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UFC 158: St-Pierre vs Diaz
John Makdessi
John Makdessi
10-2 · CAN
VS
March 16, 2013 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
John Makdessi def. Daron Cruickshank by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Makdessi11/410/000:00
Cruickshank12/540/100:02
R2
Makdessi28/620/000:00
Cruickshank23/700/100:00
R3
Makdessi47/920/000:11
Cruickshank16/740/200:00
Total
Makdessi86/1950/000:11
Cruickshank51/1980/400:02

Scorecards

Makdessi vs Cruickshank

RdBenoit RousselClaude PaquetteDavid TherienCommunity
R19-109-109-109.6-9.6
R210-910-910-99.8-9.2
R310-910-910-99.8-9.2
Total29-2829-2829-2829.2-28

Media (10 cards) · avg 29.427.8 · 10 Makdessi · 0 Cruickshank

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Makdessi-Cruickshank.

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
MakdessiWin probabilityCruickshank
43.8%56.2%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
7%
Decision
70%
Expected fight time: 13.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Makdessi44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%24%
Submission2%4%
Decision31%72%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes64 (3683)act 86
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Cruickshank56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%23%
Submission5%8%
Decision38%69%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes64 (3683)act 51
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 0
Combined totals~128 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R18%
R25%
R317%
Distance70%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Makdessi
49.5%+100
Cruickshank
-10049.6%
Most takedownstie 61.3%
Makdessi
18.2%+112
Cruickshank
-11220.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Makdessi
Expected: 63.7
63.5
Over 63.5
42.7%
+134
Under 63.5
57.3%
-134
080160
Cruickshank
Expected: 63.8
64
Over 64
41.7%
+137
Exactly 64
1.1%
push
Under 64
57.2%
-137
080160
Takedowns — over/under
Makdessi
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
21.9%
Exactly 0
78.1%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Cruickshank
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
24.1%
+314
Under 0.5
75.9%
-314
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 13.2 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
Makdessi43.8%55.4%−11.6-130
Cruickshank56.2%44.6%+11.6+120

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
72.6Striking78.6
Cruickshank +6.0
23.5Grappling61.2
Cruickshank +37.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MakdessiCruickshank
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1536
Pound-for-pound
1554
1536
Divisional
1555
1506
Striking offense
1508
1518
Striking defense
1525
1479
Grappling offense
1497
1522
Grappling defense
1505
Physical
27 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'8"
68"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
4.16
Strikes landed / min
3.01
50%
Strike accuracy
57%
3.37
Strikes absorbed / min
1.61
77%
Strike defense
74%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.61
Takedown accuracy
80%
85%
Takedown defense
83%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
33%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
98
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
John Makdessi
  • WSam StoutU-DEC R3
    Close +1854mo before
  • LAnthony NjokuaniU-DEC R3
    missedClose +20011mo before
  • LDennis HallmanSUB R1
    Close -1521y 3mo before
  • WKyle WatsonKO/TKO R3
    Close -1701y 11mo before
  • WPat AudinwoodU-DEC R3
    Close +1252y 3mo before
Daron Cruickshank
  • WHenry MartinezKO/TKO R2
    opp missedClose -1703mo before
  • WChris TickleU-DEC R3
    Close -1749mo before
Makdessi — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
70% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
30% 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
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (86%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (14%)Decision() 0
Cruickshank — win / loss by method
Record: 12-2-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
58% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
8% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (60%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (10%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (30%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Makdessi
Cruickshank
5
UFC fights
2
59.4 min · 11.9 avg
Octagon time
22.9 min · 11.5 avg
17y 10m
Career length
16y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Makdessi
Cruickshank
103W–33L · 75.7%
Overall
16W–6L · 72.7%
40W–14L · 74.1%
Wins
16W–6L · 72.7%
63W–19L · 76.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Makdessi
Cruickshank
33W–24L · 57.9%
Overall
69W–31L · 69.0%
33W–24L · 57.9%
Wins
42W–22L · 65.6%
0W–0L
Losses
27W–9L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Makdessi
Cruickshank
4.29
Landed / min
6.20
49.2%
Accuracy
48.7%
78.5%
Defense
76.9%
0.50
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.65
91.8%
Time at distance
26.7%
Grappling & control
Makdessi
Cruickshank
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.61
Takedown accuracy
80.0%
84.6%
Takedown defense
83.3%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
9.6%
Control share
53.7%
Strike target map
Makdessi
  • Head62%(153)div 64%
  • Body17%(41)div 19%
  • Legs21%(53)div 17%
Cruickshank
  • Head57%(39)div 64%
  • Body35%(24)div 19%
  • Legs9%(6)div 17%

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

John Makdessi
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Daron Cruickshank
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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