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UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann
Montel Jackson
Montel Jackson
10-2 · USA
VS
JP Buys
JP Buys
9-3 · ZAF
September 18, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
Montel Jackson def. JP Buys by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Jackson8/122/202:36
Buys3/81/401:20
R2
Jackson7/122/324:07
Buys2/60/100:00
R3
Jackson10/190/023:20
Buys3/100/200:00
Total
Jackson25/434/5410:03
Buys8/241/701:20

Scorecards

Jackson vs Buys

RdDerek ClearySal D'AmatoTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.1
R210-910-910-910-8.5
R310-910-910-910-8.3
Total30-2730-2730-2729.8-25.9

Media (10 cards) · avg 29.826.8 · 10 Jackson · 0 Buys

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Jackson-Buys.

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
JacksonWin probabilityBuys
72.2%27.8%
KO / TKO
36%
Submission
30%
Decision
34%
Expected fight time: 8.8 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Jackson72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%38%42%
Submission18%25%14%
Decision27%37%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (1550)act 25
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.8)act 4
Buys28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%32%5%
Submission12%44%5%
Decision7%24%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (931)act 8
Takedowns1.9 (0.04.9)act 1
Combined totals~60 sig strikes~2.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R136%
R219%
R311%
Distance34%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Jackson
64.4%-189
Buys
+18934.1%
Most takedownstie 18.4%
Jackson
22.0%+270
Buys
-27059.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Jackson
Expected: 37.0
37
Over 37
39.1%
+152
Exactly 37
1.3%
push
Under 37
59.6%
-152
04793
Buys
Expected: 22.9
23
Over 23
38.6%
+154
Exactly 23
2.1%
push
Under 23
59.4%
-154
02958
Takedowns — over/under
Jackson
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
30.9%
+148
Exactly 1
23.3%
push
Under 1
45.8%
-148
035
Buys
Expected: 1.9
2
Over 2
38.6%
+109
Exactly 2
19.3%
push
Under 2
42.1%
-109
036

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 8.8 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
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Jackson72.2%82.9%−10.7-655
Buys27.8%17.1%+10.7+457
By method
Jackson by KO/TKO26.2%41.7%−15.5-103
Jackson by submission21.8%13.6%+8.2+502
Jackson by decision24.2%25.8%−1.6+219
Buys by KO/TKO10.1%4.8%+5.3+1623
Buys by submission8.4%5.1%+3.3+1502
Buys by decision9.3%9.0%+0.3+808
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds64.2%55.9%+8.3-150
Over 2.5 rds44.8%43.6%+1.2+115
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision33.5%36.9%−3.4+154

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
78.0Striking41.6
Jackson +36.4
67.3Grappling37.5
Jackson +29.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
JacksonBuys
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1554
Pound-for-pound
1508
1555
Divisional
1526
1511
Striking offense
1485
1515
Striking defense
1493
1524
Grappling offense
1548
1502
Grappling defense
1548
Physical
29 yrs
Age
25 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'5"
75"
Reach
67"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.65
Strikes landed / min
2.14
59%
Strike accuracy
30%
1.46
Strikes absorbed / min
4.66
53%
Strike defense
39%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.24
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
75%
Takedown accuracy
0%
65%
Takedown defense
50%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.9
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
0%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
0%
50%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
182
Days since last fight
182
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Montel Jackson
  • WJesse StraderKO/TKO R1
    opp missedClose -6576mo before
  • LBrett JohnsU-DEC R3
    Close -2151y 2mo before
  • WFelipe ColaresU-DEC R3
    Close -7001y 8mo before
  • WAndre SoukhamthathU-DEC R3
    Close -6002y 5mo before
  • WBrian KelleherSUB R1
    missedClose -1752y 9mo before
JP Buys
  • LBruno SilvaKO/TKO R2
    Close -1416mo before
Jackson — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
30% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0
Buys — win / loss by method
Record: 9-3-0

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
3 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
5 (56%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (11%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Jackson
Buys
6
UFC fights
1
63.6 min · 10.6 avg
Octagon time
7.9 min · 7.9 avg
9y 1m
Career length
11y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Jackson
Buys
75W–20L · 78.9%
Overall
10W–5L · 66.7%
46W–17L · 73.0%
Wins
0W–0L
29W–3L · 90.6%
Losses
10W–5L · 66.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Jackson
Buys
39W–44L · 47.0%
Overall
47W–24L · 66.2%
39W–44L · 47.0%
Wins
35W–18L · 66.0%
0W–0L
Losses
12W–6L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Jackson
Buys
5.79
Landed / min
5.20
48.4%
Accuracy
28.3%
57.1%
Defense
39.5%
0.94
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
32.3%
Time at distance
36.4%
Grappling & control
Jackson
Buys
4.24
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
75.0%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
65.3%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.24
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.89
58.5%
Control share
21.2%
Strike target map
Jackson
  • Head71%(164)div 63%
  • Body21%(49)div 21%
  • Legs8%(19)div 17%
Buys
  • Head47%(8)div 63%
  • Body24%(4)div 21%
  • Legs29%(5)div 17%

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

Montel Jackson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

JP Buys
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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