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UFC 179: Aldo vs Mendes 2
Neil Magny
Neil Magny
12-3 · USA
VS
William Macario
William Macario
7-1 · BRA
October 25, 2014 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Neil Magny def. William Macario by KO/TKO (Punches), R3 2:40
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Magny15/410/100:00
Macario10/250/100:17
R2
Magny17/501/201:43
Macario12/410/000:19
R3 · 2:40
Magny33/551/101:09
Macario2/110/000:00
Total
Magny65/1462/402:52
Macario24/770/100:36

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
MagnyWin probabilityMacario
52.2%47.8%
KO / TKO
15%
Submission
69%
Decision
16%
Expected fight time: 5.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Magny52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%13%
Submission33%65%
Decision12%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (1230)act 65
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 2
Macario48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%18%
Submission35%73%
Decision4%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes19 (1025)act 24
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 0
Combined totals~42 sig strikes~0.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R174%
R26%
R34%
Distance16%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.5%
Magny
57.3%-143
Macario
+14340.2%
Most takedownstie 61.9%
Magny
11.2%+239
Macario
-23926.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Magny
Expected: 23.1
23
Over 23
41.3%
+136
Exactly 23
2.8%
push
Under 23
55.9%
-136
02958
Macario
Expected: 19.0
19
Over 19
40.9%
+137
Exactly 19
3.4%
push
Under 19
55.8%
-137
02448
Takedowns — over/under
Magny
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
14.6%
Exactly 0
85.4%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Macario
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
29.9%
+234
Under 0.5
70.1%
-234
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 5.2 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
Magny52.2%66.4%−14.2-225
Macario47.8%33.6%+14.2+185

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
73.2Striking86.0
Macario +12.9
56.2Grappling62.6
Macario +6.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MagnyMacario
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1567
Pound-for-pound
1521
1568
Divisional
1521
1501
Striking offense
1500
1532
Striking defense
1502
1507
Grappling offense
1506
1485
Grappling defense
1499
Physical
27 yrs
Age
23 yrs
6'3"
Height
5'11"
80"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.17
Strikes landed / min
6.80
42%
Strike accuracy
63%
1.54
Strikes absorbed / min
3.36
64%
Strike defense
71%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.80
Takedowns / 15 min
3.03
50%
Takedown accuracy
50%
70%
Takedown defense
89%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
50%
+4
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
50%
20%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
63
Days since last fight
301
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Neil Magny
  • WAlex GarciaU-DEC R3
    Close +1352mo before
  • WRodrigo de LimaKO/TKO R2
    Close -2904mo before
  • WTim MeansU-DEC R3
    Close +2756mo before
  • WGasan UmalatovU-DEC R3
    Close +1359mo before
  • LSeth BaczynskiU-DEC R3
    Close -1451y before
William Macario
  • WBobby VoelkerU-DEC R3
    Close +12510mo before
  • LLeonardo SantosSUB R2
    Close +1601y 5mo before
Magny — 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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 1 loss
W
58% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
4 (80%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(100%) 1
3 (43%)Decision(0%) 0
Macario — win / loss by method
Record: 7-1-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
71% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (17%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Magny
Macario
7
UFC fights
2
85.8 min · 12.3 avg
Octagon time
24.7 min · 12.4 avg
16y 0m
Career length
15y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Magny
Macario
85W–19L · 81.7%
Overall
35W–12L · 74.5%
61W–9L · 87.1%
Wins
24W–9L · 72.7%
24W–10L · 70.6%
Losses
11W–3L · 78.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Magny
Macario
19W–5L · 79.2%
Overall
7W–4L · 63.6%
16W–5L · 76.2%
Wins
7W–4L · 63.6%
3W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Magny
Macario
5.35
Landed / min
7.23
34.1%
Accuracy
57.1%
72.3%
Defense
74.4%
0.17
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
37.3%
Time at distance
61.0%
Grappling & control
Magny
Macario
2.80
Takedowns / 15 min
3.03
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
70.2%
Takedown defense
88.9%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
42.1%
Control share
79.5%
Strike target map
Magny
  • Head61%(167)div 62%
  • Body21%(56)div 21%
  • Legs18%(49)div 16%
Macario
  • Head67%(112)div 62%
  • Body17%(29)div 21%
  • Legs16%(27)div 16%

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

Neil Magny
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

William Macario
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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