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UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Sonnen
Conor McGregor
Conor McGregor
13-2 · IRL
VS
Max Holloway
Max Holloway
7-2 · USA
August 17, 2013 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
146.0lb
Weigh-in
145.0lb
Conor McGregor def. Max Holloway by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
McGregor27/870/100:05
Holloway14/510/000:00
R2
McGregor15/471/102:04
Holloway7/320/000:00
R3
McGregor11/193/304:17
Holloway2/100/000:00
Total
McGregor53/1534/506:26
Holloway23/930/000:00

Scorecards

McGregor vs Holloway

RdRyan SheaSteve RitaTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-810-910-910-8.8
Total30-2630-2730-2729.9-26.8

Media (12 cards) · avg 3027 · 12 McGregor · 0 Holloway

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: McGregor-Holloway.

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 probabilityHolloway
25.5%74.5%
KO / TKO
42%
Submission
1%
Decision
57%
Expected fight time: 11.4 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 Holloway. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
McGregor25%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%64%
Submission1%2%
Decision8%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes77 (44100)act 53
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 4
Holloway75%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%34%
Submission0%0%
Decision49%66%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes109 (63142)act 23
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Combined totals~185 sig strikes~0.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R117%
R216%
R310%
Distance57%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
McGregor
33.6%+196
Holloway
-19665.8%
Most takedownstie 69.0%
McGregor
12.2%+154
Holloway
-15418.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
McGregor
Expected: 76.6
76.5
Over 76.5
42.6%
+135
Under 76.5
57.4%
-135
096192
Holloway
Expected: 108.8
109
Over 109
42.1%
+136
Exactly 109
0.6%
push
Under 109
57.3%
-136
0137273
Takedowns — over/under
McGregor
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
14.5%
Exactly 0
85.5%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Holloway
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
20.9%
Exactly 0
79.1%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 11.4 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
McGregor25.5%69.8%−44.3-245
Holloway74.5%30.2%+44.3+225

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
75.0Striking73.3
McGregor +1.7
0.0Grappling21.8
Holloway +21.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
McGregorHolloway
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1548
Pound-for-pound
1530
1548
Divisional
1530
1508
Striking offense
1516
1523
Striking defense
1507
1495
Grappling offense
1484
1500
Grappling defense
1507
Physical
25 yrs
Age
21 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'11"
74"
Reach
69"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
18.81
Strikes landed / min
6.07
60%
Strike accuracy
40%
10.75
Strikes absorbed / min
3.99
71%
Strike defense
71%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0%
Takedown defense
78%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
60%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
84
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Conor McGregor
  • WMarcus BrimageKO/TKO R1
    Close -1504mo before
Max Holloway
  • LDennis BermudezS-DEC R3
    Close +2653mo before
  • WLeonard GarciaS-DEC R3
    Close -4308mo before
  • WJustin LawrenceKO/TKO R2
    Close -1601y before
  • WPat SchillingU-DEC R3
    Close -1401y 3mo before
  • LDustin PoirierSUB R1
    Close +4451y 6mo before
McGregor — win / loss by method
Record: 13-2-0

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

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
71% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (67%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (75%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
McGregor
Holloway
1
UFC fights
5
1.1 min · 1.1 avg
Octagon time
58.2 min · 11.6 avg
18y 5m
Career length
15y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

McGregor
Holloway
6W–1L · 85.7%
Overall
45W–14L · 76.3%
6W–1L · 85.7%
Wins
24W–10L · 70.6%
0W–0L
Losses
21W–4L · 84.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
McGregor
Holloway
72W–26L · 73.5%
Overall
48W–46L · 51.1%
61W–21L · 74.4%
Wins
48W–46L · 51.1%
11W–5L · 68.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
McGregor
Holloway
15.48
Landed / min
6.80
55.2%
Accuracy
38.9%
70.7%
Defense
73.4%
13.43
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.77
92.5%
Time at distance
81.6%
Grappling & control
McGregor
Holloway
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
Takedown defense
78.4%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
100.0%
Control share
15.6%
Strike target map
McGregor
  • Head95%(20)div 64%
  • Body5%(1)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
Holloway
  • Head69%(244)div 64%
  • Body25%(87)div 19%
  • Legs6%(22)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.

Max Holloway
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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