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UFC 194: Aldo vs McGregor
Max Holloway
Max Holloway
14-3 · USA
VS
Jeremy Stephens
Jeremy Stephens
24-11 · USA
December 12, 2015 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
146.0lb
Weigh-in
145.0lb
Max Holloway def. Jeremy Stephens by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Holloway15/290/001:10
Stephens15/250/500:00
R2
Holloway16/310/001:38
Stephens11/260/500:00
R3
Holloway26/391/100:38
Stephens21/440/202:09
Total
Holloway57/991/103:26
Stephens47/950/1202:09

Scorecards

Holloway vs Stephens

RdChris LeeGlenn TrowbridgeJunichiro KamijoCommunity
R110-910-99-109.7-9.4
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2729-2829.7-27.4

Media (17 cards) · avg 29.927.2 · 17 Holloway · 0 Stephens

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Holloway-Stephens.

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
HollowayWin probabilityStephens
89.3%10.7%
KO / TKO
66%
Submission
0%
Decision
34%
Expected fight time: 12.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Holloway89%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO58%65%
Submission0%0%
Decision31%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes133 (77174)act 57
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 1
Stephens11%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%73%
Submission0%0%
Decision3%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes61 (3580)act 47
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~195 sig strikes~0.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R12%
R224%
R340%
Distance34%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikes
Holloway
81.7%-458
Stephens
+45817.8%
Most takedownstie 69.0%
Holloway
26.5%-593
Stephens
+5934.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Holloway
Expected: 133.5
133.5
Over 133.5
42.5%
+135
Under 133.5
57.5%
-135
0167334
Stephens
Expected: 61.2
61
Over 61
42.1%
+135
Exactly 61
1.1%
push
Under 61
56.8%
-135
077153
Takedowns — over/under
Holloway
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
27.5%
+264
Under 0.5
72.5%
-264
035
Stephens
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
5.8%
Exactly 0
94.2%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 12.0 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
Holloway89.3%79.0%+10.3-450
Stephens10.7%21.0%−10.3+360

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
73.5Striking67.4
Holloway +6.2
51.7Grappling52.8
Stephens +1.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HollowayStephens
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1626
Pound-for-pound
1559
1611
Divisional
1569
1534
Striking offense
1516
1518
Striking defense
1532
1490
Grappling offense
1485
1540
Grappling defense
1518
Physical
24 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'9"
69"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.67
Strikes landed / min
2.75
42%
Strike accuracy
44%
3.77
Strikes absorbed / min
2.48
69%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.11
Takedowns / 15 min
1.58
50%
Takedown accuracy
45%
79%
Takedown defense
64%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
77%
UFC win rate
52%
+7
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
70%
Finish rate
55%
Recent opp. quality
111
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Max Holloway
  • WCharles OliveiraKO/TKO R1
    Close -2554mo before
  • WCub SwansonSUB R3
    Close +1358mo before
  • WCole MillerU-DEC R3
    Close -45010mo before
  • WAkira CorassaniKO/TKO R1
    Close -5701y 2mo before
  • WClay CollardKO/TKO R3
    Close -9501y 4mo before
Jeremy Stephens
  • WDennis BermudezKO/TKO R3
    missedClose +2055mo before
  • LCharles OliveiraU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -1851y before
  • LCub SwansonU-DEC R5
    Close +2051y 5mo before
  • WDarren ElkinsU-DEC R3
    Close -1151y 11mo before
  • WRony JasonKO/TKO R1
    Close +1702y 1mo before
Holloway — win / loss by method
Record: 14-3-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
43% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
10win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (20%)Submission(33%) 1
3 (30%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (75%)Decision() 0
Stephens — win / loss by method
Record: 24-11-0

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
17 wins, 1 loss
W
71% of wins
L
9% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 3 losses
W
8% of wins
L
27% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 7 losses
W
21% of wins
L
64% of losses
UFC
11win10loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (55%)KO/TKO(10%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(20%) 2
5 (45%)Decision(70%) 7
Non-UFC
13win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (85%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (15%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Holloway
Stephens
13
UFC fights
21
141.9 min · 10.9 avg
Octagon time
256.9 min · 12.2 avg
15y 11m
Career length
21y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Holloway
Stephens
177W–48L · 78.7%
Overall
355W–100L · 78.0%
143W–42L · 77.3%
Wins
141W–41L · 77.5%
34W–6L · 85.0%
Losses
214W–59L · 78.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Holloway
Stephens
48W–46L · 51.1%
Overall
87W–49L · 64.0%
48W–46L · 51.1%
Wins
81W–48L · 62.8%
0W–0L
Losses
6W–1L · 85.7%
Distance striking
Holloway
Stephens
5.97
Landed / min
3.61
37.6%
Accuracy
36.6%
71.6%
Defense
66.1%
0.63
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.58
74.1%
Time at distance
48.7%
Grappling & control
Holloway
Stephens
0.11
Takedowns / 15 min
1.58
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
45.0%
78.7%
Takedown defense
64.3%
0.53
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.53
29.0%
Control share
48.3%
Strike target map
Holloway
  • Head70%(560)div 64%
  • Body24%(192)div 19%
  • Legs7%(53)div 17%
Stephens
  • Head61%(431)div 64%
  • Body19%(133)div 19%
  • Legs20%(142)div 17%

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

Max Holloway
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jeremy Stephens
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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