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UFC 140: Jones vs Machida
Yves Jabouin
Yves Jabouin
16-7 · CAN
VS
Walel Watson
Walel Watson
9-2 · USA
December 10, 2011 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Yves Jabouin def. Walel Watson by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Jabouin6/231/401:10
Watson12/560/100:02
R2
Jabouin11/341/100:24
Watson15/470/000:00
R3
Jabouin16/330/100:08
Watson20/600/001:13
Total
Jabouin33/902/601:42
Watson47/1630/101:15

Scorecards

Jabouin vs Watson

RdDavid TherienDr. Greg JacksonNelson HamiltonCommunity
R1--10-99.6-9.4
R2--10-99.9-9.1
R3--10-99.7-9.3
Total29-2828-2930-2729.2-27.8

Media (6 cards) · avg 29.228.2 · 5 Jabouin · 0 Watson · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Jabouin-Watson.

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
JabouinWin probabilityWatson
36.1%63.9%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
22%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 10.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Jabouin36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%38%
Submission3%9%
Decision19%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 33
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.2)act 2
Watson64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%26%
Submission19%30%
Decision28%44%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1842)act 47
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Combined totals~67 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R216%
R38%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Jabouin
52.2%-113
Watson
+11346.2%
Most takedownstie 36.8%
Jabouin
51.6%-447
Watson
+44711.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Jabouin
Expected: 34.8
35
Over 35
41.1%
+139
Exactly 35
1.9%
push
Under 35
57.0%
-139
04487
Watson
Expected: 32.6
32.5
Over 32.5
42.6%
+135
Under 32.5
57.4%
-135
04182
Takedowns — over/under
Jabouin
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
37.4%
+112
Exactly 1
20.6%
push
Under 1
42.0%
-112
035
Watson
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
20.3%
Exactly 0
79.7%
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 10.0 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
Jabouin36.1%59.8%−23.7-155
Watson63.9%40.2%+23.7+145

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
61.6Striking88.4
Watson +26.8
40.2Grappling0.0
Jabouin +40.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
JabouinWatson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1517
Pound-for-pound
1530
1530
Divisional
1530
1498
Striking offense
1507
1508
Striking defense
1507
1496
Grappling offense
1500
1490
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
32 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'11"
68"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.72
Strikes landed / min
7.01
37%
Strike accuracy
32%
3.02
Strikes absorbed / min
0.00
61%
Strike defense
100%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.54
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
33%
Takedown accuracy
63%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
50%
Last-5 win rate
100%
0%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
105
Days since last fight
70
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Yves Jabouin
  • WIan LovelandS-DEC R3
    Close +1703mo before
  • LPablo GarzaSUB R1
    Close -1607mo before
Walel Watson
  • WJoseph SandovalKO/TKO R1
    Close +1002mo before
Jabouin — win / loss by method
Record: 16-7-0

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
11 wins, 3 losses
W
69% of wins
L
43% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
6% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
29% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
15win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (73%)KO/TKO(50%) 3
1 (7%)Submission(17%) 1
3 (20%)Decision(33%) 2
Watson — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 1 loss
W
78% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (13%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
7 (88%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Jabouin
Watson
2
UFC fights
1
19.5 min · 9.8 avg
Octagon time
1.3 min · 1.3 avg
25y 2m
Career length
17y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Jabouin
Watson
24W–9L · 72.7%
Overall
6W–0L · 100.0%
14W–8L · 63.6%
Wins
6W–0L · 100.0%
10W–1L · 90.9%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Jabouin
Watson
74W–46L · 61.7%
Overall
37W–22L · 62.7%
35W–35L · 50.0%
Wins
28W–18L · 60.9%
39W–11L · 78.0%
Losses
9W–4L · 69.2%
Distance striking
Jabouin
Watson
3.88
Landed / min
6.58
37.4%
Accuracy
30.8%
70.4%
Defense
100.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
23.38
68.6%
Time at distance
94.8%
Grappling & control
Jabouin
Watson
1.54
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
62.5%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
36.3%
Control share
100.0%
Strike target map
Jabouin
  • Head32%(17)div 56%
  • Body28%(15)div 27%
  • Legs40%(21)div 17%
Watson
  • Head67%(6)div 56%
  • Body0%(0)div 27%
  • Legs33%(3)div 17%

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

Yves Jabouin
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Walel Watson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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