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The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned Finale
KJ Noons
KJ Noons
13-7 · USA
VS
December 12, 2014 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
No contest
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Noons17/400/000:00
Cruickshank22/552/300:23
R2 · 0:25
Noons1/70/000:02
Cruickshank1/40/000:00
Total
Noons18/470/000:02
Cruickshank23/592/300:23

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
NoonsWin probabilityCruickshank
42.1%57.9%
KO / TKO
17%
Submission
12%
Decision
72%
Expected fight time: 12.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Noons42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%17%
Submission5%11%
Decision30%72%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2252)act 18
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Cruickshank58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%16%
Submission8%13%
Decision41%71%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2661)act 23
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 2
Combined totals~86 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R210%
R35%
Distance72%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Noons
41.9%+136
Cruickshank
-13656.9%
Most takedownstie 48.7%
Noons
18.9%+171
Cruickshank
-17132.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Noons
Expected: 39.7
39.5
Over 39.5
42.8%
+134
Under 39.5
57.2%
-134
050100
Cruickshank
Expected: 46.7
46.5
Over 46.5
42.8%
+134
Under 46.5
57.2%
-134
059117
Takedowns — over/under
Noons
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
25.7%
+290
Under 0.5
74.3%
-290
035
Cruickshank
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
38.5%
+160
Under 0.5
61.5%
-160
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 12.5 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
Noons42.1%35.0%+7.1+170
Cruickshank57.9%65.0%−7.1-220

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
58.9Striking62.7
Cruickshank +3.8
17.9Grappling54.7
Cruickshank +36.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NoonsCruickshank
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
Pound-for-pound
Divisional
1499
Striking offense
1509
1519
Striking defense
1520
1479
Grappling offense
1485
1505
Grappling defense
1523
Physical
32 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'8"
70"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
3.44
Strikes landed / min
2.91
35%
Strike accuracy
37%
4.36
Strikes absorbed / min
2.83
63%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.87
Takedown accuracy
48%
64%
Takedown defense
71%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
67%
+2
Win/loss streak
+1
67%
Last-5 win rate
60%
50%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
240
Days since last fight
69
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
KJ Noons
  • WSam StoutKO/TKO R1
    Close -1058mo before
  • WGeorge SotiropoulosU-DEC R3
    Close -1451y 2mo before
  • LDonald CerroneU-DEC R3
    Close +2481y 7mo before
Daron Cruickshank
  • WAnthony NjokuaniU-DEC R3
    Close -1102mo before
  • LJorge MasvidalU-DEC R3
    Close +2155mo before
  • WErik KochKO/TKO R1
    Close +2657mo before
  • WMike RioKO/TKO R2
    Close -24011mo before
  • LAdriano MartinsSUB R2
    Close -1401y 1mo before
Noons — win / loss by method
Record: 13-7-0

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
9 wins, 1 loss
W
69% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 5 losses
W
31% of wins
L
71% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
11win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (73%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(17%) 1
3 (27%)Decision(67%) 4
Cruickshank — win / loss by method
Record: 16-5-0

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, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
6% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
38% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
6win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
3 (50%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (60%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (10%)Submission(50%) 1
3 (30%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Noons
Cruickshank
3
UFC fights
9
30.5 min · 10.2 avg
Octagon time
104.0 min · 11.6 avg
23y 9m
Career length
16y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Noons
Cruickshank
53W–19L · 73.6%
Overall
157W–54L · 74.4%
34W–14L · 70.8%
Wins
97W–38L · 71.9%
19W–5L · 79.2%
Losses
60W–16L · 78.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Noons
Cruickshank
208W–86L · 70.7%
Overall
69W–31L · 69.0%
123W–54L · 69.5%
Wins
42W–22L · 65.6%
85W–32L · 72.6%
Losses
27W–9L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Noons
Cruickshank
4.26
Landed / min
3.24
34.5%
Accuracy
31.0%
66.8%
Defense
61.6%
0.49
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.72
78.5%
Time at distance
64.0%
Grappling & control
Noons
Cruickshank
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.87
Takedown accuracy
48.1%
64.3%
Takedown defense
71.4%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.29
0.8%
Control share
41.3%
Strike target map
Noons
  • Head44%(46)div 63%
  • Body41%(43)div 20%
  • Legs15%(16)div 17%
Cruickshank
  • Head57%(174)div 63%
  • Body27%(83)div 20%
  • Legs15%(46)div 17%

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

KJ Noons
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Daron Cruickshank
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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