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UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Dos Anjos
Marcus McGhee
Marcus McGhee
7-1 · USA
VS
JP Buys
JP Buys
9-5 · ZAF
August 12, 2023 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
Marcus McGhee def. JP Buys by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 2:19
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:19
McGhee7/130/010:05
Buys4/300/100:00
Total
McGhee7/130/010:05
Buys4/300/100:00

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 probabilityBuys
53.7%46.3%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
26%
Decision
40%
Expected fight time: 9.4 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 Buys. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
McGhee54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%39%49%
Submission11%21%10%
Decision22%40%14%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (1551)act 7
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Buys46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%29%6%
Submission14%31%11%
Decision19%40%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1344)act 4
Takedowns1.8 (0.04.9)act 0
Combined totals~70 sig strikes~2.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R217%
R310%
Distance40%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
McGhee
54.0%-121
Buys
+12144.6%
Most takedownstie 21.9%
McGhee
13.2%+492
Buys
-49264.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
McGhee
Expected: 37.7
37.5
Over 37.5
40.0%
+150
Under 37.5
60.0%
-150
04895
Buys
Expected: 32.5
32.5
Over 32.5
39.8%
+151
Under 32.5
60.2%
-151
04182
Takedowns — over/under
McGhee
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
31.0%
+223
Under 0.5
69.0%
-223
035
Buys
Expected: 1.8
2
Over 2
36.7%
+124
Exactly 2
17.7%
push
Under 2
45.6%
-124
036

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 9.4 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
McGhee53.7%74.4%−20.7-348
Buys46.3%25.6%+20.7+273
By method
McGhee by KO/TKO18.4%49.1%−30.7-143
McGhee by submission13.8%10.4%+3.4+700
McGhee by decision21.5%13.6%+7.9+513
Buys by KO/TKO15.9%6.1%+9.8+1263
Buys by submission11.9%11.4%+0.5+630
Buys by decision18.6%9.3%+9.3+800
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds66.9%45.7%+21.2+105
Over 2.5 rds50.5%29.1%+21.4+220
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision40.1%23.8%+16.3+293

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
75.6Striking44.1
McGhee +31.5
50.0Grappling40.6
McGhee +9.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
McGheeBuys
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1530
Pound-for-pound
1479
1515
Divisional
1511
1500
Striking offense
1488
1505
Striking defense
1482
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
33 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'5"
69"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.55
Strikes landed / min
1.33
47%
Strike accuracy
35%
1.84
Strikes absorbed / min
3.53
72%
Strike defense
37%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.62
Takedown accuracy
10%
100%
Takedown defense
29%
2.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.5
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
0%
+1
Win/loss streak
-3
100%
Last-5 win rate
0%
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
105
Days since last fight
413
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Marcus McGhee
  • WJourney NewsonSUB R2
    Close +1323mo before
JP Buys
  • LCody DurdenKO/TKO R1
    Close -1161y 2mo before
  • LMontel JacksonU-DEC R3
    Close +4581y 11mo before
  • LBruno SilvaKO/TKO R2
    Close -1412y 5mo before
McGhee — win / loss by method
Record: 7-1-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
86% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)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
Buys — win / loss by method
Record: 9-5-0

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
3 wins, 3 losses
W
33% of wins
L
60% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
20% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(67%) 2
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
5 (56%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (11%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
McGhee
Buys
1
UFC fights
3
7.0 min · 7.0 avg
Octagon time
24.1 min · 8.0 avg
6y 5m
Career length
11y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

McGhee
Buys
10W–4L · 71.4%
Overall
32W–11L · 74.4%
10W–4L · 71.4%
Wins
0W–0L
0W–0L
Losses
32W–11L · 74.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
McGhee
Buys
29W–19L · 60.4%
Overall
47W–24L · 66.2%
23W–18L · 56.1%
Wins
35W–18L · 66.0%
6W–1L · 85.7%
Losses
12W–6L · 66.7%
Distance striking
McGhee
Buys
4.05
Landed / min
4.01
44.7%
Accuracy
31.0%
73.3%
Defense
37.5%
2.13
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
73.6%
Time at distance
26.9%
Grappling & control
McGhee
Buys
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.62
Takedown accuracy
10.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
28.6%
2.13
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.49
33.0%
Control share
14.2%
Strike target map
McGhee
  • Head56%(14)div 62%
  • Body36%(9)div 21%
  • Legs8%(2)div 17%
Buys
  • Head47%(15)div 62%
  • Body28%(9)div 21%
  • Legs25%(8)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.

JP Buys
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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