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UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs Thompson
Joshua Burkman
Joshua Burkman
27-12 · USA
VS
KJ Noons
KJ Noons
13-8 · USA
February 6, 2016 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Joshua Burkman def. KJ Noons by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Burkman19/370/000:00
Noons3/70/000:00
R2
Burkman24/441/100:27
Noons10/180/000:00
R3
Burkman14/272/902:37
Noons20/380/000:00
Total
Burkman57/1083/1003:04
Noons33/630/000:00

Scorecards

Burkman vs Noons

RdAdalaide ByrdGlenn TrowbridgeMarcos RosalesCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-8.9
R210-910-910-99.8-9.2
R310-910-910-99.4-9.5
Total30-2730-2730-2729.1-27.6

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.327.6 · 14 Burkman · 0 Noons

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Burkman-Noons.

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
BurkmanWin probabilityNoons
50.0%50.0%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
12%
Decision
62%
Expected fight time: 11.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Burkman50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%18%
Submission10%20%
Decision31%62%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1945)act 57
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.7)act 3
Noons50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%33%
Submission2%5%
Decision31%62%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2354)act 33
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.5)act 0
Combined totals~76 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R211%
R38%
Distance62%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Burkman
40.5%+143
Noons
-14358.1%
Most takedownstie 44.4%
Burkman
39.3%-241
Noons
+24116.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Burkman
Expected: 34.5
34.5
Over 34.5
42.4%
+136
Under 34.5
57.6%
-136
04487
Noons
Expected: 41.7
41.5
Over 41.5
42.9%
+133
Under 41.5
57.1%
-133
053105
Takedowns — over/under
Burkman
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
28.7%
+189
Exactly 1
17.0%
push
Under 1
54.2%
-189
035
Noons
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
23.6%
+324
Under 0.5
76.4%
-324
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 11.6 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
Burkman50.0%54.3%−4.3-130
Noons50.0%45.7%+4.3+110

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
60.4Striking60.2
Burkman +0.2
56.1Grappling15.2
Burkman +40.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BurkmanNoons
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1492
Pound-for-pound
1516
1523
Divisional
1515
1482
Striking offense
1497
1515
Striking defense
1513
1515
Grappling offense
1479
1495
Grappling defense
1494
Physical
35 yrs
Age
33 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'10"
72"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.56
Strikes landed / min
3.35
43%
Strike accuracy
36%
2.98
Strikes absorbed / min
4.10
52%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.70
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
39%
Takedown accuracy
72%
Takedown defense
55%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
38%
UFC win rate
40%
-6
Win/loss streak
-2
0%
Last-5 win rate
40%
40%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
167
Days since last fight
252
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Joshua Burkman
  • LPatrick CoteKO/TKO R3
    Close -1705mo before
  • LDong Hyun KimSUB R3
    Close +1759mo before
  • LPete SellU-DEC R3
    Close -2237y 3mo before
  • LDustin HazelettSUB R2
    Close -1907y 8mo before
  • LMike SwickM-DEC R3
    Close +1668y before
KJ Noons
  • LAlex OliveiraSUB R1
    Close +1608mo before
  • WSam StoutKO/TKO R1
    Close -1051y 10mo before
  • WGeorge SotiropoulosU-DEC R3
    Close -1452y 4mo before
  • LDonald CerroneU-DEC R3
    Close +2482y 8mo before
Burkman — win / loss by method
Record: 27-12-0, 1 NC

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
26% of wins
L
8% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 7 losses
W
37% of wins
L
58% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 4 losses
W
37% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
5win7loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(14%) 1
1 (20%)Submission(43%) 3
3 (60%)Decision(43%) 3
Non-UFC
22win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (27%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
9 (41%)Submission(80%) 4
7 (32%)Decision(20%) 1
Noons — win / loss by method
Record: 13-8-0, 1 NC

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, 1 loss
W
69% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 5 losses
W
31% of wins
L
63% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (50%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
11win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (73%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(17%) 1
3 (27%)Decision(67%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Burkman
Noons
13
UFC fights
5
149.8 min · 11.5 avg
Octagon time
38.8 min · 7.8 avg
23y 6m
Career length
23y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Burkman
Noons
186W–45L · 80.5%
Overall
64W–22L · 74.4%
91W–17L · 84.3%
Wins
34W–14L · 70.8%
95W–28L · 77.2%
Losses
30W–8L · 78.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Burkman
Noons
307W–93L · 76.8%
Overall
208W–86L · 70.7%
187W–69L · 73.0%
Wins
123W–54L · 69.5%
120W–24L · 83.3%
Losses
85W–32L · 72.6%
Distance striking
Burkman
Noons
3.65
Landed / min
4.13
34.7%
Accuracy
35.6%
60.5%
Defense
66.2%
0.20
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.39
40.4%
Time at distance
78.0%
Grappling & control
Burkman
Noons
2.70
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
38.6%
Takedown accuracy
72.1%
Takedown defense
54.5%
0.40
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
58.4%
Control share
1.0%
Strike target map
Burkman
  • Head55%(211)div 63%
  • Body16%(62)div 20%
  • Legs29%(110)div 17%
Noons
  • Head46%(60)div 63%
  • Body33%(43)div 20%
  • Legs21%(27)div 17%

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

Joshua Burkman
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

KJ Noons
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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