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Thiago Tavares
Thiago Tavares
12-1 · BRA
VS
January 23, 2008 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
154.0lb
Thiago Tavares def. Michihiro Omigawa by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Tavares2/54/403:05
Omigawa5/120/001:13
R2
Tavares13/262/801:35
Omigawa2/120/000:00
R3
Tavares4/121/201:59
Omigawa4/81/102:38
Total
Tavares19/437/1406:39
Omigawa11/321/103:51

Scorecards

Tavares vs Omigawa

RdGlenn TrowbridgeLester GriffinPatricia Morse JarmanCommunity
R1---10-9
R2---10-9
R3---9.2-9.8
Total30-2729-2830-2729.2-27.8

Media (5 cards) · avg 29.227.8 · 5 Tavares · 0 Omigawa

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

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
TavaresWin probabilityOmigawa
82.2%17.8%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
20%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 10.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Tavares82%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%28%
Submission19%23%
Decision40%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2046)act 19
Takedowns2.5 (0.05.4)act 7
Omigawa18%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%38%
Submission1%6%
Decision10%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1433)act 11
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 1
Combined totals~61 sig strikes~2.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R215%
R38%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Tavares
64.7%-192
Omigawa
+19233.6%
Most takedownstie 16.1%
Tavares
78.8%-1540
Omigawa
+15405.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Tavares
Expected: 35.5
35.5
Over 35.5
42.5%
+135
Under 35.5
57.5%
-135
04589
Omigawa
Expected: 25.1
25
Over 25
41.3%
+136
Exactly 25
2.6%
push
Under 25
56.1%
-136
03263
Takedowns — over/under
Tavares
Expected: 2.5
2.5
Over 2.5
48.0%
+108
Under 2.5
52.0%
-108
048
Omigawa
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.4%
Exactly 0
81.6%
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 10.3 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
Tavares82.2%83.5%−1.3-725
Omigawa17.8%16.5%+1.3+475

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
70.7Striking56.0
Tavares +14.7
86.1Grappling45.8
Tavares +40.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TavaresOmigawa
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1548
Pound-for-pound
1479
1548
Divisional
1479
1469
Striking offense
1484
1522
Striking defense
1498
1548
Grappling offense
1551
1527
Grappling defense
1545
Physical
23 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'6"
70"
Reach
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.00
Strikes landed / min
2.20
57%
Strike accuracy
52%
1.08
Strikes absorbed / min
3.93
59%
Strike defense
45%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.97
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
53%
Takedown accuracy
50%
63%
Takedown defense
20%
3.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
67%
Last-5 win rate
0%
50%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
123
Days since last fight
123
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Thiago Tavares
  • LTyson GriffinU-DEC R3
    Close +1004mo before
  • WJason BlackSUB R2
    Close +1157mo before
  • WNaoyuki KotaniU-DEC R3
    Close -28510mo before
Michihiro Omigawa
  • LMatt WimanU-DEC R3
    Close +2334mo before
Tavares — win / loss by method
Record: 12-1-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 0 losses
W
83% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (10%)KO/TKO() 0
9 (90%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Omigawa — win / loss by method
Record: 4-5-0

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
2 wins, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
50% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
4win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(50%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Tavares
Omigawa
3
UFC fights
1
37.8 min · 12.6 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
22y 9m
Career length
21y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Tavares
Omigawa
49W–8L · 86.0%
Overall
7W–3L · 70.0%
40W–7L · 85.1%
Wins
0W–0L
9W–1L · 90.0%
Losses
7W–3L · 70.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Tavares
Omigawa
31W–18L · 63.3%
Overall
70W–23L · 75.3%
31W–18L · 63.3%
Wins
32W–13L · 71.1%
0W–0L
Losses
38W–10L · 79.2%
Distance striking
Tavares
Omigawa
1.29
Landed / min
10.54
32.1%
Accuracy
33.3%
75.9%
Defense
50.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
18.5%
Time at distance
4.4%
Grappling & control
Tavares
Omigawa
3.97
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
52.6%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
62.5%
Takedown defense
20.0%
3.17
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.00
48.1%
Control share
13.9%
Strike target map
Tavares
  • Head63%(24)div 67%
  • Body34%(13)div 19%
  • Legs3%(1)div 14%
Omigawa
  • Head97%(32)div 67%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs3%(1)div 14%

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

Thiago Tavares
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Michihiro Omigawa
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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