Quote Originally Posted by Beelzebubzy View Post
Thiago has advantages
More accurate with his punches and gets tagged less. See the Fightmetrics.
Fightmetric stats are pretty close to useless. Comparing fighter 1 landing 55% of strikes against opponents A, B, and C to fighter 2 landing 40% of strikes against oppenents X, Y, and Z means nothing without analyzing the matchups.

If the numbers meant anything, books would be creating much sharper lines out the gate. Modeling data is something they are very good at.