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UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2
Brian Ortega
Brian Ortega
15-3 · USA
VS
Yair Rodriguez
Yair Rodriguez
19-4 · MEX
February 24, 2024 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Featherweight · 5 rounds
146.0lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Brian Ortega def. Yair Rodriguez by SUB (Arm Triangle), R3 0:58
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Ortega6/281/200:42
Rodriguez45/910/111:32
R2
Ortega22/441/303:55
Rodriguez9/170/000:00
R3 · 0:58
Ortega0/11/100:44
Rodriguez1/70/000:00
Total
Ortega28/733/605:21
Rodriguez55/1150/111:32

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
OrtegaWin probabilityRodriguez
46.3%53.7%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
23%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 16.5 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 Ortega, blue toward Rodriguez. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Ortega46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%27%12%
Submission14%30%20%
Decision20%43%11%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes72 (3097)act 28
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.9)act 3
Rodriguez54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%34%26%
Submission10%17%8%
Decision26%49%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes104 (44142)act 55
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Combined totals~176 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R217%
R39%
R45%
R54%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.5%
Ortega
37.3%+167
Rodriguez
-16762.2%
Most takedownstie 40.5%
Ortega
46.1%-345
Rodriguez
+34513.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Ortega
Expected: 71.5
71.5
Over 71.5
39.8%
+151
Under 71.5
60.2%
-151
090179
Rodriguez
Expected: 104.2
104
Over 104
39.6%
+151
Exactly 104
0.5%
push
Under 104
59.9%
-151
0131261
Takedowns — over/under
Ortega
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
36.4%
+132
Exactly 1
15.4%
push
Under 1
48.2%
-132
035
Rodriguez
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
21.0%
+375
Under 0.5
79.0%
-375
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 16.5 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
Ortega46.3%40.6%+5.7+136
Rodriguez53.7%59.4%−5.7-163
By method
Ortega by KO/TKO14.1%12.2%+1.9+590
Ortega by submission10.8%19.6%−8.8+329
Ortega by decision21.4%11.3%+10.1+647
Rodriguez by KO/TKO16.3%26.2%−9.9+220
Rodriguez by submission12.6%7.7%+4.9+991
Rodriguez by decision24.8%23.1%+1.7+264
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds81.0%70.1%+10.9-305
Over 2.5 rds64.5%56.6%+7.9-153
Over 3.5 rds55.3%45.1%+10.2+107
Over 4.5 rds50.0%37.5%+12.5+148
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision46.2%35.5%+10.7+164

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
51.3Striking65.1
Rodriguez +13.8
45.5Grappling42.0
Ortega +3.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
OrtegaRodriguez
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1603
Pound-for-pound
1633
1597
Divisional
1627
1518
Striking offense
1533
1481
Striking defense
1513
1518
Grappling offense
1494
1531
Grappling defense
1501
Physical
33 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'11"
69"
Reach
71"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.19
Strikes landed / min
4.63
39%
Strike accuracy
46%
6.66
Strikes absorbed / min
4.07
50%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.95
Takedowns / 15 min
0.73
24%
Takedown accuracy
28%
56%
Takedown defense
59%
1.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
64%
UFC win rate
71%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
60%
86%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
588
Days since last fight
231
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brian Ortega
  • LYair RodriguezKO/TKO R1
    Close -1861y 7mo before
  • LAlexander VolkanovskiU-DEC R5
    Close +1542y 5mo before
  • WChan Sung JungU-DEC R5
    Close +1603y 4mo before
  • LMax HollowayKO/TKO R4
    Close -1105y 3mo before
  • WFrankie EdgarKO/TKO R1
    Close +1356y before
Yair Rodriguez
  • LAlexander VolkanovskiKO/TKO R3
    Close +2908mo before
  • WJosh EmmettSUB R2
    Close -1801y before
  • WBrian OrtegaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1541y 7mo before
  • LMax HollowayU-DEC R5
    Close +4662y 3mo before
  • WJeremy StephensU-DEC R3
    Close -1404y 4mo before
Ortega — win / loss by method
Record: 15-3-0, 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
3 wins, 2 losses
W
20% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
47% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
7win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
3 (43%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (50%)Submission() 0
4 (50%)Decision() 0
Rodriguez — win / loss by method
Record: 19-4-0, 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
8 wins, 3 losses
W
42% of wins
L
75% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
26% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
32% of wins
L
25% of losses
UFC
10win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (40%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
1 (10%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (50%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
4 (44%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (11%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Ortega
Rodriguez
11
UFC fights
14
142.4 min · 12.9 avg
Octagon time
185.7 min · 13.3 avg
16y 3m
Career length
15y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Ortega
Rodriguez
203W–55L · 78.7%
Overall
213W–64L · 76.9%
145W–48L · 75.1%
Wins
145W–51L · 74.0%
58W–7L · 89.2%
Losses
68W–13L · 84.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Ortega
Rodriguez
30W–23L · 56.6%
Overall
10W–12L · 45.5%
30W–23L · 56.6%
Wins
9W–11L · 45.0%
0W–0L
Losses
1W–1L · 50.0%
Distance striking
Ortega
Rodriguez
4.62
Landed / min
6.29
36.4%
Accuracy
43.6%
50.7%
Defense
59.0%
0.53
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.24
80.3%
Time at distance
59.2%
Grappling & control
Ortega
Rodriguez
0.95
Takedowns / 15 min
0.73
23.7%
Takedown accuracy
28.1%
56.0%
Takedown defense
59.3%
1.16
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.73
44.3%
Control share
21.4%
Strike target map
Ortega
  • Head70%(420)div 63%
  • Body18%(110)div 20%
  • Legs11%(66)div 16%
Rodriguez
  • Head55%(470)div 63%
  • Body19%(164)div 20%
  • Legs26%(225)div 16%

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

Brian Ortega
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Yair Rodriguez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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