A statistical read on a fight that does not exist — no market, no booking, nothing to grade it against.
Run as an unbooked fight, the numbers favour Tatsuro Taira at 57% — a lean, not a conviction.
Our two reads agree on the winner but not on the margin. Both name Tatsuro Taira — 57% on the first, 70% on the second, a gap of 13 points. The wider that gap, the less settled the read.
The same read puts the chance it goes the full distance at 63%.
Alexandre Pantoja vs Tatsuro Taira — the facts, side by side. ▲ marks the reach edge.
| UFC 14-4 | UFC record | UFC 8-2 |
| 30-7 | Pro record | 18-2 |
| The Cannibal | Nickname | — |
| 5' 5" | Height | 5' 7" |
| 67" | Reach | ▲70" |
| Orthodox | Stance | Orthodox |
| 36 | Age | 26 |
| 125 lbs. | Weight | 125 lbs. |
| Brazil | Nationality | Japan |
| Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro | Hometown | Naha, Okinawa |
| American Top Team | Fighting out of | The Blackbelt Japan |
Alexandre Pantoja (left) vs Tatsuro Taira (right) — career striking & grappling rates. The fighter ahead on each row is highlighted in their corner colour.
None.
Alexandre Pantoja and Tatsuro Taira have never met in the UFC.
Every matchup on this page is a pairing that has never happened. That is how they are chosen: if these two had already met in the Octagon, there would be a real result to read instead, and this page would not exist.
Everything above is hypothetical. These are not.