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John Maguire
John Maguire
17-3 · GBR
VS
April 14, 2012 · Stockholm, Sweden
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
John Maguire def. DaMarques Johnson by SUB (Armbar), R2 4:40
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Maguire4/51/104:11
Johnson6/120/000:00
R2 · 4:40
Maguire2/22/201:57
Johnson9/130/001:45
Total
Maguire6/73/306:08
Johnson15/250/001:45

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
MaguireWin probabilityJohnson
73.0%27.0%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
23%
Decision
48%
Expected fight time: 10.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Maguire73%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%23%
Submission18%24%
Decision39%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes29 (1638)act 6
Takedowns1.7 (0.04.4)act 3
Johnson27%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%43%
Submission5%20%
Decision10%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1535)act 15
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Combined totals~56 sig strikes~2.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R216%
R39%
Distance48%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Maguire
51.7%-111
Johnson
+11146.4%
Most takedownstie 28.2%
Maguire
61.7%-614
Johnson
+61410.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Maguire
Expected: 28.9
29
Over 29
41.2%
+137
Exactly 29
2.3%
push
Under 29
56.6%
-137
03773
Johnson
Expected: 27.3
27.5
Over 27.5
41.9%
+139
Under 27.5
58.1%
-139
03569
Takedowns — over/under
Maguire
Expected: 1.7
1.5
Over 1.5
50.8%
-103
Under 1.5
49.2%
+103
036
Johnson
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
21.0%
+376
Under 0.5
79.0%
-376
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 10.2 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
Maguire73.0%63.7%+9.3-185
Johnson27.0%36.3%−9.3+170

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
70.8Striking50.2
Maguire +20.6
100.0Grappling40.1
Maguire +59.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MaguireJohnson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1547
Pound-for-pound
1522
1547
Divisional
1521
1496
Striking offense
1506
1500
Striking defense
1488
1505
Grappling offense
1502
1503
Grappling defense
1483
Physical
28 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'9"
Height
6'1"
69"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.80
Strikes landed / min
2.30
71%
Strike accuracy
37%
1.87
Strikes absorbed / min
4.64
56%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
6.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.02
67%
Takedown accuracy
43%
100%
Takedown defense
25%
2.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
57%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
0%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
161
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
John Maguire
  • WJustin EdwardsU-DEC R3
    Close +1205mo before
DaMarques Johnson
  • WClay HarvisonKO/TKO R1
    Close -2605mo before
  • LAmir SadollahKO/TKO R2
    Close +2201y 1mo before
  • WMike GuymonSUB R1
    Close -1251y 3mo before
  • LMatthew RiddleKO/TKO R2
    missedClose +1801y 8mo before
  • WBrad BlackburnKO/TKO R3
    Close +1402y before
Maguire — win / loss by method
Record: 17-3-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
18% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
53% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
29% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
16win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (19%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
9 (56%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (25%)Decision(67%) 2
Johnson — win / loss by method
Record: 15-9-0

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
8 wins, 4 losses
W
53% of wins
L
44% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 4 losses
W
33% of wins
L
44% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
11% of losses
UFC
4win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
2 (50%)Submission(33%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (55%)KO/TKO(33%) 2
3 (27%)Submission(50%) 3
2 (18%)Decision(17%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Maguire
Johnson
1
UFC fights
7
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
44.0 min · 6.3 avg
20y 4m
Career length
21y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Maguire
Johnson
7W–1L · 87.5%
Overall
59W–23L · 72.0%
7W–1L · 87.5%
Wins
46W–18L · 71.9%
0W–0L
Losses
13W–5L · 72.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Maguire
Johnson
111W–51L · 68.5%
Overall
132W–73L · 64.4%
74W–42L · 63.8%
Wins
75W–60L · 55.6%
37W–9L · 80.4%
Losses
57W–13L · 81.4%
Distance striking
Maguire
Johnson
3.66
Landed / min
4.07
52.9%
Accuracy
30.1%
62.1%
Defense
59.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.68
16.4%
Time at distance
36.9%
Grappling & control
Maguire
Johnson
6.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.02
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
42.9%
100.0%
Takedown defense
25.0%
2.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.68
83.0%
Control share
33.1%
Strike target map
Maguire
  • Head67%(18)div 62%
  • Body22%(6)div 22%
  • Legs11%(3)div 16%
Johnson
  • Head83%(84)div 62%
  • Body12%(12)div 22%
  • Legs5%(5)div 16%

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

John Maguire
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

DaMarques Johnson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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