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UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Kavanagh
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Brandon Moreno
Brandon Moreno
23-9-2 · MEX
February 28, 2026 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Flyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
125.0lb
Weigh-in
125.5lb
Lone'er Kavanagh def. Brandon Moreno by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Kavanagh18/450/000:00
Moreno19/400/000:00
R2
Kavanagh42/830/000:00
Moreno24/540/100:00
R3
Kavanagh17/440/000:00
Moreno16/400/301:21
R4
Kavanagh8/140/000:00
Moreno9/150/203:08
R5
Kavanagh12/190/100:00
Moreno11/190/202:51
Total
Kavanagh97/2050/100:00
Moreno79/1680/807:20

Scorecards

Kavanagh vs Moreno

RdBen CartlidgeMichael BellSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-910-8.9
R39-109-109-109.2-9.8
R49-1010-910-99.5-9.5
R510-99-1010-99.7-9.3
Total48-4748-4749-4648.3-46.6

Media (21 cards) · avg 48.746.2 · 21 Kavanagh · 0 Moreno

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Kavanagh-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
KavanaghWin probabilityMoreno
48.6%51.4%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
12%
Decision
61%
Expected fight time: 19.0 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 Kavanagh, blue toward Moreno. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Kavanagh49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%29%14%
Submission3%5%4%
Decision32%66%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes78 (33106)act 97
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.7)act 0
Moreno51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%26%15%
Submission9%18%19%
Decision28%56%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes75 (32102)act 79
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.6)act 0
Combined totals~153 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R112%
R212%
R38%
R44%
R53%
Distance61%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Kavanagh
50.5%-103
Moreno
+10348.9%
Most takedownstie 32.6%
Kavanagh
26.0%+159
Moreno
-15941.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Kavanagh
Expected: 78.0
78
Over 78
39.5%
+152
Exactly 78
0.6%
push
Under 78
59.9%
-152
098196
Moreno
Expected: 75.4
75.5
Over 75.5
39.7%
+152
Under 75.5
60.3%
-152
095189
Takedowns — over/under
Kavanagh
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
40.0%
+150
Under 0.5
60.0%
-150
035
Moreno
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
35.7%
+129
Exactly 1
18.4%
push
Under 1
45.9%
-129
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 19.0 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
Kavanagh48.6%35.7%+12.9+168
Moreno51.4%64.3%−12.9-206
By method
Kavanagh by KO/TKO13.5%14.5%−1.0+487
Kavanagh by submission5.6%3.7%+1.9+2199
Kavanagh by decision29.5%18.0%+11.5+372
Moreno by KO/TKO14.3%15.4%−1.1+453
Moreno by submission6.0%19.1%−13.1+345
Moreno by decision31.1%29.3%+1.8+190
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds87.9%80.1%+7.8-625
Over 2.5 rds75.6%71.7%+3.9-334
Over 3.5 rds68.1%61.7%+6.4-196
Over 4.5 rds63.7%55.1%+8.6-143
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision60.6%50.3%+10.3-115

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
68.7Striking66.5
Kavanagh +2.2
61.6Grappling50.9
Kavanagh +10.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
KavanaghMoreno
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1542
Pound-for-pound
1608
1542
Divisional
1605
1500
Striking offense
1520
1514
Striking defense
1507
1484
Grappling offense
1494
1512
Grappling defense
1550
Physical
26 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'7"
67"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.24
Strikes landed / min
3.89
49%
Strike accuracy
44%
3.66
Strikes absorbed / min
3.62
58%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.89
Takedowns / 15 min
1.47
50%
Takedown accuracy
44%
89%
Takedown defense
65%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
65%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
67%
Last-5 win rate
40%
0%
Finish rate
55%
Recent opp. quality
189
Days since last fight
84
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Lone'er Kavanagh
  • LCharles JohnsonKO/TKO R2
    Close -2616mo before
  • WFelipe dos SantosU-DEC R3
    Close -26311mo before
  • WJose OchoaU-DEC R3
    Close -3391y 3mo before
Brandon Moreno
  • LTatsuro TairaKO/TKO R2
    Close -1023mo before
  • WSteve ErcegU-DEC R5
    Close -25711mo before
  • WAmir AlbaziU-DEC R5
    Close -1801y 4mo before
  • LBrandon RoyvalS-DEC R5
    Close -3222y before
  • LAlexandre PantojaS-DEC R5
    Close -2002y 8mo before
Kavanagh — win / loss by method
Record: 9-1-0

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
44% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
44% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (14%)Submission() 0
2 (29%)Decision() 0
Moreno — win / loss by method
Record: 23-9-2

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, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
11% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 0 losses
W
48% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 8 losses
W
30% of wins
L
89% of losses
UFC
11win6loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (27%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
3 (27%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (45%)Decision(83%) 5
Non-UFC
12win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (17%)Decision(100%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Kavanagh
Moreno
3
UFC fights
19
39.6 min · 13.2 avg
Octagon time
315.9 min · 16.6 avg
7y 5m
Career length
15y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Kavanagh
Moreno
32W–9L · 78.0%
Overall
295W–64L · 82.2%
15W–2L · 88.2%
Wins
185W–44L · 80.8%
17W–7L · 70.8%
Losses
110W–20L · 84.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Kavanagh
Moreno
24W–10L · 70.6%
Overall
42W–25L · 62.7%
24W–10L · 70.6%
Wins
40W–22L · 64.5%
0W–0L
Losses
2W–3L · 40.0%
Distance striking
Kavanagh
Moreno
4.59
Landed / min
4.91
45.4%
Accuracy
42.6%
62.5%
Defense
62.7%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.19
72.6%
Time at distance
69.5%
Grappling & control
Kavanagh
Moreno
1.89
Takedowns / 15 min
1.47
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
44.3%
88.9%
Takedown defense
64.9%
0.38
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.43
78.5%
Control share
61.3%
Strike target map
Kavanagh
  • Head55%(93)div 63%
  • Body26%(44)div 22%
  • Legs18%(31)div 16%
Moreno
  • Head75%(918)div 63%
  • Body16%(192)div 22%
  • Legs10%(119)div 16%

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

Lone'er Kavanagh
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.