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UFC 170: Rousey vs McMann
Rory MacDonald
Rory MacDonald
15-2 · CAN
VS
Demian Maia
Demian Maia
18-5 · BRA
February 22, 2014 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Rory MacDonald def. Demian Maia by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
MacDonald6/220/000:00
Maia27/381/403:51
R2
MacDonald40/1080/000:02
Maia13/360/700:00
R3
MacDonald29/830/000:05
Maia11/461/1101:09
Total
MacDonald75/2130/000:07
Maia51/1202/2205:00

Scorecards

MacDonald vs Maia

RdChris LeeLester GriffinTony WeeksCommunity
R1---8.6-10
R2---10-8.9
R3---9.9-9.1
Total29-2829-2829-2828.5-28

Media (17 cards) · avg 28.927.9 · 16 MacDonald · 0 Maia · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: MacDonald-Maia.

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
MacDonaldWin probabilityMaia
73.8%26.2%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
13%
Decision
60%
Expected fight time: 11.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
MacDonald74%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%30%
Submission8%11%
Decision43%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2354)act 75
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 0
Maia26%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%17%
Submission5%18%
Decision17%65%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (1228)act 51
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.5)act 2
Combined totals~63 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R18%
R227%
R35%
Distance60%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
MacDonald
75.8%-333
Maia
+33322.8%
Most takedownstie 27.7%
MacDonald
6.2%+1068
Maia
-106866.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
MacDonald
Expected: 41.2
41
Over 41
42.0%
+134
Exactly 41
1.6%
push
Under 41
56.3%
-134
052104
Maia
Expected: 21.8
22
Over 22
40.5%
+140
Exactly 22
2.9%
push
Under 22
56.6%
-140
02855
Takedowns — over/under
MacDonald
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
14.6%
Exactly 0
85.4%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Maia
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
46.3%
+116
Under 1.5
53.7%
-116
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 11.9 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
MacDonald73.8%72.8%+1.0-290
Maia26.2%27.2%−1.0+260

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
75.8Striking65.2
MacDonald +10.6
74.9Grappling67.1
MacDonald +7.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MacDonaldMaia
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1600
Pound-for-pound
1618
1595
Divisional
1562
1510
Striking offense
1457
1525
Striking defense
1534
1515
Grappling offense
1546
1530
Grappling defense
1506
Physical
24 yrs
Age
36 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'1"
76"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.85
Strikes landed / min
1.70
48%
Strike accuracy
41%
2.21
Strikes absorbed / min
1.71
65%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.15
Takedowns / 15 min
3.14
58%
Takedown accuracy
33%
86%
Takedown defense
69%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.4
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
71%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
50%
Finish rate
58%
Recent opp. quality
98
Days since last fight
136
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rory MacDonald
  • LRobbie LawlerS-DEC R3
    Close -4103mo before
  • WJake EllenbergerU-DEC R3
    Close -2307mo before
  • WBJ PennU-DEC R3
    Close -3351y 2mo before
  • WChe MillsKO/TKO R2
    Close -6601y 10mo before
  • WMike PyleKO/TKO R1
    Close -2552y 7mo before
Demian Maia
  • LJake ShieldsS-DEC R5
    Close -3554mo before
  • WJon FitchU-DEC R3
    Close +1611y 1mo before
  • WRick StorySUB R1
    Close -1151y 4mo before
  • WDong Hyun KimKO/TKO R1
    Close +1331y 8mo before
  • LChris WeidmanU-DEC R3
    Close +1422y 1mo before
MacDonald — win / loss by method
Record: 15-2-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
6win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (50%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (56%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Maia — win / loss by method
Record: 18-5-0

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, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 4 losses
W
33% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
12win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (8%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
6 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (42%)Decision(80%) 4
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
MacDonald
Maia
8
UFC fights
17
90.6 min · 11.3 avg
Octagon time
186.3 min · 11.0 avg
20y 9m
Career length
24y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

MacDonald
Maia
149W–47L · 76.0%
Overall
290W–76L · 79.2%
104W–33L · 75.9%
Wins
190W–56L · 77.2%
45W–14L · 76.3%
Losses
100W–20L · 83.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
MacDonald
Maia
52W–32L · 61.9%
Overall
38W–15L · 71.7%
52W–32L · 61.9%
Wins
38W–15L · 71.7%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
MacDonald
Maia
4.90
Landed / min
1.85
43.7%
Accuracy
27.5%
73.0%
Defense
67.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
52.1%
Time at distance
40.9%
Grappling & control
MacDonald
Maia
3.15
Takedowns / 15 min
3.14
57.6%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
85.7%
Takedown defense
69.0%
0.83
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.37
67.0%
Control share
67.6%
Strike target map
MacDonald
  • Head72%(253)div 62%
  • Body19%(66)div 22%
  • Legs9%(30)div 16%
Maia
  • Head71%(224)div 62%
  • Body21%(66)div 22%
  • Legs9%(27)div 16%

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

Rory MacDonald
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Demian Maia
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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