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UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2
Marcus McGhee
Marcus McGhee
8-1 · USA
VS
Gaston Bolanos
Gaston Bolanos
7-3 · USA
January 13, 2024 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Marcus McGhee def. Gaston Bolanos by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 3:29
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
McGhee35/581/301:47
Bolanos14/380/000:04
R2 · 3:29
McGhee30/650/010:00
Bolanos14/430/000:00
Total
McGhee65/1231/311:47
Bolanos28/810/000:04

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
McGheeWin probabilityBolanos
57.6%42.4%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
15%
Decision
57%
Expected fight time: 11.0 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 McGhee, blue toward Bolanos. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
McGhee58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%29%26%
Submission11%19%21%
Decision30%52%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1343)act 65
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.2)act 1
Bolanos42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%25%17%
Submission5%10%5%
Decision27%65%12%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (1757)act 28
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Combined totals~73 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R215%
R36%
Distance57%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
McGhee
40.1%+146
Bolanos
-14658.6%
Most takedownstie 33.5%
McGhee
45.4%-214
Bolanos
+21421.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
McGhee
Expected: 31.6
31.5
Over 31.5
39.9%
+151
Under 31.5
60.1%
-151
04079
Bolanos
Expected: 41.8
42
Over 42
39.0%
+154
Exactly 42
1.2%
push
Under 42
59.9%
-154
053105
Takedowns — over/under
McGhee
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
35.1%
+122
Exactly 1
21.9%
push
Under 1
43.0%
-122
035
Bolanos
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
34.8%
+187
Under 0.5
65.2%
-187
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 11.0 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
McGhee57.6%68.1%−10.5-247
Bolanos42.4%31.9%+10.5+200
By method
McGhee by KO/TKO15.6%26.4%−10.8+213
McGhee by submission8.8%21.3%−12.5+290
McGhee by decision33.1%18.9%+14.2+338
Bolanos by KO/TKO11.5%16.9%−5.4+391
Bolanos by submission6.5%4.7%+1.8+1647
Bolanos by decision24.4%11.7%+12.7+607
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds78.2%55.9%+22.3-148
Over 2.5 rds63.6%38.3%+25.3+144
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision57.5%33.1%+24.4+183

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
75.8Striking78.8
Bolanos +3.0
45.0Grappling11.1
McGhee +33.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
McGheeBolanos
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1544
Pound-for-pound
1528
1531
Divisional
1529
1508
Striking offense
1501
1510
Striking defense
1532
1507
Grappling offense
1479
1507
Grappling defense
1498
Physical
33 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'7"
69"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.42
Strikes landed / min
4.20
48%
Strike accuracy
50%
1.81
Strikes absorbed / min
1.13
78%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
40%
1.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
273
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Marcus McGhee
  • WJP BuysKO/TKO R1
    Close -3485mo before
  • WJourney NewsonSUB R2
    Close +1329mo before
Gaston Bolanos
  • WAaron PhillipsU-DEC R3
    Close -1849mo before
McGhee — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
88% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (50%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Bolanos — win / loss by method
Record: 7-3-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
86% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
McGhee
Bolanos
2
UFC fights
1
9.4 min · 4.7 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
6y 5m
Career length
9y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

McGhee
Bolanos
19W–9L · 67.9%
Overall
12W–4L · 75.0%
19W–9L · 67.9%
Wins
12W–4L · 75.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
McGhee
Bolanos
29W–19L · 60.4%
Overall
36W–22L · 62.1%
23W–18L · 56.1%
Wins
22W–16L · 57.9%
6W–1L · 85.7%
Losses
14W–6L · 70.0%
Distance striking
McGhee
Bolanos
3.80
Landed / min
5.90
46.7%
Accuracy
46.2%
78.4%
Defense
56.8%
3.20
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
78.7%
Time at distance
48.6%
Grappling & control
McGhee
Bolanos
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
40.0%
1.60
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
36.4%
Control share
21.0%
Strike target map
McGhee
  • Head63%(20)div 62%
  • Body28%(9)div 21%
  • Legs9%(3)div 17%
Bolanos
  • Head51%(32)div 62%
  • Body11%(7)div 21%
  • Legs38%(24)div 17%

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

Marcus McGhee
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Gaston Bolanos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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