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UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs Stephens
Joe Lauzon
Joe Lauzon
17-4 · USA
VS
Jeremy Stephens
Jeremy Stephens
16-3 · USA
February 7, 2009 · Tampa, Florida, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds · Main event
156.0lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Joe Lauzon def. Jeremy Stephens by SUB (Armbar), R2 4:43
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Lauzon7/101/101:49
Stephens7/181/102:48
R2 · 4:43
Lauzon4/71/103:22
Stephens8/190/000:55
Total
Lauzon11/172/205:11
Stephens15/371/103:43

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 probabilityStephens
43.1%56.9%
KO / TKO
44%
Submission
8%
Decision
48%
Expected fight time: 10.7 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 Stephens. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Lauzon43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%38%
Submission7%16%
Decision20%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (2660)act 11
Takedowns1.7 (0.04.5)act 2
Stephens57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%49%
Submission2%3%
Decision27%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes66 (3886)act 15
Takedowns0.0 (0.00.0)act 1
Combined totals~113 sig strikes~1.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R111%
R236%
R35%
Distance48%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Lauzon
33.3%+197
Stephens
-19765.7%
Most takedownstie 35.4%
Lauzon
62.7%-3334
Stephens
+33341.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lauzon
Expected: 46.4
46.5
Over 46.5
42.3%
+136
Under 46.5
57.7%
-136
058116
Stephens
Expected: 66.3
66.5
Over 66.5
42.3%
+136
Under 66.5
57.7%
-136
083166
Takedowns — over/under
Lauzon
Expected: 1.7
1.5
Over 1.5
48.7%
+105
Under 1.5
51.3%
-105
036
Stephens
Expected: 0.0
0
Over 0
4.3%
Exactly 0
95.7%
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 10.7 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
Lauzon43.1%63.9%−20.8-200
Stephens56.9%36.1%+20.8+165

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
65.1Striking69.2
Stephens +4.1
88.7Grappling57.0
Lauzon +31.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LauzonStephens
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1569
Pound-for-pound
1549
1569
Divisional
1548
1489
Striking offense
1506
1497
Striking defense
1515
1527
Grappling offense
1501
1508
Grappling defense
1490
Physical
24 yrs
Age
22 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'9"
71"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.90
Strikes landed / min
2.27
48%
Strike accuracy
47%
2.48
Strikes absorbed / min
1.57
60%
Strike defense
58%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.96
Takedowns / 15 min
1.29
67%
Takedown accuracy
71%
50%
Takedown defense
57%
6.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.8
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
60%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
143
Days since last fight
84
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Joe Lauzon
  • WKyle BradleyKO/TKO R2
    Close -6855mo before
  • LKenny FlorianKO/TKO R2
    Close +16810mo before
  • WJason ReinhardtSUB R1
    Close -4411y 3mo before
  • WBrandon MelendezSUB R2
    opp missedClose -5501y 8mo before
  • WJens PulverKO/TKO R1
    Close +3302y 5mo before
Jeremy Stephens
  • WRafael Dos AnjosKO/TKO R3
    Close -1513mo before
  • LSpencer FisherU-DEC R3
    Close +1518mo before
  • WCole MillerKO/TKO R2
    Close +1431y 1mo before
  • WDiego SaraivaU-DEC R3
    Close -1981y 5mo before
  • LDin ThomasSUB R2
    1y 8mo before
Lauzon — win / loss by method
Record: 17-4-0

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
5 wins, 2 losses
W
29% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 2 losses
W
71% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (23%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
10 (77%)Submission(67%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Stephens — win / loss by method
Record: 16-3-0

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
13 wins, 0 losses
W
81% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
13% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
6% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
1 (33%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
13win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
11 (85%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (15%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Lauzon
Stephens
5
UFC fights
5
24.2 min · 4.8 avg
Octagon time
58.1 min · 11.6 avg
22y 5m
Career length
21y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lauzon
Stephens
78W–25L · 75.7%
Overall
76W–22L · 77.6%
70W–22L · 76.1%
Wins
34W–12L · 73.9%
8W–3L · 72.7%
Losses
42W–10L · 80.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lauzon
Stephens
63W–21L · 75.0%
Overall
87W–49L · 64.0%
36W–16L · 69.2%
Wins
81W–48L · 62.8%
27W–5L · 84.4%
Losses
6W–1L · 85.7%
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
Stephens
1.34
Landed / min
2.88
24.1%
Accuracy
30.3%
67.9%
Defense
66.2%
0.62
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.52
40.0%
Time at distance
23.9%
Grappling & control
Lauzon
Stephens
4.96
Takedowns / 15 min
1.29
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
71.4%
50.0%
Takedown defense
57.1%
6.81
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.77
58.8%
Control share
46.8%
Strike target map
Lauzon
  • Head91%(42)div 67%
  • Body9%(4)div 18%
  • Legs0%(0)div 15%
Stephens
  • Head73%(96)div 67%
  • Body18%(24)div 18%
  • Legs9%(12)div 15%

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.

Jeremy Stephens
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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