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UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Weidman
Joe Lauzon
Joe Lauzon
27-15 · USA
VS
Jonathan Pearce
Jonathan Pearce
9-3 · USA
October 18, 2019 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
153.0lb
Weigh-in
154.5lb
Joe Lauzon def. Jonathan Pearce by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 1:33
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:33
Lauzon25/361/200:41
Pearce8/190/000:00
Total
Lauzon25/361/200:41
Pearce8/190/000:00

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
LauzonWin probabilityPearce
17.5%82.5%
KO / TKO
44%
Submission
27%
Decision
29%
Expected fight time: 8.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Lauzon18%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%29%
Submission9%50%
Decision4%21%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1433)act 25
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.9)act 1
Pearce82%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO39%47%
Submission18%22%
Decision25%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes54 (3070)act 8
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.0)act 0
Combined totals~79 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R239%
R36%
Distance29%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Lauzon
19.2%+415
Pearce
-41579.7%
Most takedownstie 33.5%
Lauzon
47.8%-257
Pearce
+25718.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lauzon
Expected: 25.5
25.5
Over 25.5
42.5%
+135
Under 25.5
57.5%
-135
03264
Pearce
Expected: 53.6
53.5
Over 53.5
42.6%
+135
Under 53.5
57.4%
-135
067134
Takedowns — over/under
Lauzon
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
41.8%
+139
Under 1.5
58.2%
-139
035
Pearce
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
31.6%
+216
Under 0.5
68.4%
-216
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 8.6 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
Lauzon17.5%35.7%−18.2+170
Pearce82.5%64.3%+18.2-200

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LauzonPearce
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1536
Pound-for-pound
1515
1536
Divisional
1515
1468
Striking offense
1482
1452
Striking defense
1500
1525
Grappling offense
1500
1537
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
35 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'10"
Height
6'0"
71"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
2.74
Strikes landed / min
39%
Strike accuracy
5.39
Strikes absorbed / min
55%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
2.34
Takedowns / 15 min
45%
Takedown accuracy
55%
Takedown defense
2.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
54%
UFC win rate
-3
Win/loss streak
20%
Last-5 win rate
86%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
559
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Joe Lauzon
  • LChris GruetzemacherKO/TKO R2
    Close -1451y 6mo before
  • LClay GuidaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1051y 11mo before
  • LStevie RayM-DEC R3
    Close +1452y 6mo before
  • WMarcin HeldS-DEC R3
    Close -1402y 9mo before
  • LJim MillerS-DEC R3
    Close -1403y 2mo before
Jonathan Pearce
No prior UFC fights.
Lauzon — win / loss by method
Record: 27-15-0

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
8 wins, 6 losses
W
30% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
17 wins, 3 losses
W
63% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 6 losses
W
7% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
14win12loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (36%)KO/TKO(42%) 5
7 (50%)Submission(8%) 1
2 (14%)Decision(50%) 6
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (23%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
10 (77%)Submission(67%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Pearce — 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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
78% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
11% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
11% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
9win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (78%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (11%)Submission(67%) 2
1 (11%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Lauzon
Pearce
26
UFC fights
0
211.5 min · 8.1 avg
Octagon time
22y 5m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Lauzon
Pearce
470W–148L · 76.1%
Overall
270W–81L · 76.9%
Wins
200W–67L · 74.9%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lauzon
Pearce
63W–21L · 75.0%
Overall
56W–44L · 56.0%
36W–16L · 69.2%
Wins
50W–42L · 54.3%
27W–5L · 84.4%
Losses
6W–2L · 75.0%
1 of Lauzon's non-UFC opponents have no record in our data, so this is understated. Refresh data to fill them in.
Distance striking
Lauzon
Pearce
2.95
Landed / min
27.8%
Accuracy
59.1%
Defense
0.21
Knockdowns / 15 min
50.8%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Lauzon
Pearce
2.34
Takedowns / 15 min
45.2%
Takedown accuracy
54.8%
Takedown defense
2.06
Sub attempts / 15 min
57.1%
Control share
Strike target map
Lauzon
  • Head88%(513)div 63%
  • Body9%(55)div 20%
  • Legs2%(12)div 17%
Pearce
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Joe Lauzon
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jonathan Pearce

No UFC fights on record.

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