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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir Finale
Wilson Gouveia
Wilson Gouveia
11-5 · USA
VS
Jason MacDonald
Jason MacDonald
21-10 · CAN
December 13, 2008 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
189.0lbMissed +3.0
Weigh-in
184.0lb
Wilson Gouveia def. Jason MacDonald by KO/TKO (Elbow), R1 2:18
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:18
Gouveia18/280/010:45
MacDonald6/131/400:38
Total
Gouveia18/280/010:45
MacDonald6/131/400:38

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
GouveiaWin probabilityMacDonald
57.2%42.8%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
30%
Decision
37%
Expected fight time: 9.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Gouveia57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%37%
Submission14%24%
Decision22%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes31 (1740)act 18
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.0)act 0
MacDonald43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%29%
Submission16%37%
Decision15%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1331)act 6
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 1
Combined totals~55 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R234%
R33%
Distance37%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.9%
Gouveia
60.6%-162
MacDonald
+16237.5%
Most takedownstie 44.2%
Gouveia
35.3%-172
MacDonald
+17220.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Gouveia
Expected: 31.0
31
Over 31
41.5%
+136
Exactly 31
2.1%
push
Under 31
56.4%
-136
03978
MacDonald
Expected: 24.0
24
Over 24
41.0%
+137
Exactly 24
2.7%
push
Under 24
56.3%
-137
03060
Takedowns — over/under
Gouveia
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
28.8%
+201
Exactly 1
13.2%
push
Under 1
58.0%
-201
035
MacDonald
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
28.9%
+246
Under 0.5
71.1%
-246
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 9.1 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
Gouveia57.2%48.5%+8.7-106
MacDonald42.8%51.5%−8.7-120

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
62.7Striking63.0
MacDonald +0.3
68.6Grappling49.2
Gouveia +19.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GouveiaMacDonald
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1552
Pound-for-pound
1548
1518
Divisional
1546
1502
Striking offense
1490
1509
Striking defense
1513
1518
Grappling offense
1523
1515
Grappling defense
1474
Physical
30 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'3"
76"
Reach
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.87
Strikes landed / min
1.64
44%
Strike accuracy
55%
3.66
Strikes absorbed / min
2.27
61%
Strike defense
47%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.25
Takedowns / 15 min
1.50
67%
Takedown accuracy
18%
44%
Takedown defense
31%
2.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.1
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
63%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
87
Days since last fight
98
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Wilson Gouveia
  • WRyan JensenSUB R2
    Close -3763mo before
  • LGoran ReljicKO/TKO R2
    Close -1477mo before
  • WJason LambertKO/TKO R2
    Close -13311mo before
  • WCarmelo MarreroSUB R1
    1y 7mo before
  • WSeth PetruzelliSUB R2
    Close -2601y 8mo before
Jason MacDonald
  • WJason LambertSUB R2
    Close -1603mo before
  • LDemian MaiaSUB R3
    Close +2114mo before
  • WJoe DoerksenKO/TKO R2
    Close -1688mo before
  • LYushin OkamiU-DEC R3
    Close +2061y 2mo before
  • WRory SingerKO/TKO R2
    Close -2451y 6mo before
Gouveia — win / loss by method
Record: 11-5-0

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, 4 losses
W
45% of wins
L
80% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
9% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
4 (80%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
6win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO(100%) 3
1 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (17%)Decision(0%) 0
MacDonald — win / loss by method
Record: 21-10-0

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, 3 losses
W
14% of wins
L
30% of losses
Submission
17 wins, 3 losses
W
81% of wins
L
30% of losses
Decision
1 win, 4 losses
W
5% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
5win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
3 (60%)Submission(33%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
16win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (6%)KO/TKO(29%) 2
14 (88%)Submission(29%) 2
1 (6%)Decision(43%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Gouveia
MacDonald
7
UFC fights
8
48.1 min · 6.9 avg
Octagon time
70.0 min · 8.8 avg
24y 8m
Career length
26y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Gouveia
MacDonald
80W–17L · 82.5%
Overall
152W–38L · 80.0%
62W–15L · 80.5%
Wins
102W–32L · 76.1%
18W–2L · 90.0%
Losses
50W–6L · 89.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Gouveia
MacDonald
63W–33L · 65.6%
Overall
194W–98L · 66.4%
39W–24L · 61.9%
Wins
114W–72L · 61.3%
24W–9L · 72.7%
Losses
80W–26L · 75.5%
Distance striking
Gouveia
MacDonald
3.52
Landed / min
2.24
42.0%
Accuracy
23.2%
64.3%
Defense
63.2%
0.94
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
59.1%
Time at distance
12.1%
Grappling & control
Gouveia
MacDonald
1.25
Takedowns / 15 min
1.50
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
17.9%
44.4%
Takedown defense
30.8%
2.81
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.14
40.7%
Control share
51.0%
Strike target map
Gouveia
  • Head56%(77)div 63%
  • Body5%(7)div 20%
  • Legs39%(54)div 17%
MacDonald
  • Head42%(48)div 63%
  • Body13%(15)div 20%
  • Legs45%(52)div 17%

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

Wilson Gouveia
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.