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UFC 88: Breakthrough
Kurt Pellegrino
Kurt Pellegrino
12-4 · USA
VS
Thiago Tavares
Thiago Tavares
13-2 · BRA
September 6, 2008 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Kurt Pellegrino def. Thiago Tavares by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Pellegrino37/530/024:07
Tavares3/110/300:00
R2
Pellegrino12/200/000:00
Tavares9/391/303:02
R3
Pellegrino12/241/202:14
Tavares6/220/500:23
Total
Pellegrino61/971/226:21
Tavares18/721/1103:25

Scorecards

Pellegrino vs Tavares

RdChris LeeDouglas CrosbyTony MullinaxCommunity
R1---10-8.3
R2---9-10
R3---10-9
Total29-2829-2729-2729-27.3

Media (3 cards) · avg 2927.3 · 3 Pellegrino · 0 Tavares

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

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
PellegrinoWin probabilityTavares
32.7%67.3%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
33%
Decision
43%
Expected fight time: 10.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Pellegrino33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%30%
Submission11%32%
Decision12%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1434)act 61
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.8)act 1
Tavares67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%21%
Submission23%34%
Decision30%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1435)act 18
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.8)act 1
Combined totals~53 sig strikes~2.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R231%
R311%
Distance43%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Pellegrino
48.7%+101
Tavares
-10149.3%
Most takedownstie 23.8%
Pellegrino
28.3%+169
Tavares
-16947.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Pellegrino
Expected: 26.4
26.5
Over 26.5
42.3%
+136
Under 26.5
57.7%
-136
03467
Tavares
Expected: 26.6
26.5
Over 26.5
42.8%
+134
Under 26.5
57.2%
-134
03467
Takedowns — over/under
Pellegrino
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
32.2%
+145
Exactly 1
21.0%
push
Under 1
46.8%
-145
035
Tavares
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
46.7%
+114
Under 1.5
53.3%
-114
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 10.5 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
Pellegrino32.7%30.1%+2.6+221
Tavares67.3%69.9%−2.6-261

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
66.8Striking67.0
Tavares +0.2
72.1Grappling85.3
Tavares +13.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PellegrinoTavares
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1526
Pound-for-pound
1544
1537
Divisional
1544
1488
Striking offense
1470
1517
Striking defense
1526
1527
Grappling offense
1536
1495
Grappling defense
1502
Physical
29 yrs
Age
23 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'7"
70"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.24
Strikes landed / min
1.17
44%
Strike accuracy
48%
1.66
Strikes absorbed / min
1.17
57%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.53
Takedowns / 15 min
4.52
64%
Takedown accuracy
50%
44%
Takedown defense
54%
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.8
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
60%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
157
Days since last fight
91
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kurt Pellegrino
  • LNate DiazSUB R2
    Close +1265mo before
  • WAlberto CraneKO/TKO R2
    Close -3207mo before
  • LJoe StevensonU-DEC R3
    Close +2401y before
  • WNate MohrSUB R1
    1y 5mo before
  • WJunior AssuncaoSUB R1
    Close -2801y 11mo before
Thiago Tavares
  • LMatt WimanKO/TKO R2
    Close -4013mo before
  • WMichihiro OmigawaU-DEC R3
    Close -7257mo before
  • LTyson GriffinU-DEC R3
    Close +10011mo before
  • WJason BlackSUB R2
    Close +1151y 3mo before
  • WNaoyuki KotaniU-DEC R3
    Close -2851y 5mo before
Pellegrino — win / loss by method
Record: 12-4-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 3 losses
W
67% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (67%)Submission(67%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (67%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (22%)Decision(0%) 0
Tavares — win / loss by method
Record: 13-2-0

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
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 0 losses
W
77% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
15% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (10%)KO/TKO() 0
9 (90%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Pellegrino
Tavares
6
UFC fights
5
46.4 min · 7.7 avg
Octagon time
59.8 min · 12.0 avg
23y 11m
Career length
22y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Pellegrino
Tavares
82W–18L · 82.0%
Overall
62W–16L · 79.5%
19W–5L · 79.2%
Wins
44W–12L · 78.6%
63W–13L · 82.9%
Losses
18W–4L · 81.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Pellegrino
Tavares
60W–44L · 57.7%
Overall
31W–18L · 63.3%
51W–39L · 56.7%
Wins
31W–18L · 63.3%
9W–5L · 64.3%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Pellegrino
Tavares
3.01
Landed / min
2.15
27.3%
Accuracy
34.8%
73.6%
Defense
75.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
27.2%
Time at distance
18.7%
Grappling & control
Pellegrino
Tavares
4.53
Takedowns / 15 min
4.52
63.6%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
44.4%
Takedown defense
53.8%
0.97
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.76
78.5%
Control share
55.3%
Strike target map
Pellegrino
  • Head81%(84)div 68%
  • Body14%(15)div 18%
  • Legs5%(5)div 14%
Tavares
  • Head70%(49)div 68%
  • Body26%(18)div 18%
  • Legs4%(3)div 14%

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

Kurt Pellegrino
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Thiago Tavares
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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