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UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes
Justin Tafa
Justin Tafa
3-1 · AUS
VS
Juan Adams
Juan Adams
5-2 · USA
February 8, 2020 · Houston, Texas, USA
Heavyweight · 3 rounds
265.5lb
Weigh-in
266.0lb
Justin Tafa def. Juan Adams by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 1:59
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:59
Tafa10/150/010:02
Adams7/110/000:00
Total
Tafa10/150/010:02
Adams7/110/000:00

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
TafaWin probabilityAdams
47.2%52.8%
KO / TKO
48%
Submission
25%
Decision
28%
Expected fight time: 7.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Tafa47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%44%
Submission12%26%
Decision14%30%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1842)act 10
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Adams53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%51%
Submission12%23%
Decision14%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 7
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 0
Combined totals~67 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R145%
R217%
R310%
Distance28%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Tafa
45.6%+116
Adams
-11652.8%
Most takedownstie 47.4%
Tafa
17.1%+208
Adams
-20835.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Tafa
Expected: 32.0
32
Over 32
41.5%
+136
Exactly 32
2.1%
push
Under 32
56.4%
-136
04181
Adams
Expected: 34.6
34.5
Over 34.5
42.8%
+134
Under 34.5
57.2%
-134
04487
Takedowns — over/under
Tafa
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.9%
+318
Under 0.5
76.1%
-318
035
Adams
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
41.4%
+142
Under 0.5
58.6%
-142
035

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 7.8 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
Tafa47.2%32.1%+15.1+200
Adams52.8%67.9%−15.1-240

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
78.0Striking64.8
Tafa +13.1
0.0Grappling37.6
Adams +37.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
TafaAdams
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1492
Pound-for-pound
1498
1492
Divisional
1498
1497
Striking offense
1499
1493
Striking defense
1501
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
26 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'5"
74"
Reach
80"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.77
Strikes landed / min
6.36
67%
Strike accuracy
51%
1.85
Strikes absorbed / min
4.42
67%
Strike defense
33%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.12
Takedown accuracy
67%
Takedown defense
25%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
33%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
0%
Last-5 win rate
33%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
126
Days since last fight
203
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Justin Tafa
  • LYorgan De CastroKO/TKO R1
    Close -1054mo before
Juan Adams
  • LGreg HardyKO/TKO R1
    Close -1157mo before
  • LArjan BhullarU-DEC R3
    Close -1359mo before
  • WChris de la RochaKO/TKO R3
    Close -4701y 2mo before
Tafa — win / loss by method
Record: 3-1-0

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, 1 loss
W
100% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Adams — win / loss by method
Record: 5-2-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
100% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Tafa
Adams
1
UFC fights
3
2.2 min · 2.2 avg
Octagon time
26.7 min · 8.9 avg
9y 2m
Career length
9y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Tafa
Adams
5W–0L · 100.0%
Overall
17W–4L · 81.0%
0W–0L
Wins
5W–2L · 71.4%
5W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
12W–2L · 85.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Tafa
Adams
5W–3L · 62.5%
Overall
17W–15L · 53.1%
5W–3L · 62.5%
Wins
17W–15L · 53.1%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Tafa
Adams
4.68
Landed / min
7.93
66.7%
Accuracy
37.9%
50.0%
Defense
46.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
19.7%
Time at distance
43.0%
Grappling & control
Tafa
Adams
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.12
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
Takedown defense
25.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
85.2%
Control share
47.9%
Strike target map
Tafa
  • Head83%(5)div 66%
  • Body17%(1)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 15%
Adams
  • Head78%(133)div 66%
  • Body17%(29)div 19%
  • Legs5%(8)div 15%

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

Justin Tafa
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Juan Adams
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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