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UFC 182: Jones vs Cormier
Jon Jones
Jon Jones
20-1 · USA
VS
Daniel Cormier
Daniel Cormier
15-0 · USA
January 3, 2015 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Light Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
205.0lb
Weigh-in
205.0lb
Jon Jones def. Daniel Cormier by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Jones25/551/100:28
Cormier18/480/100:00
R2
Jones16/360/101:01
Cormier18/460/100:02
R3
Jones24/430/100:32
Cormier15/470/200:22
R4
Jones16/272/202:35
Cormier3/160/000:20
R5
Jones11/170/002:16
Cormier4/81/400:52
Total
Jones92/1783/506:52
Cormier58/1651/801:36

Scorecards

Jones vs Cormier

RdCardo UrsoMarcos RosalesTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-99-109-109.1-9.9
R39-1010-910-99.6-9.5
R410-910-910-910-9
R510-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total49-4649-4649-4648.5-46.6

Media (18 cards) · avg 48.746.4 · 18 Jones · 0 Cormier

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

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 probabilityCormier
86.4%13.6%
KO / TKO
75%
Submission
1%
Decision
24%
Expected fight time: 17.9 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 Cormier. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Jones86%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO64%74%
Submission1%2%
Decision21%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes100 (58131)act 92
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.0)act 3
Cormier14%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%76%
Submission0%1%
Decision3%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2558)act 58
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 1
Combined totals~145 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R16%
R25%
R333%
R419%
R513%
Distance24%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Jones
82.6%-489
Cormier
+48916.9%
Most takedownstie 37.3%
Jones
47.5%-313
Cormier
+31315.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Jones
Expected: 100.3
100.5
Over 100.5
42.4%
+136
Under 100.5
57.6%
-136
0126251
Cormier
Expected: 44.4
44.5
Over 44.5
42.3%
+136
Under 44.5
57.7%
-136
056111
Takedowns — over/under
Jones
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
34.8%
+128
Exactly 1
20.6%
push
Under 1
44.6%
-128
035
Cormier
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
26.2%
+282
Under 0.5
73.8%
-282
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 17.9 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
Jones86.4%64.6%+21.8-192
Cormier13.6%35.4%−21.8+177

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
81.5Striking85.2
Cormier +3.7
69.8Grappling68.3
Jones +1.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
JonesCormier
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1716
Pound-for-pound
1610
1707
Divisional
1576
1510
Striking offense
1489
1564
Striking defense
1514
1561
Grappling offense
1539
1592
Grappling defense
1553
Physical
27 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'4"
Height
5'11"
84"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.33
Strikes landed / min
4.45
55%
Strike accuracy
56%
1.92
Strikes absorbed / min
1.22
66%
Strike defense
70%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.37
Takedowns / 15 min
1.99
51%
Takedown accuracy
67%
97%
Takedown defense
100%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
93%
UFC win rate
100%
+11
Win/loss streak
+4
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
64%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
252
Days since last fight
224
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jon Jones
  • WGlover TeixeiraU-DEC R5
    Close -4408mo before
  • WAlexander GustafssonU-DEC R5
    Close -8401y 3mo before
  • WChael SonnenKO/TKO R1
    Close -8751y 8mo before
  • WVitor BelfortSUB R4
    Close -8402y 3mo before
  • WRashad EvansU-DEC R5
    Close -5102y 8mo before
Daniel Cormier
  • WDan HendersonSUB R3
    Close -7507mo before
  • WPatrick CumminsKO/TKO R1
    Close -75010mo before
  • WRoy NelsonU-DEC R3
    Close -5001y 2mo before
  • WFrank MirU-DEC R3
    Close -3751y 8mo before
Jones — win / loss by method
Record: 20-1-0

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
45% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
14win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (36%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (36%)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
Cormier — win / loss by method
Record: 15-0-0

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
53% of wins
L
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (25%)Submission() 0
2 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (64%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (9%)Submission() 0
3 (27%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Jones
Cormier
15
UFC fights
4
190.2 min · 12.7 avg
Octagon time
45.2 min · 11.3 avg
18y 3m
Career length
16y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Jones
Cormier
253W–55L · 82.1%
Overall
67W–25L · 72.8%
246W–53L · 82.3%
Wins
67W–25L · 72.8%
7W–2L · 77.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Jones
Cormier
6W–6L · 50.0%
Overall
168W–41L · 80.4%
6W–6L · 50.0%
Wins
168W–41L · 80.4%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Jones
Cormier
4.38
Landed / min
4.56
47.8%
Accuracy
39.3%
69.7%
Defense
75.0%
0.32
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.33
58.8%
Time at distance
37.4%
Grappling & control
Jones
Cormier
2.37
Takedowns / 15 min
1.99
50.8%
Takedown accuracy
66.7%
96.6%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.79
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.66
91.4%
Control share
98.3%
Strike target map
Jones
  • Head56%(463)div 64%
  • Body21%(173)div 19%
  • Legs23%(188)div 17%
Cormier
  • Head64%(128)div 64%
  • Body26%(53)div 19%
  • Legs10%(20)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.

Daniel Cormier
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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