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Sean Strickland
Sean Strickland
18-2 · USA
VS
Court McGee
Court McGee
18-6 · USA
November 11, 2017 · Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
169.5lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Sean Strickland def. Court McGee by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Strickland25/1091/100:25
McGee24/1070/000:00
R2
Strickland31/850/000:03
McGee22/1070/600:38
R3
Strickland22/602/202:14
McGee16/460/501:03
Total
Strickland78/2543/302:42
McGee62/2600/1101:41

Scorecards

Strickland vs McGee

RdDerek ClearyJeff MullenLuc BelhumeurCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9.1
R29-109-1010-99.6-9.5
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2829-2830-2729.6-27.6

Media (12 cards) · avg 29.327.8 · 12 Strickland · 0 McGee

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Strickland-McGee.

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
StricklandWin probabilityMcGee
78.9%21.1%
KO / TKO
53%
Submission
1%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 12.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Strickland79%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO43%55%
Submission1%1%
Decision35%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes111 (64144)act 78
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 3
McGee21%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%43%
Submission0%1%
Decision12%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes68 (3988)act 62
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.6)act 0
Combined totals~178 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R13%
R219%
R332%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Strickland
71.6%-257
McGee
+25727.9%
Most takedownstie 67.4%
Strickland
19.2%-143
McGee
+14313.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Strickland
Expected: 110.6
110.5
Over 110.5
42.6%
+135
Under 110.5
57.4%
-135
0139277
McGee
Expected: 67.7
67.5
Over 67.5
42.7%
+134
Under 67.5
57.3%
-134
085170
Takedowns — over/under
Strickland
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
21.3%
+370
Under 0.5
78.7%
-370
035
McGee
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
16.0%
Exactly 0
84.0%
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 12.4 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
Strickland78.9%72.0%+6.9-290
McGee21.1%28.0%−6.9+245

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
65.3Striking69.0
McGee +3.8
55.4Grappling49.8
Strickland +5.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
StricklandMcGee
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1592
Pound-for-pound
1548
1568
Divisional
1543
1503
Striking offense
1502
1509
Striking defense
1503
1494
Grappling offense
1488
1526
Grappling defense
1527
Physical
26 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'11"
76"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.91
Strikes landed / min
4.90
36%
Strike accuracy
37%
3.32
Strikes absorbed / min
3.42
63%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.28
Takedowns / 15 min
2.17
50%
Takedown accuracy
27%
73%
Takedown defense
70%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
58%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
40%
40%
Finish rate
29%
Recent opp. quality
217
Days since last fight
300
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sean Strickland
  • LKamaru UsmanU-DEC R3
    Close +2457mo before
  • WTom BreeseS-DEC R3
    Close -1101y 5mo before
  • WAlex GarciaKO/TKO R3
    Close -1151y 9mo before
  • WIgor AraujoU-DEC R3
    Close -4702y 4mo before
  • LSantiago PonzinibbioU-DEC R3
    Close -2002y 9mo before
Court McGee
  • LBen SaundersU-DEC R3
    Close -13510mo before
  • WDominique SteeleU-DEC R3
    Close -1501y 3mo before
  • LSantiago PonzinibbioKO/TKO R1
    Close +1001y 7mo before
  • WMarcio Alexandre JuniorU-DEC R3
    Close -1651y 11mo before
  • LRyan LaFlareU-DEC R3
    Close +1103y 11mo before
Strickland — win / loss by method
Record: 18-2-0

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
44% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (60%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
13win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (54%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (23%)Submission() 0
3 (23%)Decision() 0
McGee — win / loss by method
Record: 18-6-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
28% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
28% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 5 losses
W
44% of wins
L
83% of losses
UFC
7win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (71%)Decision(80%) 4
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (45%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (27%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (27%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Strickland
McGee
7
UFC fights
12
94.0 min · 13.4 avg
Octagon time
159.3 min · 13.3 avg
18y 4m
Career length
19y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Strickland
McGee
104W–19L · 84.6%
Overall
169W–43L · 79.7%
76W–16L · 82.6%
Wins
98W–30L · 76.6%
28W–3L · 90.3%
Losses
71W–13L · 84.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Strickland
McGee
83W–34L · 70.9%
Overall
153W–67L · 69.5%
83W–34L · 70.9%
Wins
74W–51L · 59.2%
0W–0L
Losses
79W–16L · 83.2%
Distance striking
Strickland
McGee
4.37
Landed / min
5.73
32.2%
Accuracy
34.2%
66.0%
Defense
64.1%
0.32
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
68.3%
Time at distance
71.3%
Grappling & control
Strickland
McGee
1.28
Takedowns / 15 min
2.17
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
27.4%
73.1%
Takedown defense
70.0%
0.48
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.57
49.4%
Control share
89.0%
Strike target map
Strickland
  • Head80%(295)div 63%
  • Body8%(29)div 21%
  • Legs12%(43)div 16%
McGee
  • Head59%(463)div 63%
  • Body20%(154)div 21%
  • Legs21%(163)div 16%

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

Sean Strickland
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Court McGee
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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