The Ultimate Fight Fan
+ Log a bet
UFC 260: Miocic vs. Ngannou
Omar Morales
Omar Morales
10-1 · VEN
VS
Shane Young
Shane Young
13-5 · NZL
March 27, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
Omar Morales def. Shane Young by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Morales7/141/100:46
Young8/140/001:37
R2
Morales28/610/000:11
Young18/371/200:38
R3
Morales34/691/100:30
Young20/540/301:11
Total
Morales69/1442/201:27
Young46/1051/503:26

Scorecards

Morales vs Young

RdDave HagenJunichiro KamijoSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.2
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total30-2730-2730-2729.6-27.4

Media (18 cards) · avg 29.827.2 · 18 Morales · 0 Young

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

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 probabilityYoung
54.4%45.6%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
14%
Decision
63%
Expected fight time: 11.6 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 Young. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Morales54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%17%20%
Submission8%15%8%
Decision37%68%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (1961)act 69
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 2
Young46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%29%10%
Submission6%12%7%
Decision27%59%20%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (1860)act 46
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.1)act 1
Combined totals~89 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R211%
R36%
Distance64%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Morales
50.1%-103
Young
+10348.8%
Most takedownstie 42.8%
Morales
32.3%-129
Young
+12925.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Morales
Expected: 45.2
45
Over 45
39.5%
+151
Exactly 45
1.1%
push
Under 45
59.4%
-151
057114
Young
Expected: 44.0
44
Over 44
39.2%
+152
Exactly 44
1.1%
push
Under 44
59.7%
-152
056111
Takedowns — over/under
Morales
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
41.4%
+142
Under 0.5
58.6%
-142
035
Young
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
33.8%
+196
Under 0.5
66.2%
-196
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 11.6 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
Morales54.4%63.5%−9.1-202
Young45.6%36.5%+9.1+160
By method
Morales by KO/TKO12.2%20.3%−8.1+300
Morales by submission7.6%8.1%−0.5+900
Morales by decision34.5%33.8%+0.7+140
Young by KO/TKO10.3%10.1%+0.2+700
Young by submission6.4%7.4%−1.0+1000
Young by decision29.0%20.3%+8.7+300
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds81.0%72.6%+8.4-350
Over 2.5 rds69.8%62.5%+7.3-200
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision63.4%59.4%+4.0-175

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
61.4Striking65.2
Young +3.8
51.7Grappling32.9
Morales +18.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MoralesYoung
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1544
Pound-for-pound
1519
1515
Divisional
1531
1493
Striking offense
1503
1525
Striking defense
1490
1479
Grappling offense
1487
1521
Grappling defense
1507
Physical
35 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'8"
73"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.87
Strikes landed / min
6.01
30%
Strike accuracy
40%
2.89
Strikes absorbed / min
5.15
67%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.33
Takedowns / 15 min
0.73
100%
Takedown accuracy
25%
100%
Takedown defense
64%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
67%
Last-5 win rate
50%
0%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
168
Days since last fight
182
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Omar Morales
  • LGiga ChikadzeU-DEC R3
    Close -1756mo before
  • WGabriel BenitezU-DEC R3
    Close -18510mo before
  • WDong Hyun MaU-DEC R3
    Close -2001y 3mo before
Shane Young
  • LLudovit KleinKO/TKO R1
    Close +1086mo before
  • WAustin ArnettU-DEC R3
    Close -3802y 2mo before
  • WRolando DyKO/TKO R2
    Close -1652y 9mo before
  • LAlexander VolkanovskiU-DEC R3
    both missedClose +4703y 4mo before
Morales — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-0

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, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (100%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (63%)Submission() 0
1 (13%)Decision() 0
Young — win / loss by method
Record: 13-5-0

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
6 wins, 1 loss
W
46% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
31% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 4 losses
W
23% of wins
L
80% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
11win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (45%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (36%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (18%)Decision(100%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Morales
Young
3
UFC fights
4
45.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
40.9 min · 10.2 avg
14y 8m
Career length
13y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Morales
Young
47W–19L · 71.2%
Overall
56W–14L · 80.0%
37W–17L · 68.5%
Wins
25W–11L · 69.4%
10W–2L · 83.3%
Losses
31W–3L · 91.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Morales
Young
18W–5L · 78.3%
Overall
89W–36L · 71.2%
18W–5L · 78.3%
Wins
57W–26L · 68.7%
0W–0L
Losses
32W–10L · 76.2%
Distance striking
Morales
Young
3.10
Landed / min
8.00
28.5%
Accuracy
39.1%
67.8%
Defense
59.9%
0.33
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.37
82.5%
Time at distance
69.3%
Grappling & control
Morales
Young
0.33
Takedowns / 15 min
0.73
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
64.3%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
93.7%
Control share
21.4%
Strike target map
Morales
  • Head63%(81)div 64%
  • Body28%(36)div 20%
  • Legs9%(12)div 16%
Young
  • Head63%(154)div 64%
  • Body24%(58)div 20%
  • Legs14%(34)div 16%

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

Omar Morales
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Shane Young
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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