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UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar
Vanessa Melo
Vanessa Melo
10-8 · BRA
VS
Sarah Moras
Sarah Moras
6-6 · CAN
January 16, 2021 · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Vanessa Melo def. Sarah Moras by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Melo23/620/000:00
Moras17/700/000:00
R2
Melo17/580/000:04
Moras12/590/100:00
R3
Melo16/490/000:00
Moras15/710/000:00
Total
Melo56/1690/000:04
Moras44/2000/100:00

Scorecards

Melo vs Moras

RdAnders OhlssonClemens WernerLukasz BosackiCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.3
R210-910-910-99.9-9.2
R39-109-1010-99.4-9.7
Total29-2829-2830-2729.1-28.2

Media (17 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 17 Melo · 0 Moras

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Melo-Moras.

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
MeloWin probabilityMoras
45.2%54.8%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
16%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 10.1 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 Melo, blue toward Moras. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Melo45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%25%6%
Submission6%14%6%
Decision28%61%24%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (1755)act 56
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 0
Moras55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO24%43%12%
Submission10%18%12%
Decision21%39%40%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (1962)act 44
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.9)act 0
Combined totals~86 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R220%
R35%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Melo
45.4%+118
Moras
-11853.5%
Most takedownstie 35.2%
Melo
26.4%+146
Moras
-14638.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Melo
Expected: 40.4
40.5
Over 40.5
39.6%
+153
Under 40.5
60.4%
-153
051101
Moras
Expected: 45.5
45.5
Over 45.5
39.7%
+152
Under 45.5
60.3%
-152
057114
Takedowns — over/under
Melo
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
39.4%
+154
Under 0.5
60.6%
-154
035
Moras
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
30.6%
+160
Exactly 1
20.3%
push
Under 1
49.1%
-160
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 10.1 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
Melo45.2%40.3%+4.9+130
Moras54.8%59.7%−4.9-182
By method
Melo by KO/TKO15.8%6.3%+9.5+1200
Melo by submission7.2%6.3%+0.9+1200
Melo by decision22.2%24.1%−1.9+240
Moras by KO/TKO19.2%11.7%+7.5+600
Moras by submission8.7%11.7%−3.0+600
Moras by decision26.9%39.9%−13.0+105
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds74.0%79.2%−5.2-549
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision49.1%69.9%−20.8-300

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
46.3Striking52.5
Moras +6.3
19.2Grappling35.0
Moras +15.7
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MeloMoras
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1460
Pound-for-pound
1477
1460
Divisional
1463
1499
Striking offense
1496
1492
Striking defense
1499
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
32 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'5"
Height
5'7"
65"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.40
Strikes landed / min
2.18
30%
Strike accuracy
39%
7.20
Strikes absorbed / min
3.55
54%
Strike defense
46%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.77
0%
Takedown accuracy
23%
69%
Takedown defense
33%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.9
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
38%
-3
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
20%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
189
Days since last fight
248
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Vanessa Melo
  • LKarol RosaU-DEC R3
    Close +1956mo before
  • LTracy CortezU-DEC R3
    Close +1951y 2mo before
  • LIrene AldanaU-DEC R3
    missedClose +4151y 4mo before
Sarah Moras
  • LSijara EubanksU-DEC R3
    Close +3108mo before
  • WLiana JojuaKO/TKO R3
    missedClose +1351y 4mo before
  • LMacy ChiassonKO/TKO R2
    Close +5001y 8mo before
  • LTalita BernardoU-DEC R3
    Close -1702y 3mo before
  • LLucie PudilovaU-DEC R3
    Close +1302y 11mo before
Melo — win / loss by method
Record: 10-8-0

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
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 7 losses
W
80% of wins
L
88% of losses
UFC
0win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
10win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
2 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
8 (80%)Decision(80%) 4
Moras — win / loss by method
Record: 6-6-0

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
3 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
17% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 5 losses
W
17% of wins
L
83% of losses
UFC
3win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(80%) 4
Non-UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (67%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Melo
Moras
3
UFC fights
8
45.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
97.7 min · 12.2 avg
14y 10m
Career length
16y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Melo
Moras
28W–9L · 75.7%
Overall
48W–17L · 73.8%
0W–0L
Wins
16W–4L · 80.0%
28W–9L · 75.7%
Losses
32W–13L · 71.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Melo
Moras
63W–44L · 58.9%
Overall
5W–1L · 83.3%
44W–34L · 56.4%
Wins
4W–0L · 100.0%
19W–10L · 65.5%
Losses
1W–1L · 50.0%
Distance striking
Melo
Moras
4.81
Landed / min
3.78
28.6%
Accuracy
29.7%
58.1%
Defense
53.2%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
66.1%
Time at distance
32.2%
Grappling & control
Melo
Moras
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.77
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
22.7%
69.2%
Takedown defense
33.3%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.92
2.3%
Control share
31.2%
Strike target map
Melo
  • Head67%(102)div 64%
  • Body14%(21)div 20%
  • Legs20%(30)div 16%
Moras
  • Head77%(165)div 64%
  • Body13%(28)div 20%
  • Legs9%(20)div 16%

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

Vanessa Melo
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Sarah Moras
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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