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UFC 227: Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 2
Sheymon Moraes
Sheymon Moraes
9-2 · BRA
VS
Matt Sayles
Matt Sayles
7-1 · USA
August 4, 2018 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
146.0lb
Weigh-in
145.8lb
Sheymon Moraes def. Matt Sayles by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Moraes22/500/100:03
Sayles16/600/100:40
R2
Moraes30/720/000:00
Sayles25/770/200:14
R3
Moraes21/500/300:00
Sayles36/980/000:14
Total
Moraes73/1720/400:03
Sayles77/2350/301:08

Scorecards

Moraes vs Sayles

RdGuilherme BravoRon McCarthySal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-910-9
R39-109-109-109-10
Total29-2829-2829-2829-28

Media (15 cards) · avg 2928.1 · 14 Moraes · 0 Sayles · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Moraes-Sayles.

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
MoraesWin probabilitySayles
37.2%62.8%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
15%
Decision
62%
Expected fight time: 11.9 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Moraes37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%20%
Submission5%14%
Decision25%66%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2355)act 73
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.4)act 0
Sayles63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%25%
Submission10%16%
Decision37%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2354)act 77
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 0
Combined totals~83 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R114%
R214%
R310%
Distance62%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Moraes
49.8%-102
Sayles
+10248.9%
Most takedownstie 40.2%
Moraes
28.4%+111
Sayles
-11131.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Moraes
Expected: 42.0
42
Over 42
41.6%
+136
Exactly 42
1.6%
push
Under 42
56.8%
-136
053105
Sayles
Expected: 41.5
41.5
Over 41.5
42.5%
+135
Under 41.5
57.5%
-135
052104
Takedowns — over/under
Moraes
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
38.6%
+159
Under 0.5
61.4%
-159
035
Sayles
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
41.7%
+140
Under 0.5
58.3%
-140
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 11.9 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
Moraes37.2%43.8%−6.6+120
Sayles62.8%56.2%+6.6-140

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MoraesSayles
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1508
Pound-for-pound
1517
1508
Divisional
1517
1498
Striking offense
1500
1531
Striking defense
1533
1477
Grappling offense
1494
1493
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
27 yrs
Age
24 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'7"
72"
Reach
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
1.24
Strikes landed / min
58%
Strike accuracy
2.34
Strikes absorbed / min
51%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
27%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
0%
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
252
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sheymon Moraes
  • LZabit MagomedsharipovSUB R3
    Close +4008mo before
Matt Sayles
No prior UFC fights.
Moraes — win / loss by method
Record: 9-2-0

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
56% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
44% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (56%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
4 (44%)Decision(0%) 0
Sayles — 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
6 wins, 0 losses
W
86% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
14% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (86%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (14%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Moraes
Sayles
1
UFC fights
0
14.5 min · 14.5 avg
Octagon time
14y 4m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Moraes
Sayles
13W–1L · 92.9%
Overall
0W–0L
Wins
13W–1L · 92.9%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Moraes
Sayles
115W–54L · 68.0%
Overall
37W–10L · 78.7%
101W–50L · 66.9%
Wins
29W–7L · 80.6%
14W–4L · 77.8%
Losses
8W–3L · 72.7%
Distance striking
Moraes
Sayles
3.72
Landed / min
56.7%
Accuracy
62.2%
Defense
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
31.5%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Moraes
Sayles
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
Takedown accuracy
26.7%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.2%
Control share
Strike target map
Moraes
  • Head39%(7)div 65%
  • Body39%(7)div 19%
  • Legs22%(4)div 17%
Sayles
  • Head0%(0)div 65%
  • Body0%(0)div 19%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Sheymon Moraes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Matt Sayles

No UFC fights on record.

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