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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra Finale
Mac Danzig
Mac Danzig
16-4-1 · USA
VS
Tommy Speer
Tommy Speer
11-1 · USA
December 8, 2007 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
168.5lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Mac Danzig def. Tommy Speer by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R1 2:01
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:01
Danzig10/141/201:14
Speer4/70/000:28
Total
Danzig10/141/201:14
Speer4/70/000:28

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
DanzigWin probabilitySpeer
63.5%36.5%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
38%
Decision
39%
Expected fight time: 8.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Danzig63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%18%
Submission26%41%
Decision26%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2150)act 10
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.6)act 1
Speer37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%31%
Submission12%33%
Decision13%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1741)act 4
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.1)act 0
Combined totals~70 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R146%
R29%
R36%
Distance39%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Danzig
58.4%-146
Speer
+14640.1%
Most takedownstie 43.8%
Danzig
23.5%+139
Speer
-13932.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Danzig
Expected: 38.6
38.5
Over 38.5
42.7%
+134
Under 38.5
57.3%
-134
04997
Speer
Expected: 31.6
31.5
Over 31.5
42.7%
+134
Under 31.5
57.3%
-134
04079
Takedowns — over/under
Danzig
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
33.7%
+197
Under 0.5
66.3%
-197
035
Speer
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
41.2%
+143
Under 0.5
58.8%
-143
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 8.4 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
Danzig63.5%61.4%+2.1-178
Speer36.5%38.6%−2.1+148

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.

Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1533
Pound-for-pound
1531
1533
Divisional
1531
Striking offense
Striking defense
1500
Grappling offense
1500
1500
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
27 yrs
Age
23 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'10"
70"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
Strike accuracy
Strikes absorbed / min
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
Win/loss streak
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Mac Danzig
No prior UFC fights.
Tommy Speer
No prior UFC fights.
Danzig — win / loss by method
Record: 16-4-1

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
25% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
16win4loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (25%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
8 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (25%)Decision(75%) 3
Speer — win / loss by method
Record: 11-1-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
64% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
27% of wins
L
0% 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
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (64%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (27%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (9%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Danzig
Speer
0
UFC fights
0
Octagon time
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Danzig
Speer
Overall
Wins
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Danzig
Speer
145W–86L · 62.8%
Overall
38W–34L · 52.8%
95W–66L · 59.0%
Wins
38W–34L · 52.8%
50W–20L · 71.4%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Danzig
Speer
Landed / min
Accuracy
Defense
Knockdowns / 15 min
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Danzig
Speer
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
Sub attempts / 15 min
Control share
Strike target map
Danzig
  • Head0%(0)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 14%
  • No strike data on record.
Speer
  • Head0%(0)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 14%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Mac Danzig

No UFC fights on record.

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

Tommy Speer

No UFC fights on record.

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