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UFC 72: Victory
Jason MacDonald
Jason MacDonald
18-8 · CAN
VS
Rory Singer
Rory Singer
11-6 · USA
June 16, 2007 · Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Middleweight · 3 rounds
185.0lb
Weigh-in
186.0lb
Jason MacDonald def. Rory Singer by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 3:18
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
MacDonald12/211/503:26
Singer17/251/200:49
R2 · 3:18
MacDonald18/281/202:53
Singer0/00/000:00
Total
MacDonald30/492/706:19
Singer17/251/200:49

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
MacDonaldWin probabilitySinger
47.3%52.7%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
40%
Decision
34%
Expected fight time: 7.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
MacDonald47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%22%
Submission24%51%
Decision12%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes20 (1026)act 30
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 2
Singer53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%29%
Submission16%30%
Decision22%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes24 (1331)act 17
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 1
Combined totals~43 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R150%
R29%
R37%
Distance34%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.4%
MacDonald
40.8%+139
Singer
-13956.8%
Most takedownstie 46.3%
MacDonald
26.8%+100
Singer
-10026.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
MacDonald
Expected: 19.8
20
Over 20
40.2%
+141
Exactly 20
3.2%
push
Under 20
56.6%
-141
02550
Singer
Expected: 23.7
23.5
Over 23.5
43.0%
+133
Under 23.5
57.0%
-133
03060
Takedowns — over/under
MacDonald
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
34.3%
+191
Under 0.5
65.7%
-191
035
Singer
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
34.2%
+192
Under 0.5
65.8%
-192
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 7.9 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
MacDonald47.3%67.7%−20.4-245
Singer52.7%32.3%+20.4+195

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
56.3Striking66.8
Singer +10.5
42.8Grappling23.0
MacDonald +19.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MacDonaldSinger
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1532
Pound-for-pound
1513
1530
Divisional
1514
1489
Striking offense
1493
1499
Striking defense
1498
1512
Grappling offense
1497
1487
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
32 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'2"
80"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.38
Strikes landed / min
2.69
49%
Strike accuracy
36%
3.03
Strikes absorbed / min
2.08
47%
Strike defense
70%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.38
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
12%
Takedown accuracy
0%
20%
Takedown defense
60%
2.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
67%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
67%
Last-5 win rate
67%
100%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
105
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jason MacDonald
  • LRich FranklinKO/TKO R2
    Close +2903mo before
  • WChris LebenSUB R2
    Close +1406mo before
  • WEd HermanSUB R1
    Close +2258mo before
Rory Singer
  • LYushin OkamiKO/TKO R3
    Close +3816mo before
  • WJosh HaynesU-DEC R3
    8mo before
  • WRoss PointonSUB R1
    Close -2751y before
MacDonald — win / loss by method
Record: 18-8-0

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
1 win, 3 losses
W
6% of wins
L
38% of losses
Submission
16 wins, 2 losses
W
89% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
1 win, 3 losses
W
6% of wins
L
38% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
16win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (6%)KO/TKO(29%) 2
14 (88%)Submission(29%) 2
1 (6%)Decision(43%) 3
Singer — win / loss by method
Record: 11-6-0

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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
18% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 2 losses
W
55% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
27% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (56%)Submission(40%) 2
2 (22%)Decision(60%) 3

Profiles

Experience
MacDonald
Singer
3
UFC fights
3
21.8 min · 7.3 avg
Octagon time
29.8 min · 9.9 avg
26y 7m
Career length
24y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

MacDonald
Singer
51W–9L · 85.0%
Overall
31W–15L · 67.4%
29W–7L · 80.6%
Wins
13W–12L · 52.0%
22W–2L · 91.7%
Losses
18W–3L · 85.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
MacDonald
Singer
194W–98L · 66.4%
Overall
68W–36L · 65.4%
114W–72L · 61.3%
Wins
16W–16L · 50.0%
80W–26L · 75.5%
Losses
52W–20L · 72.2%
Distance striking
MacDonald
Singer
2.64
Landed / min
3.17
28.6%
Accuracy
28.4%
59.5%
Defense
81.9%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
17.4%
Time at distance
53.0%
Grappling & control
MacDonald
Singer
1.38
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
11.8%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
20.0%
Takedown defense
60.0%
2.07
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.50
48.9%
Control share
15.0%
Strike target map
MacDonald
  • Head20%(6)div 64%
  • Body23%(7)div 19%
  • Legs57%(17)div 17%
Singer
  • Head63%(50)div 64%
  • Body14%(11)div 19%
  • Legs24%(19)div 17%

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

Jason MacDonald
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Rory Singer
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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