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UFC 81: Breaking Point
Tyson Griffin
Tyson Griffin
10-1 · USA
VS
Gleison Tibau
Gleison Tibau
19-3 · BRA
February 2, 2008 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Tyson Griffin def. Gleison Tibau by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Griffin32/500/100:33
Tibau9/362/301:26
R2
Griffin16/480/000:13
Tibau8/362/200:40
R3
Griffin12/210/100:55
Tibau6/212/301:23
Total
Griffin60/1190/201:41
Tibau23/936/803:29

Scorecards

Griffin vs Tibau

RdAdalaide ByrdJeff CollinsTony WeeksCommunity
R1---9.8-9.2
R2---9.5-9.5
R3---9.8-9.2
Total30-2730-2730-2729.1-27.9

Media (4 cards) · avg 3027 · 4 Griffin · 0 Tibau

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Griffin-Tibau.

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
GriffinWin probabilityTibau
49.3%50.7%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
12%
Decision
64%
Expected fight time: 12.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Griffin49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%30%
Submission5%9%
Decision30%61%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2150)act 60
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.6)act 0
Tibau51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%18%
Submission8%15%
Decision34%67%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1537)act 23
Takedowns2.1 (0.04.7)act 6
Combined totals~67 sig strikes~2.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R110%
R222%
R34%
Distance64%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Griffin
62.8%-176
Tibau
+17635.6%
Most takedownstie 17.1%
Griffin
4.4%+1770
Tibau
-177078.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Griffin
Expected: 38.3
38.5
Over 38.5
42.1%
+137
Under 38.5
57.9%
-137
04896
Tibau
Expected: 28.3
28.5
Over 28.5
42.0%
+138
Under 28.5
58.0%
-138
03671
Takedowns — over/under
Griffin
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
15.1%
Exactly 0
84.9%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Tibau
Expected: 2.1
2
Over 2
40.8%
-106
Exactly 2
20.8%
push
Under 2
38.4%
+106
047

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 12.0 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
Griffin49.3%75.9%−26.6-358
Tibau50.7%24.1%+26.6+303

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
62.4Striking65.5
Tibau +3.0
78.1Grappling80.7
Tibau +2.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GriffinTibau
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1557
Pound-for-pound
1565
1557
Divisional
1580
1488
Striking offense
1477
1519
Striking defense
1512
1538
Grappling offense
1538
1514
Grappling defense
1531
Physical
23 yrs
Age
24 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'10"
68"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.50
Strikes landed / min
1.35
43%
Strike accuracy
44%
2.09
Strikes absorbed / min
1.37
48%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.56
Takedowns / 15 min
4.58
53%
Takedown accuracy
63%
58%
Takedown defense
67%
2.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
75%
+2
Win/loss streak
+3
75%
Last-5 win rate
75%
33%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
147
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tyson Griffin
  • WThiago TavaresU-DEC R3
    Close -1334mo before
  • WClay GuidaS-DEC R3
    Close -2308mo before
  • LFrankie EdgarU-DEC R3
    Close -7001y before
  • WDavid LeeSUB R1
    Close -6001y 4mo before
Gleison Tibau
  • WTerry EtimU-DEC R3
    Close -1835mo before
  • WJeff CoxSUB R1
    Close -3608mo before
  • WJason DentU-DEC R3
    11mo before
  • LNick DiazKO/TKO R2
    1y 2mo before
Griffin — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (71%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (29%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Tibau — win / loss by method
Record: 19-3-0

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, 2 losses
W
16% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
47% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 1 loss
W
37% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (19%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
8 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (31%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Griffin
Tibau
4
UFC fights
4
46.8 min · 11.7 avg
Octagon time
39.3 min · 9.8 avg
21y 8m
Career length
26y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Griffin
Tibau
44W–8L · 84.6%
Overall
45W–15L · 75.0%
38W–8L · 82.6%
Wins
32W–9L · 78.0%
6W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
13W–6L · 68.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Griffin
Tibau
31W–9L · 77.5%
Overall
42W–26L · 61.8%
31W–9L · 77.5%
Wins
37W–25L · 59.7%
0W–0L
Losses
5W–1L · 83.3%
Distance striking
Griffin
Tibau
4.74
Landed / min
1.27
33.0%
Accuracy
24.3%
71.0%
Defense
63.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
29.3%
Time at distance
18.1%
Grappling & control
Griffin
Tibau
2.56
Takedowns / 15 min
4.58
53.3%
Takedown accuracy
63.2%
57.9%
Takedown defense
66.7%
2.56
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.14
43.5%
Control share
89.2%
Strike target map
Griffin
  • Head55%(64)div 68%
  • Body25%(29)div 19%
  • Legs21%(24)div 13%
Tibau
  • Head91%(48)div 68%
  • Body6%(3)div 19%
  • Legs4%(2)div 13%

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

Tyson Griffin
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Gleison Tibau
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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