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UFC 156: Aldo vs Edgar
Joseph Benavidez
Joseph Benavidez
16-3 · USA
VS
Ian McCall
Ian McCall
11-3-1 · USA
February 2, 2013 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
Joseph Benavidez def. Ian McCall by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Benavidez20/620/000:00
McCall14/360/100:08
R2
Benavidez14/440/100:19
McCall19/440/201:08
R3
Benavidez23/780/000:06
McCall7/331/100:13
Total
Benavidez57/1840/100:25
McCall40/1131/401:29

Scorecards

Benavidez vs McCall

RdGlenn TrowbridgeMark SmithTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R29-109-109-109-10
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total29-2829-2829-2828.9-28.1

Media (10 cards) · avg 29.128 · 10 Benavidez · 0 McCall

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Benavidez-McCall.

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
BenavidezWin probabilityMcCall
48.1%51.9%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
25%
Decision
41%
Expected fight time: 9.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Benavidez48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%31%
Submission14%29%
Decision19%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2557)act 57
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
McCall52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%36%
Submission11%21%
Decision22%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 40
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 1
Combined totals~79 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R134%
R213%
R312%
Distance41%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Benavidez
60.3%-158
McCall
+15838.3%
Most takedownstie 47.0%
Benavidez
21.9%+142
McCall
-14231.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Benavidez
Expected: 44.0
44
Over 44
41.8%
+136
Exactly 44
1.5%
push
Under 44
56.7%
-136
056111
McCall
Expected: 34.6
34.5
Over 34.5
42.6%
+135
Under 34.5
57.4%
-135
04487
Takedowns — over/under
Benavidez
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
30.3%
+230
Under 0.5
69.7%
-230
035
McCall
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
39.5%
+153
Under 0.5
60.5%
-153
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 9.5 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
Benavidez48.1%66.3%−18.2-210
McCall51.9%33.7%+18.2+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.

Trait web
59.4Striking52.2
Benavidez +7.2
40.8Grappling47.0
McCall +6.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BenavidezMcCall
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1566
Pound-for-pound
1512
1539
Divisional
1510
1493
Striking offense
1483
1513
Striking defense
1497
1516
Grappling offense
1549
1523
Grappling defense
1544
Physical
28 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'4"
Height
5'5"
65"
Reach
64"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.92
Strikes landed / min
3.93
31%
Strike accuracy
43%
2.56
Strikes absorbed / min
5.50
54%
Strike defense
45%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.50
Takedowns / 15 min
2.50
17%
Takedown accuracy
25%
58%
Takedown defense
83%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
75%
Last-5 win rate
0%
33%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
239
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Joseph Benavidez
  • LDemetrious JohnsonS-DEC R5
    Close -2454mo before
  • WYasuhiro UrushitaniKO/TKO R2
    Close -87011mo before
  • WEddie WinelandU-DEC R3
    Close -2951y 6mo before
  • WIan LovelandU-DEC R3
    Close -4501y 11mo before
Ian McCall
  • LDemetrious JohnsonU-DEC R3
    Close +1008mo before
  • DDemetrious JohnsonM-DEC R3
    Close +26011mo before
Benavidez — win / loss by method
Record: 16-3-0

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, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
25% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
13win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (23%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (62%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (15%)Decision(100%) 2
McCall — win / loss by method
Record: 11-3-1

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, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
36% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
0win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
11win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (27%)Submission(50%) 1
4 (36%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Benavidez
McCall
4
UFC fights
2
60.2 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
20y 2m
Career length
24y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Benavidez
McCall
59W–20L · 74.7%
Overall
7W–2L · 77.8%
51W–18L · 73.9%
Wins
0W–0L
8W–2L · 80.0%
Losses
7W–2L · 77.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Benavidez
McCall
154W–33L · 82.4%
Overall
88W–27L · 76.5%
126W–31L · 80.3%
Wins
69W–23L · 75.0%
28W–2L · 93.3%
Losses
19W–4L · 82.6%
Distance striking
Benavidez
McCall
3.35
Landed / min
3.89
28.0%
Accuracy
31.8%
59.4%
Defense
51.3%
0.25
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
70.5%
Time at distance
53.2%
Grappling & control
Benavidez
McCall
1.50
Takedowns / 15 min
2.50
17.1%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
58.3%
Takedown defense
83.3%
0.75
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
77.7%
Control share
71.0%
Strike target map
Benavidez
  • Head44%(77)div 56%
  • Body34%(59)div 27%
  • Legs23%(40)div 17%
McCall
  • Head40%(47)div 56%
  • Body36%(43)div 27%
  • Legs24%(28)div 17%

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

Joseph Benavidez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Ian McCall
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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