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Joe Lauzon
Joe Lauzon
26-12 · USA
VS
Marcin Held
Marcin Held
22-5 · POL
January 15, 2017 · Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Joe Lauzon def. Marcin Held by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Lauzon15/330/000:32
Held6/271/102:32
R2
Lauzon0/61/100:35
Held2/102/203:39
R3
Lauzon5/230/100:30
Held15/412/202:01
Total
Lauzon20/621/201:37
Held23/785/508:12

Scorecards

Lauzon vs Held

RdDerek ClearyJeff MullenMarcos RosalesCommunity
R19-1010-910-99.7-9.4
R29-1010-910-99.1-9.9
R39-109-109-109-10
Total27-3029-2829-2827.8-29.3

Media (18 cards) · avg 29.128 · 17 Lauzon · 0 Held · 1 draw

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

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 probabilityHeld
9.5%90.5%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
23%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 9.5 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 Held. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Lauzon9%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%45%
Submission3%29%
Decision2%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1536)act 20
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.1)act 1
Held91%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%29%
Submission20%22%
Decision44%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes52 (3068)act 23
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 5
Combined totals~80 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R134%
R216%
R34%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Lauzon
22.2%+346
Held
-34676.7%
Most takedownstie 31.8%
Lauzon
35.0%-105
Held
+10533.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lauzon
Expected: 27.3
27.5
Over 27.5
42.0%
+138
Under 27.5
58.0%
-138
03569
Held
Expected: 52.3
52.5
Over 52.5
42.3%
+136
Under 52.5
57.7%
-136
066131
Takedowns — over/under
Lauzon
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
33.1%
+154
Exactly 1
16.0%
push
Under 1
50.9%
-154
035
Held
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
31.0%
+165
Exactly 1
17.8%
push
Under 1
51.2%
-165
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 9.5 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
Lauzon9.5%56.2%−46.7-140
Held90.5%43.8%+46.7+120

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
52.7Striking51.8
Lauzon +0.9
73.9Grappling37.5
Lauzon +36.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LauzonHeld
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1572
Pound-for-pound
1547
1570
Divisional
1546
1478
Striking offense
1485
1469
Striking defense
1500
1548
Grappling offense
1545
1548
Grappling defense
1548
Physical
32 yrs
Age
24 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'9"
71"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.73
Strikes landed / min
2.00
39%
Strike accuracy
37%
5.02
Strikes absorbed / min
3.07
57%
Strike defense
43%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.38
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
44%
Takedown accuracy
0%
62%
Takedown defense
100%
2.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
59%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
0%
92%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
141
Days since last fight
71
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Joe Lauzon
  • LJim MillerS-DEC R3
    Close -1405mo before
  • WDiego SanchezKO/TKO R1
    Close +1056mo before
  • LEvan DunhamU-DEC R3
    Close +1651y 1mo before
  • WTakanori GomiKO/TKO R1
    Close -3101y 6mo before
  • LAl IaquintaKO/TKO R2
    Close +1701y 11mo before
Marcin Held
  • LDiego SanchezU-DEC R3
    Close -3002mo before
Lauzon — win / loss by method
Record: 26-12-0

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
31% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
17 wins, 3 losses
W
65% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
1 win, 5 losses
W
4% of wins
L
42% of losses
UFC
13win9loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (38%)KO/TKO(33%) 3
7 (54%)Submission(11%) 1
1 (8%)Decision(56%) 5
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (23%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
10 (77%)Submission(67%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Held — win / loss by method
Record: 22-5-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
18% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 1 loss
W
55% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 4 losses
W
27% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
22win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (18%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
12 (55%)Submission(25%) 1
6 (27%)Decision(75%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Lauzon
Held
22
UFC fights
1
170.3 min · 7.7 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
22y 5m
Career length
17y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lauzon
Held
382W–117L · 76.6%
Overall
26W–9L · 74.3%
248W–76L · 76.5%
Wins
0W–0L
134W–41L · 76.6%
Losses
26W–9L · 74.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lauzon
Held
63W–21L · 75.0%
Overall
295W–93L · 76.0%
36W–16L · 69.2%
Wins
249W–90L · 73.5%
27W–5L · 84.4%
Losses
46W–3L · 93.9%
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
Held
2.77
Landed / min
4.38
27.1%
Accuracy
32.9%
60.5%
Defense
59.6%
0.26
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
53.6%
Time at distance
35.0%
Grappling & control
Lauzon
Held
2.38
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
43.5%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
62.2%
Takedown defense
100.0%
2.38
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.00
60.1%
Control share
3.0%
Strike target map
Lauzon
  • Head89%(413)div 63%
  • Body9%(41)div 20%
  • Legs2%(11)div 17%
Held
  • Head100%(30)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%

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.

Marcin Held
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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