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UFC 172: Jones vs Teixeira
Jon Jones
Jon Jones
19-1 · USA
VS
Glover Teixeira
Glover Teixeira
22-2 · BRA
April 26, 2014 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Light Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
Jon Jones def. Glover Teixeira by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Jones23/381/200:13
Teixeira13/460/100:00
R2
Jones25/420/100:22
Teixeira9/350/200:00
R3
Jones35/530/101:52
Teixeira12/360/100:00
R4
Jones31/531/101:45
Teixeira9/320/100:00
R5
Jones24/501/101:39
Teixeira10/430/000:00
Total
Jones138/2363/605:51
Teixeira53/1920/500:00

Scorecards

Jones vs Teixeira

RdCardo UrsoChris LeeDerek ClearyCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.2
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-910-9
R410-910-910-910-8.9
R510-910-910-910-9.1
Total50-4550-4550-4549.7-45.3

Media (12 cards) · avg 49.845.1 · 12 Jones · 0 Teixeira

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

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 probabilityTeixeira
89.9%10.1%
KO / TKO
83%
Submission
2%
Decision
15%
Expected fight time: 16.5 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 Teixeira. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Jones90%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO74%83%
Submission2%2%
Decision14%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes109 (63142)act 138
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.7)act 3
Teixeira10%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%90%
Submission0%1%
Decision1%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2353)act 53
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Combined totals~150 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R18%
R29%
R334%
R420%
R514%
Distance15%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikes
Jones
87.1%-699
Teixeira
+69912.5%
Most takedownstie 38.8%
Jones
50.5%-473
Teixeira
+47310.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Jones
Expected: 109.1
109
Over 109
42.3%
+135
Exactly 109
0.6%
push
Under 109
57.1%
-135
0137273
Teixeira
Expected: 40.7
40.5
Over 40.5
42.8%
+134
Under 40.5
57.2%
-134
051102
Takedowns — over/under
Jones
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
39.3%
+113
Exactly 1
16.3%
push
Under 1
44.5%
-113
035
Teixeira
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.6%
Exactly 0
81.4%
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 16.5 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
Jones89.9%80.0%+9.9-440
Teixeira10.1%20.0%−9.9+390

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
80.7Striking84.7
Teixeira +4.0
69.5Grappling90.5
Teixeira +21.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
JonesTeixeira
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1703
Pound-for-pound
1627
1694
Divisional
1627
1509
Striking offense
1521
1560
Striking defense
1500
1560
Grappling offense
1541
1586
Grappling defense
1539
Physical
26 yrs
Age
34 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'2"
84"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.15
Strikes landed / min
6.35
54%
Strike accuracy
52%
1.89
Strikes absorbed / min
2.68
65%
Strike defense
68%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.45
Takedowns / 15 min
4.62
51%
Takedown accuracy
71%
96%
Takedown defense
100%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.4
Form & résumé
93%
UFC win rate
100%
+10
Win/loss streak
+5
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
69%
Finish rate
80%
Recent opp. quality
217
Days since last fight
234
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jon Jones
  • WAlexander GustafssonU-DEC R5
    Close -8407mo before
  • WChael SonnenKO/TKO R1
    Close -8751y before
  • WVitor BelfortSUB R4
    Close -8401y 7mo before
  • WRashad EvansU-DEC R5
    Close -5102y before
  • WLyoto MachidaSUB R2
    Close -4752y 5mo before
Glover Teixeira
  • WRyan BaderKO/TKO R1
    Close -3308mo before
  • WJames Te HunaSUB R1
    Close -42011mo before
  • WQuinton JacksonU-DEC R3
    Close -2751y 3mo before
  • WFabio MaldonadoKO/TKO R2
    Close -4751y 6mo before
  • WKyle KingsburySUB R1
    Close -2351y 11mo before
Jones — win / loss by method
Record: 19-1-0

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
47% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
32% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
21% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
13win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (31%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (31%)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
Teixeira — win / loss by method
Record: 22-2-0

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
14 wins, 1 loss
W
64% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (40%)Submission() 0
1 (20%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
17win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
12 (71%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
3 (18%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (12%)Decision(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Jones
Teixeira
14
UFC fights
5
165.2 min · 11.8 avg
Octagon time
32.4 min · 6.5 avg
18y 3m
Career length
24y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Jones
Teixeira
231W–53L · 81.3%
Overall
92W–26L · 78.0%
224W–51L · 81.5%
Wins
92W–26L · 78.0%
7W–2L · 77.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Jones
Teixeira
6W–6L · 50.0%
Overall
173W–79L · 68.7%
6W–6L · 50.0%
Wins
163W–76L · 68.2%
0W–0L
Losses
10W–3L · 76.9%
Distance striking
Jones
Teixeira
4.03
Landed / min
5.52
46.4%
Accuracy
39.9%
68.2%
Defense
69.5%
0.36
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.39
58.7%
Time at distance
49.7%
Grappling & control
Jones
Teixeira
2.45
Takedowns / 15 min
4.62
50.9%
Takedown accuracy
71.4%
95.8%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.73
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.39
90.4%
Control share
94.5%
Strike target map
Jones
  • Head55%(375)div 64%
  • Body22%(148)div 19%
  • Legs24%(163)div 18%
Teixeira
  • Head93%(192)div 64%
  • Body6%(13)div 19%
  • Legs0%(1)div 18%

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.

Glover Teixeira
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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