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UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington
Brandon Moreno
Brandon Moreno
15-5-1 · MEX
VS
Kai Kara-France
Kai Kara-France
20-7 · NZL
December 14, 2019 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
125.5lb
Weigh-in
125.5lb
Brandon Moreno def. Kai Kara-France by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Moreno27/900/000:00
Kara-France29/710/000:00
R2
Moreno30/840/000:00
Kara-France24/640/000:00
R3
Moreno34/1020/000:00
Kara-France29/960/000:00
Total
Moreno91/2760/000:00
Kara-France82/2310/000:00

Scorecards

Moreno vs Kara-France

RdChris LeeJunichiro KamijoMark SmithCommunity
R19-109-1010-99.2-9.8
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total29-2829-2830-2729-28

Media (19 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 19 Moreno · 0 Kara-France

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Moreno-Kara-France.

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
MorenoWin probabilityKara-France
53.6%46.4%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
6%
Decision
63%
Expected fight time: 12.1 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Moreno, blue toward Kara-France. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Moreno54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%28%
Submission5%9%
Decision34%63%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes61 (3580)act 91
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.6)act 0
Kara-France46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%36%
Submission1%2%
Decision28%62%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes63 (3682)act 82
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~124 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R213%
R311%
Distance63%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Moreno
48.1%+106
Kara-France
-10651.0%
Most takedownstie 46.2%
Moreno
43.5%-421
Kara-France
+42110.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Moreno
Expected: 61.1
61
Over 61
42.1%
+135
Exactly 61
1.1%
push
Under 61
56.8%
-135
077153
Kara-France
Expected: 63.0
63
Over 63
42.0%
+136
Exactly 63
1.1%
push
Under 63
56.9%
-136
079158
Takedowns — over/under
Moreno
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
28.7%
+181
Exactly 1
19.1%
push
Under 1
52.1%
-181
035
Kara-France
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.3%
Exactly 0
83.7%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 12.1 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
Moreno53.6%40.4%+13.2+140
Kara-France46.4%59.6%−13.2-160

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
62.0Striking75.0
Kara-France +13.0
58.2Grappling46.7
Moreno +11.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MorenoKara-France
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1537
Pound-for-pound
1563
1536
Divisional
1564
1497
Striking offense
1505
1509
Striking defense
1500
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
26 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'4"
70"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.58
Strikes landed / min
5.22
35%
Strike accuracy
44%
2.83
Strikes absorbed / min
3.18
63%
Strike defense
68%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.39
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
43%
Takedown accuracy
38%
63%
Takedown defense
89%
0.7
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
100%
0
Win/loss streak
+3
40%
Last-5 win rate
100%
67%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
84
Days since last fight
105
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brandon Moreno
  • DAskar AskarovS-DEC R3
    !Close +1353mo before
  • LAlexandre PantojaU-DEC R3
    Close -1101y 7mo before
  • LSergio PettisU-DEC R5
    Close -1752y 4mo before
  • WDustin OrtizSUB R2
    Close +1002y 8mo before
  • WRyan BenoitS-DEC R3
    Close -1903y before
Kai Kara-France
  • WMark De La RosaU-DEC R3
    Close -1853mo before
  • WRaulian PaivaS-DEC R3
    Close -26510mo before
  • WElias GarciaU-DEC R3
    Close -3601y before
Moreno — win / loss by method
Record: 15-5-1

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 0 losses
W
67% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 5 losses
W
20% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
3win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
12win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (17%)Decision(100%) 3
Kara-France — win / loss by method
Record: 20-7-0, 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
9 wins, 2 losses
W
45% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
15% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 3 losses
W
40% of wins
L
43% of losses
UFC
3win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
3 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
17win7loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
9 (53%)KO/TKO(29%) 2
3 (18%)Submission(29%) 2
5 (29%)Decision(43%) 3

Profiles

Experience
Moreno
Kara-France
6
UFC fights
3
81.5 min · 13.6 avg
Octagon time
45.0 min · 15.0 avg
15y 3m
Career length
15y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Moreno
Kara-France
69W–16L · 81.2%
Overall
35W–4L · 89.7%
36W–11L · 76.6%
Wins
35W–4L · 89.7%
33W–5L · 86.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Moreno
Kara-France
42W–25L · 62.7%
Overall
158W–74L · 68.1%
40W–22L · 64.5%
Wins
94W–53L · 63.9%
2W–3L · 40.0%
Losses
64W–21L · 75.3%
Distance striking
Moreno
Kara-France
3.41
Landed / min
5.57
30.6%
Accuracy
40.3%
67.8%
Defense
69.1%
0.37
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.67
56.1%
Time at distance
69.0%
Grappling & control
Moreno
Kara-France
2.39
Takedowns / 15 min
1.00
43.3%
Takedown accuracy
37.5%
62.5%
Takedown defense
88.9%
0.74
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
67.8%
Control share
75.5%
Strike target map
Moreno
  • Head68%(142)div 63%
  • Body16%(34)div 23%
  • Legs16%(34)div 15%
Kara-France
  • Head70%(165)div 63%
  • Body15%(35)div 23%
  • Legs15%(35)div 15%

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

Brandon Moreno
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Kai Kara-France
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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