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UFC Fight Night: McDonald vs. Lineker
Sam Alvey
Sam Alvey
26-8 · USA
VS
Eric Spicely
Eric Spicely
8-0 · USA
July 13, 2016 · Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Sam Alvey def. Eric Spicely by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R1 2:43
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:43
Alvey8/150/000:20
Spicely7/90/401:14
Total
Alvey8/150/000:20
Spicely7/90/401:14

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
AlveyWin probabilitySpicely
39.0%61.0%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
11%
Decision
61%
Expected fight time: 11.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Alvey39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%41%
Submission2%6%
Decision21%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2557)act 8
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.2)act 0
Spicely61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%19%
Submission9%15%
Decision40%66%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2558)act 7
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 0
Combined totals~89 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R211%
R310%
Distance61%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Alvey
49.0%+101
Spicely
-10149.7%
Most takedownstie 61.3%
Alvey
8.5%+357
Spicely
-35730.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Alvey
Expected: 44.1
44
Over 44
41.9%
+135
Exactly 44
1.5%
push
Under 44
56.6%
-135
056111
Spicely
Expected: 44.4
44.5
Over 44.5
42.4%
+136
Under 44.5
57.6%
-136
056112
Takedowns — over/under
Alvey
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
11.1%
Exactly 0
88.9%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Spicely
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
32.3%
+210
Under 0.5
67.7%
-210
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 11.7 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
Alvey39.0%71.1%−32.1-275
Spicely61.0%28.9%+32.1+235

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AlveySpicely
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1542
Pound-for-pound
1527
1542
Divisional
1527
1509
Striking offense
1500
1498
Striking defense
1500
1490
Grappling offense
1500
1506
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
30 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'1"
75"
Reach
73"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.28
Strikes landed / min
51%
Strike accuracy
4.31
Strikes absorbed / min
58%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
83%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
-2
Win/loss streak
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
25
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sam Alvey
  • LElias TheodorouU-DEC R3
    Close +19525d before
  • LDerek BrunsonKO/TKO R1
    Close +31511mo before
  • WDaniel KellyKO/TKO R1
    Close -3601y 2mo before
  • WCezar FerreiraKO/TKO R1
    Close +2801y 5mo before
  • WDylan AndrewsKO/TKO R1
    Close +1401y 8mo before
Eric Spicely
No prior UFC fights.
Alvey — win / loss by method
Record: 26-8-0, 1 NC

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
17 wins, 1 loss
W
65% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 6 losses
W
27% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
23win5loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
14 (61%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (9%)Submission(20%) 1
7 (30%)Decision(80%) 4
Spicely — win / loss by method
Record: 8-0-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (50%)Submission() 0
2 (25%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Alvey
Spicely
6
UFC fights
0
39.0 min · 6.5 avg
Octagon time
18y 0m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Alvey
Spicely
74W–19L · 79.6%
Overall
34W–8L · 81.0%
Wins
40W–11L · 78.4%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Alvey
Spicely
265W–160L · 62.4%
Overall
42W–35L · 54.5%
220W–153L · 59.0%
Wins
42W–35L · 54.5%
45W–7L · 86.5%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Alvey
Spicely
2.51
Landed / min
41.5%
Accuracy
62.0%
Defense
0.77
Knockdowns / 15 min
67.6%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Alvey
Spicely
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
83.3%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
26.6%
Control share
Strike target map
Alvey
  • Head75%(96)div 63%
  • Body17%(22)div 19%
  • Legs8%(10)div 18%
Spicely
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 18%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Sam Alvey
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Eric Spicely

No UFC fights on record.

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