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Eric Shelton
Eric Shelton
11-5 · USA
VS
Joseph Morales
Joseph Morales
9-1 · USA
November 10, 2018 · Denver, Colorado, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
126.0lb
Weigh-in
125.5lb
Eric Shelton def. Joseph Morales by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Shelton7/243/301:17
Morales7/270/000:07
R2
Shelton6/222/402:40
Morales12/260/000:04
R3
Shelton3/112/302:48
Morales5/141/100:40
Total
Shelton16/577/1006:45
Morales24/671/100:51

Scorecards

Shelton vs Morales

RdBen RamirezChris LeeCurtis ThrasherCommunity
R110-99-109-109.9-9.1
R210-910-99-109.9-9.2
R310-910-99-1010-9
Total30-2729-2827-3029.8-27.3

Media (17 cards) · avg 29.427.6 · 17 Shelton · 0 Morales

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

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
SheltonWin probabilityMorales
42.8%57.2%
KO / TKO
22%
Submission
28%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 11.0 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Shelton43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%20%
Submission11%25%
Decision23%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1842)act 16
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.9)act 7
Morales57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%23%
Submission17%30%
Decision27%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1739)act 24
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.0)act 1
Combined totals~63 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R114%
R227%
R39%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Shelton
52.7%-116
Morales
+11645.6%
Most takedownstie 29.7%
Shelton
35.9%-104
Morales
+10434.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Shelton
Expected: 32.6
32.5
Over 32.5
42.7%
+134
Under 32.5
57.3%
-134
04182
Morales
Expected: 30.2
30
Over 30
41.8%
+134
Exactly 30
2.2%
push
Under 30
56.0%
-134
03876
Takedowns — over/under
Shelton
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
33.7%
+139
Exactly 1
19.6%
push
Under 1
46.7%
-139
035
Morales
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
33.3%
+148
Exactly 1
17.4%
push
Under 1
49.2%
-148
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 11.0 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
Shelton42.8%57.1%−14.3-145
Morales57.2%42.9%+14.3+125

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
74.9Striking56.8
Shelton +18.1
48.0Grappling13.9
Shelton +34.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SheltonMorales
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1493
Pound-for-pound
1528
1493
Divisional
1528
1491
Striking offense
1501
1518
Striking defense
1498
1498
Grappling offense
1496
1495
Grappling defense
1494
Physical
27 yrs
Age
24 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'6"
68"
Reach
69"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
3.17
Strikes landed / min
1.56
47%
Strike accuracy
39%
1.63
Strikes absorbed / min
2.44
66%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.50
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
43%
Takedown accuracy
0%
45%
Takedown defense
0%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.1
Form & résumé
25%
UFC win rate
50%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
25%
Last-5 win rate
50%
0%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
259
Days since last fight
280
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Eric Shelton
  • LAlex PerezU-DEC R3
    opp missedClose -1409mo before
  • WJenel LausaU-DEC R3
    Close -3301y before
  • LJarred BrooksS-DEC R3
    Close +1251y 3mo before
  • LAlexandre PantojaS-DEC R3
    Close -1201y 9mo before
Joseph Morales
  • LDeiveson FigueiredoKO/TKO R2
    Close -1309mo before
  • WRobert SanchezSUB R1
    Close +1001y 3mo before
Shelton — win / loss by method
Record: 11-5-0

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
18% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 5 losses
W
36% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (30%)Decision(100%) 2
Morales — win / loss by method
Record: 9-1-0

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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
22% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (50%)Submission() 0
2 (25%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Shelton
Morales
4
UFC fights
2
60.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
13.5 min · 6.8 avg
13y 0m
Career length
11y 7m
UFC schedule strength

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

Shelton
Morales
54W–9L · 85.7%
Overall
20W–0L · 100.0%
7W–3L · 70.0%
Wins
7W–0L · 100.0%
47W–6L · 88.7%
Losses
13W–0L · 100.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Shelton
Morales
56W–42L · 57.1%
Overall
36W–18L · 66.7%
49W–41L · 54.4%
Wins
36W–18L · 66.7%
7W–1L · 87.5%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Shelton
Morales
3.06
Landed / min
2.06
32.9%
Accuracy
33.3%
70.0%
Defense
60.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.11
51.7%
Time at distance
28.8%
Grappling & control
Shelton
Morales
2.50
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
43.5%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
45.5%
Takedown defense
0.0%
0.25
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.11
44.3%
Control share
10.8%
Strike target map
Shelton
  • Head83%(158)div 62%
  • Body14%(26)div 23%
  • Legs3%(6)div 15%
Morales
  • Head81%(17)div 62%
  • Body10%(2)div 23%
  • Legs10%(2)div 15%

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

Eric Shelton
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Joseph Morales
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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