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UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Craig
Michael Morales
Michael Morales
15-0 · ECU
VS
Jake Matthews
Jake Matthews
19-6 · AUS
November 18, 2023 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
170.5lb
Michael Morales def. Jake Matthews by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Morales26/730/000:07
Matthews14/400/000:00
R2
Morales36/770/000:00
Matthews18/460/000:00
R3
Morales22/580/100:00
Matthews25/630/100:03
Total
Morales84/2080/100:07
Matthews57/1490/100:03

Scorecards

Morales vs Matthews

RdChris FloresDerek ClearySal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-99-109-109.7-9.4
R210-910-910-910-9.1
R310-910-910-99.6-9.5
Total30-2729-2829-2829.3-28

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.627.4 · 14 Morales · 0 Matthews

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Morales-Matthews.

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
MoralesWin probabilityMatthews
59.5%40.5%
KO / TKO
38%
Submission
17%
Decision
45%
Expected fight time: 9.6 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 Morales, blue toward Matthews. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Morales60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO29%49%37%
Submission6%9%9%
Decision25%42%26%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (1550)act 84
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.0)act 0
Matthews40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%23%9%
Submission11%28%7%
Decision20%49%13%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1343)act 57
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.2)act 0
Combined totals~69 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R218%
R36%
Distance45%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Morales
53.8%-120
Matthews
+12044.8%
Most takedownstie 33.2%
Morales
40.6%-155
Matthews
+15526.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Morales
Expected: 36.8
37
Over 37
38.9%
+154
Exactly 37
1.3%
push
Under 37
59.8%
-154
04793
Matthews
Expected: 31.9
32
Over 32
38.9%
+153
Exactly 32
1.5%
push
Under 32
59.6%
-153
04080
Takedowns — over/under
Morales
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
32.9%
+140
Exactly 1
21.1%
push
Under 1
46.1%
-140
035
Matthews
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
41.8%
+139
Under 0.5
58.2%
-139
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 9.6 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
Morales59.5%73.4%−13.9-337
Matthews40.5%26.6%+13.9+258
By method
Morales by KO/TKO22.8%37.0%−14.2+126
Morales by submission9.9%8.8%+1.1+852
Morales by decision26.7%25.6%+1.1+227
Matthews by KO/TKO15.5%8.8%+6.7+855
Matthews by submission6.8%7.1%−0.3+1077
Matthews by decision18.2%12.8%+5.4+552
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds69.5%60.0%+9.5-180
Over 2.5 rds50.9%44.4%+6.5+111
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision44.9%39.5%+5.4+138

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
74.7Striking70.4
Morales +4.3
42.6Grappling52.7
Matthews +10.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MoralesMatthews
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1587
Pound-for-pound
1601
1585
Divisional
1591
1505
Striking offense
1495
1502
Striking defense
1537
1538
Grappling offense
1512
1538
Grappling defense
1512
Physical
24 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'11"
79"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.98
Strikes landed / min
3.27
51%
Strike accuracy
46%
3.57
Strikes absorbed / min
2.33
53%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.50
Takedowns / 15 min
1.71
33%
Takedown accuracy
41%
90%
Takedown defense
62%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
67%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
67%
Finish rate
58%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
112
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Michael Morales
  • WMax GriffinU-DEC R3
    Close -2505mo before
  • WAdam FugittKO/TKO R3
    Close -6441y 4mo before
  • WTrevin GilesKO/TKO R1
    Close -1101y 10mo before
Jake Matthews
  • WDarrius FlowersSUB R2
    Close -2854mo before
  • LMatthew SemelsbergerU-DEC R3
    Close -30211mo before
  • WAndre FialhoKO/TKO R2
    Close -1201y 5mo before
  • LSean BradySUB R3
    Close +1792y 8mo before
  • WDiego SanchezU-DEC R3
    Close -7153y 2mo before
Morales — win / loss by method
Record: 15-0-0

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
11 wins, 0 losses
W
73% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (33%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (8%)Submission() 0
2 (17%)Decision() 0
Matthews — win / loss by method
Record: 19-6-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
26% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 3 losses
W
42% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
32% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
12win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (17%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
5 (42%)Submission(50%) 3
5 (42%)Decision(33%) 2
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (43%)Submission() 0
1 (14%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Morales
Matthews
3
UFC fights
18
30.3 min · 10.1 avg
Octagon time
201.4 min · 11.2 avg
8y 11m
Career length
13y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Morales
Matthews
41W–14L · 74.5%
Overall
244W–64L · 79.2%
41W–14L · 74.5%
Wins
177W–53L · 77.0%
0W–0L
Losses
67W–11L · 85.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Morales
Matthews
37W–25L · 59.7%
Overall
18W–10L · 64.3%
37W–25L · 59.7%
Wins
18W–10L · 64.3%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Morales
Matthews
6.54
Landed / min
4.06
46.5%
Accuracy
38.7%
52.6%
Defense
68.6%
1.49
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.37
72.8%
Time at distance
52.3%
Grappling & control
Morales
Matthews
0.50
Takedowns / 15 min
1.71
33.3%
Takedown accuracy
41.1%
90.0%
Takedown defense
61.5%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.67
24.9%
Control share
62.1%
Strike target map
Morales
  • Head86%(156)div 63%
  • Body7%(12)div 21%
  • Legs7%(13)div 16%
Matthews
  • Head76%(497)div 63%
  • Body14%(89)div 21%
  • Legs11%(72)div 16%

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

Michael Morales
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jake Matthews
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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