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UFC 195: Lawler vs Condit
Michael McDonald
Michael McDonald
16-3 · USA
VS
Masanori Kanehara
Masanori Kanehara
23-10-5 · JPN
January 2, 2016 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Michael McDonald def. Masanori Kanehara by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 2:09
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
McDonald2/70/000:00
Kanehara6/61/104:22
R2 · 2:09
McDonald3/60/000:12
Kanehara9/111/101:26
Total
McDonald5/130/000:12
Kanehara15/172/205:48

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
McDonaldWin probabilityKanehara
78.2%21.8%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
22%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 9.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
McDonald78%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%36%
Submission17%21%
Decision33%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 5
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 0
Kanehara22%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%26%
Submission5%25%
Decision11%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1536)act 15
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.7)act 2
Combined totals~59 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R219%
R34%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.8%
McDonald
55.8%-132
Kanehara
+13242.3%
Most takedownstie 32.3%
McDonald
25.6%+164
Kanehara
-16442.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
McDonald
Expected: 31.9
32
Over 32
41.3%
+137
Exactly 32
2.1%
push
Under 32
56.7%
-137
04080
Kanehara
Expected: 27.5
27.5
Over 27.5
42.5%
+135
Under 27.5
57.5%
-135
03569
Takedowns — over/under
McDonald
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
40.5%
+147
Under 0.5
59.5%
-147
035
Kanehara
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
33.1%
+130
Exactly 1
23.8%
push
Under 1
43.1%
-130
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 9.4 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
McDonald78.2%82.5%−4.3-600
Kanehara21.8%17.5%+4.3+450

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
65.4Striking71.2
Kanehara +5.8
61.1Grappling57.9
McDonald +3.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
McDonaldKanehara
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1578
Pound-for-pound
1518
1578
Divisional
1517
1503
Striking offense
1499
1511
Striking defense
1503
1498
Grappling offense
1502
1494
Grappling defense
1504
Physical
24 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'7"
70"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.80
Strikes landed / min
1.87
43%
Strike accuracy
50%
2.63
Strikes absorbed / min
1.60
59%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.28
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
67%
Takedown accuracy
50%
59%
Takedown defense
64%
1.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
50%
60%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
749
Days since last fight
171
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Michael McDonald
  • LUrijah FaberSUB R2
    Close +1302y 1mo before
  • WBrad PickettSUB R2
    Close -3202y 5mo before
  • LRenan BaraoSUB R4
    Close +2652y 10mo before
  • WMiguel TorresKO/TKO R1
    Close -1053y 8mo before
  • WAlex SotoKO/TKO R1
    Close -4104y 1mo before
Masanori Kanehara
  • LRani YahyaS-DEC R3
    Close -1356mo before
  • WAlex CaceresU-DEC R3
    Close +2651y 3mo before
McDonald — win / loss by method
Record: 16-3-0

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
56% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
31% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (20%)Submission(100%) 2
2 (40%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (64%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
4 (36%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Kanehara — win / loss by method
Record: 23-10-5

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, 4 losses
W
35% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 1 loss
W
39% of wins
L
10% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 4 losses
W
26% of wins
L
40% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
10% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
22win9loss5draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (36%)KO/TKO(44%) 4
9 (41%)Submission(11%) 1
5 (23%)Decision(33%) 3
0 (0%)DQ / other(11%) 1

Profiles

Experience
McDonald
Kanehara
7
UFC fights
2
70.3 min · 10.0 avg
Octagon time
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
18y 9m
Career length
21y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

McDonald
Kanehara
145W–20L · 87.9%
Overall
30W–14L · 68.2%
87W–13L · 87.0%
Wins
10W–6L · 62.5%
58W–7L · 89.2%
Losses
20W–8L · 71.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
McDonald
Kanehara
64W–25L · 71.9%
Overall
300W–149L · 66.8%
53W–21L · 71.6%
Wins
190W–106L · 64.2%
11W–4L · 73.3%
Losses
110W–43L · 71.9%
Distance striking
McDonald
Kanehara
3.59
Landed / min
3.99
40.0%
Accuracy
45.7%
60.9%
Defense
69.9%
1.07
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
64.5%
Time at distance
35.9%
Grappling & control
McDonald
Kanehara
1.28
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
58.8%
Takedown defense
63.6%
1.07
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.00
31.5%
Control share
67.3%
Strike target map
McDonald
  • Head78%(154)div 63%
  • Body11%(22)div 21%
  • Legs11%(21)div 16%
Kanehara
  • Head73%(41)div 63%
  • Body18%(10)div 21%
  • Legs9%(5)div 16%

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

Michael McDonald
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Masanori Kanehara
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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