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UFC 145: Jones vs Evans
Jon Jones
Jon Jones
15-1 · USA
VS
Rashad Evans
Rashad Evans
17-1-1 · USA
April 21, 2012 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Light Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
205.0lb
Weigh-in
204.0lb
Jon Jones def. Rashad Evans by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Jones16/390/000:00
Evans10/300/000:00
R2
Jones21/470/000:17
Evans16/390/000:00
R3
Jones20/400/000:00
Evans9/300/100:00
R4
Jones23/440/100:00
Evans7/260/300:00
R5
Jones25/441/100:43
Evans3/260/000:09
Total
Jones105/2141/201:00
Evans45/1510/400:09

Scorecards

Jones vs Evans

RdChris LeeDerek ClearyRichard BertrandCommunity
R19-109-1010-99.6-9.4
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
R410-910-910-910-9
R510-910-910-910-8.9
Total49-4649-4650-4549.6-45.3

Media (6 cards) · avg 49.845 · 6 Jones · 0 Evans

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

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 probabilityEvans
93.9%6.1%
KO / TKO
75%
Submission
1%
Decision
25%
Expected fight time: 18.7 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 Evans. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Jones94%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO71%76%
Submission1%1%
Decision22%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes93 (53121)act 105
Takedowns1.3 (0.03.6)act 1
Evans6%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO3%57%
Submission0%0%
Decision3%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 45
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 0
Combined totals~126 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R12%
R24%
R335%
R420%
R514%
Distance25%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.5%
Jones
88.0%-766
Evans
+76611.5%
Most takedownstie 34.3%
Jones
58.8%-863
Evans
+8636.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Jones
Expected: 92.9
93
Over 93
42.0%
+136
Exactly 93
0.7%
push
Under 93
57.2%
-136
0117233
Evans
Expected: 33.0
33
Over 33
41.5%
+136
Exactly 33
2.0%
push
Under 33
56.5%
-136
04283
Takedowns — over/under
Jones
Expected: 1.3
1.5
Over 1.5
42.7%
+134
Under 1.5
57.3%
-134
035
Evans
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
14.3%
Exactly 0
85.7%
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 18.7 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
Jones93.9%81.9%+12.0-510
Evans6.1%18.1%−12.0+440

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
80.4Striking66.7
Jones +13.7
80.5Grappling62.3
Jones +18.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
JonesEvans
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1649
Pound-for-pound
1682
1647
Divisional
1668
1505
Striking offense
1494
1555
Striking defense
1544
1557
Grappling offense
1523
1571
Grappling defense
1527
Physical
24 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'0"
84"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.82
Strikes landed / min
2.12
52%
Strike accuracy
40%
1.42
Strikes absorbed / min
1.89
67%
Strike defense
68%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.32
Takedowns / 15 min
3.96
64%
Takedown accuracy
53%
100%
Takedown defense
66%
1.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
90%
UFC win rate
92%
+6
Win/loss streak
+4
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
78%
Finish rate
42%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
84
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jon Jones
  • WLyoto MachidaSUB R2
    Close -4754mo before
  • WQuinton JacksonSUB R4
    Close -5157mo before
  • WMauricio RuaKO/TKO R3
    Close -2151y 1mo before
  • WRyan BaderSUB R2
    Close -2851y 2mo before
  • WVladimir MatyushenkoKO/TKO R1
    Close -7521y 9mo before
Rashad Evans
  • WPhil DavisU-DEC R5
    Close -1913mo before
  • WTito OrtizKO/TKO R2
    Close -3759mo before
  • WQuinton JacksonU-DEC R3
    Close -1051y 11mo before
  • WThiago SilvaU-DEC R3
    Close -2182y 4mo before
  • LLyoto MachidaKO/TKO R2
    Close +1762y 11mo before
Jones — win / loss by method
Record: 15-1-0

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
53% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (44%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (22%)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
Evans — win / loss by method
Record: 17-1-1

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
41% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 0 losses
W
53% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
12win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (42%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
7 (58%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (20%)Submission() 0
2 (40%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Jones
Evans
10
UFC fights
14
94.8 min · 9.5 avg
Octagon time
181.8 min · 13.0 avg
18y 3m
Career length
22y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Jones
Evans
150W–30L · 83.3%
Overall
184W–34L · 84.4%
143W–28L · 83.6%
Wins
170W–34L · 83.3%
7W–2L · 77.8%
Losses
14W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Jones
Evans
6W–6L · 50.0%
Overall
65W–44L · 59.6%
6W–6L · 50.0%
Wins
65W–44L · 59.6%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Jones
Evans
3.36
Landed / min
2.19
39.2%
Accuracy
28.6%
72.8%
Defense
73.7%
0.47
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.33
48.7%
Time at distance
45.7%
Grappling & control
Jones
Evans
3.32
Takedowns / 15 min
3.96
63.6%
Takedown accuracy
53.3%
100.0%
Takedown defense
65.7%
1.11
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
87.8%
Control share
82.3%
Strike target map
Jones
  • Head53%(192)div 64%
  • Body25%(92)div 18%
  • Legs22%(78)div 18%
Evans
  • Head84%(325)div 64%
  • Body11%(43)div 18%
  • Legs4%(17)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.

Rashad Evans
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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