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UFC 152: Jones vs Belfort
Jon Jones
Jon Jones
16-1 · USA
VS
Vitor Belfort
Vitor Belfort
21-9 · BRA
September 22, 2012 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Light Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
204.6lb
Weigh-in
204.2lb
Jon Jones def. Vitor Belfort by SUB (Keylock), R4 0:54
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Jones19/241/104:31
Belfort1/20/000:00
R2
Jones23/400/001:37
Belfort6/160/000:00
R3
Jones18/360/012:59
Belfort6/100/000:06
R4 · 0:54
Jones5/100/000:18
Belfort3/80/000:00
Total
Jones65/1101/119:25
Belfort16/360/000:06

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 probabilityBelfort
95.8%4.2%
KO / TKO
74%
Submission
2%
Decision
24%
Expected fight time: 18.2 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 Belfort. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Jones96%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO70%73%
Submission2%2%
Decision24%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes105 (60136)act 65
Takedowns1.8 (0.04.4)act 1
Belfort4%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%84%
Submission0%1%
Decision1%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 16
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~139 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R14%
R26%
R333%
R419%
R514%
Distance24%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikes
Jones
89.6%-896
Belfort
+89610.0%
Most takedownstie 25.8%
Jones
73.0%-6072
Belfort
+60721.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Jones
Expected: 104.8
105
Over 105
42.1%
+136
Exactly 105
0.6%
push
Under 105
57.3%
-136
0132263
Belfort
Expected: 34.7
34.5
Over 34.5
42.8%
+133
Under 34.5
57.2%
-133
04487
Takedowns — over/under
Jones
Expected: 1.8
2
Over 2
35.8%
+127
Exactly 2
18.5%
push
Under 2
45.6%
-127
036
Belfort
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
3.6%
Exactly 0
96.4%
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 18.2 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
Jones95.8%87.2%+8.6-840
Belfort4.2%12.8%−8.6+660

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
80.1Striking61.1
Jones +19.0
74.7Grappling66.4
Jones +8.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
JonesBelfort
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1667
Pound-for-pound
1591
1664
Divisional
1491
1505
Striking offense
1501
1558
Striking defense
1551
1552
Grappling offense
1516
1580
Grappling defense
1511
Physical
25 yrs
Age
35 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'0"
84"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.90
Strikes landed / min
1.93
51%
Strike accuracy
51%
1.50
Strikes absorbed / min
2.32
68%
Strike defense
44%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.76
Takedowns / 15 min
1.18
63%
Takedown accuracy
75%
100%
Takedown defense
65%
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.4
Form & résumé
91%
UFC win rate
67%
+7
Win/loss streak
+2
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
70%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
154
Days since last fight
252
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jon Jones
  • WRashad EvansU-DEC R5
    Close -5105mo before
  • WLyoto MachidaSUB R2
    Close -4759mo before
  • WQuinton JacksonSUB R4
    Close -5151y before
  • WMauricio RuaKO/TKO R3
    Close -2151y 6mo before
  • WRyan BaderSUB R2
    Close -2851y 8mo before
Vitor Belfort
  • WAnthony JohnsonSUB R1
    opp missedClose -1258mo before
  • WYoshihiro AkiyamaKO/TKO R1
    Close -3201y 2mo before
  • LAnderson SilvaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1901y 8mo before
  • WRich FranklinKO/TKO R1
    Close +1063y before
  • LTito OrtizS-DEC R3
    Close -1257y 8mo before
Jones — win / loss by method
Record: 16-1-0

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
31% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
19% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (30%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (30%)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
Belfort — win / loss by method
Record: 21-9-0

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, 3 losses
W
67% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
11% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 5 losses
W
19% of wins
L
56% of losses
UFC
10win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (80%)KO/TKO(60%) 3
2 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(40%) 2
Non-UFC
11win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (55%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (9%)Submission(25%) 1
4 (36%)Decision(75%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Jones
Belfort
11
UFC fights
15
119.8 min · 10.9 avg
Octagon time
76.0 min · 5.1 avg
18y 3m
Career length
29y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Jones
Belfort
167W–31L · 84.3%
Overall
153W–46L · 76.9%
160W–29L · 84.7%
Wins
89W–31L · 74.2%
7W–2L · 77.8%
Losses
64W–15L · 81.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Jones
Belfort
6W–6L · 50.0%
Overall
204W–69L · 74.7%
6W–6L · 50.0%
Wins
139W–51L · 73.2%
0W–0L
Losses
65W–18L · 78.3%
Distance striking
Jones
Belfort
3.56
Landed / min
1.66
41.4%
Accuracy
35.2%
72.4%
Defense
69.8%
0.38
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.18
56.5%
Time at distance
35.7%
Grappling & control
Jones
Belfort
2.76
Takedowns / 15 min
1.18
62.9%
Takedown accuracy
75.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
65.4%
0.88
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.38
87.7%
Control share
19.7%
Strike target map
Jones
  • Head56%(260)div 64%
  • Body24%(111)div 18%
  • Legs21%(96)div 18%
Belfort
  • Head86%(126)div 64%
  • Body4%(6)div 18%
  • Legs10%(15)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.

Vitor Belfort
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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