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Randa Markos
Randa Markos
5-3 · CAN
VS
June 18, 2016 · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Strawweight · 3 rounds
117.5lbMissed +1.5
Weigh-in
115.0lb
Randa Markos def. Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Markos28/600/101:27
Jones-Lybarger20/441/101:17
R2
Markos31/960/300:00
Jones-Lybarger33/1000/000:13
R3
Markos27/871/200:32
Jones-Lybarger26/910/000:20
Total
Markos86/2431/601:59
Jones-Lybarger79/2351/101:50

Scorecards

Markos vs Jones-Lybarger

RdDavid TherienGraham BettesSal D'AmatoCommunity
R1-10-9-10-9
R2-10-9-9.7-9.3
R3-10-9-9.7-9.3
Total29-2830-2729-2829.4-27.6

Media (20 cards) · avg 29.327.8 · 20 Markos · 0 Jones-Lybarger

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

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
MarkosWin probabilityJones-Lybarger
54.0%46.0%
KO / TKO
20%
Submission
15%
Decision
64%
Expected fight time: 11.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Markos54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%21%
Submission10%19%
Decision33%60%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 86
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.3)act 1
Jones-Lybarger46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%20%
Submission5%12%
Decision32%68%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2353)act 79
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 1
Combined totals~80 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R25%
R33%
Distance64%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Markos
47.2%+109
Jones-Lybarger
-10951.4%
Most takedownstie 40.6%
Markos
34.9%-142
Jones-Lybarger
+14224.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Markos
Expected: 39.1
39
Over 39
41.8%
+135
Exactly 39
1.7%
push
Under 39
56.5%
-135
04998
Jones-Lybarger
Expected: 40.9
41
Over 41
41.5%
+137
Exactly 41
1.6%
push
Under 41
56.8%
-137
052103
Takedowns — over/under
Markos
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
44.9%
+123
Under 0.5
55.1%
-123
035
Jones-Lybarger
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
35.2%
+184
Under 0.5
64.8%
-184
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 11.1 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
Markos54.0%51.1%+2.9-115
Jones-Lybarger46.0%48.9%−2.9-105

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
62.6Striking38.6
Markos +24.0
37.9Grappling25.0
Markos +12.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MarkosJones-Lybarger
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1495
Pound-for-pound
1502
1495
Divisional
1502
1489
Striking offense
1498
1505
Striking defense
1498
1533
Grappling offense
1497
1527
Grappling defense
1501
Physical
30 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'4"
Height
5'7"
63"
Reach
64"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.38
Strikes landed / min
1.93
42%
Strike accuracy
27%
2.93
Strikes absorbed / min
5.13
60%
Strike defense
42%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.33
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
27%
Takedown accuracy
0%
54%
Takedown defense
100%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
33%
Last-5 win rate
0%
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
182
Days since last fight
189
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Randa Markos
  • LKarolina KowalkiewiczU-DEC R3
    Close -1656mo before
  • WAisling DalyU-DEC R3
    Close -2751y 2mo before
  • LJessica PenneS-DEC R3
    Close -1401y 6mo before
Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger
  • LTecia PenningtonU-DEC R3
    Close +2506mo before
Markos — win / loss by method
Record: 5-3-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
60% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
40% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(100%) 1
Jones-Lybarger — win / loss by method
Record: 6-2-0

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

Profiles

Experience
Markos
Jones-Lybarger
3
UFC fights
1
45.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
13y 8m
Career length
14y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Markos
Jones-Lybarger
33W–7L · 82.5%
Overall
6W–0L · 100.0%
15W–5L · 75.0%
Wins
0W–0L
18W–2L · 90.0%
Losses
6W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Markos
Jones-Lybarger
7W–0L · 100.0%
Overall
20W–7L · 74.1%
4W–0L · 100.0%
Wins
17W–5L · 77.3%
3W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
3W–2L · 60.0%
Distance striking
Markos
Jones-Lybarger
5.44
Landed / min
3.64
38.5%
Accuracy
23.7%
71.3%
Defense
46.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
34.3%
Time at distance
42.1%
Grappling & control
Markos
Jones-Lybarger
1.33
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
26.7%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
53.8%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.33
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
46.5%
Control share
29.6%
Strike target map
Markos
  • Head75%(80)div 62%
  • Body6%(6)div 23%
  • Legs20%(21)div 15%
Jones-Lybarger
  • Head52%(15)div 62%
  • Body34%(10)div 23%
  • Legs14%(4)div 15%

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

Randa Markos
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.