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Thiago Alves
Thiago Alves
12-5 · BRA
VS
September 19, 2007 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Thiago Alves def. Kuniyoshi Hironaka by KO/TKO (Knee), R2 4:04
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Alves24/560/000:25
Hironaka9/241/100:27
R2 · 4:04
Alves24/410/000:28
Hironaka6/151/501:09
Total
Alves48/970/000:53
Hironaka15/392/601:36

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 probabilityHironaka
44.2%55.8%
KO / TKO
17%
Submission
64%
Decision
18%
Expected fight time: 5.8 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 Hironaka. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Alves44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%28%
Submission24%55%
Decision8%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 48
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.4)act 0
Hironaka56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%9%
Submission40%72%
Decision11%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes20 (1025)act 15
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.1)act 2
Combined totals~48 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R169%
R25%
R38%
Distance18%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.1%
Alves
66.0%-207
Hironaka
+20731.9%
Most takedownstie 34.1%
Alves
6.1%+974
Hironaka
-97459.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Alves
Expected: 28.9
29
Over 29
41.1%
+138
Exactly 29
2.3%
push
Under 29
56.7%
-138
03773
Hironaka
Expected: 19.5
19.5
Over 19.5
42.5%
+135
Under 19.5
57.5%
-135
02549
Takedowns — over/under
Alves
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
13.4%
Exactly 0
86.6%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Hironaka
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
65.4%
-189
Under 0.5
34.6%
+189
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 5.8 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
Alves44.2%67.0%−22.8-235
Hironaka55.8%33.0%+22.8+190

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
68.9Striking63.0
Alves +5.9
70.9Grappling52.1
Alves +18.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AlvesHironaka
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1544
Pound-for-pound
1529
1544
Divisional
1528
1517
Striking offense
1473
1523
Striking defense
1505
1509
Grappling offense
1545
1497
Grappling defense
1541
Physical
23 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'10"
70"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.79
Strikes landed / min
1.00
45%
Strike accuracy
48%
2.14
Strikes absorbed / min
1.70
60%
Strike defense
55%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.64
Takedowns / 15 min
2.50
100%
Takedown accuracy
36%
77%
Takedown defense
17%
1.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.5
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
50%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
50%
75%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
263
Days since last fight
167
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Thiago Alves
  • WTony DeSouzaKO/TKO R2
    Close -1369mo before
  • WJohn AlessioU-DEC R3
    11mo before
  • LJon FitchKO/TKO R2
    Close +1851y 3mo before
  • WDerrick NobleKO/TKO R1
    Close -3171y 5mo before
  • WAnsar ChalangovKO/TKO R1
    Close +2151y 10mo before
Kuniyoshi Hironaka
  • WForrest PetzU-DEC R3
    Close -1755mo before
  • LJon FitchU-DEC R3
    Close +20511mo before
Alves — win / loss by method
Record: 12-5-0

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
8 wins, 1 loss
W
67% 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
33% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
3 (38%)Decision(33%) 1
Hironaka — win / loss by method
Record: 11-3-0

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
2 wins, 2 losses
W
18% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
45% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
4 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (40%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Alves
Hironaka
6
UFC fights
2
45.8 min · 7.6 avg
Octagon time
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
25y 1m
Career length
24y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Alves
Hironaka
80W–20L · 80.0%
Overall
29W–5L · 85.3%
53W–17L · 75.7%
Wins
15W–3L · 83.3%
27W–3L · 90.0%
Losses
14W–2L · 87.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Alves
Hironaka
51W–17L · 75.0%
Overall
55W–28L · 66.3%
32W–12L · 72.7%
Wins
50W–25L · 66.7%
19W–5L · 79.2%
Losses
5W–3L · 62.5%
Distance striking
Alves
Hironaka
3.73
Landed / min
1.27
37.3%
Accuracy
24.1%
80.4%
Defense
67.8%
0.98
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
32.7%
Time at distance
18.4%
Grappling & control
Alves
Hironaka
1.64
Takedowns / 15 min
2.50
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
35.7%
76.9%
Takedown defense
16.7%
1.31
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.50
41.0%
Control share
45.9%
Strike target map
Alves
  • Head59%(75)div 66%
  • Body17%(22)div 20%
  • Legs24%(31)div 14%
Hironaka
  • Head73%(22)div 66%
  • Body20%(6)div 20%
  • Legs7%(2)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.

Kuniyoshi Hironaka
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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