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UFC 102: Couture vs Nogueira
Mike Russow
Mike Russow
11-1 · USA
VS
Justin McCully
Justin McCully
10-4-2 · USA
August 29, 2009 · Portland, Oregon, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
260.0lb
Weigh-in
238.0lb
Mike Russow def. Justin McCully by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Russow15/243/403:58
McCully1/100/000:31
R2
Russow6/102/204:06
McCully5/110/000:00
R3
Russow0/23/503:19
McCully5/370/000:00
Total
Russow21/368/11011:23
McCully11/580/000:31

Scorecards

Russow vs McCully

RdGlenn TrowbridgeMarcos RosalesTrevor TrachselCommunity
R1---10-9
R2---10-9
R3---10-9
Total30-2730-2629-2830-27

Media (2 cards) · avg 3026.5 · 2 Russow · 0 McCully

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Russow-McCully.

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
RussowWin probabilityMcCully
59.5%40.5%
KO / TKO
39%
Submission
17%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 9.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Russow60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%44%
Submission11%19%
Decision22%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes25 (1432)act 21
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.2)act 8
McCully40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%31%
Submission6%14%
Decision22%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1535)act 11
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 0
Combined totals~52 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R214%
R39%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.1%
Russow
45.4%+116
McCully
-11652.5%
Most takedownstie 37.7%
Russow
45.4%-269
McCully
+26916.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Russow
Expected: 25.0
25
Over 25
41.2%
+137
Exactly 25
2.6%
push
Under 25
56.2%
-137
03263
McCully
Expected: 27.0
27
Over 27
41.3%
+136
Exactly 27
2.4%
push
Under 27
56.3%
-136
03468
Takedowns — over/under
Russow
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
35.6%
+131
Exactly 1
17.7%
push
Under 1
46.7%
-131
035
McCully
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
27.6%
+262
Under 0.5
72.4%
-262
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 9.6 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
Russow59.5%72.5%−13.0-310
McCully40.5%27.5%+13.0+248

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RussowMcCully
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1531
Pound-for-pound
1527
1531
Divisional
1527
1482
Striking offense
1494
1500
Striking defense
1505
1561
Grappling offense
1499
1558
Grappling defense
1498
Physical
32 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'1"
73"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
1.97
Strike accuracy
46%
Strikes absorbed / min
2.32
Strike defense
48%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
1.88
Takedown accuracy
44%
Takedown defense
80%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
67%
Win/loss streak
+1
Last-5 win rate
67%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
262
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Mike Russow
No prior UFC fights.
Justin McCully
  • WEddie SanchezU-DEC R3
    Close +1619mo before
  • LGabriel GonzagaSUB R1
    Close +3881y 2mo before
  • WAntoni HardonkU-DEC R3
    Close +3552y 5mo before
Russow — win / loss by method
Record: 11-1-0, 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
18% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 1 loss
W
73% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
2 (18%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (73%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (9%)Decision(0%) 0
McCully — win / loss by method
Record: 10-4-2

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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 4 losses
W
60% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win3loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (75%)Submission(100%) 3
2 (25%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Russow
McCully
0
UFC fights
3
Octagon time
31.9 min · 10.7 avg
Career length
29y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Russow
McCully
Overall
23W–7L · 76.7%
Wins
15W–4L · 78.9%
Losses
8W–3L · 72.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Russow
McCully
102W–99L · 50.7%
Overall
58W–33L · 63.7%
89W–96L · 48.1%
Wins
24W–23L · 51.1%
13W–3L · 81.3%
Losses
34W–10L · 77.3%
Distance striking
Russow
McCully
Landed / min
5.36
Accuracy
38.4%
Defense
67.1%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.47
Time at distance
16.3%
Grappling & control
Russow
McCully
Takedowns / 15 min
1.88
Takedown accuracy
44.4%
Takedown defense
80.0%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
Control share
85.0%
Strike target map
Russow
  • Head0%(0)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 18%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.
McCully
  • Head76%(48)div 65%
  • Body6%(4)div 18%
  • Legs17%(11)div 17%

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

Mike Russow

No UFC fights on record.

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

Justin McCully
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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