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Welterweight
3 Rounds
John Hathaway won · S-DEC R3
Elo1490
Elo1351
Kris McCray

John HathawayvsKris McCrayUFC Prediction Result

UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs Davis · Saturday, March 26, 2011Seattle, Washington, USA

Official fight result

John Hathaway won

S-DEC · Round 3 · 5:00

Style matchupJohn Hathaway: WrestlervsKris McCray: Wrestler

Wrestler-vs-wrestler scrambles. Whoever lands the first takedown often controls the round.

Model Prediction: John Hathaway wins(74.7%)

Actual result: John Hathaway wins · Model version: ufc_v6_2_pure_lightgbm_20260715_055615

Correct

Hypothetical $100 stake on the replay pick

John Hathaway at -390 American odds

+$26 profit

$126 total returned

Scouting Report

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

  • John Hathaway has 22pp better takedown defense — controls where the fight happens.

Tale of the Tape

John Hathaway
Red Corner
VS
Kris McCray
Blue Corner
-390
(80%)
Vegas Odds
+320
(24%)
1490
Elo
1351
39
Age
44
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
6'1"
Height
6'0"
190.5 cm
Reach
193.04 cm

Recent Form

Last 5 fights for each fighter — most recent on the right. Hover any result for the matchup.

John Hathaway
oldest →
W
vs Diego Sanchez · May 10
L
vs Mike Pyle · Oct 10
W
vs Pascal Krauss · May 12
W
vs John Maguire · Sep 12
L
KOvs Dong Hyun Kim · Mar 14
latest
Kris McCrayL2 streak
oldest →
L
SUBvs Court McGee · Jun 10
L
SUBvs Carlos Eduardo Rocha · Nov 10
latest

Output & Defense Comparison

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

John HathawayMetricKris McCray
3.40
Strikes / min
2.69
1.80
Strikes absorbed / min
2.57
62%
Strike defense
54%
2.61
TDs / 15 min
2.88
60%
Takedown defense
38%
0.90
Sub atts / 15 min
0.00
Net striking (SLpM − SApM)
+1.60Δ 1.48 — meaningful gap+0.12

Statistical Profile

Career averages · bigger area = stronger across dimensions

Elo1500 vs 1464Strikes46.2 vs 11.0Takedowns2.8 vs 1.0Sub Atts0.60 vs 0.00Form-0.2 vs -1.0
John HathawayKris McCray

Recent Elo Trajectory

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

14901495150015051510← oldermost recent →
John Hathaway(6 fights)Kris McCray(3 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 +139.3|Blue -139.3
Recent Form
Red +0.8|Blue -0.8
Striker Score
Red +2.4|Blue -2.4
Grappler Score
Red +0.8|Blue -0.8
Layoff
Red +28.0|Blue -28.0
Red Corner advantageBlue Corner advantage

Strike Breakdown

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

John HathawayTargetKris McCray

By target zone

28
41% acc · 65%
Head
15
36% acc · 31%
12
92% acc · 28%
Body
20
87% acc · 42%
3
100% acc · 7%
Leg
13
87% acc · 27%

By position

23
42% acc · 53%
Distance
19
40% acc · 40%
10
77% acc · 23%
Clinch
16
89% acc · 33%
10
59% acc · 23%
Ground
13
93% acc · 27%

Round-by-Round Scoring (Model)

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

1
John Hathaway rounds
0
even
2
Kris McCray rounds
Round 1Kris McCray edged it
Sig. strikes12
Takedowns0
Control0:04
26Sig. strikes
2Takedowns
4:02Control
Round 2Kris McCray edged it
Sig. strikes16
Takedowns0
Control0:59
15Sig. strikes
1Takedowns
2:24Control
Round 3John Hathaway edged it
Sig. strikes15
Takedowns3
Control3:15
7Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
1:10Control
Statistical round count disagrees with the official result — could indicate a contested decision or finish that doesn't follow round-count logic.

Fight Stats

Totals

0
KD
0
43 / 85
Sig Strikes
48 / 80
50.7%
Sig Str %
59.7%
207 / 299
Total Strikes
133 / 177
3 / 6
TDs
3 / 7
50%
TD %
33.3%
4
Sub Att
0
0
Rev
1
4:18
Ctrl Time
7:36

Round-by-Round

RoundFighterSig StrTotal StrTDSub
1Kris McCray26 / 3858 / 742 / 40
1John Hathaway12 / 2254 / 730 / 03
2Kris McCray15 / 3157 / 741 / 20
2John Hathaway16 / 3346 / 720 / 31
3Kris McCray7 / 1118 / 290 / 10
3John Hathaway15 / 30107 / 1543 / 30

John Hathaway

StanceOrthodox
Height73.0"
Reach75.0"
Fights6

Kris McCray

StanceOrthodox
Height72.0"
Reach76.0"
Fights3