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Omar Morales
Omar Morales
9-0 · VEN
VS
Gabriel Benitez
Gabriel Benitez
21-7 · MEX
May 13, 2020 · Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.5lb
Weigh-in
155.5lb
Omar Morales def. Gabriel Benitez by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Morales12/550/000:00
Benitez15/530/000:00
R2
Morales20/600/000:00
Benitez13/530/100:00
R3
Morales31/1000/000:00
Benitez22/730/000:00
Total
Morales63/2150/000:00
Benitez50/1790/100:00

Scorecards

Morales vs Benitez

RdDerek ClearyHoward ReichbachSal D'AmatoCommunity
R19-1010-99-109.3-9.7
R210-910-910-99.8-9.2
R310-910-910-99.8-9.2
Total29-2830-2729-2828.9-28.1

Media (15 cards) · avg 29.227.8 · 15 Morales · 0 Benitez

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

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 probabilityBenitez
54.7%45.3%
KO / TKO
37%
Submission
17%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 9.7 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Morales, blue toward Benitez. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Morales55%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%35%
Submission9%16%
Decision27%49%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2457)act 63
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.4)act 0
Benitez45%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%40%
Submission9%19%
Decision18%41%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2457)act 50
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.6)act 0
Combined totals~87 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R215%
R37%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Morales
49.2%+101
Benitez
-10149.6%
Most takedownstie 47.1%
Morales
33.7%-176
Benitez
+17619.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Morales
Expected: 43.4
43.5
Over 43.5
42.4%
+136
Under 43.5
57.6%
-136
055109
Benitez
Expected: 43.6
43.5
Over 43.5
42.7%
+134
Under 43.5
57.3%
-134
055110
Takedowns — over/under
Morales
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
40.2%
+149
Under 0.5
59.8%
-149
035
Benitez
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
26.4%
+279
Under 0.5
73.6%
-279
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 9.7 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
Morales54.7%62.8%−8.1-185
Benitez45.3%37.2%+8.1+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
69.0Striking71.7
Benitez +2.7
30.0Grappling60.4
Benitez +30.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MoralesBenitez
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1544
Pound-for-pound
1553
1545
Divisional
1526
1497
Striking offense
1503
1533
Striking defense
1501
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
34 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'8"
73"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
2.13
Strikes landed / min
4.32
36%
Strike accuracy
41%
1.00
Strikes absorbed / min
2.93
73%
Strike defense
71%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.21
100%
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
56%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.5
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
63%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
0%
Finish rate
60%
Recent opp. quality
144
Days since last fight
270
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Omar Morales
  • WDong Hyun MaU-DEC R3
    Close -2005mo before
Gabriel Benitez
  • LSodiq YusuffKO/TKO R1
    Close +2359mo before
  • WHumberto BandenayKO/TKO R1
    Close -1552y before
  • WJason KnightU-DEC R3
    Close +2702y 5mo before
  • LEnrique BarzolaU-DEC R3
    Close -1353y before
  • WSam SiciliaSUB R2
    Close +1003y 8mo before
Morales — win / loss by method
Record: 9-0-0

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
22% of wins
L
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
5 (63%)Submission() 0
1 (13%)Decision() 0
Benitez — win / loss by method
Record: 21-7-0

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, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 2 losses
W
48% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
19% of wins
L
43% of losses
UFC
5win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(67%) 2
2 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (40%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
16win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (50%)Submission(50%) 2
2 (13%)Decision(50%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Morales
Benitez
1
UFC fights
8
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
69.9 min · 8.7 avg
14y 8m
Career length
19y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Morales
Benitez
16W–10L · 61.5%
Overall
102W–29L · 77.9%
16W–10L · 61.5%
Wins
67W–22L · 75.3%
0W–0L
Losses
35W–7L · 83.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Morales
Benitez
18W–5L · 78.3%
Overall
116W–75L · 60.7%
18W–5L · 78.3%
Wins
94W–63L · 59.9%
0W–0L
Losses
22W–12L · 64.7%
Distance striking
Morales
Benitez
2.24
Landed / min
5.79
29.0%
Accuracy
40.1%
73.2%
Defense
73.8%
1.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.43
59.4%
Time at distance
67.1%
Grappling & control
Morales
Benitez
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.21
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
56.1%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.50
100.0%
Control share
15.7%
Strike target map
Morales
  • Head69%(22)div 63%
  • Body28%(9)div 20%
  • Legs3%(1)div 17%
Benitez
  • Head54%(164)div 63%
  • Body24%(72)div 20%
  • Legs22%(66)div 17%

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.

Gabriel Benitez
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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