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Thales Leites
Thales Leites
13-1 · BRA
VS
Drew McFedries
Drew McFedries
7-4 · USA
October 25, 2008 · Rosemont, Illinois, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Thales Leites def. Drew McFedries by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R1 1:18
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:18
Leites0/01/201:02
McFedries1/20/000:00
Total
Leites0/01/201:02
McFedries1/20/000:00

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
LeitesWin probabilityMcFedries
64.6%35.4%
KO / TKO
18%
Submission
60%
Decision
23%
Expected fight time: 6.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Leites65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%9%
Submission43%66%
Decision16%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes21 (1127)act 0
Takedowns1.0 (0.02.9)act 1
McFedries35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%33%
Submission17%48%
Decision7%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (1330)act 1
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.2)act 0
Combined totals~44 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R163%
R23%
R311%
Distance23%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.4%
Leites
44.3%+121
McFedries
-12153.4%
Most takedownstie 35.2%
Leites
59.1%-1039
McFedries
+10395.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Leites
Expected: 21.1
21
Over 21
41.3%
+135
Exactly 21
3.1%
push
Under 21
55.7%
-135
02753
McFedries
Expected: 23.4
23.5
Over 23.5
42.1%
+138
Under 23.5
57.9%
-138
03059
Takedowns — over/under
Leites
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
36.8%
+100
Exactly 1
26.2%
push
Under 1
36.9%
-100
035
McFedries
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.0%
Exactly 0
88.0%
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 6.6 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
Leites64.6%79.6%−15.0-451
McFedries35.4%20.4%+15.0+376

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
59.1Striking70.1
McFedries +11.0
60.4Grappling66.6
McFedries +6.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LeitesMcFedries
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1579
Pound-for-pound
1508
1579
Divisional
1498
Striking offense
Striking defense
1525
Grappling offense
1509
1512
Grappling defense
1482
Physical
27 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
78"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.49
Strikes landed / min
6.26
40%
Strike accuracy
54%
2.91
Strikes absorbed / min
4.96
52%
Strike defense
50%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.57
Takedowns / 15 min
2.29
32%
Takedown accuracy
100%
29%
Takedown defense
57%
2.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
50%
+4
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
40%
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
38
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Thales Leites
  • WNate MarquardtS-DEC R3
    Close +1935mo before
  • WRyan JensenSUB R1
    missedClose -3151y 2mo before
  • WFloyd SwordSUB R1
    Close -5001y 4mo before
  • WPete SellU-DEC R3
    Close -2751y 7mo before
  • LMartin KampmannU-DEC R3
    1y 11mo before
Drew McFedries
  • LMike MassenzioSUB R1
    Close -24938d before
  • WMarvin EastmanKO/TKO R1
    Close -1454mo before
  • LPatrick CoteKO/TKO R1
    Close +1219mo before
  • WJordan RadevKO/TKO R1
    Close -1451y 4mo before
  • LMartin KampmannSUB R1
    Close +2101y 8mo before
Leites — win / loss by method
Record: 13-1-0

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
15% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
62% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
23% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO() 0
6 (67%)Submission() 0
1 (11%)Decision() 0
McFedries — win / loss by method
Record: 7-4-0

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
6 wins, 2 losses
W
86% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Leites
McFedries
5
UFC fights
6
52.6 min · 10.5 avg
Octagon time
13.1 min · 2.2 avg
22y 8m
Career length
24y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Leites
McFedries
64W–13L · 83.1%
Overall
68W–18L · 79.1%
54W–12L · 81.8%
Wins
36W–11L · 76.6%
10W–1L · 90.9%
Losses
32W–7L · 82.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Leites
McFedries
82W–57L · 59.0%
Overall
6W–2L · 75.0%
82W–57L · 59.0%
Wins
6W–2L · 75.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Leites
McFedries
3.32
Landed / min
6.17
28.8%
Accuracy
42.7%
59.2%
Defense
62.0%
0.57
Knockdowns / 15 min
4.58
38.4%
Time at distance
47.0%
Grappling & control
Leites
McFedries
2.57
Takedowns / 15 min
2.29
32.1%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
28.6%
Takedown defense
57.1%
2.57
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.15
64.2%
Control share
18.6%
Strike target map
Leites
  • Head76%(100)div 63%
  • Body10%(13)div 20%
  • Legs14%(18)div 17%
McFedries
  • Head77%(63)div 63%
  • Body13%(11)div 20%
  • Legs10%(8)div 17%

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

Thales Leites
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Drew McFedries
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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