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Garreth McLellan
Garreth McLellan
12-3 · ZAF
VS
Bubba Bush
Bubba Bush
8-2 · USA
October 24, 2015 · Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Garreth McLellan def. Bubba Bush by KO/TKO (Punches), R3 4:58
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
McLellan1/70/000:01
Bush7/122/304:20
R2
McLellan52/700/004:01
Bush0/10/200:37
R3 · 4:58
McLellan44/562/503:46
Bush1/11/101:00
Total
McLellan97/1332/507:48
Bush8/143/605:57

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
McLellanWin probabilityBush
47.2%52.8%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
24%
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 McLellan, blue toward Bush. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
McLellan47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%23%
Submission14%31%
Decision22%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2865)act 97
Takedowns1.1 (0.02.9)act 2
Bush53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%32%
Submission9%18%
Decision27%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2354)act 8
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 3
Combined totals~92 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R130%
R215%
R36%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
McLellan
57.9%-141
Bush
+14140.9%
Most takedownstie 21.4%
McLellan
60.4%-333
Bush
+33318.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
McLellan
Expected: 50.1
50
Over 50
42.0%
+135
Exactly 50
1.3%
push
Under 50
56.7%
-135
063126
Bush
Expected: 41.7
41.5
Over 41.5
42.8%
+134
Under 41.5
57.2%
-134
053105
Takedowns — over/under
McLellan
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
44.6%
-284
Exactly 1
39.7%
push
Under 1
15.7%
+284
035
Bush
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
43.6%
+130
Under 0.5
56.4%
-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 9.9 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
McLellan47.2%26.0%+21.2+270
Bush52.8%74.0%−21.2-330

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
50.7Striking34.8
McLellan +15.8
27.5Grappling0.0
McLellan +27.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
McLellanBush
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1519
Pound-for-pound
1514
1519
Divisional
1514
1494
Striking offense
1500
1530
Striking defense
1500
1480
Grappling offense
1488
1493
Grappling defense
1495
Physical
33 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'0"
72"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
0.87
Strikes landed / min
1.97
62%
Strike accuracy
50%
2.73
Strikes absorbed / min
14.75
23%
Strike defense
17%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0%
Takedown accuracy
9%
Takedown defense
2.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
196
Days since last fight
476
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Garreth McLellan
  • LBartosz FabinskiU-DEC R3
    Close +1156mo before
Bubba Bush
No prior UFC fights.
McLellan — 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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 1 loss
W
75% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
12win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (17%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
9 (75%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (8%)Decision(0%) 0
Bush — win / loss by method
Record: 8-2-0, 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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
3 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (13%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
McLellan
Bush
1
UFC fights
1
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
1.0 min · 1.0 avg
17y 2m
Career length
19y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

McLellan
Bush
11W–2L · 84.6%
Overall
0W–0L
Wins
11W–2L · 84.6%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
McLellan
Bush
47W–21L · 69.1%
Overall
60W–28L · 68.2%
37W–19L · 66.1%
Wins
49W–24L · 67.1%
10W–2L · 83.3%
Losses
11W–4L · 73.3%
Distance striking
McLellan
Bush
5.30
Landed / min
10.00
20.0%
Accuracy
50.0%
60.0%
Defense
33.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
2.5%
Time at distance
19.7%
Grappling & control
McLellan
Bush
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
9.1%
Takedown defense
2.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
19.9%
Control share
0.0%
Strike target map
McLellan
  • Head15%(2)div 63%
  • Body23%(3)div 19%
  • Legs62%(8)div 18%
Bush
  • Head50%(1)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs50%(1)div 18%

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

Garreth McLellan
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Bubba Bush
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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