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UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez
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Brandon Moreno
Brandon Moreno
21-6-2 · MEX
July 8, 2023 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 5 rounds
125.0lb
Weigh-in
125.0lb
Alexandre Pantoja def. Brandon Moreno by S-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Pantoja28/500/311:04
Moreno22/320/201:37
R2
Pantoja33/740/000:00
Moreno41/772/201:23
R3
Pantoja23/482/302:01
Moreno26/470/000:37
R4
Pantoja20/503/403:04
Moreno31/480/000:24
R5
Pantoja25/521/102:17
Moreno27/410/000:00
Total
Pantoja129/2746/1118:26
Moreno147/2452/404:01

Scorecards

Pantoja vs Moreno

RdBen CartlidgeDerek ClearyJunichiro KamijoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R29-109-109-109-10
R39-1010-910-99.8-9.3
R49-109-109-109.6-9.4
R59-1010-910-99.9-9.1
Total46-4948-4748-4748.3-46.8

Media (30 cards) · avg 48.546.4 · 30 Pantoja · 0 Moreno

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Pantoja-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
PantojaWin probabilityMoreno
37.8%62.2%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
27%
Decision
42%
Expected fight time: 16.3 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 Pantoja, blue toward Moreno. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Pantoja38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%32%
Submission10%25%
Decision16%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes65 (2889)act 129
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.3)act 6
Moreno62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%30%
Submission17%28%
Decision26%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes75 (32101)act 147
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.3)act 2
Combined totals~140 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R215%
R312%
R47%
R55%
Distance42%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Pantoja
45.1%+120
Moreno
-12054.2%
Most takedownstie 31.2%
Pantoja
35.0%-104
Moreno
+10433.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Pantoja
Expected: 65.5
65.5
Over 65.5
39.7%
+152
Under 65.5
60.3%
-152
082164
Moreno
Expected: 74.7
74.5
Over 74.5
39.9%
+151
Under 74.5
60.1%
-151
094187
Takedowns — over/under
Pantoja
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
32.5%
+154
Exactly 1
17.6%
push
Under 1
49.9%
-154
035
Moreno
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
31.9%
+161
Exactly 1
16.7%
push
Under 1
51.4%
-161
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 16.3 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
Pantoja37.8%36.1%+1.7+165
Moreno62.2%63.9%−1.7-200

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
68.5Striking64.3
Pantoja +4.2
59.8Grappling55.7
Pantoja +4.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
PantojaMoreno
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1623
Pound-for-pound
1629
1622
Divisional
1628
1519
Striking offense
1524
1505
Striking defense
1518
1527
Grappling offense
1516
1522
Grappling defense
1534
Physical
33 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'5"
Height
5'7"
67"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.25
Strikes landed / min
3.55
48%
Strike accuracy
41%
3.38
Strikes absorbed / min
3.19
55%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.37
Takedowns / 15 min
1.80
41%
Takedown accuracy
45%
68%
Takedown defense
68%
1.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
75%
+3
Win/loss streak
+2
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
67%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
343
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alexandre Pantoja
  • WAlex PerezSUB R1
    Close -20011mo before
  • WBrandon RoyvalSUB R2
    Close -1691y 11mo before
  • WManel KapeU-DEC R3
    Close -1102y 5mo before
  • LAskar AskarovU-DEC R3
    Close -2103y before
  • WMatt SchnellKO/TKO R1
    Close -1813y 7mo before
Brandon Moreno
  • WDeiveson FigueiredoKO/TKO R3
    Close -1356mo before
  • WKai Kara-FranceKO/TKO R3
    Close -21211mo before
  • LDeiveson FigueiredoU-DEC R5
    Close -1881y 5mo before
  • WDeiveson FigueiredoSUB R3
    Close +1662y 1mo before
  • DDeiveson FigueiredoM-DEC R5
    Close +2752y 7mo before
Pantoja — win / loss by method
Record: 25-5-0

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
32% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 5 losses
W
28% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
9win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (44%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (33%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
16win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (38%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (25%)Decision(100%) 2
Moreno — win / loss by method
Record: 21-6-2

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, 6 losses
W
24% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
9win3loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (33%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
12win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (17%)Decision(100%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Pantoja
Moreno
12
UFC fights
14
120.3 min · 10.0 avg
Octagon time
208.5 min · 14.9 avg
19y 0m
Career length
15y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Pantoja
Moreno
193W–59L · 76.6%
Overall
209W–47L · 81.6%
149W–51L · 74.5%
Wins
156W–40L · 79.6%
44W–8L · 84.6%
Losses
53W–7L · 88.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Pantoja
Moreno
95W–31L · 75.4%
Overall
42W–25L · 62.7%
79W–26L · 75.2%
Wins
40W–22L · 64.5%
16W–5L · 76.2%
Losses
2W–3L · 40.0%
Distance striking
Pantoja
Moreno
5.83
Landed / min
4.57
44.6%
Accuracy
38.6%
57.1%
Defense
59.5%
0.37
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.29
59.2%
Time at distance
65.6%
Grappling & control
Pantoja
Moreno
1.37
Takedowns / 15 min
1.80
40.7%
Takedown accuracy
45.5%
67.7%
Takedown defense
67.9%
1.25
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.58
59.9%
Control share
69.0%
Strike target map
Pantoja
  • Head63%(320)div 62%
  • Body22%(111)div 22%
  • Legs16%(81)div 16%
Moreno
  • Head75%(557)div 62%
  • Body15%(112)div 22%
  • Legs10%(71)div 16%

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

Alexandre Pantoja
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.