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Brad Tavares
Brad Tavares
5-0 · USA
VS
Seth Baczynski
Seth Baczynski
11-5 · USA
June 19, 2010 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Brad Tavares def. Seth Baczynski by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Tavares4/121/203:54
Baczynski4/110/100:23
R2
Tavares10/171/104:21
Baczynski7/150/000:15
R3
Tavares4/51/303:18
Baczynski11/180/101:09
Total
Tavares18/343/6011:33
Baczynski22/440/201:47

Scorecards

Tavares vs Baczynski

RdJunichiro KamijoPatricia Morse JarmanTony WeeksCommunity
R1---10-9
R2---10-8.7
R3---9.7-9.3
Total29-2829-2829-2829.7-27

Media (2 cards) · avg 2928 · 2 Tavares · 0 Baczynski

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

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 probabilityBaczynski
62.5%37.5%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
33%
Decision
36%
Expected fight time: 9.4 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 Baczynski. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Tavares63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%33%
Submission18%28%
Decision24%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2455)act 18
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 3
Baczynski37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%27%
Submission15%42%
Decision12%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2252)act 22
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~83 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R138%
R25%
R321%
Distance36%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Tavares
51.6%-110
Baczynski
+11047.1%
Most takedownstie 57.7%
Tavares
26.7%-171
Baczynski
+17115.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Tavares
Expected: 42.4
42.5
Over 42.5
42.3%
+136
Under 42.5
57.7%
-136
053106
Baczynski
Expected: 40.3
40.5
Over 40.5
42.2%
+137
Under 40.5
57.8%
-137
051101
Takedowns — over/under
Tavares
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
30.4%
+229
Under 0.5
69.6%
-229
035
Baczynski
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
20.1%
Exactly 0
79.9%
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 9.4 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
Tavares62.5%65.8%−3.3-220
Baczynski37.5%34.2%+3.3+180

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.

Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1517
Pound-for-pound
1506
1517
Divisional
1506
1500
Striking offense
1500
1500
Striking defense
1500
1500
Grappling offense
1500
1500
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
22 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'3"
74"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
Strike accuracy
Strikes absorbed / min
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
Win/loss streak
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brad Tavares
No prior UFC fights.
Seth Baczynski
No prior UFC fights.
Tavares — win / loss by method
Record: 5-0-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (40%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Baczynski — win / loss by method
Record: 11-5-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 3 losses
W
73% of wins
L
60% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (27%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
8 (73%)Submission(60%) 3
0 (0%)Decision(20%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Tavares
Baczynski
0
UFC fights
0
Octagon time
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Tavares
Baczynski
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Tavares
Baczynski
1W–5L · 16.7%
Overall
64W–41L · 61.0%
1W–5L · 16.7%
Wins
34W–21L · 61.8%
0W–0L
Losses
30W–20L · 60.0%
Distance striking
Tavares
Baczynski
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Tavares
Baczynski
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Tavares
  • Head0%(0)div 64%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.
Baczynski
  • Head0%(0)div 64%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Brad Tavares

No UFC fights on record.

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

Seth Baczynski

No UFC fights on record.

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