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Alex Morono
Alex Morono
12-3 · USA
VS
James Moontasri
James Moontasri
9-4 · USA
December 17, 2016 · Sacramento, California, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Alex Morono def. James Moontasri by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Morono18/390/000:00
Moontasri15/250/000:00
R2
Morono30/560/300:33
Moontasri12/240/000:19
R3
Morono63/910/000:21
Moontasri19/460/000:00
Total
Morono111/1860/300:54
Moontasri46/950/000:19

Scorecards

Morono vs Moontasri

RdDerek ClearyMike GuingonaRon McCarthyCommunity
R1---9-10
R2---10-9
R3---10-8.7
Total29-2829-2829-2829-27.7

Media (16 cards) · avg 28.927.5 · 16 Morono · 0 Moontasri

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

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
MoronoWin probabilityMoontasri
25.6%74.4%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
19%
Decision
48%
Expected fight time: 11.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Morono26%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%30%
Submission5%20%
Decision13%50%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes54 (3171)act 111
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.6)act 0
Moontasri74%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%34%
Submission14%19%
Decision35%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2865)act 46
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 0
Combined totals~104 sig strikes~0.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R122%
R25%
R325%
Distance48%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Morono
53.6%-118
Moontasri
+11845.3%
Most takedownstie 62.7%
Morono
11.4%+226
Moontasri
-22625.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Morono
Expected: 54.3
54.5
Over 54.5
42.3%
+137
Under 54.5
57.7%
-137
068136
Moontasri
Expected: 49.7
49.5
Over 49.5
42.8%
+134
Under 49.5
57.2%
-134
063125
Takedowns — over/under
Morono
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
14.4%
Exactly 0
85.6%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Moontasri
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
28.5%
+251
Under 0.5
71.5%
-251
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 11.2 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
Morono25.6%44.7%−19.1+115
Moontasri74.4%55.3%+19.1-135

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
55.5Striking58.5
Moontasri +3.0
31.0Grappling25.7
Morono +5.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MoronoMoontasri
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1536
Pound-for-pound
1506
1535
Divisional
1517
1499
Striking offense
1497
1501
Striking defense
1522
1495
Grappling offense
1493
1503
Grappling defense
1488
Physical
26 yrs
Age
28 yrs
5'11"
Height
5'10"
72"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
2.87
Strikes landed / min
2.16
34%
Strike accuracy
49%
3.93
Strikes absorbed / min
2.66
56%
Strike defense
41%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0%
67%
Takedown defense
77%
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
40%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
40%
0%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
350
Days since last fight
147
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alex Morono
  • WKyle NokeS-DEC R3
    Close +31011mo before
James Moontasri
  • LAlex OliveiraU-DEC R3
    Close +1805mo before
  • WAnton ZafirKO/TKO R1
    Close -4001y 1mo before
  • LKevin LeeSUB R1
    Close +2851y 5mo before
  • WCody PfisterSUB R2
    Close -2401y 10mo before
  • LJoe EllenbergerS-DEC R3
    Close +1662y 6mo before
Morono — win / loss by method
Record: 12-3-0

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, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
42% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 2 losses
W
17% of wins
L
67% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (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
Moontasri — win / loss by method
Record: 9-4-0

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
44% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
22% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
2win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(33%) 1
0 (0%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (43%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Morono
Moontasri
1
UFC fights
5
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
44.4 min · 8.9 avg
15y 8m
Career length
17y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Morono
Moontasri
22W–7L · 75.9%
Overall
56W–10L · 84.8%
22W–7L · 75.9%
Wins
18W–4L · 81.8%
0W–0L
Losses
38W–6L · 86.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Morono
Moontasri
71W–65L · 52.2%
Overall
34W–23L · 59.6%
59W–62L · 48.8%
Wins
28W–20L · 58.3%
12W–3L · 80.0%
Losses
6W–3L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Morono
Moontasri
3.58
Landed / min
3.96
32.1%
Accuracy
41.3%
58.5%
Defense
67.4%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.68
65.2%
Time at distance
18.8%
Grappling & control
Morono
Moontasri
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
66.7%
Takedown defense
77.4%
1.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.34
25.7%
Control share
27.1%
Strike target map
Morono
  • Head79%(34)div 63%
  • Body14%(6)div 21%
  • Legs7%(3)div 16%
Moontasri
  • Head71%(68)div 63%
  • Body16%(15)div 21%
  • Legs14%(13)div 16%

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

Alex Morono
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

James Moontasri
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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