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John Makdessi
John Makdessi
16-6 · CAN
VS
Jesus Pinedo
Jesus Pinedo
16-4-1 · PER
March 23, 2019 · Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
154.0lb
Weigh-in
155.5lb
John Makdessi def. Jesus Pinedo by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Makdessi14/280/000:00
Pinedo7/250/000:00
R2
Makdessi28/500/000:02
Pinedo13/370/000:00
R3
Makdessi31/590/000:00
Pinedo17/510/000:00
Total
Makdessi73/1370/000:02
Pinedo37/1130/000:00

Scorecards

Makdessi vs Pinedo

RdAnthony ManessRick WinterTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R29-1010-910-99.9-9.2
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total29-2830-2730-2729.7-27.4

Media (16 cards) · avg 29.527.5 · 16 Makdessi · 0 Pinedo

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

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
MakdessiWin probabilityPinedo
29.1%70.9%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
10%
Decision
67%
Expected fight time: 12.5 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Makdessi, blue toward Pinedo. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Makdessi29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%25%
Submission1%3%
Decision21%72%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes85 (49110)act 73
Takedowns0.6 (0.01.9)act 0
Pinedo71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%22%
Submission9%13%
Decision46%65%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes88 (50114)act 37
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Combined totals~172 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R114%
R26%
R312%
Distance68%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Makdessi
48.1%+107
Pinedo
-10751.3%
Most takedownstie 31.9%
Makdessi
49.0%-256
Pinedo
+25619.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Makdessi
Expected: 84.7
84.5
Over 84.5
42.7%
+134
Under 84.5
57.3%
-134
0106212
Pinedo
Expected: 87.7
87.5
Over 87.5
42.6%
+135
Under 87.5
57.4%
-135
0110220
Takedowns — over/under
Makdessi
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
66.8%
-201
Under 0.5
33.2%
+201
035
Pinedo
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
36.7%
+172
Under 0.5
63.3%
-172
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 12.5 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
Makdessi29.1%72.4%−43.3-300
Pinedo70.9%27.6%+43.3+250

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
76.0Striking64.3
Makdessi +11.7
24.4Grappling75.0
Pinedo +50.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MakdessiPinedo
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1566
Pound-for-pound
1538
1556
Divisional
1538
1529
Striking offense
1499
1502
Striking defense
1500
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
33 yrs
Age
22 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'10"
68"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
5.49
Strikes landed / min
4.00
51%
Strike accuracy
42%
3.89
Strikes absorbed / min
3.87
71%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
5.00
0%
Takedown accuracy
100%
88%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
33%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
238
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
John Makdessi
  • WRoss PearsonU-DEC R3
    Close -2358mo before
  • WAbel TrujilloU-DEC R3
    Close +1251y 3mo before
  • LLando VannataKO/TKO R1
    Close +1352y 3mo before
  • WMehdi BaghdadS-DEC R3
    Close -1302y 8mo before
  • LYancy MedeirosS-DEC R3
    Close -1703y 3mo before
Jesus Pinedo
  • WDevin PowellU-DEC R3
    Close -2404mo before
Makdessi — win / loss by method
Record: 16-6-0

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
9 wins, 2 losses
W
56% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 3 losses
W
44% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
9win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(17%) 1
6 (67%)Decision(50%) 3
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (86%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (14%)Decision() 0
Pinedo — win / loss by method
Record: 16-4-1

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
7 wins, 2 losses
W
44% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
31% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
15win4loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (47%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
4 (27%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (27%)Decision(50%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Makdessi
Pinedo
15
UFC fights
1
167.7 min · 11.2 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
17y 10m
Career length
13y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Makdessi
Pinedo
236W–74L · 76.1%
Overall
9W–3L · 75.0%
116W–45L · 72.0%
Wins
9W–3L · 75.0%
120W–29L · 80.5%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Makdessi
Pinedo
33W–24L · 57.9%
Overall
68W–53L · 56.2%
33W–24L · 57.9%
Wins
53W–41L · 56.4%
0W–0L
Losses
15W–12L · 55.6%
Distance striking
Makdessi
Pinedo
5.60
Landed / min
4.04
50.8%
Accuracy
35.8%
72.1%
Defense
55.8%
0.54
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
90.2%
Time at distance
62.7%
Grappling & control
Makdessi
Pinedo
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
5.00
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
87.8%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
31.6%
Control share
94.7%
Strike target map
Makdessi
  • Head55%(503)div 63%
  • Body25%(228)div 20%
  • Legs21%(189)div 17%
Pinedo
  • Head58%(35)div 63%
  • Body27%(16)div 20%
  • Legs15%(9)div 17%

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

John Makdessi
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jesus Pinedo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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