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UFC 197: Jones vs Saint Preux
Jon Jones
Jon Jones
21-1 · USA
VS
April 23, 2016 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
205.0lb
Weigh-in
205.0lb
Jon Jones def. Ovince Saint Preux by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Jones13/260/100:04
Saint Preux12/310/000:00
R2
Jones18/280/100:14
Saint Preux17/390/000:00
R3
Jones30/460/000:01
Saint Preux11/400/000:00
R4
Jones26/292/202:22
Saint Preux6/120/000:00
R5
Jones18/281/101:13
Saint Preux11/380/000:00
Total
Jones105/1573/503:54
Saint Preux57/1600/000:00

Scorecards

Jones vs Saint Preux

RdChris LeeJunichiro KamijoSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-99.7-9.3
R310-910-910-99.9-9
R410-910-910-810-8.7
R510-910-910-910-9
Total50-4550-4550-4449.5-45.1

Media (21 cards) · avg 5045 · 21 Jones · 0 Saint Preux

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Jones-Saint Preux.

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 probabilitySaint Preux
91.5%8.5%
KO / TKO
76%
Submission
1%
Decision
23%
Expected fight time: 17.0 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 Saint Preux. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Jones91%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO69%75%
Submission1%1%
Decision21%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes111 (64145)act 105
Takedowns2.1 (0.05.1)act 3
Saint Preux9%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%83%
Submission0%0%
Decision1%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (2046)act 57
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~147 sig strikes~2.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R15%
R214%
R329%
R417%
R512%
Distance23%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikes
Jones
90.3%-971
Saint Preux
+9719.3%
Most takedownstie 28.0%
Jones
70.7%-5486
Saint Preux
+54861.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Jones
Expected: 111.3
111.5
Over 111.5
42.4%
+136
Under 111.5
57.6%
-136
0140279
Saint Preux
Expected: 35.5
35.5
Over 35.5
42.5%
+135
Under 35.5
57.5%
-135
04589
Takedowns — over/under
Jones
Expected: 2.1
2
Over 2
40.4%
+108
Exactly 2
16.0%
push
Under 2
43.6%
-108
047
Saint Preux
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
3.6%
Exactly 0
96.4%
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 17.0 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
Jones91.5%84.3%+7.2-720
Saint Preux8.5%15.7%−7.2+510

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
80.9Striking63.8
Jones +17.1
68.7Grappling46.4
Jones +22.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
JonesSaint Preux
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1727
Pound-for-pound
1594
1717
Divisional
1594
1508
Striking offense
1515
1566
Striking defense
1531
1562
Grappling offense
1509
1594
Grappling defense
1511
Physical
28 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'3"
84"
Reach
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
4.26
Strikes landed / min
2.50
55%
Strike accuracy
46%
1.97
Strikes absorbed / min
1.96
66%
Strike defense
47%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.30
Takedowns / 15 min
1.13
52%
Takedown accuracy
40%
95%
Takedown defense
64%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
94%
UFC win rate
78%
+12
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
60%
Finish rate
71%
Recent opp. quality
476
Days since last fight
77
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jon Jones
  • WDaniel CormierU-DEC R5
    Close -1921y 4mo before
  • WGlover TeixeiraU-DEC R5
    Close -4402y before
  • WAlexander GustafssonU-DEC R5
    Close -8402y 7mo before
  • WChael SonnenKO/TKO R1
    Close -8753y before
  • WVitor BelfortSUB R4
    Close -8403y 7mo before
Ovince Saint Preux
  • WRafael CavalcanteU-DEC R3
    Close -3853mo before
  • LGlover TeixeiraSUB R3
    Close -1409mo before
  • WPatrick CumminsKO/TKO R1
    Close -1051y before
  • WMauricio RuaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1501y 5mo before
  • LRyan BaderU-DEC R5
    Close +1701y 8mo before
Jones — win / loss by method
Record: 21-1-0

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
9 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
15win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (27%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (40%)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
Saint Preux — win / loss by method
Record: 19-7-0

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
11 wins, 1 loss
W
58% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
16% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 5 losses
W
26% of wins
L
71% of losses
UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (14%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (29%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
12win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (58%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
2 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (25%)Decision(80%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Jones
Saint Preux
16
UFC fights
9
215.2 min · 13.4 avg
Octagon time
80.0 min · 8.9 avg
18y 3m
Career length
17y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Jones
Saint Preux
268W–55L · 83.0%
Overall
133W–35L · 79.2%
261W–53L · 83.1%
Wins
94W–27L · 77.7%
7W–2L · 77.8%
Losses
39W–8L · 83.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Jones
Saint Preux
6W–6L · 50.0%
Overall
151W–55L · 73.3%
6W–6L · 50.0%
Wins
105W–47L · 69.1%
0W–0L
Losses
46W–8L · 85.2%
Distance striking
Jones
Saint Preux
4.38
Landed / min
3.31
47.1%
Accuracy
39.4%
69.8%
Defense
58.2%
0.28
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.38
57.4%
Time at distance
47.9%
Grappling & control
Jones
Saint Preux
2.30
Takedowns / 15 min
1.13
51.6%
Takedown accuracy
40.0%
94.6%
Takedown defense
64.3%
0.70
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.38
90.1%
Control share
37.4%
Strike target map
Jones
  • Head55%(506)div 65%
  • Body23%(207)div 19%
  • Legs22%(203)div 17%
Saint Preux
  • Head73%(145)div 65%
  • Body20%(39)div 19%
  • Legs8%(16)div 17%

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.

Ovince Saint Preux
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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