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UFC Fight Night: Saint Preux vs. Okami
Keita Nakamura
Keita Nakamura
32-8-2 · JPN
VS
Alex Morono
Alex Morono
13-3 · USA
September 22, 2017 · Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Keita Nakamura def. Alex Morono by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Nakamura7/170/000:00
Morono8/400/000:00
R2
Nakamura10/320/000:00
Morono15/400/000:00
R3
Nakamura10/372/200:45
Morono15/430/000:00
Total
Nakamura27/862/200:45
Morono38/1230/000:00

Scorecards

Nakamura vs Morono

RdBarry FoleyBen CartlidgeCharlie KeechCommunity
R19-109-109-109.5-9.5
R29-1010-910-99.3-9.7
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total28-2929-2829-2828.7-28.3

Media (11 cards) · avg 29.327.7 · 11 Nakamura · 0 Morono

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Nakamura-Morono.

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
NakamuraWin probabilityMorono
71.8%28.2%
KO / TKO
18%
Submission
3%
Decision
79%
Expected fight time: 13.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Nakamura72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%19%
Submission2%3%
Decision56%78%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes53 (3069)act 27
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 2
Morono28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%17%
Submission0%1%
Decision23%82%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes58 (3376)act 38
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.0)act 0
Combined totals~111 sig strikes~0.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R110%
R29%
R32%
Distance79%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Nakamura
45.2%+119
Morono
-11953.8%
Most takedownstie 53.5%
Nakamura
40.8%-718
Morono
+7185.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Nakamura
Expected: 53.1
53
Over 53
42.0%
+135
Exactly 53
1.3%
push
Under 53
56.7%
-135
067133
Morono
Expected: 58.2
58
Over 58
42.2%
+134
Exactly 58
1.2%
push
Under 58
56.6%
-134
073146
Takedowns — over/under
Nakamura
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
42.9%
+133
Under 0.5
57.1%
-133
035
Morono
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
8.5%
Exactly 0
91.5%
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 13.1 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
Nakamura71.8%50.0%+21.8-110
Morono28.2%50.0%−21.8-110

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
54.2Striking73.8
Morono +19.6
60.7Grappling25.5
Nakamura +35.2
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NakamuraMorono
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1505
Pound-for-pound
1550
1519
Divisional
1550
1488
Striking offense
1503
1503
Striking defense
1506
1520
Grappling offense
1479
1507
Grappling defense
1521
Physical
33 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'11"
73"
Reach
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.22
Strikes landed / min
4.97
36%
Strike accuracy
45%
3.81
Strikes absorbed / min
3.20
56%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.16
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
61%
Takedown accuracy
0%
62%
Takedown defense
75%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
29%
UFC win rate
67%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
67%
100%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
356
Days since last fight
230
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Keita Nakamura
  • LElizeu Zaleski dos SantosU-DEC R3
    Close -1251y before
  • WKyle NokeSUB R2
    Close +1351y 2mo before
  • LTom BreeseU-DEC R3
    Close +7501y 7mo before
  • WLi JingliangSUB R3
    Close +2552y before
  • LRob EmersonS-DEC R3
    Close -2839y 8mo before
Alex Morono
  • WJames MoontasriU-DEC R3
    Close +1159mo before
  • WKyle NokeS-DEC R3
    Close +3101y 9mo before
Nakamura — win / loss by method
Record: 32-8-2, 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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
22% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
16 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
13% of losses
Decision
9 wins, 6 losses
W
28% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
2win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (100%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 5
Non-UFC
30win3loss2draw1NC
WinsLosses
7 (23%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
14 (47%)Submission(33%) 1
9 (30%)Decision(33%) 1
Morono — win / loss by method
Record: 13-3-0, 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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
31% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
23% of wins
L
67% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
5 (45%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (9%)Decision(67%) 2
1 (9%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Nakamura
Morono
7
UFC fights
3
97.3 min · 13.9 avg
Octagon time
40.0 min · 13.3 avg
22y 9m
Career length
15y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Nakamura
Morono
113W–28L · 80.1%
Overall
31W–11L · 73.8%
32W–11L · 74.4%
Wins
31W–11L · 73.8%
81W–17L · 82.7%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Nakamura
Morono
265W–158L · 62.6%
Overall
71W–65L · 52.2%
239W–148L · 61.8%
Wins
59W–62L · 48.8%
26W–10L · 72.2%
Losses
12W–3L · 80.0%
Distance striking
Nakamura
Morono
3.58
Landed / min
5.32
31.6%
Accuracy
43.8%
60.6%
Defense
64.6%
0.46
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.38
45.9%
Time at distance
79.4%
Grappling & control
Nakamura
Morono
2.16
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
60.9%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
62.1%
Takedown defense
75.0%
0.62
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.38
44.2%
Control share
38.0%
Strike target map
Nakamura
  • Head88%(190)div 63%
  • Body9%(20)div 21%
  • Legs3%(6)div 16%
Morono
  • Head75%(150)div 63%
  • Body12%(24)div 21%
  • Legs13%(25)div 16%

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

Keita Nakamura
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Alex Morono
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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