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UFC 197: Jones vs Saint Preux
Carla Esparza
Carla Esparza
10-3 · USA
VS
Juliana Lima
Juliana Lima
8-2 · BRA
April 23, 2016 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Strawweight · 3 rounds
116.0lb
Weigh-in
115.0lb
Carla Esparza def. Juliana Lima by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Esparza7/131/103:20
Lima10/150/200:26
R2
Esparza5/111/303:28
Lima8/160/100:28
R3
Esparza16/183/302:47
Lima8/120/001:21
Total
Esparza28/425/709:35
Lima26/430/302:15

Scorecards

Esparza vs Lima

RdDerek ClearyJeff MullenJunichiro KamijoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.7-9.4
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-99.8-9.2
Total30-2730-2730-2729.4-27.7

Media (24 cards) · avg 29.827.3 · 24 Esparza · 0 Lima

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Esparza-Lima.

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
EsparzaWin probabilityLima
70.5%29.5%
KO / TKO
12%
Submission
28%
Decision
60%
Expected fight time: 10.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Esparza70%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%13%
Submission23%33%
Decision38%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1535)act 28
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.4)act 5
Lima30%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%10%
Submission5%15%
Decision22%75%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes27 (1535)act 26
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.7)act 0
Combined totals~54 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R130%
R26%
R34%
Distance60%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 2.0%
Esparza
48.4%+103
Lima
-10349.6%
Most takedownstie 27.5%
Esparza
54.7%-307
Lima
+30717.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Esparza
Expected: 26.9
27
Over 27
41.0%
+138
Exactly 27
2.4%
push
Under 27
56.6%
-138
03468
Lima
Expected: 27.2
27
Over 27
41.9%
+133
Exactly 27
2.4%
push
Under 27
55.7%
-133
03569
Takedowns — over/under
Esparza
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
43.6%
-137
Exactly 1
24.7%
push
Under 1
31.7%
+137
035
Lima
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
37.7%
+165
Under 0.5
62.3%
-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 10.7 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
Esparza70.5%63.5%+7.0-190
Lima29.5%36.5%−7.0+165

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
55.2Striking67.1
Lima +11.8
60.7Grappling44.2
Esparza +16.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
EsparzaLima
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1524
Pound-for-pound
1532
1524
Divisional
1532
1474
Striking offense
1477
1495
Striking defense
1510
1549
Grappling offense
1536
1541
Grappling defense
1543
Physical
28 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'1"
Height
5'5"
63"
Reach
65"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.22
Strikes landed / min
1.78
41%
Strike accuracy
43%
3.91
Strikes absorbed / min
1.82
54%
Strike defense
67%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.34
Takedowns / 15 min
1.67
25%
Takedown accuracy
24%
67%
Takedown defense
100%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
67%
-1
Win/loss streak
+2
50%
Last-5 win rate
67%
100%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
406
Days since last fight
329
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Carla Esparza
  • LJoanna JedrzejczykKO/TKO R2
    Close -1601y 1mo before
  • WRose NamajunasSUB R3
    Close -1101y 4mo before
Juliana Lima
  • WEricka AlmeidaU-DEC R3
    Close -17011mo before
  • WNina NunesU-DEC R3
    Close +1201y 5mo before
  • LJoanna JedrzejczykU-DEC R3
    Close +2851y 9mo before
Esparza — win / loss by method
Record: 10-3-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (33%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (33%)Decision(50%) 1
Lima — win / loss by method
Record: 8-2-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
75% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (67%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Esparza
Lima
2
UFC fights
3
20.7 min · 10.4 avg
Octagon time
45.0 min · 15.0 avg
16y 5m
Career length
15y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Esparza
Lima
10W–1L · 90.9%
Overall
19W–3L · 86.4%
2W–1L · 66.7%
Wins
13W–3L · 81.3%
8W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
6W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Esparza
Lima
59W–20L · 74.7%
Overall
13W–6L · 68.4%
29W–16L · 64.4%
Wins
6W–6L · 50.0%
30W–4L · 88.2%
Losses
7W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Esparza
Lima
1.23
Landed / min
2.54
20.3%
Accuracy
33.1%
59.4%
Defense
72.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
50.9%
Time at distance
36.7%
Grappling & control
Esparza
Lima
4.34
Takedowns / 15 min
1.67
25.0%
Takedown accuracy
23.8%
66.7%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.72
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
87.7%
Control share
86.9%
Strike target map
Esparza
  • Head85%(39)div 61%
  • Body15%(7)div 23%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
Lima
  • Head48%(38)div 61%
  • Body19%(15)div 23%
  • Legs34%(27)div 16%

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

Carla Esparza
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Juliana Lima
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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