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Ben Saunders
Ben Saunders
20-7-2 · USA
VS
Court McGee
Court McGee
18-5 · USA
January 15, 2017 · Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Ben Saunders def. Court McGee by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Saunders22/520/000:00
McGee19/600/000:01
R2
Saunders17/570/000:00
McGee16/660/100:52
R3
Saunders10/300/000:00
McGee19/461/202:58
Total
Saunders49/1390/000:00
McGee54/1721/303:51

Scorecards

Saunders vs McGee

RdChris FloresDerek ClearyMarcos RosalesCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-99.4-9.7
R39-109-109-109-10
Total29-2829-2829-2828.3-28.8

Media (17 cards) · avg 29.128 · 17 Saunders · 0 McGee

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Saunders-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
SaundersWin probabilityMcGee
29.3%70.7%
KO / TKO
36%
Submission
4%
Decision
59%
Expected fight time: 11.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Saunders29%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%49%
Submission2%5%
Decision13%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2763)act 49
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.2)act 0
McGee71%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%31%
Submission3%4%
Decision46%65%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes58 (3375)act 54
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.6)act 1
Combined totals~106 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R220%
R35%
Distance60%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Saunders
41.5%+138
McGee
-13857.4%
Most takedownstie 56.3%
Saunders
7.9%+455
McGee
-45535.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Saunders
Expected: 48.5
48.5
Over 48.5
42.5%
+135
Under 48.5
57.5%
-135
061122
McGee
Expected: 57.5
57.5
Over 57.5
42.5%
+135
Under 57.5
57.5%
-135
072144
Takedowns — over/under
Saunders
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
11.0%
Exactly 0
89.0%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
McGee
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
38.1%
+163
Under 0.5
61.9%
-163
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 11.4 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
Saunders29.3%44.7%−15.4+115
McGee70.7%55.3%+15.4-135

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
67.7Striking69.6
McGee +1.9
58.5Grappling51.0
Saunders +7.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SaundersMcGee
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1560
Pound-for-pound
1565
1560
Divisional
1559
1511
Striking offense
1503
1511
Striking defense
1501
1508
Grappling offense
1491
1490
Grappling defense
1519
Physical
33 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'2"
Height
5'11"
77"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.34
Strikes landed / min
5.03
58%
Strike accuracy
37%
3.09
Strikes absorbed / min
3.44
48%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.33
Takedowns / 15 min
2.29
40%
Takedown accuracy
27%
73%
Takedown defense
70%
1.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
64%
UFC win rate
64%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
71%
Finish rate
29%
Recent opp. quality
364
Days since last fight
162
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ben Saunders
  • LPatrick CoteKO/TKO R2
    Close -1501y before
  • WKenny RobertsonS-DEC R3
    Close +1151y 6mo before
  • WJoe RiggsSUB R1
    Close -2502y 1mo before
  • WChris HeatherlySUB R1
    Close -3852y 5mo before
  • LDennis HallmanU-DEC R3
    Close -3006y 5mo before
Court McGee
  • WDominique SteeleU-DEC R3
    Close -1505mo before
  • LSantiago PonzinibbioKO/TKO R1
    Close +1009mo before
  • WMarcio Alexandre JuniorU-DEC R3
    Close -1651y 1mo before
  • LRyan LaFlareU-DEC R3
    Close +1103y 1mo before
  • WRobert WhittakerS-DEC R3
    Close +1703y 5mo before
Saunders — win / loss by method
Record: 20-7-2

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, 4 losses
W
45% of wins
L
57% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
35% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
20% of wins
L
43% of losses
UFC
7win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
3 (43%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
13win3loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (54%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
4 (31%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (15%)Decision(33%) 1
McGee — win / loss by method
Record: 18-5-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
28% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
28% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 4 losses
W
44% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
7win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (71%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (45%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (27%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (27%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Saunders
McGee
11
UFC fights
11
91.0 min · 8.3 avg
Octagon time
144.3 min · 13.1 avg
22y 3m
Career length
19y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Saunders
McGee
199W–52L · 79.3%
Overall
149W–36L · 80.5%
95W–26L · 78.5%
Wins
98W–30L · 76.6%
104W–26L · 80.0%
Losses
51W–6L · 89.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Saunders
McGee
233W–69L · 77.2%
Overall
153W–67L · 69.5%
172W–57L · 75.1%
Wins
74W–51L · 59.2%
61W–12L · 83.6%
Losses
79W–16L · 83.2%
Distance striking
Saunders
McGee
7.89
Landed / min
5.86
47.8%
Accuracy
34.6%
59.5%
Defense
64.0%
0.33
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
22.6%
Time at distance
71.7%
Grappling & control
Saunders
McGee
0.33
Takedowns / 15 min
2.29
40.0%
Takedown accuracy
27.2%
72.5%
Takedown defense
70.0%
1.48
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.62
24.4%
Control share
87.7%
Strike target map
Saunders
  • Head55%(167)div 63%
  • Body36%(110)div 21%
  • Legs9%(27)div 16%
McGee
  • Head60%(438)div 63%
  • Body20%(146)div 21%
  • Legs20%(142)div 16%

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

Ben Saunders
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.