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Nina Nunes
Nina Nunes
6-5 · USA
VS
January 15, 2017 · Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Strawweight · 3 rounds
116.0lb
Weigh-in
115.0lb
Nina Nunes def. Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R3 3:39
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Nunes23/551/102:15
Jones-Lybarger10/430/000:00
R2
Nunes11/180/004:41
Jones-Lybarger2/40/000:00
R3 · 3:39
Nunes14/330/001:35
Jones-Lybarger9/260/100:03
Total
Nunes48/1061/108:31
Jones-Lybarger21/730/100:03

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
NunesWin probabilityJones-Lybarger
57.6%42.4%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
26%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 9.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Nunes58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%34%
Submission15%26%
Decision23%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2558)act 48
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 1
Jones-Lybarger42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%17%
Submission11%26%
Decision24%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2048)act 21
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Combined totals~82 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R136%
R29%
R38%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Nunes
58.4%-145
Jones-Lybarger
+14540.2%
Most takedownstie 42.8%
Nunes
29.5%-107
Jones-Lybarger
+10727.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Nunes
Expected: 44.9
45
Over 45
41.7%
+136
Exactly 45
1.5%
push
Under 45
56.8%
-136
057113
Jones-Lybarger
Expected: 36.8
37
Over 37
41.3%
+138
Exactly 37
1.8%
push
Under 37
56.9%
-138
04793
Takedowns — over/under
Nunes
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
39.6%
+153
Under 0.5
60.4%
-153
035
Jones-Lybarger
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
38.0%
+163
Under 0.5
62.0%
-163
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 9.6 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
Nunes57.6%60.7%−3.1-170
Jones-Lybarger42.4%39.3%+3.1+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
66.7Striking51.2
Nunes +15.5
50.0Grappling42.7
Nunes +7.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NunesJones-Lybarger
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1474
Pound-for-pound
1486
1474
Divisional
1486
1498
Striking offense
1499
1531
Striking defense
1497
1496
Grappling offense
1496
1498
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
31 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'5"
Height
5'7"
64"
Reach
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.83
Strikes landed / min
3.60
53%
Strike accuracy
32%
3.10
Strikes absorbed / min
5.43
46%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.50
Takedowns / 15 min
0.50
33%
Takedown accuracy
33%
71%
Takedown defense
90%
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-2
Win/loss streak
-2
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
379
Days since last fight
211
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Nina Nunes
  • LJustine KishU-DEC R3
    Close +1801y before
  • LJuliana LimaU-DEC R3
    Close -1402y 2mo before
Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger
  • LRanda MarkosU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -1057mo before
  • LTecia PenningtonU-DEC R3
    Close +2501y 1mo before
Nunes — win / loss by method
Record: 6-5-0

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
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
1 win, 4 losses
W
17% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
6win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (17%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (17%)Decision(67%) 2
Jones-Lybarger — win / loss by method
Record: 6-3-0

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
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 3 losses
W
83% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (83%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Nunes
Jones-Lybarger
2
UFC fights
2
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
15y 11m
Career length
14y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Nunes
Jones-Lybarger
10W–2L · 83.3%
Overall
11W–3L · 78.6%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
10W–2L · 83.3%
Losses
11W–3L · 78.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Nunes
Jones-Lybarger
22W–20L · 52.4%
Overall
20W–7L · 74.1%
13W–13L · 50.0%
Wins
17W–5L · 77.3%
9W–7L · 56.3%
Losses
3W–2L · 60.0%
Distance striking
Nunes
Jones-Lybarger
7.10
Landed / min
5.78
50.9%
Accuracy
30.0%
53.6%
Defense
62.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
41.8%
Time at distance
56.5%
Grappling & control
Nunes
Jones-Lybarger
0.50
Takedowns / 15 min
0.50
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
71.4%
Takedown defense
90.0%
1.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
36.2%
Control share
35.6%
Strike target map
Nunes
  • Head49%(56)div 62%
  • Body30%(35)div 23%
  • Legs21%(24)div 16%
Jones-Lybarger
  • Head69%(75)div 62%
  • Body14%(15)div 23%
  • Legs17%(18)div 16%

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

Nina Nunes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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