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UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal
Rob Font
Rob Font
17-4 · USA
VS
Marlon Moraes
Marlon Moraes
23-7-1 · BRA
December 19, 2020 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
135.5lb
Rob Font def. Marlon Moraes by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 3:47
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 3:47
Font30/370/010:38
Moraes9/122/302:31
Total
Font30/370/010:38
Moraes9/122/302:31

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
FontWin probabilityMoraes
46.8%53.2%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
10%
Decision
62%
Expected fight time: 11.7 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 Font, blue toward Moraes. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Font47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%29%
Submission4%9%
Decision29%62%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes59 (2580)act 30
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Moraes53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%28%
Submission6%11%
Decision32%61%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2065)act 9
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.5)act 2
Combined totals~107 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R117%
R212%
R39%
Distance62%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Font
56.1%-130
Moraes
+13043.0%
Most takedownstie 46.0%
Font
18.4%+194
Moraes
-19435.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Font
Expected: 58.9
59
Over 59
39.3%
+153
Exactly 59
0.8%
push
Under 59
59.9%
-153
074148
Moraes
Expected: 47.9
48
Over 48
39.2%
+153
Exactly 48
1.0%
push
Under 48
59.8%
-153
060120
Takedowns — over/under
Font
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
26.1%
+283
Under 0.5
73.9%
-283
035
Moraes
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
42.3%
+136
Under 0.5
57.7%
-136
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 11.7 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
Font46.8%38.8%+8.0+150
Moraes53.2%61.2%−8.0-170

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
69.8Striking60.5
Font +9.4
46.4Grappling42.1
Font +4.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
FontMoraes
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1596
Pound-for-pound
1587
1595
Divisional
1577
1530
Striking offense
1509
1508
Striking defense
1509
1487
Grappling offense
1484
1508
Grappling defense
1536
Physical
33 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'6"
71"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.11
Strikes landed / min
3.43
41%
Strike accuracy
38%
3.89
Strikes absorbed / min
3.91
63%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.25
Takedowns / 15 min
0.64
36%
Takedown accuracy
33%
50%
Takedown defense
67%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
70%
UFC win rate
63%
+2
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
71%
Finish rate
60%
Recent opp. quality
378
Days since last fight
70
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rob Font
  • WRicky SimonU-DEC R3
    Close -1451y before
  • WSergio PettisU-DEC R3
    Close -1652y before
  • LRaphael AssuncaoU-DEC R3
    Close +1202y 5mo before
  • WThomas AlmeidaKO/TKO R2
    Close +1252y 11mo before
  • LPedro MunhozSUB R1
    Close -1753y 2mo before
Marlon Moraes
  • LCory SandhagenKO/TKO R2
    Close +1152mo before
  • WJose AldoS-DEC R3
    Close -1651y before
  • LHenry CejudoKO/TKO R3
    Close -1651y 6mo before
  • WRaphael AssuncaoSUB R1
    Close -1501y 11mo before
  • WJimmie RiveraKO/TKO R1
    Close +1002y 7mo before
Font — win / loss by method
Record: 17-4-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
41% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
24% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 3 losses
W
35% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
7win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (14%)Submission(33%) 1
2 (29%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (30%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (30%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (40%)Decision(100%) 1
Moraes — win / loss by method
Record: 23-7-1

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, 4 losses
W
43% of wins
L
57% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 2 losses
W
26% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
14% of losses
UFC
5win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
1 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (40%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
18win4loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (44%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
5 (28%)Submission(50%) 2
5 (28%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Font
Moraes
10
UFC fights
8
96.4 min · 9.6 avg
Octagon time
70.8 min · 8.9 avg
14y 8m
Career length
19y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Font
Moraes
175W–35L · 83.3%
Overall
159W–30L · 84.1%
109W–21L · 83.8%
Wins
109W–21L · 83.8%
66W–14L · 82.5%
Losses
50W–9L · 84.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Font
Moraes
52W–28L · 65.0%
Overall
244W–65L · 79.0%
52W–28L · 65.0%
Wins
221W–54L · 80.4%
0W–0L
Losses
23W–11L · 67.6%
Distance striking
Font
Moraes
5.92
Landed / min
3.62
38.0%
Accuracy
37.2%
66.3%
Defense
62.7%
0.78
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.85
72.7%
Time at distance
89.3%
Grappling & control
Font
Moraes
1.25
Takedowns / 15 min
0.64
36.4%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
50.0%
Takedown defense
66.7%
0.78
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.42
50.0%
Control share
48.8%
Strike target map
Font
  • Head73%(360)div 63%
  • Body19%(94)div 21%
  • Legs8%(38)div 17%
Moraes
  • Head61%(149)div 63%
  • Body19%(45)div 21%
  • Legs20%(49)div 17%

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

Rob Font
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Marlon Moraes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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