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UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Lobov
Stevie Ray
Stevie Ray
20-6 · GBR
VS
Joe Lauzon
Joe Lauzon
27-12 · USA
April 22, 2017 · Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
155.5lb
Stevie Ray def. Joe Lauzon by M-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ray4/50/000:03
Lauzon19/213/304:27
R2
Ray28/640/000:00
Lauzon12/251/201:56
R3
Ray77/1270/000:32
Lauzon15/301/201:49
Total
Ray109/1960/000:35
Lauzon46/765/708:12

Scorecards

Ray vs Lauzon

RdChris LeeDave TirelliJeff MullenCommunity
R18-108-109-108-10
R210-910-910-99.8-9.2
R310-810-910-810-8.7
Total28-2728-2829-2727.8-27.9

Media (17 cards) · avg 28.127.4 · 10 Ray · 0 Lauzon · 7 draws

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Ray-Lauzon.

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
RayWin probabilityLauzon
68.7%31.3%
KO / TKO
48%
Submission
11%
Decision
41%
Expected fight time: 9.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Ray69%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO31%46%
Submission6%8%
Decision32%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes53 (3069)act 109
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 0
Lauzon31%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%52%
Submission6%19%
Decision9%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1639)act 46
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.4)act 5
Combined totals~83 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R220%
R36%
Distance41%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Ray
74.0%-297
Lauzon
+29724.9%
Most takedownstie 40.3%
Ray
10.9%+447
Lauzon
-44748.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ray
Expected: 53.3
53.5
Over 53.5
42.3%
+136
Under 53.5
57.7%
-136
067134
Lauzon
Expected: 30.1
30
Over 30
41.6%
+135
Exactly 30
2.2%
push
Under 30
56.2%
-135
03876
Takedowns — over/under
Ray
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.4%
Exactly 0
81.6%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Lauzon
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
36.7%
+126
Exactly 1
17.1%
push
Under 1
46.2%
-126
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 9.2 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
Ray68.7%60.4%+8.3-165
Lauzon31.3%39.6%−8.3+145

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
70.3Striking53.5
Ray +16.9
55.0Grappling71.4
Lauzon +16.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RayLauzon
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1568
Pound-for-pound
1587
1570
Divisional
1584
1500
Striking offense
1472
1512
Striking defense
1471
1494
Grappling offense
1543
1520
Grappling defense
1543
Physical
27 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'10"
70"
Reach
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.76
Strikes landed / min
2.62
42%
Strike accuracy
38%
1.81
Strikes absorbed / min
4.74
66%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.55
Takedowns / 15 min
2.27
50%
Takedown accuracy
44%
69%
Takedown defense
55%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.3
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
61%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
50%
Finish rate
86%
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
97
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Stevie Ray
  • WRoss PearsonS-DEC R3
    Close -1155mo before
  • LAlan PatrickU-DEC R3
    Close -1657mo before
  • WMickael LeboutU-DEC R3
    Close -5501y 6mo before
  • WLeonardo MafraKO/TKO R1
    Close -2251y 9mo before
  • WMarcin BandelKO/TKO R2
    Close -1552y before
Joe Lauzon
  • WMarcin HeldS-DEC R3
    Close -1403mo before
  • LJim MillerS-DEC R3
    Close -1408mo before
  • WDiego SanchezKO/TKO R1
    Close +1059mo before
  • LEvan DunhamU-DEC R3
    Close +1651y 4mo before
  • WTakanori GomiKO/TKO R1
    Close -3101y 9mo before
Ray — win / loss by method
Record: 20-6-0

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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 4 losses
W
40% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
30% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
16win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (25%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (50%)Submission(80%) 4
4 (25%)Decision(20%) 1
Lauzon — win / loss by method
Record: 27-12-0

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, 4 losses
W
30% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
17 wins, 3 losses
W
63% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 5 losses
W
7% of wins
L
42% of losses
UFC
14win9loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (36%)KO/TKO(33%) 3
7 (50%)Submission(11%) 1
2 (14%)Decision(56%) 5
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (23%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
10 (77%)Submission(67%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Ray
Lauzon
5
UFC fights
23
54.1 min · 10.8 avg
Octagon time
185.3 min · 8.1 avg
16y 1m
Career length
22y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ray
Lauzon
71W–22L · 76.3%
Overall
404W–122L · 76.8%
58W–21L · 73.4%
Wins
270W–81L · 76.9%
13W–1L · 92.9%
Losses
134W–41L · 76.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ray
Lauzon
170W–62L · 73.3%
Overall
63W–21L · 75.0%
112W–50L · 69.1%
Wins
36W–16L · 69.2%
58W–12L · 82.9%
Losses
27W–5L · 84.4%
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
Ray
Lauzon
3.81
Landed / min
2.73
36.4%
Accuracy
26.7%
66.4%
Defense
60.9%
0.28
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.24
54.4%
Time at distance
51.6%
Grappling & control
Ray
Lauzon
0.55
Takedowns / 15 min
2.27
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
43.8%
68.8%
Takedown defense
54.8%
0.83
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.27
37.4%
Control share
54.7%
Strike target map
Ray
  • Head56%(84)div 63%
  • Body15%(23)div 20%
  • Legs28%(42)div 17%
Lauzon
  • Head89%(430)div 63%
  • Body9%(44)div 20%
  • Legs2%(11)div 17%

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

Stevie Ray
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Joe Lauzon
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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