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UFC 86: Jackson vs Griffin
Gabriel Gonzaga
Gabriel Gonzaga
8-3 · BRA
VS
Justin McCully
Justin McCully
9-3-2 · USA
July 5, 2008 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
249.0lb
Weigh-in
236.0lb
Gabriel Gonzaga def. Justin McCully by SUB (Kimura), R1 1:57
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:57
Gonzaga6/81/101:17
McCully2/90/000:00
Total
Gonzaga6/81/101:17
McCully2/90/000:00

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
GonzagaWin probabilityMcCully
82.2%17.8%
KO / TKO
39%
Submission
26%
Decision
35%
Expected fight time: 8.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Gonzaga82%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO36%43%
Submission20%25%
Decision26%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (1228)act 6
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.4)act 1
McCully18%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%18%
Submission5%30%
Decision10%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1331)act 2
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Combined totals~45 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R148%
R212%
R35%
Distance35%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.4%
Gonzaga
45.2%+116
McCully
-11652.5%
Most takedownstie 30.9%
Gonzaga
58.2%-532
McCully
+53210.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Gonzaga
Expected: 21.7
21.5
Over 21.5
43.2%
+132
Under 21.5
56.8%
-132
02855
McCully
Expected: 23.6
23.5
Over 23.5
42.7%
+134
Under 23.5
57.3%
-134
03059
Takedowns — over/under
Gonzaga
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
42.4%
-124
Exactly 1
23.4%
push
Under 1
34.1%
+124
035
McCully
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
22.6%
Exactly 0
77.4%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 8.0 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
Gonzaga82.2%80.2%+2.0-485
McCully17.8%19.8%−2.0+388

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
56.7Striking54.9
Gonzaga +1.8
82.0Grappling40.0
Gonzaga +42.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GonzagaMcCully
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1540
Pound-for-pound
1525
1540
Divisional
1525
1515
Striking offense
1494
1501
Striking defense
1504
1525
Grappling offense
1504
1517
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
29 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'1"
76"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.86
Strikes landed / min
1.40
43%
Strike accuracy
53%
2.77
Strikes absorbed / min
1.73
47%
Strike defense
26%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.03
Takedowns / 15 min
3.00
50%
Takedown accuracy
60%
77%
Takedown defense
1.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
100%
-2
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
168
Days since last fight
457
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Gabriel Gonzaga
  • LFabricio WerdumKO/TKO R2
    Close -2406mo before
  • LRandy CoutureKO/TKO R3
    Close -13310mo before
  • WMirko FilipovicKO/TKO R1
    Close +4001y 2mo before
  • WCarmelo MarreroSUB R1
    Close -2761y 6mo before
  • WFabiano SchernerKO/TKO R2
    Close -3302y 1mo before
Justin McCully
  • WAntoni HardonkU-DEC R3
    Close +3551y 3mo before
Gonzaga — win / loss by method
Record: 8-3-0

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
5 wins, 3 losses
W
63% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (75%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
McCully — win / loss by method
Record: 9-3-2

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, 3 losses
W
67% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win3loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (75%)Submission(100%) 3
2 (25%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Gonzaga
McCully
6
UFC fights
1
49.5 min · 8.2 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
23y 4m
Career length
29y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Gonzaga
McCully
65W–20L · 76.5%
Overall
5W–2L · 71.4%
41W–9L · 82.0%
Wins
5W–2L · 71.4%
24W–11L · 68.6%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Gonzaga
McCully
8W–7L · 53.3%
Overall
58W–33L · 63.7%
6W–7L · 46.2%
Wins
24W–23L · 51.1%
2W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
34W–10L · 77.3%
Distance striking
Gonzaga
McCully
2.18
Landed / min
5.91
31.7%
Accuracy
66.7%
65.6%
Defense
50.0%
0.91
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
37.0%
Time at distance
2.3%
Grappling & control
Gonzaga
McCully
3.03
Takedowns / 15 min
3.00
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
60.0%
76.9%
Takedown defense
1.82
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
55.0%
Control share
100.0%
Strike target map
Gonzaga
  • Head62%(57)div 66%
  • Body13%(12)div 17%
  • Legs25%(23)div 17%
McCully
  • Head90%(19)div 66%
  • Body0%(0)div 17%
  • Legs10%(2)div 17%

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

Gabriel Gonzaga
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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.