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UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith
Jon Jones
Jon Jones
23-1 · USA
VS
Anthony Smith
Anthony Smith
32-13 · USA
March 2, 2019 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
Jon Jones def. Anthony Smith by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Jones13/250/100:40
Smith12/210/000:00
R2
Jones30/440/100:45
Smith14/240/000:00
R3
Jones27/301/204:21
Smith2/30/000:00
R4
Jones35/392/203:38
Smith1/10/000:00
R5
Jones20/290/203:34
Smith7/170/000:00
Total
Jones125/1673/8012:58
Smith36/660/000:00

Scorecards

Jones vs Smith

RdChris LeeJunichiro KamijoSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-8.9
R310-910-910-910-8.8
R48-88-88-88-8.1
R510-910-910-910-8.8
Total48-4448-4448-4448-43.6

Media (21 cards) · avg 4843.9 · 21 Jones · 0 Smith

Point deductions: R42 Jones (Kneeing a downed opponent)

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Jones-Smith. Judge totals are round sums; the official result applies the deduction.

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 probabilitySmith
96.1%3.9%
KO / TKO
73%
Submission
1%
Decision
26%
Expected fight time: 17.1 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 Smith. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Jones96%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO69%72%
Submission1%1%
Decision26%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes145 (84188)act 125
Takedowns2.6 (0.05.8)act 3
Smith4%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%89%
Submission0%1%
Decision0%10%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2559)act 36
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~190 sig strikes~2.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R17%
R214%
R327%
R415%
R511%
Distance26%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikes
Jones
90.8%-1024
Smith
+10248.9%
Most takedownstie 20.4%
Jones
79.3%-31350
Smith
+313500.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Jones
Expected: 144.5
144.5
Over 144.5
42.5%
+135
Under 144.5
57.5%
-135
0181362
Smith
Expected: 45.2
45
Over 45
42.0%
+134
Exactly 45
1.5%
push
Under 45
56.5%
-134
057113
Takedowns — over/under
Jones
Expected: 2.6
2.5
Over 2.5
49.1%
+104
Under 2.5
50.9%
-104
048
Smith
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
1.0%
Exactly 0
99.0%
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 17.1 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
Jones96.1%85.2%+10.9-800
Smith3.9%14.8%−10.9+550

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
81.5Striking59.1
Jones +22.5
64.4Grappling37.4
Jones +26.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
JonesSmith
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1748
Pound-for-pound
1587
1739
Divisional
1566
1518
Striking offense
1535
1570
Striking defense
1504
1551
Grappling offense
1496
1606
Grappling defense
1484
Physical
31 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'4"
84"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.43
Strikes landed / min
3.67
56%
Strike accuracy
49%
2.11
Strikes absorbed / min
4.43
66%
Strike defense
46%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.09
Takedowns / 15 min
0.67
48%
Takedown accuracy
29%
95%
Takedown defense
46%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
89%
UFC win rate
70%
+1
Win/loss streak
+3
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
59%
Finish rate
86%
Recent opp. quality
63
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jon Jones
  • WAlexander GustafssonKO/TKO R3
    Close -2902mo before
  • WOvince Saint PreuxU-DEC R5
    Close -7202y 10mo before
  • WDaniel CormierU-DEC R5
    Close -1924y 2mo before
  • WGlover TeixeiraU-DEC R5
    Close -4404y 10mo before
  • WAlexander GustafssonU-DEC R5
    Close -8405y 5mo before
Anthony Smith
  • WVolkan OezdemirSUB R3
    Close +1404mo before
  • WMauricio RuaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1307mo before
  • WRashad EvansKO/TKO R1
    Close -2059mo before
  • LThiago SantosKO/TKO R2
    Close +2151y 1mo before
  • WHector LombardKO/TKO R3
    Close -1551y 5mo before
Jones — win / loss by method
Record: 23-1-0, 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
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
26% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
17win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
5 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
7 (41%)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
Smith — win / loss by method
Record: 32-13-0

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
19 wins, 8 losses
W
59% of wins
L
62% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 4 losses
W
34% of wins
L
31% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
6% of wins
L
8% of losses
UFC
7win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (71%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (14%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (14%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
25win10loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
14 (56%)KO/TKO(70%) 7
10 (40%)Submission(30%) 3
1 (4%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Jones
Smith
19
UFC fights
10
265.3 min · 14.0 avg
Octagon time
89.6 min · 9.0 avg
18y 3m
Career length
18y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Jones
Smith
305W–66L · 82.2%
Overall
161W–44L · 78.5%
298W–64L · 82.3%
Wins
128W–33L · 79.5%
7W–2L · 77.8%
Losses
33W–11L · 75.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Jones
Smith
6W–6L · 50.0%
Overall
336W–164L · 67.2%
6W–6L · 50.0%
Wins
251W–133L · 65.4%
0W–0L
Losses
85W–31L · 73.3%
Distance striking
Jones
Smith
4.48
Landed / min
5.70
49.2%
Accuracy
44.6%
69.3%
Defense
55.2%
0.28
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.84
61.7%
Time at distance
49.7%
Grappling & control
Jones
Smith
2.09
Takedowns / 15 min
0.67
48.1%
Takedown accuracy
28.6%
95.0%
Takedown defense
45.8%
0.57
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.67
90.9%
Control share
19.5%
Strike target map
Jones
  • Head51%(600)div 66%
  • Body24%(278)div 19%
  • Legs25%(297)div 16%
Smith
  • Head73%(241)div 66%
  • Body18%(59)div 19%
  • Legs9%(29)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.

Anthony Smith
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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