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UFC Fight Night: Rivera vs. Moraes
Marlon Moraes
Marlon Moraes
20-5-1 · BRA
VS
Jimmie Rivera
Jimmie Rivera
21-1 · USA
June 1, 2018 · Utica, New York, USA
Bantamweight · 5 rounds · Main event
Marlon Moraes def. Jimmie Rivera by KO/TKO (Kick), R1 0:33
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 0:33
Moraes7/90/010:00
Rivera0/30/000:00
Total
Moraes7/90/010:00
Rivera0/30/000:00

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
MoraesWin probabilityRivera
47.3%52.7%
KO / TKO
38%
Submission
5%
Decision
57%
Expected fight time: 18.9 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 Rivera. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Moraes47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%48%
Submission3%7%
Decision21%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes86 (49111)act 7
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Rivera53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%29%
Submission2%3%
Decision36%68%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes99 (57129)act 0
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 0
Combined totals~184 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R111%
R213%
R39%
R46%
R54%
Distance57%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Moraes
42.9%+132
Rivera
-13256.5%
Most takedownstie 52.4%
Moraes
17.3%+176
Rivera
-17630.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Moraes
Expected: 85.6
85.5
Over 85.5
42.6%
+135
Under 85.5
57.4%
-135
0107214
Rivera
Expected: 98.9
99
Over 99
42.1%
+136
Exactly 99
0.7%
push
Under 99
57.3%
-136
0124248
Takedowns — over/under
Moraes
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
22.7%
+340
Under 0.5
77.3%
-340
035
Rivera
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
35.0%
+186
Under 0.5
65.0%
-186
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 18.9 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
Moraes47.3%47.8%−0.5+100
Rivera52.7%52.2%+0.5-120

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
63.2Striking70.0
Rivera +6.8
36.5Grappling46.3
Rivera +9.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MoraesRivera
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1560
Pound-for-pound
1630
1558
Divisional
1630
1505
Striking offense
1506
1526
Striking defense
1509
Grappling offense
Grappling defense
Physical
30 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'4"
67"
Reach
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.09
Strikes landed / min
4.55
33%
Strike accuracy
41%
2.86
Strikes absorbed / min
3.42
64%
Strike defense
64%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.48
Takedowns / 15 min
1.22
25%
Takedown accuracy
33%
60%
Takedown defense
100%
0.5
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
100%
+2
Win/loss streak
+5
67%
Last-5 win rate
100%
50%
Finish rate
20%
Recent opp. quality
174
Days since last fight
314
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Marlon Moraes
  • WAljamain SterlingKO/TKO R1
    Close -1456mo before
  • WJohn DodsonS-DEC R3
    Close +1057mo before
  • LRaphael AssuncaoS-DEC R3
    Close -2601y before
Jimmie Rivera
  • WThomas AlmeidaU-DEC R3
    Close -18510mo before
  • WUrijah FaberU-DEC R3
    Close -1701y 9mo before
  • WIuri AlcantaraU-DEC R3
    Close -1702y 4mo before
  • WPedro MunhozS-DEC R3
    Close +1502y 7mo before
  • WMarcus BrimageKO/TKO R1
    Close -1402y 10mo before
Moraes — win / loss by method
Record: 20-5-1

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
9 wins, 2 losses
W
45% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
25% of wins
L
40% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
30% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
18win4loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (44%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
5 (28%)Submission(50%) 2
5 (28%)Decision(0%) 0
Rivera — win / loss by method
Record: 21-1-0

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, 0 losses
W
19% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
15 wins, 1 loss
W
71% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
5win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
4 (80%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
16win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (19%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
11 (69%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Moraes
Rivera
3
UFC fights
5
31.1 min · 10.4 avg
Octagon time
61.5 min · 12.3 avg
19y 3m
Career length
17y 10m
UFC schedule strength

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

Moraes
Rivera
57W–15L · 79.2%
Overall
105W–21L · 83.3%
33W–10L · 76.7%
Wins
105W–21L · 83.3%
24W–5L · 82.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Moraes
Rivera
244W–65L · 79.0%
Overall
123W–43L · 74.1%
221W–54L · 80.4%
Wins
123W–43L · 74.1%
23W–11L · 67.6%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Moraes
Rivera
3.24
Landed / min
4.62
32.2%
Accuracy
39.3%
64.7%
Defense
65.6%
0.96
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.73
93.2%
Time at distance
88.5%
Grappling & control
Moraes
Rivera
0.48
Takedowns / 15 min
1.22
25.0%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
60.0%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.48
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
74.3%
Control share
90.9%
Strike target map
Moraes
  • Head44%(42)div 63%
  • Body31%(30)div 21%
  • Legs25%(24)div 16%
Rivera
  • Head57%(159)div 63%
  • Body21%(59)div 21%
  • Legs22%(62)div 16%

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

Marlon Moraes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Jimmie Rivera
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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