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Alex Morono
Alex Morono
18-7 · USA
VS
Donald Cerrone
Donald Cerrone
36-15 · USA
May 8, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Alex Morono def. Donald Cerrone by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 4:40
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:40
Morono35/840/200:47
Cerrone17/350/200:02
Total
Morono35/840/200:47
Cerrone17/350/200:02

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
MoronoWin probabilityCerrone
49.5%50.5%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
1%
Decision
69%
Expected fight time: 12.9 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 Morono, blue toward Cerrone. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Morono50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%23%12%
Submission0%1%8%
Decision38%76%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes91 (39124)act 35
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 0
Cerrone50%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%36%17%
Submission1%1%11%
Decision31%63%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes77 (33105)act 17
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.6)act 0
Combined totals~169 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R19%
R29%
R313%
Distance69%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Morono
54.9%-123
Cerrone
+12344.5%
Most takedownstie 64.1%
Morono
11.7%+208
Cerrone
-20824.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Morono
Expected: 91.4
91.5
Over 91.5
39.7%
+152
Under 91.5
60.3%
-152
0115229
Cerrone
Expected: 77.4
77.5
Over 77.5
39.7%
+152
Under 77.5
60.3%
-152
097194
Takedowns — over/under
Morono
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
14.5%
Exactly 0
85.5%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Cerrone
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
26.6%
+275
Under 0.5
73.4%
-275
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 12.9 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
Morono49.5%39.1%+10.4+145
Cerrone50.5%60.9%−10.4-175
By method
Morono by KO/TKO14.7%11.9%+2.8+550
Morono by submission0.5%7.8%−7.3+900
Morono by decision34.3%19.4%+14.9+300
Cerrone by KO/TKO15.0%17.2%−2.2+350
Cerrone by submission0.5%11.1%−10.6+600
Cerrone by decision35.0%32.6%+2.4+138
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds90.8%73.7%+17.1-350
Over 2.5 rds81.8%61.5%+20.3-200
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision69.3%57.5%+11.8-160

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
68.3Striking62.2
Morono +6.1
33.9Grappling49.5
Cerrone +15.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MoronoCerrone
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1556
Pound-for-pound
1621
1556
Divisional
1538
1514
Striking offense
1544
1514
Striking defense
1484
1465
Grappling offense
1454
1537
Grappling defense
1596
Physical
30 yrs
Age
38 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'1"
72"
Reach
73"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.96
Strikes landed / min
4.95
43%
Strike accuracy
47%
3.69
Strikes absorbed / min
5.11
57%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.44
Takedowns / 15 min
1.04
29%
Takedown accuracy
30%
48%
Takedown defense
90%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
58%
UFC win rate
64%
-1
Win/loss streak
-5
60%
Last-5 win rate
0%
29%
Finish rate
70%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
231
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alex Morono
  • LAnthony PettisU-DEC R3
    Close +1755mo before
  • WRhys McKeeU-DEC R3
    Close -1776mo before
  • LKhaos WilliamsKO/TKO R1
    Close -4001y 3mo before
  • WMax GriffinU-DEC R3
    Close +1251y 7mo before
  • WZak OttowKO/TKO R1
    Close -1752y 2mo before
Donald Cerrone
  • LAnthony PettisU-DEC R3
    Close +1151y before
  • LConor McGregorKO/TKO R1
    Close +2751y 4mo before
  • LJustin GaethjeKO/TKO R1
    Close +1601y 8mo before
  • LTony FergusonKO/TKO R2
    Close +1751y 11mo before
  • WAl IaquintaU-DEC R5
    Close +1102y before
Morono — win / loss by method
Record: 18-7-0, 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
5 wins, 2 losses
W
28% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 5 losses
W
33% of wins
L
71% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
7win4loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
1 (14%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (71%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
11win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
5 (45%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (9%)Decision(67%) 2
1 (9%)DQ / other(0%) 0
Cerrone — win / loss by method
Record: 36-15-0, 2 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
10 wins, 7 losses
W
28% of wins
L
47% of losses
Submission
17 wins, 1 loss
W
47% of wins
L
7% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 7 losses
W
25% of wins
L
47% of losses
UFC
23win12loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
10 (43%)KO/TKO(58%) 7
6 (26%)Submission(0%) 0
7 (30%)Decision(42%) 5
Non-UFC
13win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
11 (85%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (15%)Decision(67%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Morono
Cerrone
12
UFC fights
36
136.2 min · 11.4 avg
Octagon time
345.6 min · 9.6 avg
15y 8m
Career length
20y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Morono
Cerrone
213W–77L · 73.4%
Overall
636W–174L · 78.5%
119W–46L · 72.1%
Wins
389W–107L · 78.4%
94W–31L · 75.2%
Losses
247W–67L · 78.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Morono
Cerrone
71W–65L · 52.2%
Overall
128W–32L · 80.0%
59W–62L · 48.8%
Wins
93W–28L · 76.9%
12W–3L · 80.0%
Losses
35W–4L · 89.7%
Distance striking
Morono
Cerrone
5.75
Landed / min
5.36
40.7%
Accuracy
44.7%
58.0%
Defense
53.9%
0.33
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.87
72.6%
Time at distance
77.8%
Grappling & control
Morono
Cerrone
0.44
Takedowns / 15 min
1.04
28.6%
Takedown accuracy
29.6%
47.6%
Takedown defense
89.6%
0.44
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.48
33.9%
Control share
67.3%
Strike target map
Morono
  • Head78%(524)div 63%
  • Body13%(85)div 20%
  • Legs10%(67)div 16%
Cerrone
  • Head51%(876)div 63%
  • Body25%(426)div 20%
  • Legs24%(408)div 16%

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

Alex Morono
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Donald Cerrone
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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