over 1.5
50.7%
-103
Under 1.5
49.3%
+103
035
Pellegrino
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
39.8%
+151
Under 0.5
60.2%
-151
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 10.6 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
Tibau64.2%57.1%+7.1-145
Pellegrino35.8%42.9%−7.1+125

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
59.9Striking69.8
Pellegrino +9.9
87.7Grappling72.0
Tibau +15.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TibauPellegrino
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1563
Pound-for-pound
1570
1572
Divisional
1579
1456
Striking offense
1478
1540
Striking defense
1520
1546
Grappling offense
1545
1538
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
27 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'8"
71"
Reach
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.34
Strikes landed / min
2.36
29%
Strike accuracy
44%
1.69
Strikes absorbed / min
1.80
64%
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
5.95
Takedowns / 15 min
3.17
63%
Takedown accuracy
61%
84%
Takedown defense
69%
1.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
58%
UFC win rate
64%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
43%
Finish rate
71%
Recent opp. quality
185
Days since last fight
259
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Gleison Tibau
  • LJim MillerU-DEC R3
    Close +1156mo before
  • WCaol UnoKO/TKO R1
    Close -3301y before
  • WJosh NeerU-DEC R3
    Close -1211y 5mo before
  • LMelvin GuillardS-DEC R3
    Close -2651y 9mo before
  • WJeremy StephensU-DEC R3
    Close -1702y before
Kurt Pellegrino
  • LGeorge SotiropoulosU-DEC R3
    Close +1489mo before
  • WFabricio CamoesSUB R2
    Close -2101y before
  • WJosh NeerU-DEC R3
    Close +1851y 7mo before
  • WRob EmersonSUB R2
    Close -2212y 1mo before
  • WThiago TavaresU-DEC R3
    Close +2212y 6mo before
Tibau — win / loss by method
Record: 23-7-0

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
17% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 1 loss
W
43% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 4 losses
W
39% of wins
L
57% of losses
UFC
7win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
2 (29%)Submission(20%) 1
4 (57%)Decision(60%) 3
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (19%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
8 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (31%)Decision(50%) 1
Pellegrino — win / loss by method
Record: 16-5-0

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
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 3 losses
W
63% of wins
L
60% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
7win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (57%)Submission(50%) 2
2 (29%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (67%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (22%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Tibau
Pellegrino
12
UFC fights
11
131.1 min · 10.9 avg
Octagon time
109.0 min · 9.9 avg
26y 7m
Career length
23y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Tibau
Pellegrino
222W–69L · 76.3%
Overall
151W–40L · 79.1%
131W–45L · 74.4%
Wins
76W–25L · 75.2%
91W–24L · 79.1%
Losses
75W–15L · 83.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Tibau
Pellegrino
42W–26L · 61.8%
Overall
60W–44L · 57.7%
37W–25L · 59.7%
Wins
51W–39L · 56.7%
5W–1L · 83.3%
Losses
9W–5L · 64.3%
Distance striking
Tibau
Pellegrino
1.71
Landed / min
3.44
18.9%
Accuracy
31.1%
69.3%
Defense
75.6%
0.11
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.41
36.1%
Time at distance
29.1%
Grappling & control
Tibau
Pellegrino
5.95
Takedowns / 15 min
3.17
63.4%
Takedown accuracy
60.5%
84.2%
Takedown defense
68.8%
1.14
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.96
84.3%
Control share
75.1%
Strike target map
Tibau
  • Head87%(152)div 65%
  • Body7%(13)div 18%
  • Legs6%(10)div 17%
Pellegrino
  • Head82%(210)div 65%
  • Body13%(34)div 18%
  • Legs5%(13)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.

Kurt Pellegrino
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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