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UFC 167: St-Pierre vs Hendricks
Robbie Lawler
Robbie Lawler
21-9 · USA
VS
Rory MacDonald
Rory MacDonald
15-1 · CAN
November 16, 2013 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Robbie Lawler def. Rory MacDonald by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Lawler14/330/000:00
MacDonald7/340/000:00
R2
Lawler8/200/000:00
MacDonald17/421/202:01
R3
Lawler22/490/012:22
MacDonald13/313/401:04
Total
Lawler44/1020/012:22
MacDonald37/1074/603:05

Scorecards

Lawler vs MacDonald

RdCecil PeoplesGlenn TrowbridgeMark SmithCommunity
R110-99-1010-99.9-9.2
R29-109-109-109.1-9.9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2828-2929-2829-28.1

Media (14 cards) · avg 2928 · 14 Lawler · 0 MacDonald

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

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
LawlerWin probabilityMacDonald
17.5%82.5%
KO / TKO
18%
Submission
13%
Decision
69%
Expected fight time: 12.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Lawler17%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%34%
Submission1%5%
Decision10%61%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2455)act 44
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
MacDonald83%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%15%
Submission12%14%
Decision59%71%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes61 (3580)act 37
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 4
Combined totals~104 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R117%
R26%
R38%
Distance69%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Lawler
33.1%+199
MacDonald
-19965.9%
Most takedownstie 55.5%
Lawler
13.0%+243
MacDonald
-24331.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lawler
Expected: 42.6
42.5
Over 42.5
42.6%
+135
Under 42.5
57.4%
-135
054107
MacDonald
Expected: 61.3
61.5
Over 61.5
42.2%
+137
Under 61.5
57.8%
-137
077154
Takedowns — over/under
Lawler
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.5%
Exactly 0
82.5%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
MacDonald
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
35.4%
+182
Under 0.5
64.6%
-182
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 12.2 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
Lawler17.5%21.1%−3.6+365
MacDonald82.5%78.9%+3.6-410

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
68.0Striking78.4
MacDonald +10.4
60.3Grappling73.6
MacDonald +13.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LawlerMacDonald
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1557
Pound-for-pound
1619
1569
Divisional
1613
1494
Striking offense
1512
1512
Striking defense
1526
1511
Grappling offense
1514
1507
Grappling defense
1527
Physical
31 yrs
Age
24 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'0"
74"
Reach
76"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.16
Strikes landed / min
4.13
44%
Strike accuracy
51%
2.70
Strikes absorbed / min
2.06
62%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.35
Takedowns / 15 min
2.98
82%
Takedown accuracy
56%
67%
Takedown defense
86%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
86%
+2
Win/loss streak
+5
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
67%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
112
Days since last fight
112
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Robbie Lawler
  • WBobby VoelkerKO/TKO R2
    Close -3454mo before
  • WJosh KoscheckKO/TKO R1
    Close +2809mo before
  • LEvan TannerSUB R1
    Close +1309y 1mo before
  • LNick DiazKO/TKO R2
    Close -2609y 7mo before
  • WChris LytleU-DEC R3
    10y before
Rory MacDonald
  • WJake EllenbergerU-DEC R3
    Close -2304mo before
  • WBJ PennU-DEC R3
    Close -33511mo before
  • WChe MillsKO/TKO R2
    Close -6601y 7mo before
  • WMike PyleKO/TKO R1
    Close -2552y 3mo before
  • WNate DiazU-DEC R3
    Close -1372y 7mo before
Lawler — win / loss by method
Record: 21-9-0, 1 NC

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
18 wins, 1 loss
W
86% of wins
L
11% of losses
Submission
1 win, 5 losses
W
5% of wins
L
56% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
10% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
6win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
2 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
15win6loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
14 (93%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (7%)Submission(50%) 3
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 3
MacDonald — win / loss by method
Record: 15-1-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (56%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Lawler
MacDonald
9
UFC fights
7
62.6 min · 7.0 avg
Octagon time
75.6 min · 10.8 avg
25y 4m
Career length
20y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lawler
MacDonald
140W–48L · 74.5%
Overall
128W–38L · 77.1%
92W–36L · 71.9%
Wins
104W–33L · 75.9%
48W–12L · 80.0%
Losses
24W–5L · 82.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lawler
MacDonald
285W–78L · 78.5%
Overall
52W–32L · 61.9%
176W–56L · 75.9%
Wins
52W–32L · 61.9%
109W–22L · 83.2%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Lawler
MacDonald
3.04
Landed / min
5.31
33.5%
Accuracy
45.6%
67.9%
Defense
76.1%
1.20
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
47.8%
Time at distance
50.6%
Grappling & control
Lawler
MacDonald
3.35
Takedowns / 15 min
2.98
82.4%
Takedown accuracy
55.6%
66.7%
Takedown defense
85.7%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.79
66.3%
Control share
68.7%
Strike target map
Lawler
  • Head72%(143)div 62%
  • Body24%(48)div 22%
  • Legs4%(7)div 16%
MacDonald
  • Head74%(232)div 62%
  • Body16%(51)div 22%
  • Legs9%(29)div 16%

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

Robbie Lawler
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Rory MacDonald
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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