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Thales Leites
Thales Leites
10-1 · BRA
VS
Floyd Sword
Floyd Sword
10-2 · USA
June 23, 2007 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Thales Leites def. Floyd Sword by SUB (Arm Triangle), R1 3:50
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 3:50
Leites6/102/302:31
Sword3/70/000:38
Total
Leites6/102/302:31
Sword3/70/000:38

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
LeitesWin probabilitySword
82.6%17.4%
KO / TKO
19%
Submission
46%
Decision
36%
Expected fight time: 8.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Leites83%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%18%
Submission37%45%
Decision31%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1945)act 6
Takedowns1.5 (0.23.5)act 2
Sword17%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%23%
Submission8%47%
Decision5%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 3
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.3)act 0
Combined totals~69 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R150%
R24%
R311%
Distance35%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Leites
48.8%+102
Sword
-10249.6%
Most takedownstie 8.0%
Leites
89.9%-4465
Sword
+44652.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Leites
Expected: 34.4
34.5
Over 34.5
42.3%
+136
Under 34.5
57.7%
-136
04487
Sword
Expected: 34.7
34.5
Over 34.5
42.9%
+133
Under 34.5
57.1%
-133
04487
Takedowns — over/under
Leites
Expected: 1.5
1.5
Over 1.5
57.2%
-134
Under 1.5
42.8%
+134
035
Sword
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.8%
Exactly 0
87.2%
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 8.2 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
Leites82.6%80.2%+2.4-500
Sword17.4%19.8%−2.4+385

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LeitesSword
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1531
Pound-for-pound
1523
1531
Divisional
1523
1484
Striking offense
1500
1506
Striking defense
1500
1547
Grappling offense
1500
1545
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
25 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
78"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.40
Strikes landed / min
40%
Strike accuracy
3.47
Strikes absorbed / min
51%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
2.00
Takedowns / 15 min
20%
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
2.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
+1
Win/loss streak
50%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
77
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Thales Leites
  • WPete SellU-DEC R3
    Close -2753mo before
  • LMartin KampmannU-DEC R3
    7mo before
Floyd Sword
No prior UFC fights.
Leites — 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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO() 0
6 (67%)Submission() 0
1 (11%)Decision() 0
Sword — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
10% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (30%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
6 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (10%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Leites
Sword
2
UFC fights
0
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
22y 8m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Leites
Sword
17W–3L · 85.0%
Overall
7W–2L · 77.8%
Wins
10W–1L · 90.9%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Leites
Sword
82W–57L · 59.0%
Overall
29W–20L · 59.2%
82W–57L · 59.0%
Wins
24W–18L · 57.1%
0W–0L
Losses
5W–2L · 71.4%
Distance striking
Leites
Sword
3.77
Landed / min
27.1%
Accuracy
55.7%
Defense
0.50
Knockdowns / 15 min
42.4%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Leites
Sword
2.00
Takedowns / 15 min
20.0%
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
2.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
85.6%
Control share
Strike target map
Leites
  • Head83%(85)div 64%
  • Body10%(10)div 19%
  • Legs7%(7)div 17%
Sword
  • Head0%(0)div 64%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Thales Leites
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Floyd Sword

No UFC fights on record.

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