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UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs Brandao
Conor McGregor
Conor McGregor
14-2 · IRL
VS
Diego Brandao
Diego Brandao
18-9 · BRA
July 19, 2014 · Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Featherweight · 5 rounds · Main event
146.0lb
Weigh-in
145.5lb
Conor McGregor def. Diego Brandao by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 4:05
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:05
McGregor18/491/112:21
Brandao9/220/200:22
Total
McGregor18/491/112:21
Brandao9/220/200:22

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
McGregorWin probabilityBrandao
67.6%32.4%
KO / TKO
60%
Submission
28%
Decision
13%
Expected fight time: 13.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
McGregor68%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO46%67%
Submission15%23%
Decision7%10%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes71 (4193)act 18
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 1
Brandao32%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%45%
Submission12%38%
Decision6%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2966)act 9
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.0)act 0
Combined totals~122 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R23%
R326%
R415%
R511%
Distance13%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
McGregor
65.2%-192
Brandao
+19234.0%
Most takedownstie 43.0%
McGregor
14.1%+306
Brandao
-30642.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
McGregor
Expected: 71.4
71.5
Over 71.5
42.4%
+136
Under 71.5
57.6%
-136
090179
Brandao
Expected: 50.7
50.5
Over 50.5
42.7%
+134
Under 50.5
57.3%
-134
064127
Takedowns — over/under
McGregor
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
21.2%
+372
Under 0.5
78.8%
-372
035
Brandao
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
31.9%
+160
Exactly 1
17.0%
push
Under 1
51.1%
-160
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 13.4 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
McGregor67.6%85.2%−17.6-690
Brandao32.4%14.8%+17.6+560

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
75.0Striking61.7
McGregor +13.3
43.6Grappling72.0
Brandao +28.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
McGregorBrandao
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1563
Pound-for-pound
1538
1563
Divisional
1538
1507
Striking offense
1491
1524
Striking defense
1504
1498
Grappling offense
1519
1510
Grappling defense
1508
Physical
26 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'7"
74"
Reach
64"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.59
Strikes landed / min
2.44
39%
Strike accuracy
45%
2.17
Strikes absorbed / min
3.59
74%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.72
Takedowns / 15 min
3.35
80%
Takedown accuracy
76%
Takedown defense
86%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
67%
+2
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
50%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
336
Days since last fight
203
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Conor McGregor
  • WMax HollowayU-DEC R3
    Close -24511mo before
  • WMarcus BrimageKO/TKO R1
    Close -1501y 3mo before
Diego Brandao
  • LDustin PoirierKO/TKO R1
    missedClose +2207mo before
  • WDaniel PinedaU-DEC R3
    Close -17811mo before
  • WPablo GarzaSUB R1
    Close -2201y 3mo before
  • WJoey GambinoU-DEC R3
    Close -2501y 9mo before
  • LDarren ElkinsU-DEC R3
    Close -2602y 2mo before
McGregor — win / loss by method
Record: 14-2-0

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
12 wins, 0 losses
W
86% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
7% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (92%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (8%)Submission(100%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Brandao — win / loss by method
Record: 18-9-0

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, 5 losses
W
50% of wins
L
56% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
28% of wins
L
11% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
22% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
14win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (64%)KO/TKO(57%) 4
3 (21%)Submission(14%) 1
2 (14%)Decision(29%) 2

Profiles

Experience
McGregor
Brandao
2
UFC fights
6
16.1 min · 8.1 avg
Octagon time
58.2 min · 9.7 avg
18y 5m
Career length
20y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

McGregor
Brandao
13W–3L · 81.3%
Overall
73W–20L · 78.5%
13W–3L · 81.3%
Wins
46W–15L · 75.4%
0W–0L
Losses
27W–5L · 84.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
McGregor
Brandao
72W–26L · 73.5%
Overall
102W–54L · 65.4%
61W–21L · 74.4%
Wins
59W–41L · 59.0%
11W–5L · 68.8%
Losses
43W–13L · 76.8%
Distance striking
McGregor
Brandao
6.11
Landed / min
3.56
35.4%
Accuracy
41.3%
74.4%
Defense
69.7%
0.93
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.52
58.9%
Time at distance
48.3%
Grappling & control
McGregor
Brandao
3.72
Takedowns / 15 min
3.35
80.0%
Takedown accuracy
76.5%
Takedown defense
85.7%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.52
100.0%
Control share
58.8%
Strike target map
McGregor
  • Head73%(54)div 63%
  • Body7%(5)div 20%
  • Legs20%(15)div 17%
Brandao
  • Head68%(97)div 63%
  • Body20%(28)div 20%
  • Legs12%(17)div 17%

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

Conor McGregor
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Diego Brandao
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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