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Brett Johns
Brett Johns
13-0 · GBR
VS
Albert Morales
Albert Morales
7-1-1 · USA
July 16, 2017 · Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Brett Johns def. Albert Morales by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Johns22/361/104:07
Morales13/290/000:00
R2
Johns19/291/303:39
Morales9/410/000:00
R3
Johns15/391/103:48
Morales6/450/000:00
Total
Johns56/1043/5011:34
Morales28/1150/000:00

Scorecards

Johns vs Morales

RdBen CartlidgeMaciej MotylewskiPaul SutherlandCommunity
R110-910-910-810-8.8
R210-910-910-910-8.9
R310-910-910-810-8.8
Total30-2730-2730-2530-26.5

Media (13 cards) · avg 3026.5 · 13 Johns · 0 Morales

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Johns-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
JohnsWin probabilityMorales
60.8%39.2%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
19%
Decision
52%
Expected fight time: 10.5 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Johns61%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%26%
Submission11%19%
Decision34%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 56
Takedowns2.3 (0.05.2)act 3
Morales39%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%33%
Submission8%19%
Decision18%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1945)act 28
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.8)act 0
Combined totals~74 sig strikes~2.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R214%
R38%
Distance52%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Johns
54.9%-126
Morales
+12643.6%
Most takedownstie 18.0%
Johns
76.8%-1464
Morales
+14645.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Johns
Expected: 39.2
39
Over 39
42.1%
+134
Exactly 39
1.7%
push
Under 39
56.2%
-134
05099
Morales
Expected: 34.7
34.5
Over 34.5
42.9%
+133
Under 34.5
57.1%
-133
04487
Takedowns — over/under
Johns
Expected: 2.3
2.5
Over 2.5
45.0%
+122
Under 2.5
55.0%
-122
047
Morales
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.9%
Exactly 0
83.1%
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 10.5 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
Johns60.8%75.2%−14.4-350
Morales39.2%24.8%+14.4+290

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
70.4Striking61.5
Johns +8.9
50.0Grappling40.1
Johns +9.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
JohnsMorales
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1559
Pound-for-pound
1528
1559
Divisional
1528
1501
Striking offense
1500
1496
Striking defense
1496
1507
Grappling offense
1489
1505
Grappling defense
1516
Physical
25 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'9"
71"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.27
Strikes landed / min
4.18
61%
Strike accuracy
35%
3.53
Strikes absorbed / min
4.04
59%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
11.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.82
73%
Takedown accuracy
33%
Takedown defense
75%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
33%
0%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
239
Days since last fight
134
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brett Johns
  • WKwan Ho KwakU-DEC R3
    Close -2208mo before
Albert Morales
  • WAndre SoukhamthathS-DEC R3
    Close -1504mo before
  • LThomas AlmeidaKO/TKO R2
    Close +2508mo before
  • DAlejandro PerezM-DEC R3
    !Close -11010mo before
Johns — win / loss by method
Record: 13-0-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
15% of wins
L
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
31% of wins
L
Decision
7 wins, 0 losses
W
54% of wins
L
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (100%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (17%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (33%)Submission() 0
6 (50%)Decision() 0
Morales — win / loss by method
Record: 7-1-1

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
100% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
43% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Johns
Morales
1
UFC fights
3
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
36.6 min · 12.2 avg
14y 1m
Career length
11y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Johns
Morales
9W–0L · 100.0%
Overall
32W–4L · 88.9%
9W–0L · 100.0%
Wins
11W–3L · 78.6%
0W–0L
Losses
21W–1L · 95.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Johns
Morales
68W–40L · 63.0%
Overall
18W–6L · 75.0%
68W–40L · 63.0%
Wins
18W–6L · 75.0%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Johns
Morales
5.79
Landed / min
5.21
50.9%
Accuracy
34.0%
62.1%
Defense
61.4%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
31.1%
Time at distance
73.4%
Grappling & control
Johns
Morales
11.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.82
73.3%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
Takedown defense
75.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
98.5%
Control share
62.0%
Strike target map
Johns
  • Head92%(45)div 63%
  • Body6%(3)div 21%
  • Legs2%(1)div 16%
Morales
  • Head54%(82)div 63%
  • Body7%(11)div 21%
  • Legs39%(60)div 16%

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

Brett Johns
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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.