The Ultimate Fight Fan
+ Log a bet
UFC 90: Silva vs Cote
Thiago Alves
Thiago Alves
16-5 · BRA
VS
Josh Koscheck
Josh Koscheck
11-2 · USA
October 25, 2008 · Rosemont, Illinois, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Thiago Alves def. Josh Koscheck by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Alves22/520/210:03
Koscheck12/480/100:31
R2
Alves18/470/000:01
Koscheck13/350/201:40
R3
Alves40/820/010:13
Koscheck14/450/200:28
Total
Alves80/1810/220:17
Koscheck39/1280/502:39

Scorecards

Alves vs Koscheck

RdCheryl ClancyClay GoodmanKelvin CaldwellCommunity
R1-10-910-910-9
R2-10-910-99.9-9.1
R3-10-910-910-9
Total29-2830-2730-2729.9-27.1

Media (6 cards) · avg 29.727.3 · 6 Alves · 0 Koscheck

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Alves-Koscheck.

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
AlvesWin probabilityKoscheck
47.7%52.3%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
8%
Decision
61%
Expected fight time: 12.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Alves48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%44%
Submission1%2%
Decision26%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes54 (3171)act 80
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Koscheck52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%20%
Submission7%12%
Decision35%68%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2048)act 39
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.6)act 0
Combined totals~91 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R19%
R215%
R315%
Distance61%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Alves
67.0%-210
Koscheck
+21031.9%
Most takedownstie 33.0%
Alves
3.5%+1830
Koscheck
-183063.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Alves
Expected: 54.2
54
Over 54
42.2%
+134
Exactly 54
1.2%
push
Under 54
56.6%
-134
068136
Koscheck
Expected: 36.6
36.5
Over 36.5
42.7%
+134
Under 36.5
57.3%
-134
04692
Takedowns — over/under
Alves
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
7.7%
Exactly 0
92.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Koscheck
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
43.9%
+128
Under 1.5
56.1%
-128
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 12.3 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
Alves47.7%48.0%−0.3-105
Koscheck52.3%52.0%+0.3-125

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
70.9Striking70.5
Alves +0.3
61.6Grappling58.9
Alves +2.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AlvesKoscheck
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1608
Pound-for-pound
1608
1606
Divisional
1596
1546
Striking offense
1470
1536
Striking defense
1524
1503
Grappling offense
1524
1499
Grappling defense
1524
Physical
25 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'10"
70"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.17
Strikes landed / min
1.84
45%
Strike accuracy
44%
2.28
Strikes absorbed / min
1.15
63%
Strike defense
70%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.18
Takedowns / 15 min
3.69
100%
Takedown accuracy
63%
75%
Takedown defense
25%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
82%
+6
Win/loss streak
+2
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
88%
Finish rate
56%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
112
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Thiago Alves
  • WMatt HughesKO/TKO R2
    missedClose +2015mo before
  • WKaro ParisyanKO/TKO R2
    Close +1337mo before
  • WChris LytleKO/TKO R2
    Close -18811mo before
  • WKuniyoshi HironakaKO/TKO R2
    Close -2351y 1mo before
  • WTony DeSouzaKO/TKO R2
    Close -1361y 10mo before
Josh Koscheck
  • WChris LytleU-DEC R3
    Close -3184mo before
  • WDustin HazelettKO/TKO R2
    Close -4188mo before
  • LGeorges St-PierreU-DEC R3
    Close +2001y 2mo before
  • WDiego SanchezU-DEC R3
    Close +1601y 7mo before
  • WJeff JoslinU-DEC R3
    Close -3051y 10mo before
Alves — 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
12 wins, 1 loss
W
75% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 3 losses
W
0% of wins
L
60% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (88%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (13%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
3 (38%)Decision(33%) 1
Koscheck — win / loss by method
Record: 11-2-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
27% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
45% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (22%)Submission(50%) 1
4 (44%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Alves
Koscheck
10
UFC fights
11
76.3 min · 7.6 avg
Octagon time
109.8 min · 10.0 avg
25y 1m
Career length
22y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Alves
Koscheck
175W–47L · 78.8%
Overall
178W–54L · 76.7%
148W–44L · 77.1%
Wins
138W–49L · 73.8%
27W–3L · 90.0%
Losses
40W–5L · 88.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Alves
Koscheck
51W–17L · 75.0%
Overall
10W–8L · 55.6%
32W–12L · 72.7%
Wins
10W–8L · 55.6%
19W–5L · 79.2%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Alves
Koscheck
4.13
Landed / min
1.81
37.8%
Accuracy
25.9%
77.1%
Defense
73.4%
1.18
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.27
40.3%
Time at distance
36.7%
Grappling & control
Alves
Koscheck
1.18
Takedowns / 15 min
3.69
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
62.8%
75.0%
Takedown defense
25.0%
0.79
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.68
35.9%
Control share
84.5%
Strike target map
Alves
  • Head57%(137)div 65%
  • Body14%(35)div 20%
  • Legs29%(70)div 15%
Koscheck
  • Head79%(160)div 65%
  • Body14%(28)div 20%
  • Legs7%(14)div 15%

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

Thiago Alves
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Josh Koscheck
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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