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UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Moises
Sergey Morozov
Sergey Morozov
16-5 · KAZ
VS
Khalid Taha
Khalid Taha
13-3 · DEU
July 17, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
135.0lb
Weigh-in
135.5lb
Sergey Morozov def. Khalid Taha by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Morozov8/181/202:58
Taha3/190/000:00
R2
Morozov17/333/702:53
Taha12/350/000:00
R3
Morozov25/522/702:43
Taha18/690/100:00
Total
Morozov50/1036/1608:34
Taha33/1230/100:00

Scorecards

Morozov vs Taha

RdBryan MinerDave HagenMichael BellCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.9
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-26.9

Media (14 cards) · avg 3027 · 14 Morozov · 0 Taha

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Morozov-Taha.

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
MorozovWin probabilityTaha
51.8%48.2%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
20%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 10.2 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 Morozov, blue toward Taha. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Morozov52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%26%10%
Submission10%21%7%
Decision28%53%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (1653)act 50
Takedowns2.4 (0.05.9)act 6
Taha48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%34%17%
Submission9%19%11%
Decision22%47%29%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (1550)act 33
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~76 sig strikes~2.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R217%
R36%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Morozov
51.2%-108
Taha
+10847.6%
Most takedownstie 14.5%
Morozov
74.5%-676
Taha
+67611.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Morozov
Expected: 39.2
39
Over 39
39.3%
+151
Exactly 39
1.2%
push
Under 39
59.4%
-151
04998
Taha
Expected: 36.8
37
Over 37
38.9%
+154
Exactly 37
1.3%
push
Under 37
59.8%
-154
04793
Takedowns — over/under
Morozov
Expected: 2.4
2.5
Over 2.5
46.8%
+114
Under 2.5
53.2%
-114
048
Taha
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
33.0%
+203
Under 0.5
67.0%
-203
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 10.2 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
Morozov51.8%44.0%+7.8+117
Taha48.2%56.0%−7.8-143
By method
Morozov by KO/TKO15.6%9.5%+6.1+760
Morozov by submission10.3%6.7%+3.6+1129
Morozov by decision25.9%26.5%−0.6+209
Taha by KO/TKO14.5%16.5%−2.0+395
Taha by submission9.6%11.5%−1.9+612
Taha by decision24.1%29.3%−5.2+179
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds72.7%75.0%−2.3-400
Over 2.5 rds56.3%63.7%−7.4-210
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision50.0%60.3%−10.3-182

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
40.8Striking49.5
Taha +8.7
15.2Grappling21.4
Taha +6.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MorozovTaha
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1519
Pound-for-pound
1521
1519
Divisional
1536
1478
Striking offense
1500
1502
Striking defense
1503
1551
Grappling offense
1494
1542
Grappling defense
1493
Physical
32 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'5"
67"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
0.81
Strikes landed / min
2.86
23%
Strike accuracy
35%
2.89
Strikes absorbed / min
4.26
39%
Strike defense
43%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0%
55%
Takedown defense
62%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
25%
-1
Win/loss streak
-2
0%
Last-5 win rate
25%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
178
Days since last fight
252
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sergey Morozov
  • LUmar NurmagomedovSUB R2
    Close +3886mo before
Khalid Taha
  • LRaoni BarcelosU-DEC R3
    Close +2958mo before
  • WBoston SalmonKO/TKO R1
    Close +1552y 3mo before
  • LNad NarimaniU-DEC R3
    Close +1803y before
Morozov — win / loss by method
Record: 16-5-0

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, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
19% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
31% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
16win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (50%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
3 (19%)Submission(25%) 1
5 (31%)Decision(50%) 2
Taha — win / loss by method
Record: 13-3-0, 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
9 wins, 0 losses
W
69% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
15% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
15% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (17%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (17%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Morozov
Taha
1
UFC fights
4
8.7 min · 8.7 avg
Octagon time
43.4 min · 10.9 avg
18y 5m
Career length
13y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Morozov
Taha
12W–0L · 100.0%
Overall
31W–4L · 88.6%
0W–0L
Wins
6W–1L · 85.7%
12W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
25W–3L · 89.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Morozov
Taha
138W–44L · 75.8%
Overall
64W–39L · 62.1%
101W–38L · 72.7%
Wins
40W–27L · 59.7%
37W–6L · 86.0%
Losses
24W–12L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Morozov
Taha
1.38
Landed / min
4.84
24.1%
Accuracy
30.5%
47.1%
Defense
48.8%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.69
58.6%
Time at distance
43.3%
Grappling & control
Morozov
Taha
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
54.5%
Takedown defense
61.5%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.35
4.3%
Control share
11.8%
Strike target map
Morozov
  • Head29%(2)div 62%
  • Body43%(3)div 21%
  • Legs29%(2)div 17%
Taha
  • Head79%(98)div 62%
  • Body10%(12)div 21%
  • Legs11%(14)div 17%

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

Sergey Morozov
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Khalid Taha
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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