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UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis
Neil Magny
Neil Magny
28-11 · USA
VS
Mike Malott
Mike Malott
10-1-1 · CAN
January 20, 2024 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.8lb
Weigh-in
170.5lb
Neil Magny def. Mike Malott by KO/TKO (Punches), R3 4:45
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Magny5/250/000:03
Malott20/310/000:18
R2
Magny6/150/100:00
Malott21/302/203:08
R3 · 4:45
Magny46/621/101:44
Malott4/62/402:36
Total
Magny57/1021/201:47
Malott45/674/606:02

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
MagnyWin probabilityMalott
43.9%56.1%
KO / TKO
38%
Submission
18%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 9.8 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 Magny, blue toward Malott. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Magny44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%29%7%
Submission3%8%4%
Decision28%63%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1445)act 57
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 1
Malott56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%45%20%
Submission14%25%39%
Decision17%30%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1240)act 45
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.8)act 4
Combined totals~63 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R220%
R38%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Magny
53.2%-117
Malott
+11745.3%
Most takedownstie 44.7%
Magny
11.5%+380
Malott
-38043.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Magny
Expected: 33.4
33.5
Over 33.5
39.7%
+152
Under 33.5
60.3%
-152
04284
Malott
Expected: 29.5
29.5
Over 29.5
39.8%
+151
Under 29.5
60.2%
-151
03774
Takedowns — over/under
Magny
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.9%
Exactly 0
82.1%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Malott
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
48.9%
+104
Under 0.5
51.1%
-104
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 9.8 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
Magny43.9%24.0%+19.9+299
Malott56.1%76.0%−19.9-385
By method
Magny by KO/TKO16.7%7.3%+9.4+1029
Magny by submission7.8%4.1%+3.7+1930
Magny by decision19.3%13.4%+5.9+513
Malott by KO/TKO21.4%20.4%+1.0+302
Malott by submission10.0%39.3%−29.3+109
Malott by decision24.8%15.5%+9.3+432
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds71.6%52.0%+19.6-125
Over 2.5 rds51.5%37.7%+13.8+150
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision44.1%31.8%+12.3+193

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
67.9Striking80.6
Malott +12.7
48.5Grappling66.0
Malott +17.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MagnyMalott
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1646
Pound-for-pound
1565
1639
Divisional
1565
1513
Striking offense
1506
1526
Striking defense
1516
1476
Grappling offense
1504
1486
Grappling defense
1514
Physical
36 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'1"
80"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.45
Strikes landed / min
3.99
46%
Strike accuracy
55%
2.40
Strikes absorbed / min
1.64
53%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.22
Takedowns / 15 min
3.21
41%
Takedown accuracy
100%
56%
Takedown defense
0%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.1
Form & résumé
68%
UFC win rate
100%
-1
Win/loss streak
+3
40%
Last-5 win rate
100%
33%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
224
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Neil Magny
  • LIan Machado GarryU-DEC R3
    Close +3805mo before
  • WPhil RoweS-DEC R3
    Close -1757mo before
  • LGilbert BurnsSUB R1
    Close +3961y before
  • WDaniel RodriguezSUB R3
    Close -1171y 2mo before
  • LShavkat RakhmonovSUB R2
    Close +3641y 7mo before
Mike Malott
  • WAdam FugittSUB R2
    Close -2227mo before
  • WYohan LainesseSUB R1
    Close -22111mo before
  • WMickey GallKO/TKO R1
    Close -1711y 9mo before
Magny — win / loss by method
Record: 28-11-0

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, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
18% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 6 losses
W
14% of wins
L
55% of losses
Decision
17 wins, 3 losses
W
61% of wins
L
27% of losses
UFC
21win10loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (24%)KO/TKO(20%) 2
2 (10%)Submission(50%) 5
14 (67%)Decision(30%) 3
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(100%) 1
3 (43%)Decision(0%) 0
Malott — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-1

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (67%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
4 (57%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Magny
Malott
31
UFC fights
3
392.6 min · 12.7 avg
Octagon time
14.0 min · 4.7 avg
16y 0m
Career length
15y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Magny
Malott
518W–132L · 79.7%
Overall
25W–8L · 75.8%
343W–90L · 79.2%
Wins
25W–8L · 75.8%
175W–42L · 80.6%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Magny
Malott
19W–5L · 79.2%
Overall
32W–10L · 76.2%
16W–5L · 76.2%
Wins
30W–10L · 75.0%
3W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
2W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Magny
Malott
4.85
Landed / min
4.70
36.1%
Accuracy
51.6%
56.9%
Defense
63.9%
0.08
Knockdowns / 15 min
2.14
42.3%
Time at distance
74.2%
Grappling & control
Magny
Malott
2.22
Takedowns / 15 min
3.21
40.8%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
55.7%
Takedown defense
0.0%
0.27
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.14
41.1%
Control share
88.6%
Strike target map
Magny
  • Head69%(939)div 63%
  • Body20%(268)div 21%
  • Legs11%(149)div 16%
Malott
  • Head59%(33)div 63%
  • Body34%(19)div 21%
  • Legs7%(4)div 16%

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

Neil Magny
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mike Malott
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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