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UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Benavidez 2
Urijah Faber
Urijah Faber
29-6 · USA
VS
Michael McDonald
Michael McDonald
16-2 · USA
December 14, 2013 · Sacramento, California, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Urijah Faber def. Michael McDonald by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R2 3:22
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Faber13/191/102:41
McDonald3/80/000:00
R2 · 3:22
Faber16/270/110:14
McDonald6/190/000:03
Total
Faber29/461/212:55
McDonald9/270/000:03

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
FaberWin probabilityMcDonald
30.7%69.3%
KO / TKO
14%
Submission
18%
Decision
69%
Expected fight time: 12.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Faber31%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%10%
Submission8%25%
Decision20%65%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1842)act 29
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.8)act 1
McDonald69%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%16%
Submission10%14%
Decision48%70%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2559)act 9
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Combined totals~78 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R26%
R36%
Distance69%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Faber
34.7%+185
McDonald
-18564.0%
Most takedownstie 41.8%
Faber
43.4%-295
McDonald
+29514.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Faber
Expected: 32.5
32.5
Over 32.5
42.5%
+135
Under 32.5
57.5%
-135
04182
McDonald
Expected: 45.0
45
Over 45
41.8%
+136
Exactly 45
1.5%
push
Under 45
56.7%
-136
057113
Takedowns — over/under
Faber
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
31.4%
+159
Exactly 1
18.6%
push
Under 1
50.0%
-159
035
McDonald
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.1%
+334
Under 0.5
76.9%
-334
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 12.0 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
Faber30.7%58.0%−27.3-150
McDonald69.3%42.0%+27.3+130

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
70.9Striking68.0
Faber +2.9
51.4Grappling64.1
McDonald +12.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FaberMcDonald
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1610
Pound-for-pound
1594
1610
Divisional
1594
1485
Striking offense
1509
1521
Striking defense
1512
1514
Grappling offense
1505
1518
Grappling defense
1501
Physical
34 yrs
Age
22 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'9"
67"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.29
Strikes landed / min
3.04
46%
Strike accuracy
43%
2.59
Strikes absorbed / min
2.52
67%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.65
Takedowns / 15 min
1.45
35%
Takedown accuracy
67%
67%
Takedown defense
60%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.2
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
83%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
60%
Finish rate
60%
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
119
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Urijah Faber
  • WIuri AlcantaraU-DEC R3
    Close -2154mo before
  • WScott JorgensenSUB R4
    Close -4408mo before
  • WIvan MenjivarSUB R1
    Close -35010mo before
  • LRenan BaraoU-DEC R5
    Close +1501y 5mo before
  • WBrian BowlesSUB R2
    Close -1742y 1mo before
Michael McDonald
  • WBrad PickettSUB R2
    Close -3204mo before
  • LRenan BaraoSUB R4
    Close +26510mo before
  • WMiguel TorresKO/TKO R1
    Close -1051y 8mo before
  • WAlex SotoKO/TKO R1
    Close -4102y 1mo before
  • WChris CariasoS-DEC R3
    Close -3802y 7mo before
Faber — win / loss by method
Record: 29-6-0

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, 2 losses
W
31% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 0 losses
W
48% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 4 losses
W
17% of wins
L
67% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
3% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (40%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
24win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (38%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
11 (46%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (13%)Decision(50%) 2
1 (4%)DQ / other(0%) 0
McDonald — win / loss by method
Record: 16-2-0

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
9 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
31% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (20%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (40%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (64%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
4 (36%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Faber
McDonald
7
UFC fights
6
109.3 min · 15.6 avg
Octagon time
61.9 min · 10.3 avg
22y 8m
Career length
18y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Faber
McDonald
140W–28L · 83.3%
Overall
116W–14L · 89.2%
95W–26L · 78.5%
Wins
87W–13L · 87.0%
45W–2L · 95.7%
Losses
29W–1L · 96.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Faber
McDonald
309W–96L · 76.3%
Overall
64W–25L · 71.9%
251W–87L · 74.3%
Wins
53W–21L · 71.6%
58W–9L · 86.6%
Losses
11W–4L · 73.3%
Distance striking
Faber
McDonald
3.28
Landed / min
3.85
39.3%
Accuracy
40.5%
69.1%
Defense
62.9%
0.14
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.21
62.7%
Time at distance
64.7%
Grappling & control
Faber
McDonald
1.65
Takedowns / 15 min
1.45
35.3%
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
66.7%
Takedown defense
60.0%
0.69
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.21
76.0%
Control share
36.2%
Strike target map
Faber
  • Head73%(262)div 62%
  • Body20%(73)div 22%
  • Legs7%(24)div 16%
McDonald
  • Head79%(148)div 62%
  • Body11%(21)div 22%
  • Legs10%(19)div 16%

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

Urijah Faber
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Michael McDonald
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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