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UFC 113: Machida vs Shogun 2
Joe Doerksen
Joe Doerksen
44-12 · CAN
VS
Tom Lawlor
Tom Lawlor
6-2 · USA
May 8, 2010 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Joe Doerksen def. Tom Lawlor by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 2:10
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Doerksen29/650/100:22
Lawlor39/700/110:21
R2 · 2:10
Doerksen15/290/000:09
Lawlor3/220/100:03
Total
Doerksen44/940/100:31
Lawlor42/920/210:24

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
DoerksenWin probabilityLawlor
44.9%55.1%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
28%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 10.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Doerksen45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%27%
Submission17%38%
Decision16%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes21 (1128)act 44
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.1)act 0
Lawlor55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%26%
Submission10%19%
Decision30%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1741)act 42
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.4)act 0
Combined totals~53 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R233%
R36%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Doerksen
32.0%+207
Lawlor
-20766.1%
Most takedownstie 37.6%
Doerksen
20.4%+205
Lawlor
-20541.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Doerksen
Expected: 21.4
21.5
Over 21.5
42.1%
+137
Under 21.5
57.9%
-137
02754
Lawlor
Expected: 31.6
31.5
Over 31.5
42.6%
+135
Under 31.5
57.4%
-135
04079
Takedowns — over/under
Doerksen
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
31.3%
+219
Under 0.5
68.7%
-219
035
Lawlor
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
35.3%
+139
Exactly 1
15.4%
push
Under 1
49.3%
-139
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 10.4 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
Doerksen44.9%17.5%+27.4+450
Lawlor55.1%82.5%−27.4-600

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
50.1Striking70.1
Lawlor +20.0
60.2Grappling70.7
Lawlor +10.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DoerksenLawlor
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1489
Pound-for-pound
1525
1489
Divisional
1510
1488
Striking offense
1465
1473
Striking defense
1518
1510
Grappling offense
1548
1478
Grappling defense
1534
Physical
32 yrs
Age
26 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'0"
75"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
0.91
Strikes landed / min
2.13
41%
Strike accuracy
44%
2.91
Strikes absorbed / min
1.52
43%
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.66
Takedowns / 15 min
3.88
38%
Takedown accuracy
32%
18%
Takedown defense
67%
2.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.5
Form & résumé
17%
UFC win rate
67%
-4
Win/loss streak
-1
20%
Last-5 win rate
67%
100%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
749
Days since last fight
117
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Joe Doerksen
  • LJason MacDonaldKO/TKO R2
    Close +1482y 1mo before
  • LEd HermanKO/TKO R3
    Close +1332y 6mo before
  • LNate MarquardtU-DEC R3
    Close +1604y 2mo before
  • LMatt LindlandU-DEC R3
    Close +2504y 9mo before
  • WPatrick CoteSUB R3
    5y 1mo before
Tom Lawlor
  • LAaron SimpsonS-DEC R3
    Close +2384mo before
  • WCB DollawaySUB R1
    Close +23510mo before
  • WKyle KingsburyU-DEC R3
    Close +1041y 5mo before
Doerksen — win / loss by method
Record: 44-12-0

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
9 wins, 5 losses
W
20% of wins
L
42% of losses
Submission
30 wins, 3 losses
W
68% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 4 losses
W
11% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
1win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(60%) 3
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(40%) 2
Non-UFC
43win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (21%)KO/TKO(29%) 2
29 (67%)Submission(43%) 3
5 (12%)Decision(29%) 2
Lawlor — win / loss by method
Record: 6-2-0, 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
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
50% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 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

Profiles

Experience
Doerksen
Lawlor
6
UFC fights
3
67.8 min · 11.3 avg
Octagon time
30.9 min · 10.3 avg
27y 6m
Career length
19y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Doerksen
Lawlor
94W–28L · 77.0%
Overall
22W–2L · 91.7%
6W–1L · 85.7%
Wins
15W–2L · 88.2%
88W–27L · 76.5%
Losses
7W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Doerksen
Lawlor
395W–194L · 67.1%
Overall
2W–2L · 50.0%
342W–176L · 66.0%
Wins
2W–2L · 50.0%
53W–18L · 74.6%
Losses
0W–0L
1 of Doerksen's non-UFC opponents have no record in our data, so this is understated. Refresh data to fill them in.
Distance striking
Doerksen
Lawlor
3.43
Landed / min
3.69
36.8%
Accuracy
29.7%
50.3%
Defense
80.2%
0.22
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
18.1%
Time at distance
19.3%
Grappling & control
Doerksen
Lawlor
2.66
Takedowns / 15 min
3.88
37.5%
Takedown accuracy
32.0%
17.6%
Takedown defense
66.7%
2.43
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.46
28.5%
Control share
66.1%
Strike target map
Doerksen
  • Head55%(34)div 63%
  • Body29%(18)div 20%
  • Legs16%(10)div 17%
Lawlor
  • Head97%(64)div 63%
  • Body3%(2)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%

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

Joe Doerksen
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Tom Lawlor
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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