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UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2
Brandon Moreno
Brandon Moreno
19-6-2 · MEX
VS
Kai Kara-France
Kai Kara-France
24-9 · NZL
July 30, 2022 · Dallas, Texas, USA
Flyweight · 5 rounds
124.5lb
Weigh-in
124.5lb
Brandon Moreno def. Kai Kara-France by KO/TKO (Kick), R3 4:34
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Moreno7/260/100:13
Kara-France10/230/000:00
R2
Moreno16/490/200:26
Kara-France15/360/000:00
R3 · 4:34
Moreno35/760/010:06
Kara-France28/511/200:24
Total
Moreno58/1510/310:45
Kara-France53/1101/200:24

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
MorenoWin probabilityKara-France
59.0%41.0%
KO / TKO
36%
Submission
13%
Decision
52%
Expected fight time: 17.8 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 Moreno, blue toward Kara-France. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Moreno59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%30%13%
Submission11%19%18%
Decision30%51%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes80 (34108)act 58
Takedowns1.6 (0.04.7)act 0
Kara-France41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%43%12%
Submission2%4%4%
Decision22%53%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes81 (34109)act 53
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 1
Combined totals~160 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R116%
R212%
R310%
R46%
R54%
Distance52%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Moreno
49.0%+103
Kara-France
-10350.4%
Most takedownstie 32.0%
Moreno
57.1%-521
Kara-France
+52111.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Moreno
Expected: 79.6
79.5
Over 79.5
39.8%
+151
Under 79.5
60.2%
-151
0100199
Kara-France
Expected: 80.5
80.5
Over 80.5
39.8%
+151
Under 80.5
60.2%
-151
0101202
Takedowns — over/under
Moreno
Expected: 1.6
1.5
Over 1.5
45.9%
+118
Under 1.5
54.1%
-118
035
Kara-France
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
20.5%
+389
Under 0.5
79.5%
-389
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 17.8 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
Moreno59.0%64.9%−5.9-212
Kara-France41.0%35.1%+5.9+173
By method
Moreno by KO/TKO21.0%13.2%+7.8+529
Moreno by submission7.5%17.7%−10.2+370
Moreno by decision30.5%34.1%−3.6+144
Kara-France by KO/TKO14.6%12.2%+2.4+581
Kara-France by submission5.2%4.1%+1.1+1952
Kara-France by decision21.2%18.7%+2.5+344
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds84.1%77.9%+6.2-482
Over 2.5 rds71.9%69.5%+2.4-282
Over 3.5 rds61.7%63.1%−1.4-205
Over 4.5 rds55.8%57.3%−1.5-157
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision51.7%55.4%−3.7-145

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
63.6Striking70.7
Kara-France +7.1
58.6Grappling36.0
Moreno +22.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MorenoKara-France
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1596
Pound-for-pound
1592
1594
Divisional
1590
1509
Striking offense
1525
1511
Striking defense
1503
1522
Grappling offense
1475
1530
Grappling defense
1515
Physical
28 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'4"
70"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.54
Strikes landed / min
4.84
40%
Strike accuracy
40%
3.31
Strikes absorbed / min
3.51
57%
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.84
Takedowns / 15 min
0.43
48%
Takedown accuracy
21%
69%
Takedown defense
87%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
70%
UFC win rate
78%
-1
Win/loss streak
+3
60%
Last-5 win rate
80%
57%
Finish rate
29%
Recent opp. quality
189
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brandon Moreno
  • LDeiveson FigueiredoU-DEC R5
    Close -1886mo before
  • WDeiveson FigueiredoSUB R3
    Close +1661y 2mo before
  • DDeiveson FigueiredoM-DEC R5
    Close +2751y 8mo before
  • WBrandon RoyvalKO/TKO R1
    Close -1901y 8mo before
  • WJussier FormigaU-DEC R3
    Close +1402y 5mo before
Kai Kara-France
  • WAskar AskarovU-DEC R3
    Close +3214mo before
  • WCody GarbrandtKO/TKO R1
    Close +1198mo before
  • WRogerio BontorinKO/TKO R1
    Close -1351y 5mo before
  • LBrandon RoyvalSUB R2
    Close -2401y 10mo before
  • WTyson NamU-DEC R3
    Close -2602y 5mo before
Moreno — win / loss by method
Record: 19-6-2

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
16% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 0 losses
W
58% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 6 losses
W
26% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
7win3loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (43%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (43%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
12win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (17%)Decision(100%) 3
Kara-France — win / loss by method
Record: 24-9-0, 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
11 wins, 2 losses
W
46% of wins
L
22% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 3 losses
W
13% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 4 losses
W
42% of wins
L
44% of losses
UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
5 (71%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
17win7loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
9 (53%)KO/TKO(29%) 2
3 (18%)Submission(29%) 2
5 (29%)Decision(43%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Moreno
Kara-France
12
UFC fights
9
178.9 min · 14.9 avg
Octagon time
104.1 min · 11.6 avg
15y 3m
Career length
15y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Moreno
Kara-France
164W–36L · 82.0%
Overall
121W–29L · 80.7%
111W–29L · 79.3%
Wins
95W–20L · 82.6%
53W–7L · 88.3%
Losses
26W–9L · 74.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Moreno
Kara-France
42W–25L · 62.7%
Overall
158W–74L · 68.1%
40W–22L · 64.5%
Wins
94W–53L · 63.9%
2W–3L · 40.0%
Losses
64W–21L · 75.3%
Distance striking
Moreno
Kara-France
4.68
Landed / min
5.58
37.9%
Accuracy
37.8%
60.1%
Defense
65.8%
0.25
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.86
65.0%
Time at distance
73.0%
Grappling & control
Moreno
Kara-France
1.84
Takedowns / 15 min
0.43
47.8%
Takedown accuracy
21.4%
69.4%
Takedown defense
86.8%
0.67
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
66.1%
Control share
45.9%
Strike target map
Moreno
  • Head75%(477)div 62%
  • Body15%(93)div 22%
  • Legs10%(64)div 15%
Kara-France
  • Head67%(337)div 62%
  • Body13%(68)div 22%
  • Legs20%(99)div 15%

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

Brandon Moreno
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Kai Kara-France
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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