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KJ Noons
KJ Noons
11-7 · USA
VS
October 19, 2013 · Houston, Texas, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
155.0lb
KJ Noons def. George Sotiropoulos by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Noons21/440/000:00
Sotiropoulos6/290/000:00
R2
Noons14/590/000:00
Sotiropoulos20/771/300:26
R3
Noons21/640/000:00
Sotiropoulos24/930/400:00
Total
Noons56/1670/000:00
Sotiropoulos50/1991/700:26

Scorecards

Noons vs Sotiropoulos

RdDon TurnageSal D'AmatoTroy WincapawCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-99-109-109-10
R310-910-910-99.8-9.2
Total30-2729-2829-2828.8-28.2

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 13 Noons · 0 Sotiropoulos

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Noons-Sotiropoulos.

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 probabilitySotiropoulos
54.9%45.1%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
14%
Decision
65%
Expected fight time: 11.7 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 Sotiropoulos. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Noons55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%29%
Submission3%5%
Decision36%66%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2252)act 56
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Sotiropoulos45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%10%
Submission11%26%
Decision29%64%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 50
Takedowns1.4 (0.03.8)act 1
Combined totals~79 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R29%
R36%
Distance65%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Noons
50.0%-103
Sotiropoulos
+10348.6%
Most takedownstie 31.2%
Noons
8.6%+703
Sotiropoulos
-70360.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Noons
Expected: 40.0
40
Over 40
41.7%
+136
Exactly 40
1.7%
push
Under 40
56.7%
-136
050100
Sotiropoulos
Expected: 39.4
39.5
Over 39.5
42.3%
+136
Under 39.5
57.7%
-136
05099
Takedowns — over/under
Noons
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
17.4%
Exactly 0
82.6%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Sotiropoulos
Expected: 1.4
1.5
Over 1.5
45.4%
+120
Under 1.5
54.6%
-120
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 11.7 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
Noons54.9%58.2%−3.3-145
Sotiropoulos45.1%41.8%+3.3+135

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
47.2Striking61.0
Sotiropoulos +13.8
11.9Grappling67.7
Sotiropoulos +55.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NoonsSotiropoulos
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1497
Pound-for-pound
1563
1497
Divisional
1542
1499
Striking offense
1498
1528
Striking defense
1503
1477
Grappling offense
1519
1497
Grappling defense
1520
Physical
30 yrs
Age
36 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'10"
70"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.80
Strikes landed / min
2.57
34%
Strike accuracy
27%
5.20
Strikes absorbed / min
2.45
49%
Strike defense
68%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.67
Takedown accuracy
34%
43%
Takedown defense
50%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
70%
-1
Win/loss streak
-3
0%
Last-5 win rate
40%
Finish rate
71%
Recent opp. quality
147
Days since last fight
309
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
KJ Noons
  • LDonald CerroneU-DEC R3
    Close +2485mo before
George Sotiropoulos
  • LRoss PearsonKO/TKO R3
    Close +19010mo before
  • LRafael Dos AnjosKO/TKO R1
    Close -2152y 4mo before
  • LDennis SiverU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -3602y 8mo before
  • WJoe LauzonSUB R2
    Close -2252y 11mo before
  • WKurt PellegrinoU-DEC R3
    Close -1583y 4mo before
Noons — win / loss by method
Record: 11-7-0

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

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
1 win, 2 losses
W
7% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
36% of wins
L
40% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
7win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
4 (57%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (57%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (43%)Decision(50%) 1
0 (0%)DQ / other(50%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Noons
Sotiropoulos
1
UFC fights
10
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
90.0 min · 9.0 avg
23y 9m
Career length
21y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Noons
Sotiropoulos
19W–5L · 79.2%
Overall
147W–52L · 73.9%
0W–0L
Wins
103W–34L · 75.2%
19W–5L · 79.2%
Losses
44W–18L · 71.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Noons
Sotiropoulos
208W–86L · 70.7%
Overall
49W–26L · 65.3%
123W–54L · 69.5%
Wins
32W–22L · 59.3%
85W–32L · 72.6%
Losses
17W–4L · 81.0%
Distance striking
Noons
Sotiropoulos
4.59
Landed / min
3.70
33.9%
Accuracy
22.5%
54.5%
Defense
71.1%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.17
59.6%
Time at distance
50.1%
Grappling & control
Noons
Sotiropoulos
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
2.67
Takedown accuracy
34.0%
42.9%
Takedown defense
50.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
2.00
0.0%
Control share
74.6%
Strike target map
Noons
  • Head40%(17)div 64%
  • Body31%(13)div 20%
  • Legs29%(12)div 17%
Sotiropoulos
  • Head84%(193)div 64%
  • Body13%(30)div 20%
  • Legs3%(8)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.

George Sotiropoulos
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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