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UFC on FOX: Lawler vs Brown
Anthony Johnson
Anthony Johnson
17-4 · USA
VS
Rogerio Nogueira
Rogerio Nogueira
21-5 · BRA
July 26, 2014 · San Jose, California, USA
Light Heavyweight · 3 rounds
204.5lb
Weigh-in
205.5lb
Anthony Johnson def. Rogerio Nogueira by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 0:44
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:44
Johnson8/170/010:01
Nogueira0/20/000:00
Total
Johnson8/170/010:01
Nogueira0/20/000:00

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
JohnsonWin probabilityNogueira
89.9%10.1%
KO / TKO
64%
Submission
7%
Decision
29%
Expected fight time: 8.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Johnson90%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO60%67%
Submission4%4%
Decision26%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 8
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.7)act 0
Nogueira10%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%41%
Submission3%27%
Decision3%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes19 (1025)act 0
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.3)act 0
Combined totals~62 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R232%
R38%
Distance29%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Johnson
81.4%-471
Nogueira
+47117.3%
Most takedownstie 37.7%
Johnson
56.2%-921
Nogueira
+9216.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Johnson
Expected: 42.8
43
Over 43
41.4%
+138
Exactly 43
1.5%
push
Under 43
57.0%
-138
054108
Nogueira
Expected: 19.0
19
Over 19
40.8%
+137
Exactly 19
3.4%
push
Under 19
55.8%
-137
02448
Takedowns — over/under
Johnson
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
33.9%
+117
Exactly 1
26.2%
push
Under 1
39.8%
-117
035
Nogueira
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
12.0%
Exactly 0
88.0%
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 8.5 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
Johnson89.9%84.8%+5.1-660
Nogueira10.1%15.2%−5.1+540

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
73.2Striking64.6
Johnson +8.6
72.6Grappling49.0
Johnson +23.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
JohnsonNogueira
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1579
Pound-for-pound
1589
1529
Divisional
1586
1528
Striking offense
1499
1541
Striking defense
1523
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
30 yrs
Age
38 yrs
6'2"
Height
6'2"
78"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.00
Strikes landed / min
2.56
44%
Strike accuracy
32%
1.59
Strikes absorbed / min
2.09
67%
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.62
Takedowns / 15 min
0.23
58%
Takedown accuracy
100%
85%
Takedown defense
72%
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
67%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
75%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
91
Days since last fight
539
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Anthony Johnson
  • WPhil DavisU-DEC R3
    Close +2203mo before
  • LVitor BelfortSUB R1
    missedClose +1152y 6mo before
  • WCharlie BrennemanKO/TKO R1
    Close -2002y 10mo before
  • WDan HardyU-DEC R3
    Close -1733y 4mo before
  • LJosh KoscheckSUB R2
    Close -1294y 8mo before
Rogerio Nogueira
  • WRashad EvansU-DEC R3
    Close +4501y 6mo before
  • WTito OrtizKO/TKO R1
    Close -2652y 8mo before
  • LPhil DavisU-DEC R3
    Close +2353y 4mo before
  • LRyan BaderU-DEC R3
    Close +1603y 10mo before
  • WJason BrilzS-DEC R3
    Close -5004y 2mo before
Johnson — win / loss by method
Record: 17-4-0

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
11 wins, 1 loss
W
65% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 3 losses
W
0% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 0 losses
W
35% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
8win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (75%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(75%) 3
2 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
4 (44%)Decision() 0
Nogueira — win / loss by method
Record: 21-5-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 4 losses
W
43% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
17win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (24%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
6 (35%)Submission(0%) 0
7 (41%)Decision(67%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Johnson
Nogueira
12
UFC fights
6
86.0 min · 7.2 avg
Octagon time
65.2 min · 10.9 avg
19y 11m
Career length
24y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Johnson
Nogueira
174W–49L · 78.0%
Overall
81W–14L · 85.3%
107W–23L · 82.3%
Wins
62W–14L · 81.6%
67W–26L · 72.0%
Losses
19W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Johnson
Nogueira
98W–36L · 73.1%
Overall
277W–93L · 74.9%
98W–36L · 73.1%
Wins
256W–89L · 74.2%
0W–0L
Losses
21W–4L · 84.0%
Distance striking
Johnson
Nogueira
4.08
Landed / min
2.54
36.6%
Accuracy
24.5%
73.9%
Defense
74.6%
1.40
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.46
44.2%
Time at distance
62.8%
Grappling & control
Johnson
Nogueira
2.62
Takedowns / 15 min
0.23
57.7%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
85.0%
Takedown defense
71.7%
0.87
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.23
79.5%
Control share
22.5%
Strike target map
Johnson
  • Head63%(163)div 64%
  • Body17%(43)div 19%
  • Legs20%(52)div 18%
Nogueira
  • Head65%(109)div 64%
  • Body28%(46)div 19%
  • Legs7%(12)div 18%

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

Anthony Johnson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Rogerio Nogueira
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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