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UFC 309: Jones vs. Miocic
Jim Miller
Jim Miller
37-18 · USA
VS
Damon Jackson
Damon Jackson
23-7-1 · USA
November 16, 2024 · New York City, New York, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.6lb
Weigh-in
155.2lb
Jim Miller def. Damon Jackson by SUB (Guillotine Choke), R1 2:44
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 2:44
Miller10/240/000:00
Jackson16/310/300:27
Total
Miller10/240/000:00
Jackson16/310/300:27

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
MillerWin probabilityJackson
45.3%54.7%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
20%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 10.6 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Miller45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%31%15%
Submission9%20%9%
Decision22%49%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (1756)act 10
Takedowns0.8 (0.03.0)act 0
Jackson55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%30%12%
Submission11%20%15%
Decision27%50%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (1963)act 16
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.2)act 0
Combined totals~88 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R224%
R38%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Miller
45.4%+118
Jackson
-11853.5%
Most takedownstie 36.5%
Miller
39.5%-165
Jackson
+16524.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Miller
Expected: 41.2
41
Over 41
39.4%
+151
Exactly 41
1.2%
push
Under 41
59.4%
-151
052104
Jackson
Expected: 46.4
46.5
Over 46.5
39.6%
+152
Under 46.5
60.4%
-152
058116
Takedowns — over/under
Miller
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
31.0%
+160
Exactly 1
19.6%
push
Under 1
49.4%
-160
035
Jackson
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
36.2%
+176
Under 0.5
63.8%
-176
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 10.6 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
Miller45.3%33.5%+11.8+185
Jackson54.7%66.5%−11.8-231
By method
Miller by KO/TKO13.7%15.0%−1.3+453
Miller by submission9.2%9.0%+0.2+821
Miller by decision22.4%13.3%+9.1+522
Jackson by KO/TKO16.6%12.4%+4.2+567
Jackson by submission11.1%14.9%−3.8+457
Jackson by decision27.0%35.4%−8.4+134
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds80.9%69.8%+11.1-294
Over 2.5 rds57.2%55.4%+1.8-144
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision49.4%50.5%−1.1-117

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
61.4Striking58.3
Miller +3.1
61.9Grappling53.2
Miller +8.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MillerJackson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1596
Pound-for-pound
1549
1564
Divisional
1516
1496
Striking offense
1494
1503
Striking defense
1493
1515
Grappling offense
1523
1577
Grappling defense
1503
Physical
41 yrs
Age
36 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'11"
71"
Reach
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
2.99
Strikes landed / min
2.90
42%
Strike accuracy
43%
3.50
Strikes absorbed / min
3.47
57%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.53
Takedowns / 15 min
2.34
44%
Takedown accuracy
34%
48%
Takedown defense
38%
1.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.2
Form & résumé
59%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
40%
69%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
217
Days since last fight
98
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jim Miller
  • LKing GreenU-DEC R3
    Close +1657mo before
  • WGabriel BenitezSUB R3
    Close -15710mo before
  • WJesse ButlerKO/TKO R1
    Close -2571y 5mo before
  • LAlexander HernandezU-DEC R3
    Close +1801y 9mo before
  • WDonald CerroneSUB R2
    Close -1842y 5mo before
Damon Jackson
  • LChepe MariscalU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose +1523mo before
  • WAlexander HernandezS-DEC R3
    opp missedClose +1587mo before
  • LBilly QuarantilloU-DEC R3
    Close +1371y 3mo before
  • LDan IgeKO/TKO R2
    Close +1121y 10mo before
  • WPat SabatiniKO/TKO R1
    Close +1652y 2mo before
Miller — win / loss by method
Record: 37-18-0, 1 NC

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, 2 losses
W
19% of wins
L
11% of losses
Submission
20 wins, 3 losses
W
54% of wins
L
17% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 13 losses
W
27% of wins
L
72% of losses
UFC
26win17loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
6 (23%)KO/TKO(12%) 2
12 (46%)Submission(18%) 3
8 (31%)Decision(71%) 12
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (9%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (73%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (18%)Decision(100%) 1
Jackson — win / loss by method
Record: 23-7-1, 1 NC

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, 4 losses
W
17% of wins
L
57% of losses
Submission
15 wins, 1 loss
W
65% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
29% of losses
UFC
6win5loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
2 (33%)Submission(20%) 1
3 (50%)Decision(40%) 2
Non-UFC
17win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (18%)KO/TKO(100%) 2
13 (76%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (6%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Miller
Jackson
44
UFC fights
13
431.7 min · 9.8 avg
Octagon time
134.5 min · 10.3 avg
20y 8m
Career length
13y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Miller
Jackson
743W–243L · 75.4%
Overall
144W–41L · 77.8%
463W–158L · 74.6%
Wins
78W–22L · 78.0%
280W–85L · 76.7%
Losses
66W–19L · 77.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Miller
Jackson
80W–44L · 64.5%
Overall
165W–66L · 71.4%
75W–44L · 63.0%
Wins
141W–65L · 68.4%
5W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
24W–1L · 96.0%
Distance striking
Miller
Jackson
4.39
Landed / min
6.01
37.1%
Accuracy
35.0%
61.1%
Defense
59.5%
0.21
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
48.5%
Time at distance
30.3%
Grappling & control
Miller
Jackson
1.53
Takedowns / 15 min
2.34
44.4%
Takedown accuracy
34.4%
47.7%
Takedown defense
37.9%
1.67
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.23
45.6%
Control share
65.7%
Strike target map
Miller
  • Head58%(754)div 63%
  • Body20%(260)div 21%
  • Legs21%(276)div 16%
Jackson
  • Head61%(239)div 63%
  • Body30%(117)div 21%
  • Legs9%(34)div 16%

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

Jim Miller
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Damon Jackson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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