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UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2
Jesus Aguilar
Jesus Aguilar
9-2 · MEX
VS
Mateus Mendonca
Mateus Mendonca
10-2 · BRA
February 24, 2024 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Flyweight · 3 rounds
126.0lb
Weigh-in
126.0lb
Jesus Aguilar def. Mateus Mendonca by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Aguilar7/110/102:51
Mendonca1/42/501:48
R2
Aguilar6/141/301:38
Mendonca13/271/202:56
R3
Aguilar6/110/000:22
Mendonca4/91/104:00
Total
Aguilar19/361/404:51
Mendonca18/404/808:44

Scorecards

Aguilar vs Mendonca

RdEric ColónHoracio LopezMichael BellCommunity
R19-1010-910-99.6-9.4
R210-910-910-99.4-9.6
R39-109-109-109-10
Total28-2929-2829-2828-29

Media (11 cards) · avg 2928 · 11 Aguilar · 0 Mendonca

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Aguilar-Mendonca.

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
AguilarWin probabilityMendonca
39.5%60.5%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
27%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 10.4 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 Aguilar, blue toward Mendonca. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Aguilar39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%22%10%
Submission12%32%18%
Decision18%46%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (1550)act 19
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.8)act 1
Mendonca61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%25%18%
Submission15%25%19%
Decision31%50%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (1549)act 18
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.5)act 4
Combined totals~72 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R216%
R310%
Distance48%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Aguilar
49.8%-102
Mendonca
+10248.9%
Most takedownstie 32.3%
Aguilar
30.8%+120
Mendonca
-12036.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Aguilar
Expected: 36.5
36.5
Over 36.5
39.8%
+151
Under 36.5
60.2%
-151
04692
Mendonca
Expected: 35.8
36
Over 36
38.9%
+154
Exactly 36
1.3%
push
Under 36
59.8%
-154
04590
Takedowns — over/under
Aguilar
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
46.4%
+115
Under 0.5
53.6%
-115
035
Mendonca
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
33.5%
+150
Exactly 1
16.3%
push
Under 1
50.1%
-150
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
Aguilar39.5%45.9%−6.4+108
Mendonca60.5%54.1%+6.4-130
By method
Aguilar by KO/TKO9.5%10.1%−0.6+736
Aguilar by submission10.8%18.0%−7.2+368
Aguilar by decision19.2%18.6%+0.6+352
Mendonca by KO/TKO14.5%17.8%−3.3+372
Mendonca by submission16.6%18.5%−1.9+353
Mendonca by decision29.4%17.0%+12.4+394
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds74.4%59.4%+15.0-175
Over 2.5 rds58.3%42.9%+15.4+119
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision48.5%37.9%+10.6+146

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
60.2Striking29.9
Aguilar +30.4
25.0Grappling25.2
Mendonca +0.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
AguilarMendonca
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1523
Pound-for-pound
1505
1523
Divisional
1517
1500
Striking offense
1491
1500
Striking defense
1490
1496
Grappling offense
1493
1493
Grappling defense
1492
Physical
27 yrs
Age
25 yrs
5'4"
Height
5'6"
62"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
0.87
Strikes landed / min
1.63
80%
Strike accuracy
34%
0.65
Strikes absorbed / min
6.31
25%
Strike defense
25%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.53
Takedown accuracy
14%
0%
Takedown defense
40%
3.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
0%
+1
Win/loss streak
-2
50%
Last-5 win rate
0%
100%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
231
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Jesus Aguilar
  • WShannon RossKO/TKO R1
    Close -1478mo before
  • LTatsuro TairaSUB R1
    Close +8221y 1mo before
Mateus Mendonca
  • LNate ManessKO/TKO R1
    Close -2405mo before
  • LJavid BasharatU-DEC R3
    Close +2931y 1mo before
Aguilar — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 2 losses
W
67% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (75%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Mendonca — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

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
30% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
10win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (30%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (40%)Submission() 0
3 (30%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Aguilar
Mendonca
2
UFC fights
2
4.6 min · 2.3 avg
Octagon time
19.7 min · 9.8 avg
11y 0m
Career length
8y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Aguilar
Mendonca
24W–7L · 77.4%
Overall
27W–3L · 90.0%
12W–7L · 63.2%
Wins
0W–0L
12W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
27W–3L · 90.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Aguilar
Mendonca
41W–12L · 77.4%
Overall
49W–15L · 76.6%
41W–12L · 77.4%
Wins
49W–15L · 76.6%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Aguilar
Mendonca
10.00
Landed / min
3.30
80.0%
Accuracy
29.5%
33.3%
Defense
33.7%
3.25
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
8.7%
Time at distance
40.1%
Grappling & control
Aguilar
Mendonca
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
1.53
Takedown accuracy
14.3%
0.0%
Takedown defense
40.0%
3.25
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
9.5%
Control share
34.2%
Strike target map
Aguilar
  • Head25%(1)div 62%
  • Body25%(1)div 22%
  • Legs50%(2)div 16%
Mendonca
  • Head66%(21)div 62%
  • Body16%(5)div 22%
  • Legs19%(6)div 16%

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

Jesus Aguilar
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mateus Mendonca
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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