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UFC 69: Shootout
Thales Leites
Thales Leites
9-1 · BRA
VS
Pete Sell
Pete Sell
7-2 · USA
April 7, 2007 · Houston, Texas, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Thales Leites def. Pete Sell by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Leites6/141/204:19
Sell0/10/000:00
R2
Leites34/481/303:50
Sell1/70/000:00
R3
Leites16/221/302:45
Sell2/60/000:35
Total
Leites56/843/8010:54
Sell3/140/000:35

Scorecards

Leites vs Sell

RdGale Van HoyGregorio AlvarezRobert BishCommunity
R1---10-8.5
R2---10-8
R3---10-8.5
Total30-2630-2730-2730-25

Media (2 cards) · avg 3026.5 · 2 Leites · 0 Sell

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Leites-Sell.

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 probabilitySell
63.8%36.2%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
42%
Decision
37%
Expected fight time: 8.6 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 Sell. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Leites64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%24%
Submission29%44%
Decision20%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1639)act 56
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 3
Sell36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%15%
Submission14%38%
Decision17%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1332)act 3
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~54 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R147%
R24%
R312%
Distance37%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Leites
57.5%-142
Sell
+14240.5%
Most takedownstie 42.8%
Leites
47.2%-474
Sell
+47410.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Leites
Expected: 29.6
29.5
Over 29.5
42.8%
+134
Under 29.5
57.2%
-134
03875
Sell
Expected: 24.6
24.5
Over 24.5
42.6%
+134
Under 24.5
57.4%
-134
03162
Takedowns — over/under
Leites
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
32.9%
+147
Exactly 1
18.9%
push
Under 1
48.2%
-147
035
Sell
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.6%
Exactly 0
83.4%
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 8.6 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
Leites63.8%71.1%−7.3-275
Sell36.2%28.9%+7.3+235

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
42.0Striking63.8
Sell +21.8
8.8Grappling31.8
Sell +23.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LeitesSell
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1516
Pound-for-pound
1500
1516
Divisional
1500
1484
Striking offense
1493
1496
Striking defense
1490
1548
Grappling offense
1507
1549
Grappling defense
1497
Physical
25 yrs
Age
24 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'11"
78"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.07
Strikes landed / min
2.13
27%
Strike accuracy
33%
6.73
Strikes absorbed / min
1.96
50%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.64
8%
Takedown accuracy
25%
Takedown defense
33%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
33%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
0%
Last-5 win rate
33%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
147
Days since last fight
147
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Thales Leites
  • LMartin KampmannU-DEC R3
    5mo before
Pete Sell
  • LScott SmithKO/TKO R2
    5mo before
  • LNate QuarryKO/TKO R1
    1y 8mo before
  • WPhil BaroniSUB R3
    Close +2502y 2mo before
Leites — win / loss by method
Record: 9-1-0

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
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
11% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO() 0
6 (67%)Submission() 0
1 (11%)Decision() 0
Sell — win / loss by method
Record: 7-2-0

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
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (33%)Submission() 0
4 (67%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Leites
Sell
1
UFC fights
3
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
23.4 min · 7.8 avg
22y 8m
Career length
24y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Leites
Sell
10W–1L · 90.9%
Overall
22W–7L · 75.9%
0W–0L
Wins
5W–4L · 55.6%
10W–1L · 90.9%
Losses
17W–3L · 85.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Leites
Sell
82W–57L · 59.0%
Overall
16W–14L · 53.3%
82W–57L · 59.0%
Wins
16W–14L · 53.3%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Leites
Sell
3.73
Landed / min
3.39
23.5%
Accuracy
29.7%
54.1%
Defense
73.0%
1.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
64.3%
Time at distance
47.8%
Grappling & control
Leites
Sell
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.64
8.3%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
Takedown defense
33.3%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.64
60.0%
Control share
43.5%
Strike target map
Leites
  • Head80%(37)div 64%
  • Body15%(7)div 19%
  • Legs4%(2)div 17%
Sell
  • Head60%(30)div 64%
  • Body16%(8)div 19%
  • Legs24%(12)div 17%

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.

Pete Sell
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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