The Ultimate Fight Fan
+ Log a bet
UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes
Henry Cejudo
Henry Cejudo
14-2 · USA
VS
Marlon Moraes
Marlon Moraes
22-5-1 · BRA
June 8, 2019 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Bantamweight · 5 rounds · Main event
134.0lb
Weigh-in
134.0lb
Henry Cejudo def. Marlon Moraes by KO/TKO (Punches), R3 4:51
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Cejudo5/220/100:00
Moraes16/370/000:00
R2
Cejudo38/840/000:00
Moraes31/590/100:00
R3 · 4:51
Cejudo47/651/302:40
Moraes10/230/100:00
Total
Cejudo90/1711/402:40
Moraes57/1190/200:00

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
CejudoWin probabilityMoraes
41.1%58.9%
KO / TKO
43%
Submission
8%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 18.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Cejudo41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%37%
Submission1%2%
Decision25%61%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes101 (58132)act 90
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.6)act 1
Moraes59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO27%46%
Submission7%12%
Decision25%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes89 (51116)act 57
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.0)act 0
Combined totals~191 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R113%
R26%
R316%
R49%
R56%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Cejudo
55.6%-127
Moraes
+12743.8%
Most takedownstie 39.6%
Cejudo
49.3%-443
Moraes
+44311.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Cejudo
Expected: 101.3
101.5
Over 101.5
42.3%
+136
Under 101.5
57.7%
-136
0127254
Moraes
Expected: 89.3
89.5
Over 89.5
42.3%
+136
Under 89.5
57.7%
-136
0112224
Takedowns — over/under
Cejudo
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
38.5%
+118
Exactly 1
15.9%
push
Under 1
45.6%
-118
035
Moraes
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
18.8%
+433
Under 0.5
81.2%
-433
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 18.7 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
Cejudo41.1%39.6%+1.5+145
Moraes58.9%60.4%−1.5-165

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
70.9Striking66.0
Cejudo +4.9
54.0Grappling40.9
Cejudo +13.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
CejudoMoraes
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1635
Pound-for-pound
1599
1538
Divisional
1597
1489
Striking offense
1515
1514
Striking defense
1529
1507
Grappling offense
1492
1558
Grappling defense
1517
Physical
32 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'4"
Height
5'6"
64"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.56
Strikes landed / min
3.23
43%
Strike accuracy
35%
2.60
Strikes absorbed / min
2.60
67%
Strike defense
66%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.30
Takedowns / 15 min
0.43
36%
Takedown accuracy
25%
89%
Takedown defense
60%
0.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.9
Form & résumé
80%
UFC win rate
80%
+4
Win/loss streak
+4
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
25%
Finish rate
75%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Henry Cejudo
  • WTJ DillashawKO/TKO R1
    Close +1855mo before
  • WDemetrious JohnsonS-DEC R5
    Close +37510mo before
  • WSergio PettisU-DEC R3
    Close -3201y 6mo before
  • WWilson ReisKO/TKO R2
    Close -4001y 9mo before
  • LJoseph BenavidezS-DEC R3
    Close +1632y 6mo before
Marlon Moraes
  • WRaphael AssuncaoSUB R1
    Close -1504mo before
  • WJimmie RiveraKO/TKO R1
    Close +1001y before
  • WAljamain SterlingKO/TKO R1
    Close -1451y 6mo before
  • WJohn DodsonS-DEC R3
    Close +1051y 7mo before
  • LRaphael AssuncaoS-DEC R3
    Close -2602y before
Cejudo — win / loss by method
Record: 14-2-0

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
43% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
8 wins, 1 loss
W
57% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (25%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (75%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (33%)Decision() 0
Moraes — win / loss by method
Record: 22-5-1

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
10 wins, 2 losses
W
45% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 2 losses
W
27% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
27% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
4win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (25%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
18win4loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (44%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
5 (28%)Submission(50%) 2
5 (28%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Cejudo
Moraes
10
UFC fights
5
123.8 min · 12.4 avg
Octagon time
35.0 min · 7.0 avg
13y 5m
Career length
19y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Cejudo
Moraes
174W–36L · 82.9%
Overall
105W–21L · 83.3%
134W–30L · 81.7%
Wins
81W–16L · 83.5%
40W–6L · 87.0%
Losses
24W–5L · 82.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Cejudo
Moraes
14W–19L · 42.4%
Overall
244W–65L · 79.0%
14W–19L · 42.4%
Wins
221W–54L · 80.4%
0W–0L
Losses
23W–11L · 67.6%
Distance striking
Cejudo
Moraes
3.44
Landed / min
3.26
35.3%
Accuracy
32.9%
70.4%
Defense
66.0%
0.48
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.72
62.2%
Time at distance
90.4%
Grappling & control
Cejudo
Moraes
2.30
Takedowns / 15 min
0.43
35.8%
Takedown accuracy
25.0%
88.9%
Takedown defense
60.0%
0.12
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.86
93.3%
Control share
85.0%
Strike target map
Cejudo
  • Head54%(239)div 63%
  • Body37%(164)div 21%
  • Legs8%(37)div 16%
Moraes
  • Head50%(56)div 63%
  • Body27%(30)div 21%
  • Legs24%(27)div 16%

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

Henry Cejudo
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.