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UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2
Brandon Royval
Brandon Royval
15-7 · USA
VS
Brandon Moreno
Brandon Moreno
21-7-2 · MEX
February 24, 2024 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Flyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
126.0lb
Weigh-in
126.0lb
Brandon Royval def. Brandon Moreno by S-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Royval12/430/000:00
Moreno15/230/000:00
R2
Royval18/870/000:00
Moreno22/451/100:37
R3
Royval25/790/100:00
Moreno17/312/300:27
R4
Royval49/1611/100:33
Moreno29/580/100:00
R5
Royval41/1400/000:02
Moreno29/540/001:50
Total
Royval145/5101/200:35
Moreno112/2113/502:54

Scorecards

Royval vs Moreno

RdChris LeeJunichiro KamijoMichael BellCommunity
R110-99-109-109.1-9.9
R210-99-1010-99.2-9.8
R39-109-1010-99.8-9.2
R410-910-910-910-9
R59-109-109-109.5-9.5
Total48-4746-4948-4747.6-47.4

Media (18 cards) · avg 48.146.9 · 18 Royval · 0 Moreno

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Royval-Moreno.

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
RoyvalWin probabilityMoreno
28.0%72.0%
KO / TKO
43%
Submission
28%
Decision
30%
Expected fight time: 13.6 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 Royval, blue toward Moreno. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Royval28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%44%9%
Submission9%31%9%
Decision7%25%11%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes55 (2375)act 145
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 1
Moreno72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO30%42%19%
Submission19%26%20%
Decision23%32%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes68 (2992)act 112
Takedowns1.6 (0.04.7)act 3
Combined totals~123 sig strikes~2.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R215%
R312%
R47%
R55%
Distance30%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Royval
42.5%+133
Moreno
-13356.7%
Most takedownstie 30.1%
Royval
14.2%+392
Moreno
-39255.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Royval
Expected: 55.0
55
Over 55
39.3%
+152
Exactly 55
0.9%
push
Under 55
59.8%
-152
069138
Moreno
Expected: 67.9
68
Over 68
39.3%
+152
Exactly 68
0.7%
push
Under 68
60.0%
-152
085170
Takedowns — over/under
Royval
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
26.5%
+278
Under 0.5
73.5%
-278
035
Moreno
Expected: 1.6
1.5
Over 1.5
46.2%
+116
Under 1.5
53.8%
-116
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 13.6 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
Royval28.0%26.9%+1.1+256
Moreno72.0%73.1%−1.1-325
By method
Royval by KO/TKO11.9%9.2%+2.7+807
Royval by submission7.7%9.1%−1.4+820
Royval by decision8.3%10.7%−2.4+678
Moreno by KO/TKO30.6%19.3%+11.3+332
Moreno by submission19.9%19.7%+0.2+324
Moreno by decision21.5%32.0%−10.5+161
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds69.3%76.3%−7.0-455
Over 2.5 rds53.9%64.0%−10.1-221
Over 3.5 rds41.8%54.6%−12.8-140
Over 4.5 rds34.7%47.4%−12.7-104
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision29.8%43.6%−13.8+114

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
62.7Striking65.1
Moreno +2.4
57.1Grappling53.7
Royval +3.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
RoyvalMoreno
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1558
Pound-for-pound
1613
1557
Divisional
1612
1527
Striking offense
1528
1487
Striking defense
1514
1505
Grappling offense
1516
1486
Grappling defense
1532
Physical
31 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'7"
68"
Reach
70"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.80
Strikes landed / min
3.80
43%
Strike accuracy
43%
3.05
Strikes absorbed / min
3.40
46%
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.43
Takedowns / 15 min
1.73
67%
Takedown accuracy
46%
40%
Takedown defense
64%
1.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
63%
UFC win rate
69%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
80%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
70
Days since last fight
231
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brandon Royval
  • LAlexandre PantojaU-DEC R5
    Close +1602mo before
  • WMatheus NicolauKO/TKO R1
    Close +16410mo before
  • WMatt SchnellSUB R1
    Close -2601y 10mo before
  • WRogerio BontorinS-DEC R3
    Close -1682y 1mo before
  • LAlexandre PantojaSUB R2
    Close +1412y 6mo before
Brandon Moreno
  • LAlexandre PantojaS-DEC R5
    Close -2008mo before
  • WDeiveson FigueiredoKO/TKO R3
    Close -1351y 1mo before
  • WKai Kara-FranceKO/TKO R3
    Close -2121y 7mo before
  • LDeiveson FigueiredoU-DEC R5
    Close -1882y 1mo before
  • WDeiveson FigueiredoSUB R3
    Close +1662y 8mo before
Royval — win / loss by method
Record: 15-7-0

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
27% of wins
L
14% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 1 loss
W
60% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 5 losses
W
13% of wins
L
71% of losses
UFC
5win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
3 (60%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (20%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
10win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (30%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (60%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (10%)Decision(100%) 4
Moreno — win / loss by method
Record: 21-7-2

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, 0 losses
W
24% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 0 losses
W
52% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 7 losses
W
24% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
9win4loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (33%)Decision(100%) 4
Non-UFC
12win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (17%)Decision(100%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Royval
Moreno
8
UFC fights
15
70.2 min · 8.8 avg
Octagon time
233.5 min · 15.6 avg
13y 11m
Career length
15y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Royval
Moreno
152W–43L · 77.9%
Overall
234W–52L · 81.8%
86W–28L · 75.4%
Wins
156W–40L · 79.6%
66W–15L · 81.5%
Losses
78W–12L · 86.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Royval
Moreno
96W–46L · 67.6%
Overall
42W–25L · 62.7%
71W–41L · 63.4%
Wins
40W–22L · 64.5%
25W–5L · 83.3%
Losses
2W–3L · 40.0%
Distance striking
Royval
Moreno
7.96
Landed / min
5.07
40.3%
Accuracy
40.9%
47.6%
Defense
59.1%
0.64
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.26
38.1%
Time at distance
63.6%
Grappling & control
Royval
Moreno
0.43
Takedowns / 15 min
1.73
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
45.8%
40.5%
Takedown defense
64.1%
1.50
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.51
15.5%
Control share
63.2%
Strike target map
Royval
  • Head75%(200)div 62%
  • Body16%(43)div 22%
  • Legs9%(24)div 16%
Moreno
  • Head78%(690)div 62%
  • Body14%(125)div 22%
  • Legs8%(72)div 16%

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

Brandon Royval
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Brandon Moreno
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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