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Jamie Mullarkey
Jamie Mullarkey
17-6 · AUS
VS
John Makdessi
John Makdessi
18-8 · CAN
September 9, 2023 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.4lb
Weigh-in
155.1lb
Jamie Mullarkey def. John Makdessi by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Mullarkey22/450/000:00
Makdessi24/510/000:00
R2
Mullarkey37/620/100:00
Makdessi21/610/000:00
R3
Mullarkey29/720/100:00
Makdessi38/760/100:00
Total
Mullarkey88/1790/200:00
Makdessi83/1880/100:00

Scorecards

Mullarkey vs Makdessi

RdDavid LethabyEric ColónMark ChristieCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R29-1010-99-109.1-9.9
R310-99-1010-99.1-9.9
Total29-2829-2829-2828.1-28.9

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 14 Mullarkey · 0 Makdessi

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Mullarkey-Makdessi.

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
MullarkeyWin probabilityMakdessi
63.9%36.1%
KO / TKO
20%
Submission
5%
Decision
75%
Expected fight time: 12.8 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 Mullarkey, blue toward Makdessi. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Mullarkey64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%22%
Submission5%8%
Decision45%70%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes74 (31100)act 88
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.2)act 0
Makdessi36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%16%
Submission0%1%
Decision30%83%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes71 (3096)act 83
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Combined totals~145 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R111%
R29%
R35%
Distance75%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Mullarkey
50.8%-104
Makdessi
+10448.6%
Most takedownstie 40.9%
Mullarkey
46.6%-370
Makdessi
+37012.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Mullarkey
Expected: 73.8
74
Over 74
39.3%
+153
Exactly 74
0.7%
push
Under 74
60.0%
-153
093185
Makdessi
Expected: 70.8
71
Over 71
39.3%
+153
Exactly 71
0.7%
push
Under 71
60.1%
-153
089177
Takedowns — over/under
Mullarkey
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
32.9%
+144
Exactly 1
19.5%
push
Under 1
47.5%
-144
035
Makdessi
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
20.6%
Exactly 0
79.4%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 12.8 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
Mullarkey63.9%71.8%−7.9-298
Makdessi36.1%28.2%+7.9+240

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
64.2Striking75.3
Makdessi +11.2
53.8Grappling23.8
Mullarkey +30.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MullarkeyMakdessi
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1531
Pound-for-pound
1563
1530
Divisional
1555
1515
Striking offense
1530
1487
Striking defense
1504
1505
Grappling offense
1438
1518
Grappling defense
1578
Physical
29 yrs
Age
38 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'8"
74"
Reach
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.20
Strikes landed / min
5.52
47%
Strike accuracy
50%
4.20
Strikes absorbed / min
4.04
55%
Strike defense
69%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.91
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
36%
Takedown accuracy
0%
75%
Takedown defense
86%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
58%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
50%
Finish rate
27%
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
371
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jamie Mullarkey
  • LMuhammad NaimovKO/TKO R2
    Close -4743mo before
  • WFrancisco PradoU-DEC R3
    Close -2657mo before
  • WMichael JohnsonS-DEC R3
    Close -2371y 2mo before
  • LJalin TurnerKO/TKO R2
    Close +1281y 6mo before
  • WDevonte SmithKO/TKO R2
    Close +1311y 11mo before
John Makdessi
  • LNasrat HaqparastU-DEC R3
    Close +1961y before
  • WIgnacio BahamondesS-DEC R3
    Close +1632y 5mo before
  • LFrancisco TrinaldoU-DEC R3
    Close +1503y 6mo before
  • WJesus PinedoU-DEC R3
    Close -3004y 6mo before
  • WRoss PearsonU-DEC R3
    Close -2355y 1mo before
Mullarkey — win / loss by method
Record: 17-6-0

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
10 wins, 4 losses
W
59% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
24% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
18% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
4win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
13win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (62%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
4 (31%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (8%)Decision(0%) 0
Makdessi — win / loss by method
Record: 18-8-0

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, 2 losses
W
50% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 5 losses
W
50% of wins
L
63% of losses
UFC
11win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (27%)KO/TKO(25%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(13%) 1
8 (73%)Decision(63%) 5
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (86%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (14%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Mullarkey
Makdessi
8
UFC fights
19
82.4 min · 10.3 avg
Octagon time
227.7 min · 12.0 avg
12y 9m
Career length
17y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Mullarkey
Makdessi
93W–37L · 71.5%
Overall
300W–93L · 76.3%
58W–26L · 69.0%
Wins
143W–52L · 73.3%
35W–11L · 76.1%
Losses
157W–41L · 79.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Mullarkey
Makdessi
70W–39L · 64.2%
Overall
33W–24L · 57.9%
54W–32L · 62.8%
Wins
33W–24L · 57.9%
16W–7L · 69.6%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Mullarkey
Makdessi
5.22
Landed / min
5.61
43.7%
Accuracy
50.0%
58.5%
Defense
70.3%
0.36
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.40
64.9%
Time at distance
91.3%
Grappling & control
Mullarkey
Makdessi
2.91
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
35.6%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
75.0%
Takedown defense
85.7%
0.18
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
80.0%
Control share
28.5%
Strike target map
Mullarkey
  • Head51%(178)div 63%
  • Body24%(83)div 21%
  • Legs25%(85)div 16%
Makdessi
  • Head51%(641)div 63%
  • Body24%(303)div 21%
  • Legs25%(313)div 16%

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

Jamie Mullarkey
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

John Makdessi
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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