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UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs Thompson
Joe Soto
Joe Soto
15-5 · USA
VS
Chris Beal
Chris Beal
10-2 · USA
June 18, 2016 · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Joe Soto def. Chris Beal by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R3 3:39
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Soto11/410/300:00
Beal22/670/000:02
R2
Soto23/560/101:15
Beal29/780/000:09
R3 · 3:39
Soto13/391/300:52
Beal25/640/000:00
Total
Soto47/1361/702:07
Beal76/2090/000:11

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
SotoWin probabilityBeal
45.2%54.8%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
16%
Decision
62%
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 Soto, blue toward Beal. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Soto45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%24%
Submission12%27%
Decision22%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 47
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 1
Beal55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%21%
Submission3%7%
Decision40%72%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2866)act 76
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.8)act 0
Combined totals~85 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R121%
R211%
R37%
Distance61%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Soto
32.5%+204
Beal
-20466.3%
Most takedownstie 37.2%
Soto
25.3%+148
Beal
-14837.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Soto
Expected: 34.7
34.5
Over 34.5
42.8%
+134
Under 34.5
57.2%
-134
04487
Beal
Expected: 50.6
50.5
Over 50.5
42.6%
+135
Under 50.5
57.4%
-135
064127
Takedowns — over/under
Soto
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
36.8%
+172
Under 0.5
63.2%
-172
035
Beal
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
30.4%
+169
Exactly 1
18.3%
push
Under 1
51.3%
-169
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
Soto45.2%53.2%−8.0-125
Beal54.8%46.8%+8.0+105

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
56.9Striking61.3
Beal +4.4
39.2Grappling59.6
Beal +20.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SotoBeal
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1496
Pound-for-pound
1520
1496
Divisional
1556
1484
Striking offense
1491
1486
Striking defense
1505
1524
Grappling offense
1523
1533
Grappling defense
1526
Physical
29 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'7"
65"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.44
Strikes landed / min
2.89
42%
Strike accuracy
36%
5.75
Strikes absorbed / min
3.11
67%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.39
Takedowns / 15 min
2.03
13%
Takedown accuracy
58%
44%
Takedown defense
75%
1.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
50%
-3
Win/loss streak
-2
0%
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
168
Days since last fight
300
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Joe Soto
  • LMichinori TanakaS-DEC R3
    Close +1206mo before
  • LAnthony BirchakKO/TKO R1
    Close -2001y before
  • LTJ DillashawKO/TKO R5
    Close +9001y 10mo before
Chris Beal
  • LChris KeladesS-DEC R3
    Close -16010mo before
  • LNeil SeeryU-DEC R3
    Close -2151y 5mo before
  • WTateki MatsudaU-DEC R3
    Close -5001y 9mo before
  • WPatrick WilliamsKO/TKO R2
    Close -1102y 2mo before
Soto — win / loss by method
Record: 15-5-0

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, 3 losses
W
33% of wins
L
60% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 1 loss
W
53% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
0win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(67%) 2
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
15win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
8 (53%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (13%)Decision(0%) 0
Beal — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 2 losses
W
70% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
6 (75%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Soto
Beal
3
UFC fights
4
39.0 min · 13.0 avg
Octagon time
51.9 min · 13.0 avg
20y 0m
Career length
17y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Soto
Beal
31W–5L · 86.1%
Overall
39W–20L · 66.1%
0W–0L
Wins
17W–8L · 68.0%
31W–5L · 86.1%
Losses
22W–12L · 64.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Soto
Beal
132W–59L · 69.1%
Overall
35W–41L · 46.1%
113W–54L · 67.7%
Wins
35W–41L · 46.1%
19W–5L · 79.2%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Soto
Beal
4.26
Landed / min
2.69
42.2%
Accuracy
24.5%
69.1%
Defense
65.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.29
78.3%
Time at distance
50.1%
Grappling & control
Soto
Beal
0.39
Takedowns / 15 min
2.03
12.5%
Takedown accuracy
58.3%
44.4%
Takedown defense
75.0%
1.54
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.29
3.2%
Control share
73.1%
Strike target map
Soto
  • Head81%(108)div 63%
  • Body7%(10)div 21%
  • Legs12%(16)div 16%
Beal
  • Head83%(124)div 63%
  • Body13%(20)div 21%
  • Legs4%(6)div 16%

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

Joe Soto
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Chris Beal
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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