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UFC on FUEL TV: Korean Zombie vs Poirier
Tom Lawlor
Tom Lawlor
7-4 · USA
VS
Jason MacDonald
Jason MacDonald
25-15 · CAN
May 15, 2012 · Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Tom Lawlor def. Jason MacDonald by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 0:50
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:50
Lawlor5/110/010:01
MacDonald1/80/100:02
Total
Lawlor5/110/010:01
MacDonald1/80/100:02

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
LawlorWin probabilityMacDonald
78.5%21.5%
KO / TKO
20%
Submission
49%
Decision
31%
Expected fight time: 7.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Lawlor79%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%20%
Submission35%45%
Decision28%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes21 (1128)act 5
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.8)act 0
MacDonald21%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%18%
Submission13%65%
Decision4%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes14 (719)act 1
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Combined totals~36 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R147%
R215%
R37%
Distance31%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.7%
Lawlor
65.8%-209
MacDonald
+20931.5%
Most takedownstie 40.9%
Lawlor
41.4%-234
MacDonald
+23417.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lawlor
Expected: 21.4
21.5
Over 21.5
42.2%
+137
Under 21.5
57.8%
-137
02754
MacDonald
Expected: 14.3
14.5
Over 14.5
41.7%
+140
Under 14.5
58.3%
-140
01836
Takedowns — over/under
Lawlor
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
30.3%
+168
Exactly 1
18.9%
push
Under 1
50.8%
-168
035
MacDonald
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
27.4%
+264
Under 0.5
72.6%
-264
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 7.9 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
Lawlor78.5%67.3%+11.2-220
MacDonald21.5%32.7%−11.2+200

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
72.4Striking60.4
Lawlor +12.0
73.3Grappling49.5
Lawlor +23.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LawlorMacDonald
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1508
Pound-for-pound
1502
1495
Divisional
1498
1473
Striking offense
1481
1525
Striking defense
1499
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
29 yrs
Age
36 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'3"
74"
Reach
80"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.88
Strikes landed / min
1.56
49%
Strike accuracy
54%
1.81
Strikes absorbed / min
2.67
61%
Strike defense
47%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.53
Takedowns / 15 min
1.45
39%
Takedown accuracy
17%
63%
Takedown defense
35%
1.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
46%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
20%
33%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
178
Days since last fight
241
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tom Lawlor
  • LChris WeidmanSUB R1
    Close +3006mo before
  • WPatrick CoteU-DEC R3
    Close +1551y 7mo before
  • LJoe DoerksenSUB R2
    Close -6002y before
  • LAaron SimpsonS-DEC R3
    Close +2382y 4mo before
  • WCB DollawaySUB R1
    Close +2352y 10mo before
Jason MacDonald
  • LAlan BelcherKO/TKO R1
    Close +2608mo before
  • WRyan JensenSUB R1
    Close +1151y 1mo before
  • LJohn SalterKO/TKO R1
    Close -1752y before
  • LNate QuarryKO/TKO R1
    Close -1383y 1mo before
  • LWilson GouveiaKO/TKO R1
    opp missedClose -1203y 5mo before
Lawlor — win / loss by method
Record: 7-4-0, 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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
43% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
25% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(67%) 2
2 (67%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
4win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(100%) 1
MacDonald — win / loss by method
Record: 25-15-0

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
3 wins, 7 losses
W
12% of wins
L
47% of losses
Submission
19 wins, 3 losses
W
76% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 5 losses
W
12% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
6win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(71%) 5
4 (67%)Submission(14%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(14%) 1
Non-UFC
19win8loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (5%)KO/TKO(25%) 2
15 (79%)Submission(25%) 2
3 (16%)Decision(50%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Lawlor
MacDonald
6
UFC fights
13
55.2 min · 9.2 avg
Octagon time
82.9 min · 6.4 avg
19y 5m
Career length
26y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lawlor
MacDonald
85W–20L · 81.0%
Overall
208W–60L · 77.6%
28W–8L · 77.8%
Wins
117W–39L · 75.0%
57W–12L · 82.6%
Losses
91W–21L · 81.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lawlor
MacDonald
2W–2L · 50.0%
Overall
266W–153L · 63.5%
2W–2L · 50.0%
Wins
175W–122L · 58.9%
0W–0L
Losses
91W–31L · 74.6%
Distance striking
Lawlor
MacDonald
4.06
Landed / min
2.16
31.0%
Accuracy
23.0%
68.3%
Defense
65.7%
0.27
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
24.1%
Time at distance
12.9%
Grappling & control
Lawlor
MacDonald
3.53
Takedowns / 15 min
1.45
39.4%
Takedown accuracy
16.7%
62.5%
Takedown defense
35.3%
1.63
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.99
74.7%
Control share
46.8%
Strike target map
Lawlor
  • Head87%(139)div 64%
  • Body6%(10)div 19%
  • Legs6%(10)div 17%
MacDonald
  • Head38%(49)div 64%
  • Body16%(20)div 19%
  • Legs47%(60)div 17%

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

Tom Lawlor
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jason MacDonald
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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