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UFC Live: Kongo vs Barry
Joe Lauzon
Joe Lauzon
19-6 · USA
VS
Curt Warburton
Curt Warburton
7-2 · GBR
June 26, 2011 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
155.6lb
Joe Lauzon def. Curt Warburton by SUB (Kimura), R1 1:58
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:58
Lauzon12/330/010:27
Warburton5/230/000:00
Total
Lauzon12/330/010:27
Warburton5/230/000:00

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
LauzonWin probabilityWarburton
50.7%49.3%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
43%
Decision
34%
Expected fight time: 7.6 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Lauzon51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%22%
Submission30%58%
Decision10%20%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes22 (1228)act 12
Takedowns5.2 (0.010.3)act 0
Warburton49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%24%
Submission14%28%
Decision23%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2559)act 5
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~67 sig strikes~5.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R153%
R210%
R33%
Distance34%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Lauzon
19.3%+413
Warburton
-41379.5%
Most takedownstie 12.8%
Lauzon
85.6%-5424
Warburton
+54241.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lauzon
Expected: 21.6
21.5
Over 21.5
42.8%
+134
Under 21.5
57.2%
-134
02855
Warburton
Expected: 45.4
45.5
Over 45.5
42.4%
+136
Under 45.5
57.6%
-136
057114
Takedowns — over/under
Lauzon
Expected: 5.2
5
Over 5
42.5%
+112
Exactly 5
9.9%
push
Under 5
47.6%
-112
0816
Warburton
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
10.3%
Exactly 0
89.7%
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 7.6 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
Lauzon50.7%73.3%−22.6-320
Warburton49.3%26.7%+22.6+260

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
60.4Striking53.4
Lauzon +7.0
84.9Grappling70.9
Lauzon +14.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LauzonWarburton
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1564
Pound-for-pound
1517
1562
Divisional
1516
1477
Striking offense
1496
1495
Striking defense
1501
1545
Grappling offense
1505
1502
Grappling defense
1506
Physical
27 yrs
Age
5'10"
Height
6'0"
71"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.01
Strikes landed / min
2.10
39%
Strike accuracy
46%
3.22
Strikes absorbed / min
3.27
64%
Strike defense
39%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.09
Takedowns / 15 min
2.50
48%
Takedown accuracy
50%
63%
Takedown defense
83%
4.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
50%
100%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
218
Days since last fight
120
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Joe Lauzon
  • LGeorge SotiropoulosSUB R2
    Close +2057mo before
  • WGabe RuedigerSUB R1
    Close -32010mo before
  • LSam StoutU-DEC R3
    Close -2981y 6mo before
  • WJeremy StephensSUB R2
    Close -2002y 5mo before
  • WKyle BradleyKO/TKO R2
    Close -6852y 9mo before
Curt Warburton
  • WMaciej JewtuszkoU-DEC R3
    Close +1354mo before
  • LSpencer FisherU-DEC R3
    Close +1758mo before
Lauzon — win / loss by method
Record: 19-6-0

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
5 wins, 2 losses
W
26% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
14 wins, 3 losses
W
74% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
17% of losses
UFC
6win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
4 (67%)Submission(33%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (23%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
10 (77%)Submission(67%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Warburton — win / loss by method
Record: 7-2-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (17%)Submission(100%) 1
1 (17%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Lauzon
Warburton
9
UFC fights
2
58.7 min · 6.5 avg
Octagon time
30.0 min · 15.0 avg
22y 5m
Career length
19y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lauzon
Warburton
138W–40L · 77.5%
Overall
31W–6L · 83.8%
103W–30L · 77.4%
Wins
8W–0L · 100.0%
35W–10L · 77.8%
Losses
23W–6L · 79.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lauzon
Warburton
63W–21L · 75.0%
Overall
13W–13L · 50.0%
36W–16L · 69.2%
Wins
10W–9L · 52.6%
27W–5L · 84.4%
Losses
3W–4L · 42.9%
1 of Lauzon's non-UFC opponents have no record in our data, so this is understated. Refresh data to fill them in.
Distance striking
Lauzon
Warburton
1.76
Landed / min
3.87
20.9%
Accuracy
40.0%
68.3%
Defense
52.8%
0.26
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
39.6%
Time at distance
32.7%
Grappling & control
Lauzon
Warburton
4.09
Takedowns / 15 min
2.50
48.5%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
62.5%
Takedown defense
83.3%
4.60
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.00
54.5%
Control share
88.4%
Strike target map
Lauzon
  • Head92%(108)div 65%
  • Body7%(8)div 18%
  • Legs2%(2)div 17%
Warburton
  • Head33%(21)div 65%
  • Body32%(20)div 18%
  • Legs35%(22)div 17%

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

Joe Lauzon
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Curt Warburton
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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