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UFC 145: Jones vs Evans
Rory MacDonald
Rory MacDonald
12-1 · CAN
VS
Che Mills
Che Mills
14-4 · GBR
April 21, 2012 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
169.5lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Rory MacDonald def. Che Mills by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 2:20
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
MacDonald28/381/103:52
Mills5/190/000:16
R2 · 2:20
MacDonald19/311/101:59
Mills1/30/000:00
Total
MacDonald47/692/205:51
Mills6/220/000:16

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
MacDonaldWin probabilityMills
82.3%17.7%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
13%
Decision
56%
Expected fight time: 11.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
MacDonald82%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%30%
Submission11%14%
Decision46%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2763)act 47
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.4)act 2
Mills18%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%36%
Submission1%7%
Decision10%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 6
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~81 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R210%
R312%
Distance56%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
MacDonald
66.6%-207
Mills
+20732.2%
Most takedownstie 40.1%
MacDonald
34.6%-137
Mills
+13725.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
MacDonald
Expected: 48.1
48
Over 48
41.9%
+135
Exactly 48
1.4%
push
Under 48
56.7%
-135
061121
Mills
Expected: 32.7
32.5
Over 32.5
43.0%
+133
Under 32.5
57.0%
-133
04182
Takedowns — over/under
MacDonald
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
44.9%
+123
Under 0.5
55.1%
-123
035
Mills
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
36.5%
+174
Under 0.5
63.5%
-174
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 11.2 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
MacDonald82.3%84.8%−2.5-660
Mills17.7%15.2%+2.5+540

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
65.8Striking93.8
Mills +27.9
92.5Grappling25.0
MacDonald +67.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MacDonaldMills
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1570
Pound-for-pound
1536
1569
Divisional
1536
1502
Striking offense
1509
1512
Striking defense
1505
1518
Grappling offense
1506
1504
Grappling defense
1512
Physical
22 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'1"
76"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.69
Strikes landed / min
16.50
46%
Strike accuracy
69%
2.80
Strikes absorbed / min
1.50
60%
Strike defense
90%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.71
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
57%
Takedown accuracy
88%
Takedown defense
100%
1.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
75%
Last-5 win rate
100%
67%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
259
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rory MacDonald
  • WMike PyleKO/TKO R1
    Close -2559mo before
  • WNate DiazU-DEC R3
    Close -1371y before
  • LCarlos ConditKO/TKO R3
    Close -1281y 10mo before
  • WMike GuymonSUB R1
    Close -2132y 3mo before
Che Mills
  • WChris CopeKO/TKO R1
    Close -2556mo before
MacDonald — win / loss by method
Record: 12-1-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
42% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (56%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Mills — win / loss by method
Record: 14-4-0, 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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 3 losses
W
21% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
13win4loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
7 (54%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (23%)Submission(75%) 3
3 (23%)Decision(25%) 1

Profiles

Experience
MacDonald
Mills
4
UFC fights
1
38.2 min · 9.6 avg
Octagon time
0.7 min · 0.7 avg
20y 9m
Career length
22y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

MacDonald
Mills
69W–20L · 77.5%
Overall
5W–1L · 83.3%
45W–15L · 75.0%
Wins
5W–1L · 83.3%
24W–5L · 82.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
MacDonald
Mills
52W–32L · 61.9%
Overall
135W–59L · 69.6%
52W–32L · 61.9%
Wins
99W–45L · 68.8%
0W–0L
Losses
36W–14L · 72.0%
Distance striking
MacDonald
Mills
3.95
Landed / min
12.19
37.5%
Accuracy
85.7%
73.2%
Defense
90.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
45.00
33.7%
Time at distance
73.8%
Grappling & control
MacDonald
Mills
4.71
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
57.1%
Takedown accuracy
87.5%
Takedown defense
100.0%
1.57
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
63.8%
Control share
100.0%
Strike target map
MacDonald
  • Head70%(72)div 62%
  • Body11%(11)div 22%
  • Legs19%(20)div 16%
Mills
  • Head82%(9)div 62%
  • Body0%(0)div 22%
  • Legs18%(2)div 16%

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

Rory MacDonald
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Che Mills
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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