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UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane
Vince Morales
Vince Morales
9-5 · USA
VS
Drako Rodriguez
Drako Rodriguez
7-2 · USA
August 7, 2021 · Houston, Texas, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
Vince Morales def. Drako Rodriguez by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Morales27/540/100:14
Rodriguez14/490/000:00
R2
Morales18/481/100:15
Rodriguez17/403/301:13
R3
Morales31/940/200:11
Rodriguez24/620/200:01
Total
Morales76/1961/400:40
Rodriguez55/1513/501:14

Scorecards

Morales vs Rodriguez

RdDanny DealejandroDouglas CrosbyKerry HatleyCommunity
R110-910-910-99.7-9.3
R29-109-1010-99.3-9.8
R310-910-910-99.9-9.2
Total29-2829-2830-2728.9-28.3

Media (19 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 19 Morales · 0 Rodriguez

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

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 probabilityRodriguez
34.5%65.5%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
14%
Decision
58%
Expected fight time: 11.0 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 Morales, blue toward Rodriguez. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Morales35%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%33%18%
Submission3%9%7%
Decision20%58%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (1757)act 76
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.3)act 1
Rodriguez65%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%27%13%
Submission10%16%14%
Decision38%57%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (1962)act 55
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.9)act 3
Combined totals~88 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R212%
R37%
Distance58%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Morales
46.1%+115
Rodriguez
-11552.8%
Most takedownstie 40.0%
Morales
25.0%+140
Rodriguez
-14035.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Morales
Expected: 41.7
41.5
Over 41.5
40.0%
+150
Under 41.5
60.0%
-150
053105
Rodriguez
Expected: 45.9
46
Over 46
39.1%
+153
Exactly 46
1.1%
push
Under 46
59.8%
-153
058115
Takedowns — over/under
Morales
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
35.2%
+184
Under 0.5
64.8%
-184
035
Rodriguez
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
28.0%
+199
Exactly 1
16.3%
push
Under 1
55.6%
-199
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 11.0 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
Morales34.5%49.7%−15.2-109
Rodriguez65.5%50.3%+15.2-112
By method
Morales by KO/TKO9.9%17.7%−7.8+363
Morales by submission4.7%7.5%−2.8+992
Morales by decision19.9%23.0%−3.1+255
Rodriguez by KO/TKO18.8%12.5%+6.3+552
Rodriguez by submission8.9%14.3%−5.4+472
Rodriguez by decision37.8%25.0%+12.8+227
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds76.4%68.7%+7.7-275
Over 2.5 rds64.5%56.1%+8.4-150
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision57.8%52.5%+5.3-128

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
58.3Striking47.4
Morales +10.9
15.9Grappling0.0
Morales +15.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MoralesRodriguez
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1489
Pound-for-pound
1507
1503
Divisional
1507
1492
Striking offense
1497
1498
Striking defense
1493
1484
Grappling offense
1500
1508
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
30 yrs
Age
25 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'8"
70"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.76
Strikes landed / min
3.57
36%
Strike accuracy
33%
4.06
Strikes absorbed / min
2.92
54%
Strike defense
18%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
57%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
25%
UFC win rate
0%
-2
Win/loss streak
-1
25%
Last-5 win rate
0%
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
434
Days since last fight
168
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Vince Morales
  • LChris GutierrezKO/TKO R2
    Close -1101y 2mo before
  • LBenito LopezU-DEC R3
    Close -1052y 1mo before
  • WAiemann ZahabiU-DEC R3
    Close +1552y 3mo before
  • LSong YadongU-DEC R3
    Close +4252y 8mo before
Drako Rodriguez
  • LAiemann ZahabiKO/TKO R1
    Close -2006mo before
Morales — win / loss by method
Record: 9-5-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
56% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
22% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
22% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
1win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (25%)Submission(100%) 2
1 (13%)Decision(0%) 0
Rodriguez — win / loss by method
Record: 7-2-0

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
2 wins, 2 losses
W
29% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
4 (57%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Morales
Rodriguez
4
UFC fights
1
54.5 min · 13.6 avg
Octagon time
3.1 min · 3.1 avg
11y 2m
Career length
8y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Morales
Rodriguez
43W–11L · 79.6%
Overall
7W–2L · 77.8%
7W–1L · 87.5%
Wins
0W–0L
36W–10L · 78.3%
Losses
7W–2L · 77.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Morales
Rodriguez
38W–14L · 73.1%
Overall
43W–34L · 55.8%
28W–12L · 70.0%
Wins
29W–29L · 50.0%
10W–2L · 83.3%
Losses
14W–5L · 73.7%
Distance striking
Morales
Rodriguez
3.80
Landed / min
3.11
34.8%
Accuracy
26.7%
54.7%
Defense
14.3%
0.28
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
91.3%
Time at distance
83.3%
Grappling & control
Morales
Rodriguez
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
57.1%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
14.0%
Control share
0.0%
Strike target map
Morales
  • Head65%(133)div 63%
  • Body23%(47)div 21%
  • Legs12%(25)div 17%
Rodriguez
  • Head55%(6)div 63%
  • Body9%(1)div 21%
  • Legs36%(4)div 17%

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

Vince Morales
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Drako Rodriguez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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