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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen Finale
Robert McDaniel
Robert McDaniel
19-6 · USA
VS
Gilbert Smith
Gilbert Smith
5-1 · USA
April 13, 2013 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
Robert McDaniel def. Gilbert Smith by SUB (Triangle Choke), R3 2:49
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
McDaniel11/140/001:39
Smith3/73/302:56
R2
McDaniel20/320/002:35
Smith8/200/100:38
R3 · 2:49
McDaniel4/80/002:02
Smith3/70/100:15
Total
McDaniel35/540/006:16
Smith14/343/503:49

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
McDanielWin probabilitySmith
53.1%46.9%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
25%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 10.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
McDaniel53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%29%
Submission16%30%
Decision22%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2250)act 35
Takedowns1.1 (0.02.8)act 0
Smith47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%22%
Submission9%19%
Decision28%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2046)act 14
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.5)act 3
Combined totals~74 sig strikes~2.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R215%
R39%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
McDaniel
53.0%-116
Smith
+11645.5%
Most takedownstie 22.7%
McDaniel
35.3%+119
Smith
-11942.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
McDaniel
Expected: 38.6
38.5
Over 38.5
42.7%
+134
Under 38.5
57.3%
-134
04997
Smith
Expected: 35.6
35.5
Over 35.5
42.7%
+134
Under 35.5
57.3%
-134
04590
Takedowns — over/under
McDaniel
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
44.1%
-274
Exactly 1
39.8%
push
Under 1
16.1%
+274
035
Smith
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
50.8%
-103
Under 1.5
49.2%
+103
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 10.3 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
McDaniel53.1%66.3%−13.2-210
Smith46.9%33.7%+13.2+190

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.

Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1527
Pound-for-pound
1511
1527
Divisional
1511
1500
Striking offense
1482
1500
Striking defense
1500
1500
Grappling offense
1561
1500
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
29 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'3"
Height
5'9"
75"
Reach
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
Strike accuracy
Strikes absorbed / min
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
Win/loss streak
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Robert McDaniel
No prior UFC fights.
Gilbert Smith
No prior UFC fights.
McDaniel — win / loss by method
Record: 19-6-0

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
4 wins, 3 losses
W
21% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 3 losses
W
74% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
5% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
19win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (21%)KO/TKO(50%) 3
14 (74%)Submission(50%) 3
1 (5%)Decision(0%) 0
Smith — win / loss by method
Record: 5-1-0

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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
80% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (80%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
McDaniel
Smith
0
UFC fights
0
Octagon time
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

McDaniel
Smith
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
McDaniel
Smith
201W–98L · 67.2%
Overall
25W–26L · 49.0%
119W–67L · 64.0%
Wins
13W–22L · 37.1%
82W–31L · 72.6%
Losses
12W–4L · 75.0%
Distance striking
McDaniel
Smith
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
McDaniel
Smith
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
McDaniel
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.
Smith
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Robert McDaniel

No UFC fights on record.

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

Gilbert Smith

No UFC fights on record.

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