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UFC 189: Mendes vs McGregor
Louis Smolka
Louis Smolka
8-1 · USA
VS
Neil Seery
Neil Seery
15-10 · IRL
July 11, 2015 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
Louis Smolka def. Neil Seery by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Smolka11/220/003:42
Seery13/190/010:13
R2
Smolka4/101/304:18
Seery1/60/000:18
R3
Smolka8/135/704:00
Seery7/180/000:03
Total
Smolka23/456/10012:00
Seery21/430/010:34

Scorecards

Smolka vs Seery

RdChris LeeDerek ClearyLester GriffinCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-27

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.927 · 14 Smolka · 0 Seery

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Smolka-Seery.

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
SmolkaWin probabilitySeery
72.1%27.9%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
46%
Decision
19%
Expected fight time: 6.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Smolka72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%35%
Submission35%48%
Decision12%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 23
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 6
Seery28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%34%
Submission12%42%
Decision7%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1637)act 21
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Combined totals~64 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R156%
R214%
R311%
Distance19%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Smolka
57.8%-143
Seery
+14340.5%
Most takedownstie 45.5%
Smolka
29.0%-114
Seery
+11425.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Smolka
Expected: 34.8
35
Over 35
41.1%
+139
Exactly 35
1.9%
push
Under 35
57.0%
-139
04487
Seery
Expected: 28.8
29
Over 29
40.8%
+140
Exactly 29
2.3%
push
Under 29
56.9%
-140
03672
Takedowns — over/under
Smolka
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
37.3%
+168
Under 0.5
62.7%
-168
035
Seery
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
34.4%
+190
Under 0.5
65.6%
-190
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 6.7 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
Smolka72.1%55.3%+16.8-135
Seery27.9%44.7%−16.8+115

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
62.8Striking68.5
Seery +5.6
23.1Grappling64.5
Seery +41.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SmolkaSeery
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1539
Pound-for-pound
1518
1538
Divisional
1517
1507
Striking offense
1499
1494
Striking defense
1505
1497
Grappling offense
1499
1490
Grappling defense
1499
Physical
23 yrs
Age
35 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'4"
68"
Reach
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.99
Strikes landed / min
3.62
41%
Strike accuracy
39%
4.91
Strikes absorbed / min
2.84
57%
Strike defense
68%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.74
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
15%
Takedown accuracy
50%
28%
Takedown defense
72%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.3
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
67%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
67%
Last-5 win rate
67%
50%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
246
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Louis Smolka
  • WRichie VaculikKO/TKO R3
    Close -3408mo before
  • LChris CariasoS-DEC R3
    Close -1451y 2mo before
  • WAlptekin OzkilicU-DEC R3
    Close +2481y 6mo before
Neil Seery
  • WChris BealU-DEC R3
    Close +1786mo before
  • WPhil HarrisU-DEC R3
    Close -1551y before
  • LBrad PickettU-DEC R3
    Close +8001y 4mo before
Smolka — win / loss by method
Record: 8-1-0

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
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (67%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Seery — win / loss by method
Record: 15-10-0

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, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
10% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 5 losses
W
33% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
27% of wins
L
30% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
10% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
13win9loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (46%)KO/TKO(11%) 1
5 (38%)Submission(56%) 5
2 (15%)Decision(22%) 2
0 (0%)DQ / other(11%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Smolka
Seery
3
UFC fights
3
40.3 min · 13.4 avg
Octagon time
45.0 min · 15.0 avg
14y 3m
Career length
20y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Smolka
Seery
35W–8L · 81.4%
Overall
55W–19L · 74.3%
19W–3L · 86.4%
Wins
32W–11L · 74.4%
16W–5L · 76.2%
Losses
23W–8L · 74.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Smolka
Seery
28W–14L · 66.7%
Overall
138W–71L · 66.0%
28W–14L · 66.7%
Wins
74W–41L · 64.3%
0W–0L
Losses
64W–30L · 68.1%
Distance striking
Smolka
Seery
6.72
Landed / min
4.54
35.7%
Accuracy
34.3%
62.3%
Defense
71.4%
0.37
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.33
49.1%
Time at distance
57.3%
Grappling & control
Smolka
Seery
0.74
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
15.4%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
27.8%
Takedown defense
72.4%
0.37
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.33
60.3%
Control share
18.7%
Strike target map
Smolka
  • Head66%(133)div 59%
  • Body22%(45)div 24%
  • Legs11%(23)div 17%
Seery
  • Head82%(133)div 59%
  • Body7%(12)div 24%
  • Legs11%(18)div 17%

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

Louis Smolka
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Neil Seery
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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