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UFC 186: Johnson vs Horiguchi
Quinton Jackson
Quinton Jackson
35-11 · USA
VS
Fabio Maldonado
Fabio Maldonado
22-7 · BRA
April 25, 2015 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Catch Weight · 215 lb · 3 rounds
216.0lb
Weigh-in
215.0lb
Quinton Jackson def. Fabio Maldonado by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Jackson30/620/001:11
Maldonado13/360/000:26
R2
Jackson33/670/000:00
Maldonado29/481/101:50
R3
Jackson36/820/000:00
Maldonado25/500/000:37
Total
Jackson99/2110/001:11
Maldonado67/1341/102:53

Scorecards

Jackson vs Maldonado

RdBenoit RousselLuc LefebvrePasquale ProcopioCommunity
R110-9-10-99.9-9.1
R210-9-10-99.8-9.2
R310-9-10-910-9
Total30-2729-2830-2729.7-27.3

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.927.1 · 13 Jackson · 0 Maldonado

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Jackson-Maldonado.

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
JacksonWin probabilityMaldonado
63.2%36.8%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
7%
Decision
60%
Expected fight time: 11.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Jackson63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%31%
Submission5%9%
Decision38%60%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2558)act 99
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.1)act 0
Maldonado37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%35%
Submission2%5%
Decision22%60%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2557)act 67
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 1
Combined totals~88 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R216%
R36%
Distance60%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Jackson
50.1%-103
Maldonado
+10348.7%
Most takedownstie 56.0%
Jackson
30.6%-228
Maldonado
+22813.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Jackson
Expected: 44.5
44.5
Over 44.5
42.6%
+135
Under 44.5
57.4%
-135
056112
Maldonado
Expected: 43.9
44
Over 44
41.6%
+137
Exactly 44
1.5%
push
Under 44
56.9%
-137
055110
Takedowns — over/under
Jackson
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
34.2%
+192
Under 0.5
65.8%
-192
035
Maldonado
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.9%
Exactly 0
82.1%
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 11.4 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
Jackson63.2%60.7%+2.5-170
Maldonado36.8%39.3%−2.5+145

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
61.8Striking76.5
Maldonado +14.7
36.4Grappling51.1
Maldonado +14.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
JacksonMaldonado
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1585
Pound-for-pound
1553
1563
Divisional
1537
1491
Striking offense
1524
1531
Striking defense
1493
1484
Grappling offense
1487
1504
Grappling defense
1489
Physical
36 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'1"
73"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.44
Strikes landed / min
5.92
43%
Strike accuracy
61%
3.04
Strikes absorbed / min
4.03
58%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.53
Takedowns / 15 min
0.43
30%
Takedown accuracy
50%
72%
Takedown defense
63%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
58%
UFC win rate
56%
-3
Win/loss streak
+1
40%
Last-5 win rate
80%
43%
Finish rate
40%
Recent opp. quality
819
Days since last fight
182
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Quinton Jackson
  • LGlover TeixeiraU-DEC R3
    Close +2252y 3mo before
  • LRyan BaderU-DEC R3
    missedClose -1553y 2mo before
  • LJon JonesSUB R4
    Close +4003y 7mo before
  • WMatt HamillU-DEC R3
    Close -3003y 11mo before
  • WLyoto MachidaS-DEC R3
    Close +1904y 5mo before
Fabio Maldonado
  • WHans StringerKO/TKO R2
    Close -1306mo before
  • LStipe MiocicKO/TKO R1
    Close +53511mo before
  • WGian VillanteU-DEC R3
    Close +2601y 1mo before
  • WJoey BeltranS-DEC R3
    Close -1551y 6mo before
  • WRoger HollettU-DEC R3
    Close -2651y 11mo before
Jackson — win / loss by method
Record: 35-11-0

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
19 wins, 3 losses
W
54% of wins
L
27% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 2 losses
W
11% of wins
L
18% of losses
Decision
12 wins, 5 losses
W
34% of wins
L
45% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
9% of losses
UFC
7win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(20%) 1
4 (57%)Decision(80%) 4
Non-UFC
28win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
16 (57%)KO/TKO(50%) 3
4 (14%)Submission(17%) 1
8 (29%)Decision(17%) 1
0 (0%)DQ / other(17%) 1
Maldonado — win / loss by method
Record: 22-7-0

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
15 wins, 2 losses
W
68% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
5% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 3 losses
W
27% of wins
L
43% of losses
UFC
5win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (60%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
17win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (76%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (6%)Submission(67%) 2
3 (18%)Decision(33%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Jackson
Maldonado
12
UFC fights
9
170.3 min · 14.2 avg
Octagon time
105.5 min · 11.7 avg
26y 8m
Career length
25y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Jackson
Maldonado
201W–38L · 84.1%
Overall
127W–39L · 76.5%
127W–28L · 81.9%
Wins
64W–26L · 71.1%
74W–10L · 88.1%
Losses
63W–13L · 82.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Jackson
Maldonado
309W–115L · 72.9%
Overall
71W–40L · 64.0%
238W–98L · 70.8%
Wins
58W–35L · 62.4%
71W–17L · 80.7%
Losses
13W–5L · 72.2%
Distance striking
Jackson
Maldonado
2.79
Landed / min
9.87
33.4%
Accuracy
53.8%
66.7%
Defense
64.3%
0.70
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.14
49.8%
Time at distance
39.9%
Grappling & control
Jackson
Maldonado
0.53
Takedowns / 15 min
0.43
30.0%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
72.3%
Takedown defense
62.5%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.71
32.9%
Control share
26.0%
Strike target map
Jackson
  • Head65%(268)div 68%
  • Body25%(102)div 17%
  • Legs11%(45)div 16%
Maldonado
  • Head65%(403)div 68%
  • Body35%(218)div 17%
  • Legs0%(3)div 16%

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

Quinton Jackson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Fabio Maldonado
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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