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The Ultimate Fighter: The Comeback Finale
VS
Gideon Ray
Gideon Ray
13-4-1 · USA
November 11, 2006 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Middleweight · 3 rounds
186.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Charles McCarthy def. Gideon Ray by SUB (Armbar), R1 4:43
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:43
McCarthy2/121/100:38
Ray9/260/000:00
Total
McCarthy2/121/100:38
Ray9/260/000:00

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
McCarthyWin probabilityRay
57.9%42.1%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
26%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 10.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
McCarthy58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%21%
Submission17%29%
Decision29%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (2149)act 2
Takedowns1.8 (0.14.0)act 1
Ray42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%40%
Submission8%20%
Decision17%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2354)act 9
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~79 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R214%
R311%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
McCarthy
44.8%+120
Ray
-12053.9%
Most takedownstie 9.6%
McCarthy
86.9%-2523
Ray
+25233.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
McCarthy
Expected: 37.6
37.5
Over 37.5
42.7%
+134
Under 37.5
57.3%
-134
04895
Ray
Expected: 41.5
41.5
Over 41.5
42.5%
+135
Under 41.5
57.5%
-135
052104
Takedowns — over/under
McCarthy
Expected: 1.8
2
Over 2
36.2%
+104
Exactly 2
26.1%
push
Under 2
37.7%
-104
036
Ray
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
17.5%
Exactly 0
82.5%
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 10.0 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

No market on record for this bout.

Trait web
32.6Striking51.7
Ray +19.1
50.6Grappling39.0
McCarthy +11.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
McCarthyRay
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1500
Pound-for-pound
1488
1500
Divisional
1488
1493
Striking offense
1496
1493
Striking defense
1493
1501
Grappling offense
1500
1500
Grappling defense
1498
Physical
26 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'10"
71"
Reach
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
0.00
Strikes landed / min
2.24
0%
Strike accuracy
46%
2.79
Strikes absorbed / min
4.47
50%
Strike defense
45%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.09
Takedowns / 15 min
2.80
33%
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
2.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
525
Days since last fight
462
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Charles McCarthy
  • LDavid LoiseauKO/TKO R2
    1y 5mo before
Gideon Ray
  • LMike SwickKO/TKO R1
    1y 3mo before
  • LDavid LoiseauKO/TKO R1
    1y 9mo before
McCarthy — win / loss by method
Record: 9-4-0

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
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 1 loss
W
100% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
9 (100%)Submission(33%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(33%) 1
Ray — win / loss by method
Record: 13-4-1

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
6 wins, 2 losses
W
46% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
54% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 2
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
13win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (46%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
7 (54%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
McCarthy
Ray
1
UFC fights
2
7.2 min · 7.2 avg
Octagon time
5.4 min · 2.7 avg
23y 0m
Career length
26y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

McCarthy
Ray
12W–4L · 75.0%
Overall
17W–5L · 77.3%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
12W–4L · 75.0%
Losses
17W–5L · 77.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
McCarthy
Ray
46W–43L · 51.7%
Overall
126W–98L · 56.3%
39W–34L · 53.4%
Wins
96W–91L · 51.3%
7W–9L · 43.8%
Losses
30W–7L · 81.1%
Distance striking
McCarthy
Ray
0.00
Landed / min
3.00
0.0%
Accuracy
26.3%
61.5%
Defense
64.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
20.6%
Time at distance
31.1%
Grappling & control
McCarthy
Ray
2.09
Takedowns / 15 min
2.80
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
2.09
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
48.8%
Control share
17.9%
Strike target map
McCarthy
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.
Ray
  • Head17%(2)div 63%
  • Body33%(4)div 20%
  • Legs50%(6)div 17%

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

Charles McCarthy
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Gideon Ray
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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