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Sergio Moraes
Sergio Moraes
12-3-1 · BRA
VS
Tim Means
Tim Means
27-9-1 · USA
February 3, 2018 · Belem, Para, Brazil
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Sergio Moraes def. Tim Means by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Moraes20/510/100:00
Means28/660/001:00
R2
Moraes29/620/000:00
Means43/870/000:00
R3
Moraes38/790/000:00
Means58/1210/010:21
Total
Moraes87/1920/100:00
Means129/2740/011:21

Scorecards

Moraes vs Means

RdMarcos RosalesPhillipe IorioTony WeeksCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R29-1010-910-99.1-9.9
R39-109-109-109-10
Total28-2929-2829-2828-29

Media (14 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 14 Moraes · 0 Means

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

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 probabilityMeans
41.3%58.7%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
5%
Decision
63%
Expected fight time: 11.7 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 Means. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Moraes41%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO7%17%
Submission3%8%
Decision31%75%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2661)act 87
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.8)act 0
Means59%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%43%
Submission2%3%
Decision32%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes67 (3887)act 129
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.3)act 0
Combined totals~114 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R217%
R35%
Distance63%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Moraes
33.1%+199
Means
-19966.0%
Most takedownstie 51.6%
Moraes
40.4%-508
Means
+5088.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Moraes
Expected: 46.7
46.5
Over 46.5
42.8%
+134
Under 46.5
57.2%
-134
059117
Means
Expected: 67.1
67
Over 67
42.1%
+135
Exactly 67
1.0%
push
Under 67
56.9%
-135
084168
Takedowns — over/under
Moraes
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
28.2%
+202
Exactly 1
14.9%
push
Under 1
56.9%
-202
035
Means
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
11.9%
Exactly 0
88.1%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 11.7 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
Moraes41.3%35.3%+6.0+173
Means58.7%64.7%−6.0-205

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
66.6Striking72.7
Means +6.1
45.7Grappling43.6
Moraes +2.1
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MoraesMeans
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1577
Pound-for-pound
1575
1588
Divisional
1576
1487
Striking offense
1509
1505
Striking defense
1520
1486
Grappling offense
1476
1536
Grappling defense
1525
Physical
35 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'2"
72"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.39
Strikes landed / min
4.35
46%
Strike accuracy
45%
2.80
Strikes absorbed / min
2.98
66%
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.13
Takedowns / 15 min
0.72
31%
Takedown accuracy
44%
75%
Takedown defense
63%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
56%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
60%
Last-5 win rate
40%
50%
Finish rate
56%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
77
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sergio Moraes
  • LKamaru UsmanKO/TKO R1
    Close +6505mo before
  • WDavi RamosU-DEC R3
    Close -20011mo before
  • WZak OttowS-DEC R3
    Close -1501y 2mo before
  • DLuan ChagasS-DEC R3
    !Close -4151y 9mo before
  • WOmari AkhmedovKO/TKO R3
    Close +1252y 2mo before
Tim Means
  • LBelal MuhammadS-DEC R3
    Close -2103mo before
  • WAlex GarciaU-DEC R3
    Close -3107mo before
  • LAlex OliveiraSUB R2
    Close -21011mo before
  • WSabah HomasiKO/TKO R2
    Close -4201y 5mo before
  • WJohn HowardKO/TKO R2
    Close -4102y 2mo before
Moraes — win / loss by method
Record: 12-3-1

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
1 win, 2 losses
W
8% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
58% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
6win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (17%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
2 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (50%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
6win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
5 (83%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (17%)Decision(0%) 0
Means — win / loss by method
Record: 27-9-1, 1 NC

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
18 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
11% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 4 losses
W
15% of wins
L
44% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 4 losses
W
19% of wins
L
44% of losses
UFC
9win6loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (44%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (11%)Submission(33%) 2
4 (44%)Decision(67%) 4
Non-UFC
18win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
14 (78%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
3 (17%)Submission(67%) 2
1 (6%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Moraes
Means
9
UFC fights
16
106.5 min · 11.8 avg
Octagon time
166.3 min · 10.4 avg
19y 9m
Career length
22y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Moraes
Means
77W–14L · 84.6%
Overall
216W–68L · 76.1%
63W–11L · 85.1%
Wins
122W–34L · 78.2%
14W–3L · 82.4%
Losses
94W–34L · 73.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Moraes
Means
33W–14L · 70.2%
Overall
155W–100L · 60.8%
23W–9L · 71.9%
Wins
115W–87L · 56.9%
10W–5L · 66.7%
Losses
40W–13L · 75.5%
Distance striking
Moraes
Means
2.71
Landed / min
4.89
43.9%
Accuracy
40.2%
67.4%
Defense
67.2%
0.14
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.54
75.8%
Time at distance
66.8%
Grappling & control
Moraes
Means
1.13
Takedowns / 15 min
0.72
30.8%
Takedown accuracy
44.4%
75.0%
Takedown defense
63.1%
0.42
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.18
78.8%
Control share
30.6%
Strike target map
Moraes
  • Head75%(191)div 63%
  • Body17%(43)div 21%
  • Legs8%(20)div 16%
Means
  • Head61%(445)div 63%
  • Body27%(198)div 21%
  • Legs11%(81)div 16%

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

Sergio Moraes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Tim Means
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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