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Welterweight
3 Rounds
Matthew Riddle won · U-DEC R3
Elo1490
Elo1352

Matthew RiddlevsJohn MaguireUFC Prediction Result

UFC 154: St-Pierre vs Condit · Saturday, November 17, 2012Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Official fight result

Matthew Riddle won

U-DEC · Round 3 · 5:00

Style matchupMatthew Riddle: WrestlervsJohn Maguire: Wrestler

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

Model Prediction: John Maguire wins(60.3%)

Actual result: Matthew Riddle wins · Model version: ufc_v6_2_pure_lightgbm_20260715_055615

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Scouting Report

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

  • John Maguire has 11pp better strike defense — meaningful gap.
  • Matthew Riddle has a 18cm reach advantage.

Tale of the Tape

Matthew Riddle
Red Corner
VS
John Maguire
Blue Corner
-220
(69%)
Vegas Odds
+200
(33%)
1490
Elo
1352
40
Age
43
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
6'1"
Height
5'9"
193.04 cm
Reach
175.26 cm

Recent Form

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

Matthew Riddle
oldest →
W
vs Greg Soto · Mar 10
W
KOvs DaMarques Johnson · Aug 10
L
vs Sean Pierson · Dec 10
L
vs Lance Benoist · Sep 11
W
vs Henry Martinez · Feb 12
latest
John MaguireL2 streak
oldest →
W
vs Justin Edwards · Nov 11
W
SUBvs DaMarques Johnson · Apr 12
L
vs John Hathaway · Sep 12
L
vs Mitch Clarke · Jun 13
latest

Output & Defense Comparison

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

Matthew RiddleMetricJohn Maguire
3.01
Strikes / min
1.41
2.74
Strikes absorbed / min
2.44
54%
Strike defense
65%
3.51
TDs / 15 min
2.80
89%
Takedown defense
77%
0.50
Sub atts / 15 min
1.10
Net striking (SLpM − SApM)
+0.27Δ 1.30 — meaningful gap-1.03

Statistical Profile

Career averages · bigger area = stronger across dimensions

Elo1516 vs 1518Strikes43.5 vs 15.3Takedowns3.3 vs 3.3Sub Atts0.60 vs 1.00Form0.2 vs 0.0
Matthew RiddleJohn Maguire

Recent Elo Trajectory

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

14901495150015051510← oldermost recent →
Matthew Riddle(6 fights)John Maguire(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 +138.0|Blue -138.0
Recent Form
Red +0.1|Blue -0.1
Striker Score
Red +1.7|Blue -1.7
Grappler Score
Red -0.1|Blue +0.1
Layoff
Red +238.0|Blue -238.0
Red Corner advantageBlue Corner advantage

Strike Breakdown

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

Matthew RiddleTargetJohn Maguire

By target zone

22
18% acc · 49%
Head
30
30% acc · 81%
6
35% acc · 13%
Body
0
0% acc
17
71% acc · 38%
Leg
7
78% acc · 19%

By position

30
21% acc · 67%
Distance
35
33% acc · 95%
15
100% acc · 33%
Clinch
2
100% acc · 5%
0
0% acc
Ground
0

Round-by-Round Scoring (Model)

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

3
Matthew Riddle rounds
0
even
0
John Maguire rounds
Round 1Matthew Riddle edged it
Sig. strikes14
Takedowns0
Control0:21
12Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:03Control
Round 2Matthew Riddle edged it
Sig. strikes10
Takedowns1
Control1:42
12Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:14Control
Round 3Matthew Riddle edged it
Sig. strikes21
Takedowns0
Control1:09
13Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:12Control
Statistical round count agrees with the official result.

Fight Stats

Totals

0
KD
0
45 / 163
Sig Strikes
37 / 109
26.7%
Sig Str %
33.7%
74 / 195
Total Strikes
38 / 110
1 / 4
TDs
0 / 6
33.3%
TD %
0%
0
Sub Att
2
0
Rev
0
3:12
Ctrl Time
0:29

Round-by-Round

RoundFighterSig StrTotal StrTDSub
1John Maguire12 / 3512 / 350 / 30
1Matthew Riddle14 / 5215 / 530 / 10
2John Maguire12 / 3613 / 370 / 11
2Matthew Riddle10 / 5033 / 761 / 10
3John Maguire13 / 3813 / 380 / 21
3Matthew Riddle21 / 6126 / 660 / 20

Matthew Riddle

StanceSouthpaw
Height73.0"
Reach76.0"
Fights6

John Maguire

StanceSouthpaw
Height69.0"
Reach69.0"
Fights5