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UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy
Vince Morales
Vince Morales
8-3 · USA
VS
Aiemann Zahabi
Aiemann Zahabi
7-1 · CAN
May 4, 2019 · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
136.0lb
Weigh-in
135.0lb
Vince Morales def. Aiemann Zahabi by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Morales14/420/000:00
Zahabi6/200/000:00
R2
Morales14/460/000:00
Zahabi9/251/200:36
R3
Morales31/1060/000:00
Zahabi13/370/300:02
Total
Morales59/1940/000:00
Zahabi28/821/500:38

Scorecards

Morales vs Zahabi

RdDave TirelliJason RodgersKyle CostelloCommunity
R110-99-109-109.5-9.6
R29-1010-910-99.6-9.4
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2829-2829-2829.1-28

Media (11 cards) · avg 29.227.8 · 11 Morales · 0 Zahabi

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

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 probabilityZahabi
27.9%72.1%
KO / TKO
19%
Submission
4%
Decision
77%
Expected fight time: 13.3 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 Zahabi. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Morales28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%21%
Submission1%4%
Decision21%75%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes55 (3172)act 59
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 0
Zahabi72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%18%
Submission3%4%
Decision56%78%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes71 (4092)act 28
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 1
Combined totals~126 sig strikes~1.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R17%
R29%
R37%
Distance77%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Morales
38.1%+160
Zahabi
-16061.1%
Most takedownstie 46.5%
Morales
12.8%+317
Zahabi
-31740.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Morales
Expected: 55.0
55
Over 55
41.9%
+136
Exactly 55
1.2%
push
Under 55
56.8%
-136
069138
Zahabi
Expected: 70.6
70.5
Over 70.5
42.6%
+135
Under 70.5
57.4%
-135
089177
Takedowns — over/under
Morales
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
19.6%
Exactly 0
80.4%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Zahabi
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
30.1%
+182
Exactly 1
15.1%
push
Under 1
54.8%
-182
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 13.3 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
Morales27.9%38.1%−10.2+155
Zahabi72.1%61.9%+10.2-175

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
58.2Striking62.8
Zahabi +4.7
0.0Grappling20.1
Zahabi +20.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MoralesZahabi
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1502
Pound-for-pound
1521
1502
Divisional
1521
1501
Striking offense
1498
1499
Striking defense
1493
1490
Grappling offense
1496
1502
Grappling defense
1501
Physical
28 yrs
Age
31 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'8"
70"
Reach
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.93
Strikes landed / min
3.34
37%
Strike accuracy
41%
5.27
Strikes absorbed / min
3.93
54%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0%
0%
Takedown defense
72%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
161
Days since last fight
546
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Vince Morales
  • LSong YadongU-DEC R3
    Close +4255mo before
Aiemann Zahabi
  • LRicardo RamosKO/TKO R3
    Close +1651y 6mo before
  • WReginaldo VieiraU-DEC R3
    Close -2752y 2mo before
Morales — win / loss by method
Record: 8-3-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
63% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
67% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (63%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (25%)Submission(100%) 2
1 (13%)Decision(0%) 0
Zahabi — win / loss by method
Record: 7-1-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
57% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (33%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Morales
Zahabi
1
UFC fights
2
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
27.0 min · 13.5 avg
11y 2m
Career length
13y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Morales
Zahabi
13W–5L · 72.2%
Overall
23W–5L · 82.1%
0W–0L
Wins
13W–4L · 76.5%
13W–5L · 72.2%
Losses
10W–1L · 90.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Morales
Zahabi
38W–14L · 73.1%
Overall
16W–21L · 43.2%
28W–12L · 70.0%
Wins
16W–21L · 43.2%
10W–2L · 83.3%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Morales
Zahabi
5.61
Landed / min
3.76
35.3%
Accuracy
39.6%
55.2%
Defense
64.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.56
79.7%
Time at distance
78.9%
Grappling & control
Morales
Zahabi
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
0.0%
Takedown defense
72.2%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
3.0%
Control share
38.0%
Strike target map
Morales
  • Head70%(52)div 63%
  • Body19%(14)div 21%
  • Legs11%(8)div 16%
Zahabi
  • Head86%(77)div 63%
  • Body12%(11)div 21%
  • Legs2%(2)div 16%

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

Vince Morales
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Aiemann Zahabi
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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