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UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simon
Marcus McGhee
Marcus McGhee
6-1 · USA
VS
Journey Newson
Journey Newson
10-4 · USA
April 29, 2023 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Catch Weight · 140 lb · 3 rounds
140.0lb
Weigh-in
138.5lb
Marcus McGhee def. Journey Newson by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 2:03
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
McGhee19/420/000:00
Newson9/390/300:34
R2 · 2:03
McGhee6/110/010:31
Newson4/70/300:29
Total
McGhee25/530/010:31
Newson13/460/601:03

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 probabilityNewson
48.2%51.8%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
15%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 10.8 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 McGhee, blue toward Newson. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
McGhee48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%41%24%
Submission5%11%5%
Decision23%48%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (1652)act 25
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.4)act 0
Newson52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%23%21%
Submission10%19%12%
Decision30%58%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (1551)act 13
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.5)act 0
Combined totals~76 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R214%
R38%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
McGhee
49.7%-101
Newson
+10149.1%
Most takedownstie 31.7%
McGhee
42.3%-163
Newson
+16326.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
McGhee
Expected: 38.4
38.5
Over 38.5
39.6%
+152
Under 38.5
60.4%
-152
04896
Newson
Expected: 37.8
38
Over 38
38.8%
+154
Exactly 38
1.3%
push
Under 38
59.9%
-154
04895
Takedowns — over/under
McGhee
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
35.6%
+124
Exactly 1
20.3%
push
Under 1
44.1%
-124
035
Newson
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
41.6%
+140
Under 0.5
58.4%
-140
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 10.8 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
McGhee48.2%41.2%+7.0+131
Newson51.8%58.8%−7.0-161
By method
McGhee by KO/TKO15.1%23.6%−8.5+252
McGhee by submission7.2%4.9%+2.3+1601
McGhee by decision25.9%12.9%+13.0+547
Newson by KO/TKO16.2%21.0%−4.8+296
Newson by submission7.7%12.1%−4.4+588
Newson by decision27.8%25.4%+2.4+228
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds76.3%60.3%+16.0-183
Over 2.5 rds61.9%43.1%+18.8+118
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision53.7%37.7%+16.0+149

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
McGheeNewson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1515
Pound-for-pound
1497
1515
Divisional
1525
1500
Striking offense
1492
1500
Striking defense
1515
1500
Grappling offense
1485
1500
Grappling defense
1505
Physical
32 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'5"
69"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
2.76
Strike accuracy
33%
Strikes absorbed / min
2.42
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
0.65
Takedown accuracy
33%
Takedown defense
44%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
20%
Win/loss streak
-1
Last-5 win rate
20%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
133
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Marcus McGhee
No prior UFC fights.
Journey Newson
  • LSergey MorozovU-DEC R3
    Close +2574mo before
  • WFernie GarciaU-DEC R3
    Close +1031y before
  • LRandy CostaKO/TKO R1
    Close -1372y 7mo before
  • LRicardo RamosU-DEC R3
    Close +3153y 10mo before
McGhee — win / loss by method
Record: 6-1-0

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
100% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Newson — win / loss by method
Record: 10-4-0, 1 NC

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, 2 losses
W
30% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
40% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (33%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
McGhee
Newson
0
UFC fights
5
Octagon time
46.3 min · 9.3 avg
Career length
10y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

McGhee
Newson
Overall
45W–10L · 81.8%
Wins
10W–1L · 90.9%
Losses
35W–9L · 79.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
McGhee
Newson
29W–19L · 60.4%
Overall
40W–32L · 55.6%
23W–18L · 56.1%
Wins
35W–32L · 52.2%
6W–1L · 85.7%
Losses
5W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
McGhee
Newson
Landed / min
3.35
Accuracy
31.0%
Defense
70.5%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.32
Time at distance
74.9%
Grappling & control
McGhee
Newson
Takedowns / 15 min
0.65
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
Takedown defense
43.8%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.32
Control share
8.8%
Strike target map
McGhee
  • Head0%(0)div 64%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.
Newson
  • Head38%(49)div 64%
  • Body29%(37)div 20%
  • Legs33%(42)div 16%

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

Marcus McGhee

No UFC fights on record.

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

Journey Newson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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