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UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega
Benito Lopez
Benito Lopez
8-0 · USA
VS
Albert Morales
Albert Morales
7-2-1 · USA
December 9, 2017 · Fresno, California, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
135.4lb
Weigh-in
134.0lb
Benito Lopez def. Albert Morales by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Lopez11/260/010:53
Morales15/290/103:02
R2
Lopez34/830/000:00
Morales29/820/000:00
R3
Lopez33/780/000:00
Morales34/870/000:00
Total
Lopez78/1870/010:53
Morales78/1980/103:02

Scorecards

Lopez vs Morales

RdDerek ClearyMarcos RosalesWade VierraCommunity
R110-910-99-109.4-9.6
R210-910-910-99.6-9.4
R39-1010-910-99.2-9.9
Total29-2830-2729-2828.2-28.9

Media (15 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 15 Lopez · 0 Morales

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Lopez-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
LopezWin probabilityMorales
35.5%64.5%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
25%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 10.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Lopez36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%28%
Submission8%22%
Decision18%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (2557)act 78
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Morales64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%24%
Submission17%26%
Decision32%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2354)act 78
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.9)act 0
Combined totals~86 sig strikes~0.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R28%
R39%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Lopez
52.1%-112
Morales
+11246.7%
Most takedownstie 48.6%
Lopez
23.1%+123
Morales
-12328.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lopez
Expected: 44.1
44
Over 44
41.9%
+135
Exactly 44
1.5%
push
Under 44
56.5%
-135
056111
Morales
Expected: 41.6
41.5
Over 41.5
42.7%
+134
Under 41.5
57.3%
-134
053105
Takedowns — over/under
Lopez
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
30.0%
+233
Under 0.5
70.0%
-233
035
Morales
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
35.3%
+183
Under 0.5
64.7%
-183
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 10.1 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
Lopez35.5%53.2%−17.7-125
Morales64.5%46.8%+17.7+105

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
LopezMorales
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1530
Pound-for-pound
1513
1530
Divisional
1513
1500
Striking offense
1502
1500
Striking defense
1495
1500
Grappling offense
1482
1500
Grappling defense
1511
Physical
23 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'9"
73"
Reach
72"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
3.51
Strike accuracy
33%
Strikes absorbed / min
3.95
Strike defense
56%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
0.58
Takedown accuracy
33%
Takedown defense
56%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
33%
Win/loss streak
-1
Last-5 win rate
25%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
146
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Benito Lopez
No prior UFC fights.
Albert Morales
  • LBrett JohnsU-DEC R3
    Close +2905mo before
  • WAndre SoukhamthathS-DEC R3
    Close -1509mo before
  • LThomas AlmeidaKO/TKO R2
    Close +2501y 1mo before
  • DAlejandro PerezM-DEC R3
    !Close -1101y 3mo before
Lopez — win / loss by method
Record: 8-0-0

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
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (25%)Submission() 0
3 (38%)Decision() 0
Morales — win / loss by method
Record: 7-2-1

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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
29% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
1win2loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Lopez
Morales
0
UFC fights
4
Octagon time
51.6 min · 12.9 avg
Career length
11y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lopez
Morales
Overall
45W–4L · 91.8%
Wins
11W–3L · 78.6%
Losses
34W–1L · 97.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lopez
Morales
38W–17L · 69.1%
Overall
18W–6L · 75.0%
38W–17L · 69.1%
Wins
18W–6L · 75.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Lopez
Morales
Landed / min
5.38
Accuracy
31.3%
Defense
61.9%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
Time at distance
58.7%
Grappling & control
Lopez
Morales
Takedowns / 15 min
0.58
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
Takedown defense
55.6%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
Control share
26.9%
Strike target map
Lopez
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.
Morales
  • Head56%(102)div 63%
  • Body7%(13)div 21%
  • Legs36%(66)div 16%

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

Benito Lopez

No UFC fights on record.

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

Albert Morales
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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