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UFC 128: Shogun vs Jones
Jon Jones
Jon Jones
12-1 · USA
VS
Mauricio Rua
Mauricio Rua
19-4 · BRA
March 19, 2011 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Light Heavyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
Jon Jones def. Mauricio Rua by KO/TKO (Knee), R3 2:37
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Jones25/421/103:20
Rua5/170/000:02
R2
Jones26/351/102:47
Rua3/160/000:00
R3 · 2:37
Jones24/361/111:45
Rua1/70/000:03
Total
Jones75/1133/317:52
Rua9/400/000:05

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 probabilityRua
92.5%7.5%
KO / TKO
78%
Submission
1%
Decision
21%
Expected fight time: 17.0 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 Rua. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Jones93%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO72%77%
Submission1%1%
Decision20%22%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes117 (67152)act 75
Takedowns2.4 (0.05.5)act 3
Rua7%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%88%
Submission0%0%
Decision1%12%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2456)act 9
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~159 sig strikes~2.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R16%
R212%
R331%
R418%
R512%
Distance21%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikes
Jones
87.4%-717
Rua
+71712.2%
Most takedownstie 22.6%
Jones
76.2%-6180
Rua
+61801.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Jones
Expected: 116.5
116.5
Over 116.5
42.5%
+135
Under 116.5
57.5%
-135
0146292
Rua
Expected: 42.9
43
Over 43
41.6%
+137
Exactly 43
1.5%
push
Under 43
56.8%
-137
054108
Takedowns — over/under
Jones
Expected: 2.4
2.5
Over 2.5
45.5%
+120
Under 2.5
54.5%
-120
048
Rua
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
4.1%
Exactly 0
95.9%
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 17.0 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
Jones92.5%66.8%+25.7-215
Rua7.5%33.2%−25.7+195

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
76.9Striking73.2
Jones +3.8
83.2Grappling30.8
Jones +52.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
JonesRua
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1602
Pound-for-pound
1583
1599
Divisional
1579
1499
Striking offense
1518
1540
Striking defense
1524
1540
Grappling offense
1492
1548
Grappling defense
1490
Physical
23 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'4"
Height
6'1"
84"
Reach
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.58
Strikes landed / min
3.37
49%
Strike accuracy
55%
1.72
Strikes absorbed / min
2.39
66%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.98
Takedowns / 15 min
1.44
68%
Takedown accuracy
30%
100%
Takedown defense
14%
1.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
86%
UFC win rate
60%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
67%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
42
Days since last fight
315
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jon Jones
  • WRyan BaderSUB R2
    Close -28542d before
  • WVladimir MatyushenkoKO/TKO R1
    Close -7528mo before
  • WBrandon VeraKO/TKO R1
    Close -2351y before
  • LMatt HamillDQ R1
    Close -2851y 3mo before
  • WJake O'BrienSUB R2
    Close -4451y 8mo before
Mauricio Rua
  • WLyoto MachidaKO/TKO R1
    Close +17510mo before
  • LLyoto MachidaU-DEC R5
    Close +3531y 5mo before
  • WChuck LiddellKO/TKO R1
    Close +1481y 11mo before
  • WMark ColemanKO/TKO R3
    Close -3862y 2mo before
  • LForrest GriffinSUB R3
    Close -2933y 6mo before
Jones — win / loss by method
Record: 12-1-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
58% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (33%)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
Rua — win / loss by method
Record: 19-4-0

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
16 wins, 1 loss
W
84% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
5% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
11% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
13 (81%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
1 (6%)Submission(50%) 1
2 (13%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Jones
Rua
7
UFC fights
5
56.5 min · 8.1 avg
Octagon time
62.4 min · 12.5 avg
18y 3m
Career length
23y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Jones
Rua
82W–16L · 83.7%
Overall
79W–18L · 81.4%
75W–14L · 84.3%
Wins
50W–14L · 78.1%
7W–2L · 77.8%
Losses
29W–4L · 87.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Jones
Rua
6W–6L · 50.0%
Overall
230W–100L · 69.7%
6W–6L · 50.0%
Wins
195W–87L · 69.1%
0W–0L
Losses
35W–13L · 72.9%
Distance striking
Jones
Rua
2.93
Landed / min
4.05
33.8%
Accuracy
45.5%
75.4%
Defense
69.4%
0.27
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.96
44.2%
Time at distance
47.9%
Grappling & control
Jones
Rua
3.98
Takedowns / 15 min
1.44
68.2%
Takedown accuracy
30.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
14.3%
1.06
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.48
82.1%
Control share
47.3%
Strike target map
Jones
  • Head58%(118)div 65%
  • Body29%(58)div 17%
  • Legs13%(26)div 18%
Rua
  • Head45%(95)div 65%
  • Body20%(41)div 17%
  • Legs35%(74)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.

Mauricio Rua
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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