MatchWiz

Garreth McLellan “Soldier Boy”

13-6-0 · MatchWiz rating 1409

Age44Height6'0"Reach72"StanceSouthpawDivisionMiddleweightCountrySouth Africa

Rating trend

15002015201620171409

current 1409 · hover or touch the chart to trace each fight

Our Elo-style rating after each UFC fight — 1500 is average; champions live around 1700+ (full leaderboard). This is the backbone of our win probabilities.

Career rates

Where he stands

Garreth McLellan is 1-4 across 5 fights on our tape. He's on a 3-fight losing run. Our rating has him at 1409 — it moves with every result and weights who he beat, so a win over a ranked opponent counts for far more than one over a debutant. A record on its own says very little in this sport — two fighters at 12-3 can have faced completely different opposition, which is exactly the gap the rating is built to close.

He ends fights

100% of Garreth's wins have come inside the distance. That's a real trait and a volatile one: a finisher's floor is lower than his highlight reel suggests, because the same aggression that ends fights early loses them early. He absorbs 2.9 significant strikes a minute, which is the number to watch — a high finish rate paired with heavy absorption is a career that tends to be short and loud.

Age matters more here than in most sports

Garreth is 44. MMA decline tends to arrive suddenly rather than gradually — durability goes before output does, so a fighter can look sharp on the stats right up until he doesn't. The model factors age in, and it's one of the places we'd trust the number least on any individual fight.

How the model reads him

Garreth's number is a matchup output — rating against rating, then style against style, plus age and layoff — graded on the fight board like every other call. Our tape covers UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 on, and one punch can settle a fight the better fighter was winning.

The full method is on the fight board, and every published call is graded on the report card.

Garreth McLellan — FAQ

What is Garreth McLellan's record?

1-4 across 5 fights on our tape, which covers UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 to the present. Our rating has him at 1409 — it weights who he beat, not just how often he won.

What kind of fighter is Garreth McLellan?

He lands 3.6 significant strikes a minute and absorbs 2.9, with 1.2 takedowns per 15 minutes and 35% takedown defense. Those rates decide where his fights happen, which decides most of the rest.

Fight history

DateOpponentResultEventΔ rating
Mar 12, 2017Paulo CostaL · KO/TKO R1UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum-32
Aug 27, 2016Alessio Di ChiricoL · Decision - Split R3UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Condit-29
May 8, 2016Magnus CedenbladL · KO/TKO R2UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Arlovski-40
Oct 24, 2015Bubba BushW · KO/TKO R3UFC Fight Night: Holohan vs. Smolka+42
Apr 11, 2015Bartosz FabinskiL · Decision - Unanimous R3UFC Fight Night: Gonzaga vs. Cro Cop 2-32

Record is career MMA (including pre-UFC fights); the history and rating cover UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 on. Back to the fight board →