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UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria
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Geoff Neal
Geoff Neal
15-5 · USA
February 17, 2024 · Anaheim, California, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
170.5lb
Ian Machado Garry def. Geoff Neal by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Machado Garry20/380/000:06
Neal18/270/001:10
R2
Machado Garry23/430/000:06
Neal17/340/001:20
R3
Machado Garry24/540/000:00
Neal11/280/001:15
Total
Machado Garry67/1350/000:12
Neal46/890/003:45

Scorecards

Machado Garry vs Neal

RdDerek ClearyFelicia OhSal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-1010-910-99.3-9.7
R29-1010-910-99.4-9.6
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total28-2930-2730-2728.6-28.4

Media (25 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 25 Machado Garry · 0 Neal

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Machado Garry-Neal.

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
Machado GarryWin probabilityNeal
72.5%27.5%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
13%
Decision
59%
Expected fight time: 11.6 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Machado Garry72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%27%21%
Submission8%11%10%
Decision45%62%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes70 (2995)act 67
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.6)act 0
Neal28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%31%19%
Submission5%17%3%
Decision14%52%11%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2169)act 46
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.3)act 0
Combined totals~120 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R212%
R310%
Distance60%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Machado Garry
59.8%-152
Neal
+15239.4%
Most takedownstie 48.6%
Machado Garry
20.0%+157
Neal
-15731.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Machado Garry
Expected: 69.6
69.5
Over 69.5
39.8%
+151
Under 69.5
60.2%
-151
087174
Neal
Expected: 50.6
50.5
Over 50.5
39.9%
+151
Under 50.5
60.1%
-151
064127
Takedowns — over/under
Machado Garry
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
26.8%
+274
Under 0.5
73.2%
-274
035
Neal
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
37.8%
+165
Under 0.5
62.2%
-165
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 11.6 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
Machado Garry72.5%68.7%+3.8-258
Neal27.5%31.3%−3.8+205
By method
Machado Garry by KO/TKO20.3%21.3%−1.0+287
Machado Garry by submission9.1%9.7%−0.6+747
Machado Garry by decision43.1%35.5%+7.6+132
Neal by KO/TKO7.7%19.2%−11.5+329
Neal by submission3.5%3.4%+0.1+2339
Neal by decision16.4%10.9%+5.5+657
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds81.6%66.3%+15.3-250
Over 2.5 rds69.8%54.3%+15.5-138
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision59.5%50.5%+9.0-117

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
79.4Striking64.7
Machado Garry +14.8
47.6Grappling49.4
Neal +1.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
Machado GarryNeal
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1623
Pound-for-pound
1589
1622
Divisional
1588
1530
Striking offense
1531
1510
Striking defense
1496
1477
Grappling offense
1491
1525
Grappling defense
1543
Physical
26 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'3"
Height
5'11"
74"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
6.67
Strikes landed / min
5.19
57%
Strike accuracy
51%
3.58
Strikes absorbed / min
5.68
54%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.67
Takedowns / 15 min
0.52
75%
Takedown accuracy
44%
69%
Takedown defense
90%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.1
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
70%
+6
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
40%
50%
Finish rate
71%
Recent opp. quality
182
Days since last fight
350
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ian Machado Garry
  • WNeil MagnyU-DEC R3
    Close -5006mo before
  • WDaniel RodriguezKO/TKO R1
    Close -2979mo before
  • WSong KenanKO/TKO R3
    Close -82011mo before
  • WGabe GreenU-DEC R3
    Close -2021y 8mo before
  • WDarian WeeksU-DEC R3
    Close -3981y 10mo before
Geoff Neal
  • LShavkat RakhmonovSUB R3
    missedClose +38811mo before
  • WVicente LuqueKO/TKO R3
    Close +1801y 6mo before
  • WSantiago PonzinibbioS-DEC R3
    Close +1042y 2mo before
  • LNeil MagnyU-DEC R3
    Close -2002y 9mo before
  • LStephen ThompsonU-DEC R5
    Close -1173y 2mo before
Machado Garry — win / loss by method
Record: 13-0-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
54% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (14%)Submission() 0
2 (29%)Decision() 0
Neal — win / loss by method
Record: 15-5-0

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
9 wins, 1 loss
W
60% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
13% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
27% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
7win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (14%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (29%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (13%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (25%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Machado Garry
Neal
6
UFC fights
10
67.3 min · 11.2 avg
Octagon time
114.6 min · 11.5 avg
7y 5m
Career length
13y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Machado Garry
Neal
90W–28L · 76.3%
Overall
173W–43L · 80.1%
90W–28L · 76.3%
Wins
118W–31L · 79.2%
0W–0L
Losses
55W–12L · 82.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Machado Garry
Neal
37W–14L · 72.5%
Overall
43W–15L · 74.1%
37W–14L · 72.5%
Wins
35W–13L · 72.9%
0W–0L
Losses
8W–2L · 80.0%
Distance striking
Machado Garry
Neal
7.84
Landed / min
5.72
55.7%
Accuracy
48.0%
54.9%
Defense
60.1%
0.89
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.92
77.5%
Time at distance
74.6%
Grappling & control
Machado Garry
Neal
0.67
Takedowns / 15 min
0.52
75.0%
Takedown accuracy
44.4%
69.2%
Takedown defense
89.7%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.13
38.1%
Control share
68.0%
Strike target map
Machado Garry
  • Head57%(254)div 63%
  • Body20%(90)div 21%
  • Legs23%(105)div 16%
Neal
  • Head89%(531)div 63%
  • Body7%(40)div 21%
  • Legs4%(24)div 16%

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

Ian Machado Garry
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Geoff Neal
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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