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UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos
Jon Jones
Jon Jones
24-1 · USA
VS
Thiago Santos
Thiago Santos
21-6 · BRA
July 6, 2019 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
Jon Jones def. Thiago Santos by S-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Jones7/160/100:00
Santos11/260/000:00
R2
Jones11/170/000:00
Santos7/420/000:00
R3
Jones14/190/000:00
Santos6/330/000:00
R4
Jones11/170/000:00
Santos8/280/000:00
R5
Jones16/210/000:00
Santos11/370/000:00
Total
Jones59/900/100:00
Santos43/1660/000:00

Scorecards

Jones vs Santos

RdDerek ClearyJunichiro KamijoMichael BellCommunity
R19-109-109-109.1-10
R210-99-1010-99.4-9.6
R310-910-910-910-9
R49-109-1010-99.7-9.3
R510-910-99-109.4-9.6
Total48-4747-4848-4747.6-47.5

Media (18 cards) · avg 48.346.7 · 18 Jones · 0 Santos

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Jones-Santos.

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
JonesWin probabilitySantos
88.6%11.4%
KO / TKO
68%
Submission
1%
Decision
31%
Expected fight time: 18.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Jones89%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO59%66%
Submission1%1%
Decision29%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes96 (55125)act 59
Takedowns2.1 (0.04.8)act 0
Santos11%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%83%
Submission0%0%
Decision2%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2763)act 43
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~144 sig strikes~2.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R13%
R28%
R329%
R417%
R512%
Distance31%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Jones
78.9%-384
Santos
+38420.5%
Most takedownstie 19.8%
Jones
79.3%-9558
Santos
+95580.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Jones
Expected: 96.3
96.5
Over 96.5
42.4%
+136
Under 96.5
57.6%
-136
0121241
Santos
Expected: 48.0
48
Over 48
41.9%
+136
Exactly 48
1.4%
push
Under 48
56.7%
-136
061121
Takedowns — over/under
Jones
Expected: 2.1
2
Over 2
40.8%
-103
Exactly 2
19.5%
push
Under 2
39.7%
+103
047
Santos
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
3.2%
Exactly 0
96.8%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 18.6 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
Jones88.6%83.6%+5.0-670
Santos11.4%16.4%−5.0+485

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
82.5Striking79.7
Jones +2.8
63.2Grappling43.5
Jones +19.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
JonesSantos
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1757
Pound-for-pound
1639
1748
Divisional
1571
1518
Striking offense
1548
1572
Striking defense
1532
1551
Grappling offense
1493
1609
Grappling defense
1516
Physical
31 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'2"
84"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.48
Strikes landed / min
5.01
57%
Strike accuracy
51%
2.05
Strikes absorbed / min
2.16
65%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.07
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
47%
Takedown accuracy
40%
95%
Takedown defense
67%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.1
Form & résumé
90%
UFC win rate
72%
+2
Win/loss streak
+4
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
56%
Finish rate
85%
Recent opp. quality
126
Days since last fight
133
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jon Jones
  • WAnthony SmithU-DEC R5
    Close -8004mo before
  • WAlexander GustafssonKO/TKO R3
    Close -2906mo before
  • WOvince Saint PreuxU-DEC R5
    Close -7203y 2mo before
  • WDaniel CormierU-DEC R5
    Close -1924y 6mo before
  • WGlover TeixeiraU-DEC R5
    Close -4405y 2mo before
Thiago Santos
  • WJan BlachowiczKO/TKO R3
    Close -1304mo before
  • WJimi ManuwaKO/TKO R2
    Close -1857mo before
  • WEryk AndersKO/TKO R3
    Close -2009mo before
  • WKevin HollandU-DEC R3
    Close -34011mo before
  • LDavid BranchKO/TKO R1
    Close -1601y 2mo before
Jones — win / loss by method
Record: 24-1-0, 1 NC

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
10 wins, 0 losses
W
42% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
18win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
5 (28%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (28%)Submission(0%) 0
8 (44%)Decision(0%) 0
0 (0%)DQ / other(100%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (83%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (17%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Santos — win / loss by method
Record: 21-6-0

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
15 wins, 3 losses
W
71% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
5% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
24% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
13win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (85%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(40%) 2
2 (15%)Decision(20%) 1
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (38%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Jones
Santos
20
UFC fights
18
290.3 min · 14.5 avg
Octagon time
119.5 min · 6.6 avg
18y 3m
Career length
15y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Jones
Santos
337W–79L · 81.0%
Overall
316W–81L · 79.6%
330W–77L · 81.1%
Wins
236W–64L · 78.7%
7W–2L · 77.8%
Losses
80W–17L · 82.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Jones
Santos
6W–6L · 50.0%
Overall
13W–13L · 50.0%
6W–6L · 50.0%
Wins
10W–11L · 47.6%
0W–0L
Losses
3W–2L · 60.0%
Distance striking
Jones
Santos
4.57
Landed / min
4.30
50.0%
Accuracy
40.3%
68.4%
Defense
68.7%
0.26
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.51
60.0%
Time at distance
54.8%
Grappling & control
Jones
Santos
2.07
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
47.1%
Takedown accuracy
40.0%
95.0%
Takedown defense
67.4%
0.52
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.13
92.3%
Control share
51.5%
Strike target map
Jones
  • Head50%(645)div 65%
  • Body24%(313)div 19%
  • Legs26%(342)div 16%
Santos
  • Head58%(347)div 65%
  • Body22%(129)div 19%
  • Legs21%(123)div 16%

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

Jon Jones
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Thiago Santos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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