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UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Lauzon
Kenny Florian
Kenny Florian
8-3 · USA
VS
Joe Lauzon
Joe Lauzon
16-3 · USA
April 2, 2008 · Broomfield, Colorado, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds · Main event
155.5lb
Weigh-in
156.0lb
Kenny Florian def. Joe Lauzon by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 3:28
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Florian7/161/301:01
Lauzon3/82/301:51
R2 · 3:28
Florian28/581/102:42
Lauzon2/40/000:00
Total
Florian35/742/403:43
Lauzon5/122/301:51

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
FlorianWin probabilityLauzon
50.1%49.9%
KO / TKO
36%
Submission
10%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 10.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Florian50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%37%
Submission4%8%
Decision28%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2559)act 35
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 2
Lauzon50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%35%
Submission6%12%
Decision26%53%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes23 (1229)act 5
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.2)act 2
Combined totals~68 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R213%
R35%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Florian
77.9%-375
Lauzon
+37520.8%
Most takedownstie 37.0%
Florian
17.8%+255
Lauzon
-25545.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Florian
Expected: 45.3
45.5
Over 45.5
42.3%
+137
Under 45.5
57.7%
-137
057114
Lauzon
Expected: 22.6
22.5
Over 22.5
42.9%
+133
Under 22.5
57.1%
-133
02957
Takedowns — over/under
Florian
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
29.7%
+236
Under 0.5
70.3%
-236
035
Lauzon
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
35.6%
+130
Exactly 1
18.1%
push
Under 1
46.3%
-130
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 10.4 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
Florian50.1%64.2%−14.1-203
Lauzon49.9%35.8%+14.1+168

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
72.3Striking79.4
Lauzon +7.1
77.8Grappling75.0
Florian +2.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FlorianLauzon
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1570
Pound-for-pound
1572
1554
Divisional
1571
1497
Striking offense
1488
1541
Striking defense
1501
1527
Grappling offense
1524
1503
Grappling defense
1504
Physical
31 yrs
Age
23 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'10"
74"
Reach
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.47
Strikes landed / min
1.96
54%
Strike accuracy
62%
1.74
Strikes absorbed / min
0.76
58%
Strike defense
74%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.50
Takedowns / 15 min
8.17
52%
Takedown accuracy
71%
59%
Takedown defense
2.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
11.4
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
100%
+3
Win/loss streak
+3
80%
Last-5 win rate
100%
100%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
196
Days since last fight
137
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kenny Florian
  • WDin ThomasSUB R1
    Close -1556mo before
  • WAlvin RobinsonKO/TKO R1
    Close -2339mo before
  • WDokonjonosuke MishimaSUB R3
    1y before
  • LSean SherkU-DEC R5
    Close +2951y 6mo before
  • WSam StoutSUB R1
    Close -1051y 9mo before
Joe Lauzon
  • WJason ReinhardtSUB R1
    Close -4415mo before
  • WBrandon MelendezSUB R2
    opp missedClose -5509mo before
  • WJens PulverKO/TKO R1
    Close +3301y 6mo before
Florian — win / loss by method
Record: 8-3-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
63% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
6win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
4 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1
Lauzon — 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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 2 losses
W
75% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (67%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (23%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
10 (77%)Submission(67%) 2
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Florian
Lauzon
8
UFC fights
3
66.0 min · 8.3 avg
Octagon time
9.2 min · 3.1 avg
23y 6m
Career length
22y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Florian
Lauzon
107W–17L · 86.3%
Overall
57W–17L · 77.0%
64W–15L · 81.0%
Wins
57W–17L · 77.0%
43W–2L · 95.6%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Florian
Lauzon
22W–3L · 88.0%
Overall
63W–21L · 75.0%
0W–1L · 0.0%
Wins
36W–16L · 69.2%
22W–2L · 91.7%
Losses
27W–5L · 84.4%
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
Florian
Lauzon
3.24
Landed / min
2.44
42.6%
Accuracy
28.6%
80.4%
Defense
77.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.63
24.3%
Time at distance
17.8%
Grappling & control
Florian
Lauzon
2.50
Takedowns / 15 min
8.17
52.4%
Takedown accuracy
71.4%
59.3%
Takedown defense
2.04
Sub attempts / 15 min
11.43
41.7%
Control share
74.7%
Strike target map
Florian
  • Head64%(104)div 68%
  • Body25%(41)div 19%
  • Legs11%(18)div 14%
Lauzon
  • Head83%(15)div 68%
  • Body17%(3)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 14%

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

Kenny Florian
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Joe Lauzon
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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