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Middleweight
3 Rounds
Garreth McLellan won · KO/TKO R3
Elo1490
Bubba Bush
Elo1360

Bubba BushvsGarreth McLellanUFC Prediction Result

UFC Fight Night: Holohan vs Smolka · Saturday, October 24, 2015Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Official fight result

Garreth McLellan won

KO/TKO · Round 3 · 4:58

Model Prediction: Garreth McLellan wins(72.7%)

Actual result: Garreth McLellan wins · Model version: ufc_v6_2_pure_lightgbm_20260715_055615

Correct

Hypothetical $100 stake on the replay pick

Garreth McLellan at +270 American odds

+$270 profit

$370 total returned

Scouting Report

Auto-generated signals worth knowing before you read the deep stats below.

  • Garreth McLellan enters on a 4-fight losing streak.
  • Garreth McLellan has 20pp better strike defense — meaningful gap.
  • Bubba Bush has 26pp better takedown defense — controls where the fight happens.
  • Stance matchup historically favors Garreth McLellan (53.5%).

Tale of the Tape

Bubba Bush
Red Corner
VS
Garreth McLellan
Blue Corner
-330
(77%)
Vegas Odds
+270
(27%)
1490
Elo
1360
41
Age
43
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
6'0"
Height
6'1"
185.42 cm
Reach
182.88 cm

Recent Form

Last 4 fights for each fighter — most recent on the right. Hover any result for the matchup.

Bubba BushNo prior UFC fights on record.
Garreth McLellanL4 streak
oldest →
L
vs Bartosz Fabinski · Apr 15
L
KOvs Magnus Cedenblad · May 16
L
vs Alessio Di Chirico · Aug 16
L
KOvs Paulo Costa · Mar 17
latest

Output & Defense Comparison

Rate-normalized career statistics. Bold side has the edge per metric.

Bubba BushMetricGarreth McLellan
0.63
Strikes / min
3.56
7.01
Strikes absorbed / min
2.94
25%
Strike defense
45%
2.82
TDs / 15 min
1.15
60%
Takedown defense
34%
0.00
Sub atts / 15 min
0.90
Net striking (SLpM − SApM)
-6.38Δ 7.00 — meaningful gap+0.62

Statistical Profile

Career averages · bigger area = stronger across dimensions

Elo1500 vs 1482Strikes2.0 vs 13.0Takedowns0.0 vs 0.0Sub Atts0.00 vs 2.00Form0.0 vs -1.0
Bubba BushGarreth McLellan

Recent Elo Trajectory

Last 10 fights for each fighter, aligned right (most recent on the right).

14801488149515031510← oldermost recent →
Bubba Bush(1 fights)Garreth McLellan(5 fights)

Model Feature Differentials

Red − Blue for each engineered feature. Bar leans toward the stronger fighter.Hover a label to see what it measures.

ELO Rating
Red +130.9|Blue -130.9
Recent Form
Red +1.0|Blue -1.0
Striker Score
Red +50.0|Blue -50.0
Grappler Score
Red +50.0|Blue -50.0
Red Corner advantageBlue Corner advantage

Strike Breakdown

Where the strikes landed. Head accuracy is the single strongest predictor of fight outcomes.

Bubba BushTargetGarreth McLellan

By target zone

3
38% acc · 38%
Head
87
71% acc · 90%
1
100% acc · 13%
Body
9
100% acc · 9%
4
80% acc · 50%
Leg
1
50% acc · 1%

By position

3
60% acc · 38%
Distance
3
21% acc · 3%
1
100% acc · 13%
Clinch
0
4
50% acc · 50%
Ground
94
79% acc · 97%

Round-by-Round Scoring (Model)

Statistical round-winner heuristic based on strikes, takedowns, control time, and knockdowns. Not the official judges' scorecard.

1
Bubba Bush rounds
0
even
2
Garreth McLellan rounds
Round 1Bubba Bush edged it
Sig. strikes7
Takedowns2
Control4:20
1Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:01Control
Round 2Garreth McLellan edged it
Sig. strikes0
Takedowns0
Control0:37
52Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
4:01Control
Round 3Garreth McLellan edged it
Sig. strikes1
Takedowns1
Control1:00
44Sig. strikes
2Takedowns
3:46Control
Statistical round count agrees with the official result.

Fight Stats

Totals

0
KD
0
8 / 14
Sig Strikes
97 / 133
52.7%
Sig Str %
55.3%
31 / 41
Total Strikes
163 / 206
3 / 6
TDs
2 / 5
55.3%
TD %
40%
0
Sub Att
1
0
Rev
0
5:57
Ctrl Time
7:48

Round-by-Round

RoundFighterSig StrTotal StrTDSub
1Garreth McLellan1 / 73 / 90 / 01
1Bubba Bush7 / 1218 / 272 / 30
2Garreth McLellan52 / 7083 / 1060 / 00
2Bubba Bush0 / 17 / 80 / 20
3Garreth McLellan44 / 5677 / 912 / 50
3Bubba Bush1 / 16 / 61 / 10

Bubba Bush

StanceOrthodox
Height72.0"
Reach
Fights1

Garreth McLellan

StanceSouthpaw
Height73.0"
Reach72.0"
Fights5