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UFC 85: Bedlam
Thiago Alves
Thiago Alves
15-5 · BRA
VS
Matt Hughes
Matt Hughes
42-6 · USA
June 7, 2008 · London, England, United Kingdom
Welterweight · 3 rounds · Main event
174.0lbMissed +3.0
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Thiago Alves def. Matt Hughes by KO/TKO (Flying Knee), R2 1:02
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Alves6/111/100:42
Hughes9/121/503:03
R2 · 1:02
Alves4/50/010:45
Hughes0/10/200:00
Total
Alves10/161/111:27
Hughes9/131/703:03

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 probabilityHughes
47.6%52.4%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
6%
Decision
66%
Expected fight time: 12.8 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 Hughes. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Alves48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%30%
Submission1%1%
Decision33%69%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2762)act 10
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 1
Hughes52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%26%
Submission6%11%
Decision32%63%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2353)act 9
Takedowns1.9 (0.04.4)act 1
Combined totals~88 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R19%
R28%
R317%
Distance66%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Alves
56.4%-133
Hughes
+13342.4%
Most takedownstie 19.0%
Alves
1.8%+4501
Hughes
-450179.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Alves
Expected: 47.3
47.5
Over 47.5
42.2%
+137
Under 47.5
57.8%
-137
060119
Hughes
Expected: 40.6
40.5
Over 40.5
42.7%
+134
Under 40.5
57.3%
-134
051102
Takedowns — over/under
Alves
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
6.0%
Exactly 0
94.0%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Hughes
Expected: 1.9
2
Over 2
37.6%
+110
Exactly 2
20.8%
push
Under 2
41.5%
-110
036

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 12.8 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
Alves47.6%32.3%+15.3+201
Hughes52.4%67.7%−15.3-231

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
71.2Striking72.6
Hughes +1.4
61.3Grappling67.0
Hughes +5.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AlvesHughes
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1589
Pound-for-pound
1646
1588
Divisional
1623
1538
Striking offense
1459
1529
Striking defense
1559
1498
Grappling offense
1551
1499
Grappling defense
1521
Physical
24 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'9"
70"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
3.30
Strikes landed / min
2.23
45%
Strike accuracy
57%
2.35
Strikes absorbed / min
1.03
64%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.07
Takedowns / 15 min
3.61
100%
Takedown accuracy
54%
73%
Takedown defense
31%
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.3
Form & résumé
78%
UFC win rate
79%
+5
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
86%
Finish rate
73%
Recent opp. quality
66
Days since last fight
161
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Thiago Alves
  • WKaro ParisyanKO/TKO R2
    Close +1332mo before
  • WChris LytleKO/TKO R2
    Close -1887mo before
  • WKuniyoshi HironakaKO/TKO R2
    Close -2359mo before
  • WTony DeSouzaKO/TKO R2
    Close -1361y 5mo before
  • WJohn AlessioU-DEC R3
    1y 8mo before
Matt Hughes
  • LGeorges St-PierreSUB R2
    Close +1745mo before
  • WChris LytleU-DEC R3
    Close -6501y 3mo before
  • LGeorges St-PierreKO/TKO R2
    Close -1451y 7mo before
  • WBJ PennKO/TKO R3
    Close -2251y 8mo before
  • WRoyce GracieKO/TKO R1
    Close -3002y before
Alves — win / loss by method
Record: 15-5-0

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
11 wins, 1 loss
W
73% 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
27% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (86%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (14%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
3 (38%)Decision(33%) 1
Hughes — win / loss by method
Record: 42-6-0

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
20 wins, 2 losses
W
48% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 4 losses
W
31% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
15win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (47%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
4 (27%)Submission(75%) 3
4 (27%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
27win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (48%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
9 (33%)Submission(50%) 1
5 (19%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Alves
Hughes
9
UFC fights
19
70.3 min · 7.8 avg
Octagon time
178.9 min · 9.4 avg
25y 1m
Career length
28y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Alves
Hughes
133W–41L · 76.4%
Overall
213W–46L · 82.2%
106W–38L · 73.6%
Wins
165W–39L · 80.9%
27W–3L · 90.0%
Losses
48W–7L · 87.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Alves
Hughes
51W–17L · 75.0%
Overall
139W–66L · 67.8%
32W–12L · 72.7%
Wins
114W–62L · 64.8%
19W–5L · 79.2%
Losses
25W–4L · 86.2%
Distance striking
Alves
Hughes
4.20
Landed / min
1.77
37.6%
Accuracy
32.9%
76.9%
Defense
66.8%
1.07
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
42.0%
Time at distance
23.0%
Grappling & control
Alves
Hughes
1.07
Takedowns / 15 min
3.61
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
54.4%
73.0%
Takedown defense
30.8%
0.85
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.26
36.4%
Control share
79.5%
Strike target map
Alves
  • Head56%(129)div 66%
  • Body14%(33)div 20%
  • Legs30%(70)div 14%
Hughes
  • Head75%(299)div 66%
  • Body23%(92)div 20%
  • Legs2%(8)div 14%

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.

Matt Hughes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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