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UFC Fight Night: McDonald vs. Lineker
Tim Boetsch
Tim Boetsch
18-10 · USA
VS
Josh Samman
Josh Samman
12-3 · USA
July 13, 2016 · Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Tim Boetsch def. Josh Samman by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 3:49
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Boetsch12/221/101:15
Samman13/330/302:07
R2 · 3:49
Boetsch26/361/103:07
Samman4/60/000:00
Total
Boetsch38/582/204:22
Samman17/390/302:07

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
BoetschWin probabilitySamman
34.4%65.6%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
20%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 9.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Boetsch34%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%27%
Submission5%14%
Decision20%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1639)act 38
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 2
Samman66%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%33%
Submission16%23%
Decision29%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (2046)act 17
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 0
Combined totals~65 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R212%
R37%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Boetsch
41.3%+138
Samman
-13857.0%
Most takedownstie 51.5%
Boetsch
9.5%+410
Samman
-41039.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Boetsch
Expected: 29.8
30
Over 30
41.0%
+138
Exactly 30
2.2%
push
Under 30
56.8%
-138
03875
Samman
Expected: 35.4
35.5
Over 35.5
42.4%
+136
Under 35.5
57.6%
-136
04589
Takedowns — over/under
Boetsch
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
14.1%
Exactly 0
85.9%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Samman
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
42.3%
+137
Under 0.5
57.7%
-137
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 9.9 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
Boetsch34.4%31.6%+2.8+205
Samman65.6%68.4%−2.8-245

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
66.2Striking61.5
Boetsch +4.7
50.2Grappling47.3
Boetsch +2.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BoetschSamman
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1526
Pound-for-pound
1548
1540
Divisional
1549
1507
Striking offense
1512
1516
Striking defense
1517
1465
Grappling offense
1506
1490
Grappling defense
1494
Physical
35 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'3"
74"
Reach
79"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.78
Strikes landed / min
2.13
50%
Strike accuracy
56%
2.89
Strikes absorbed / min
1.97
56%
Strike defense
35%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.62
Takedowns / 15 min
1.39
33%
Takedown accuracy
50%
55%
Takedown defense
43%
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
75%
-3
Win/loss streak
-1
20%
Last-5 win rate
75%
44%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
178
Days since last fight
207
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tim Boetsch
  • LEd HermanKO/TKO R2
    Close -1706mo before
  • LDan HendersonKO/TKO R1
    Close -1851y 1mo before
  • LThales LeitesSUB R2
    Close +2701y 5mo before
  • WBrad TavaresKO/TKO R2
    Close +2851y 11mo before
  • LLuke RockholdSUB R1
    Close +8002y 3mo before
Josh Samman
  • LTamdan McCrorySUB R3
    Close -2207mo before
  • WCaio MagalhaesSUB R1
    Close +1001y before
  • WEddie GordonKO/TKO R2
    Close +1301y 7mo before
  • WKevin CaseyKO/TKO R2
    Close -4553y 3mo before
Boetsch — win / loss by method
Record: 18-10-0

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
10 wins, 4 losses
W
56% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 3 losses
W
17% of wins
L
30% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 3 losses
W
28% of wins
L
30% of losses
UFC
9win9loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO(44%) 4
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 3
5 (56%)Decision(22%) 2
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Samman — win / loss by method
Record: 12-3-0

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (22%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (11%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Boetsch
Samman
18
UFC fights
4
175.6 min · 9.8 avg
Octagon time
32.5 min · 8.1 avg
19y 9m
Career length
19y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Boetsch
Samman
278W–64L · 81.3%
Overall
34W–7L · 82.9%
142W–27L · 84.0%
Wins
21W–4L · 84.0%
136W–37L · 78.6%
Losses
13W–3L · 81.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Boetsch
Samman
80W–45L · 64.0%
Overall
46W–28L · 62.2%
62W–42L · 59.6%
Wins
34W–24L · 58.6%
18W–3L · 85.7%
Losses
12W–4L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Boetsch
Samman
3.97
Landed / min
6.63
42.7%
Accuracy
45.1%
68.1%
Defense
68.2%
0.51
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.92
43.8%
Time at distance
10.7%
Grappling & control
Boetsch
Samman
1.62
Takedowns / 15 min
1.39
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
54.5%
Takedown defense
42.9%
0.94
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.46
33.6%
Control share
37.2%
Strike target map
Boetsch
  • Head58%(282)div 63%
  • Body25%(122)div 19%
  • Legs17%(84)div 18%
Samman
  • Head39%(27)div 63%
  • Body43%(30)div 19%
  • Legs17%(12)div 18%

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

Tim Boetsch
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Josh Samman
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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