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UFC 97: Redemption
Anderson Silva
Anderson Silva
25-4 · BRA
VS
Thales Leites
Thales Leites
14-1 · BRA
April 18, 2009 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Middleweight · 5 rounds · Main event
182.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Anderson Silva def. Thales Leites by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Silva8/160/000:11
Leites1/80/300:31
R2
Silva8/140/000:06
Leites1/81/102:07
R3
Silva28/430/001:07
Leites4/130/300:00
R4
Silva28/360/000:18
Leites3/120/200:00
R5
Silva22/300/001:02
Leites1/130/500:00
Total
Silva94/1390/002:44
Leites10/541/1402:38

Scorecards

Silva vs Leites

RdBenoit RousselDouglas CrosbyNelson HamiltonCommunity
R19-10--9.8-9.3
R210-9--9.7-9.2
R310-9--10-9
R410-9--10-9
R510-9--10-9
Total49-4649-4648-4749.5-45.5

Media (6 cards) · avg 49.345.7 · 6 Silva · 0 Leites

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Silva-Leites.

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
SilvaWin probabilityLeites
26.6%73.4%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
6%
Decision
65%
Expected fight time: 19.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Silva27%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%53%
Submission1%2%
Decision12%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes74 (4296)act 94
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Leites73%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%20%
Submission6%8%
Decision52%72%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes59 (3376)act 10
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.9)act 1
Combined totals~132 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R19%
R212%
R37%
R44%
R53%
Distance65%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Silva
60.2%-154
Leites
+15439.0%
Most takedownstie 56.2%
Silva
5.6%+685
Leites
-68538.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Silva
Expected: 73.6
73.5
Over 73.5
42.6%
+135
Under 73.5
57.4%
-135
092184
Leites
Expected: 58.6
58.5
Over 58.5
42.6%
+135
Under 58.5
57.4%
-135
074147
Takedowns — over/under
Silva
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
8.1%
Exactly 0
91.9%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Leites
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
27.5%
+219
Exactly 1
12.3%
push
Under 1
60.2%
-219
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 19.8 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
Silva26.6%82.5%−55.9-533
Leites73.4%17.5%+55.9+458

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
83.1Striking59.1
Silva +24.0
58.1Grappling62.0
Leites +3.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SilvaLeites
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1657
Pound-for-pound
1592
1642
Divisional
1592
1537
Striking offense
1493
1542
Striking defense
1514
1516
Grappling offense
1520
1513
Grappling defense
1502
Physical
34 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'1"
77"
Reach
78"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.49
Strikes landed / min
2.43
81%
Strike accuracy
40%
1.84
Strikes absorbed / min
2.86
61%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.69
Takedowns / 15 min
2.78
67%
Takedown accuracy
33%
60%
Takedown defense
29%
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.8
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
83%
+8
Win/loss streak
+5
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
60%
Recent opp. quality
175
Days since last fight
175
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Anderson Silva
  • WPatrick CoteKO/TKO R3
    Close -6136mo before
  • WJames IrvinKO/TKO R1
    Close -5059mo before
  • WDan HendersonSUB R2
    Close -1431y 2mo before
  • WRich FranklinKO/TKO R2
    Close -2151y 6mo before
  • WNate MarquardtKO/TKO R1
    Close -1631y 9mo before
Thales Leites
  • WDrew McFedriesSUB R1
    Close -4516mo before
  • WNate MarquardtS-DEC R3
    Close +19310mo before
  • WRyan JensenSUB R1
    missedClose -3151y 8mo before
  • WFloyd SwordSUB R1
    Close -5001y 10mo before
  • WPete SellU-DEC R3
    Close -2752y before
Silva — win / loss by method
Record: 25-4-0

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
17 wins, 0 losses
W
68% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
12% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
25% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (25%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
17win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (65%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (6%)Submission(50%) 2
5 (29%)Decision(25%) 1
0 (0%)DQ / other(25%) 1
Leites — win / loss by method
Record: 14-1-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
64% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (40%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO() 0
6 (67%)Submission() 0
1 (11%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Silva
Leites
8
UFC fights
6
43.5 min · 5.4 avg
Octagon time
53.9 min · 9.0 avg
29y 1m
Career length
22y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Silva
Leites
143W–28L · 83.6%
Overall
71W–17L · 80.7%
143W–28L · 83.6%
Wins
61W–16L · 79.2%
0W–0L
Losses
10W–1L · 90.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Silva
Leites
200W–78L · 71.9%
Overall
82W–57L · 59.0%
174W–64L · 73.1%
Wins
82W–57L · 59.0%
26W–14L · 65.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Silva
Leites
4.01
Landed / min
3.27
74.5%
Accuracy
28.8%
68.5%
Defense
59.1%
2.76
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.56
43.6%
Time at distance
38.0%
Grappling & control
Silva
Leites
0.69
Takedowns / 15 min
2.78
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
60.0%
Takedown defense
28.6%
1.04
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.78
34.7%
Control share
65.4%
Strike target map
Silva
  • Head58%(113)div 63%
  • Body31%(60)div 20%
  • Legs11%(22)div 17%
Leites
  • Head76%(100)div 63%
  • Body10%(13)div 20%
  • Legs14%(18)div 17%

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

Anderson Silva
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Thales Leites
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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