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Thiago Tavares
Thiago Tavares
10-0 · BRA
VS
Naoyuki Kotani
Naoyuki Kotani
17-5-5 · JPN
April 5, 2007 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
154.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
Thiago Tavares def. Naoyuki Kotani by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Tavares2/42/301:56
Kotani2/80/001:32
R2
Tavares4/91/101:58
Kotani4/71/101:44
R3
Tavares15/151/201:15
Kotani6/150/102:38
Total
Tavares21/284/605:09
Kotani12/301/205:54

Scorecards

Tavares vs Kotani

RdDouglas CrosbyGene LeBellTony WeeksCommunity
R1---9.8-9.2
R2---10-9
R3---10-9
Total30-2730-2730-2729.8-27.2

Media (1 card) · avg 3027 · 1 Tavares · 0 Kotani

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

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 probabilityKotani
77.4%22.6%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
22%
Decision
53%
Expected fight time: 10.5 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 Kotani. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Tavares77%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%25%
Submission17%21%
Decision41%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1842)act 21
Takedowns2.3 (0.05.1)act 4
Kotani23%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%25%
Submission6%25%
Decision11%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1331)act 12
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 1
Combined totals~56 sig strikes~2.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R216%
R35%
Distance53%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
Tavares
63.5%-183
Kotani
+18334.7%
Most takedownstie 17.8%
Tavares
75.9%-1207
Kotani
+12076.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Tavares
Expected: 32.6
32.5
Over 32.5
42.7%
+134
Under 32.5
57.3%
-134
04182
Kotani
Expected: 23.6
23.5
Over 23.5
42.7%
+134
Under 23.5
57.3%
-134
03059
Takedowns — over/under
Tavares
Expected: 2.3
2.5
Over 2.5
44.6%
+124
Under 2.5
55.4%
-124
047
Kotani
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
20.1%
Exactly 0
79.9%
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 10.5 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
Tavares77.4%71.9%+5.5-285
Kotani22.6%28.1%−5.5+245

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.

Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1534
Pound-for-pound
1514
1534
Divisional
1514
1482
Striking offense
1500
1500
Striking defense
1500
1561
Grappling offense
1500
1558
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
22 yrs
Age
25 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'8"
70"
Reach
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
Strike accuracy
Strikes absorbed / min
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
Win/loss streak
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Thiago Tavares
No prior UFC fights.
Naoyuki Kotani
No prior UFC fights.
Tavares — win / loss by method
Record: 10-0-0

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
10% of wins
L
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
90% of wins
L
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (10%)KO/TKO() 0
9 (90%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Kotani — win / loss by method
Record: 17-5-5

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, 4 losses
W
12% of wins
L
80% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 0 losses
W
82% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
6% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
17win5loss5draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (12%)KO/TKO(80%) 4
14 (82%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (6%)Decision(20%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Tavares
Kotani
0
UFC fights
0
Octagon time
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Tavares
Kotani
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Tavares
Kotani
31W–18L · 63.3%
Overall
133W–63L · 67.9%
31W–18L · 63.3%
Wins
66W–42L · 61.1%
0W–0L
Losses
67W–21L · 76.1%
Distance striking
Tavares
Kotani
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Tavares
Kotani
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Tavares
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.
Kotani
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Thiago Tavares

No UFC fights on record.

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

Naoyuki Kotani

No UFC fights on record.

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