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UFC 197: Jones vs Saint Preux
Kevin Lee
Kevin Lee
11-2 · USA
VS
Efrain Escudero
Efrain Escudero
24-10 · USA
April 23, 2016 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
155.5lb
Kevin Lee def. Efrain Escudero by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Lee28/640/200:37
Escudero21/441/500:46
R2
Lee23/570/100:35
Escudero32/480/200:50
R3
Lee13/391/103:05
Escudero17/220/000:38
Total
Lee64/1601/404:17
Escudero70/1141/702:14

Scorecards

Lee vs Escudero

RdChris LeeJunichiro KamijoPatricia Morse JarmanCommunity
R110-99-1010-99.5-9.5
R29-1010-99-109.2-9.9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2829-2829-2828.7-28.4

Media (19 cards) · avg 29.227.9 · 19 Lee · 0 Escudero

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Lee-Escudero.

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
LeeWin probabilityEscudero
71.7%28.3%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
33%
Decision
42%
Expected fight time: 9.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Lee72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%24%
Submission23%32%
Decision32%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 64
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.6)act 1
Escudero28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%28%
Submission10%36%
Decision10%36%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1536)act 70
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.2)act 1
Combined totals~62 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R139%
R29%
R310%
Distance42%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Lee
58.5%-147
Escudero
+14739.8%
Most takedownstie 30.4%
Lee
57.1%-459
Escudero
+45912.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lee
Expected: 34.1
34
Over 34
41.7%
+135
Exactly 34
1.9%
push
Under 34
56.4%
-135
04386
Escudero
Expected: 27.7
27.5
Over 27.5
43.0%
+133
Under 27.5
57.0%
-133
03570
Takedowns — over/under
Lee
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
44.2%
+126
Under 1.5
55.8%
-126
035
Escudero
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
25.7%
+289
Under 0.5
74.3%
-289
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 9.2 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
Lee71.7%75.8%−4.1-360
Escudero28.3%24.2%+4.1+300

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
64.4Striking69.1
Escudero +4.7
67.5Grappling58.0
Lee +9.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LeeEscudero
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1555
Pound-for-pound
1515
1555
Divisional
1516
1497
Striking offense
1481
1493
Striking defense
1538
1507
Grappling offense
1497
1505
Grappling defense
1513
Physical
23 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'9"
77"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.66
Strikes landed / min
2.73
38%
Strike accuracy
43%
2.98
Strikes absorbed / min
2.08
57%
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.16
Takedowns / 15 min
1.34
39%
Takedown accuracy
48%
62%
Takedown defense
66%
1.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.9
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
45%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
80%
Last-5 win rate
40%
25%
Finish rate
40%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kevin Lee
  • LLeonardo SantosKO/TKO R1
    Close -6504mo before
  • WJames MoontasriSUB R1
    Close -3159mo before
  • WMichel PrazeresU-DEC R3
    Close -1551y 2mo before
  • WJon TuckU-DEC R3
    Close -2401y 7mo before
  • WJesse RonsonS-DEC R3
    Close -2201y 10mo before
Efrain Escudero
  • LLeandro SilvaU-DEC R3
    Close +1305mo before
  • WDrew DoberSUB R1
    Close +12010mo before
  • WRodrigo de LimaU-DEC R3
    Close +1551y 2mo before
  • LLeonardo SantosU-DEC R3
    Close +1901y 7mo before
  • LMac DanzigU-DEC R3
    Close +1254y before
Lee — win / loss by method
Record: 11-2-0

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, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
55% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (75%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (57%)Submission() 0
3 (43%)Decision() 0
Escudero — win / loss by method
Record: 24-10-0

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
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 2 losses
W
54% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 8 losses
W
38% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
5win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (20%)Submission(33%) 2
3 (60%)Decision(67%) 4
Non-UFC
19win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (5%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
12 (63%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (32%)Decision(100%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Lee
Escudero
6
UFC fights
11
66.4 min · 11.1 avg
Octagon time
133.9 min · 12.2 avg
14y 4m
Career length
20y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lee
Escudero
68W–13L · 84.0%
Overall
140W–31L · 81.9%
47W–8L · 85.5%
Wins
55W–14L · 79.7%
21W–5L · 80.8%
Losses
85W–17L · 83.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lee
Escudero
42W–15L · 73.7%
Overall
168W–65L · 72.1%
42W–15L · 73.7%
Wins
93W–34L · 73.2%
0W–0L
Losses
75W–31L · 70.8%
Distance striking
Lee
Escudero
4.47
Landed / min
3.88
28.5%
Accuracy
35.0%
59.1%
Defense
70.5%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.56
47.2%
Time at distance
42.3%
Grappling & control
Lee
Escudero
3.16
Takedowns / 15 min
1.34
38.9%
Takedown accuracy
48.0%
61.5%
Takedown defense
65.9%
1.36
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.90
80.0%
Control share
45.4%
Strike target map
Lee
  • Head70%(169)div 63%
  • Body29%(71)div 20%
  • Legs1%(3)div 17%
Escudero
  • Head63%(229)div 63%
  • Body15%(55)div 20%
  • Legs22%(81)div 17%

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

Kevin Lee
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Efrain Escudero
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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