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UFC Fight Night: McDonald vs. Lineker
John Lineker
John Lineker
27-7 · BRA
VS
Michael McDonald
Michael McDonald
17-3 · USA
July 13, 2016 · Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
Bantamweight · 5 rounds · Main event
John Lineker def. Michael McDonald by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 2:43
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:43
Lineker26/550/020:08
McDonald14/300/000:00
Total
Lineker26/550/020:08
McDonald14/300/000:00

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
LinekerWin probabilityMcDonald
34.4%65.6%
KO / TKO
40%
Submission
17%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 17.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Lineker34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%38%
Submission3%10%
Decision18%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes88 (50114)act 26
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
McDonald66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%41%
Submission13%20%
Decision26%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes70 (4091)act 14
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Combined totals~158 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R210%
R314%
R48%
R55%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Lineker
60.0%-152
McDonald
+15239.3%
Most takedownstie 51.2%
Lineker
25.8%-112
McDonald
+11223.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lineker
Expected: 87.7
87.5
Over 87.5
42.6%
+135
Under 87.5
57.4%
-135
0110220
McDonald
Expected: 70.2
70
Over 70
42.2%
+135
Exactly 70
1.0%
push
Under 70
56.8%
-135
088176
Takedowns — over/under
Lineker
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
31.5%
+218
Under 0.5
68.5%
-218
035
McDonald
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
29.1%
+244
Under 0.5
70.9%
-244
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 17.0 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
Lineker34.4%48.9%−14.5-105
McDonald65.6%51.1%+14.5-115

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
69.7Striking64.2
Lineker +5.5
59.2Grappling62.4
McDonald +3.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LinekerMcDonald
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1618
Pound-for-pound
1592
1568
Divisional
1592
1528
Striking offense
1503
1511
Striking defense
1514
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
26 yrs
Age
25 yrs
5'3"
Height
5'9"
67"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.57
Strikes landed / min
2.61
41%
Strike accuracy
42%
3.93
Strikes absorbed / min
2.58
59%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.74
Takedowns / 15 min
1.16
63%
Takedown accuracy
67%
70%
Takedown defense
53%
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.4
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
75%
+4
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
63%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
60
Days since last fight
193
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
John Lineker
  • WRob FontU-DEC R3
    Close -1452mo before
  • WFrancisco RiveraSUB R1
    Close -15010mo before
  • WIan McCallU-DEC R3
    Close +2001y 5mo before
  • WAlptekin OzkilicKO/TKO R3
    Close -3452y before
  • LAli BagautinovU-DEC R3
    Close +1352y 5mo before
Michael McDonald
  • WMasanori KaneharaSUB R2
    Close -6006mo before
  • LUrijah FaberSUB R2
    Close +1302y 7mo before
  • WBrad PickettSUB R2
    Close -3202y 11mo before
  • LRenan BaraoSUB R4
    Close +2653y 5mo before
  • WMiguel TorresKO/TKO R1
    Close -1054y 3mo before
Lineker — win / loss by method
Record: 27-7-0

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
12 wins, 0 losses
W
44% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 3 losses
W
15% of wins
L
43% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 4 losses
W
37% of wins
L
57% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
4% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (13%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (38%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
19win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (42%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (16%)Submission(40%) 2
7 (37%)Decision(60%) 3
1 (5%)DQ / other(0%) 0
McDonald — win / loss by method
Record: 17-3-0

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, 1 loss
W
53% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 2 losses
W
35% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
12% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
6win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (33%)Submission(100%) 2
2 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (64%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
4 (36%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Lineker
McDonald
10
UFC fights
8
101.9 min · 10.2 avg
Octagon time
77.4 min · 9.7 avg
17y 11m
Career length
18y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lineker
McDonald
143W–35L · 80.3%
Overall
168W–30L · 84.8%
126W–31L · 80.3%
Wins
110W–23L · 82.7%
17W–4L · 81.0%
Losses
58W–7L · 89.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lineker
McDonald
86W–34L · 71.7%
Overall
64W–25L · 71.9%
67W–27L · 71.3%
Wins
53W–21L · 71.6%
19W–7L · 73.1%
Losses
11W–4L · 73.3%
Distance striking
Lineker
McDonald
6.31
Landed / min
3.61
38.3%
Accuracy
40.0%
60.9%
Defense
60.6%
1.18
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.97
70.0%
Time at distance
60.1%
Grappling & control
Lineker
McDonald
0.74
Takedowns / 15 min
1.16
62.5%
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
70.3%
Takedown defense
52.6%
0.88
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.36
31.9%
Control share
25.3%
Strike target map
Lineker
  • Head57%(324)div 63%
  • Body35%(196)div 21%
  • Legs8%(48)div 16%
McDonald
  • Head78%(158)div 63%
  • Body11%(22)div 21%
  • Legs11%(22)div 16%

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

John Lineker
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Michael McDonald
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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