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The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale
Brandon Moreno
Brandon Moreno
12-3 · MEX
VS
Ryan Benoit
Ryan Benoit
9-4 · USA
December 3, 2016 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
126.0lb
Weigh-in
125.5lb
Brandon Moreno def. Ryan Benoit by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Moreno17/553/501:39
Benoit7/320/000:00
R2
Moreno14/412/302:07
Benoit6/200/110:16
R3
Moreno23/470/501:05
Benoit10/410/000:00
Total
Moreno54/1435/1304:51
Benoit23/930/110:16

Scorecards

Moreno vs Benoit

RdJeff MullenJunichiro KamijoRick WinterCommunity
R110-910-99-1010-9
R29-109-109-109.8-9.3
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total29-2829-2828-2929.7-27.4

Media (18 cards) · avg 3027 · 18 Moreno · 0 Benoit

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Moreno-Benoit.

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
MorenoWin probabilityBenoit
79.1%20.9%
KO / TKO
38%
Submission
13%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 11.1 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Moreno79%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%34%
Submission12%15%
Decision41%51%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes60 (3478)act 54
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.2)act 5
Benoit21%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%55%
Submission1%3%
Decision9%42%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2455)act 23
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.7)act 0
Combined totals~102 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R215%
R316%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Moreno
65.2%-193
Benoit
+19333.8%
Most takedownstie 37.5%
Moreno
53.7%-610
Benoit
+6108.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Moreno
Expected: 59.8
60
Over 60
41.7%
+137
Exactly 60
1.1%
push
Under 60
57.1%
-137
075150
Benoit
Expected: 42.3
42.5
Over 42.5
42.1%
+137
Under 42.5
57.9%
-137
053106
Takedowns — over/under
Moreno
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
38.2%
+109
Exactly 1
20.3%
push
Under 1
41.5%
-109
035
Benoit
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
16.6%
Exactly 0
83.4%
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 11.1 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
Moreno79.1%63.5%+15.6-190
Benoit20.9%36.5%−15.6+165

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
68.4Striking59.1
Moreno +9.3
75.0Grappling39.0
Moreno +36.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MorenoBenoit
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1537
Pound-for-pound
1516
1537
Divisional
1515
1500
Striking offense
1500
1500
Striking defense
1500
1507
Grappling offense
1512
1497
Grappling defense
1505
Physical
22 yrs
Age
27 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'5"
70"
Reach
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.36
Strikes landed / min
2.32
73%
Strike accuracy
36%
2.94
Strikes absorbed / min
2.97
46%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
6.29
Takedowns / 15 min
0.45
100%
Takedown accuracy
33%
0%
Takedown defense
58%
12.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
50%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
50%
100%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
63
Days since last fight
126
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brandon Moreno
  • WLouis SmolkaSUB R1
    Close +4502mo before
Ryan Benoit
  • WFredy SerranoS-DEC R3
    Close -1054mo before
  • LBen NguyenSUB R1
    Close +1101y 1mo before
  • WSergio PettisKO/TKO R2
    Close +5401y 9mo before
  • LJosh SampoSUB R2
    Close +1053y before
Moreno — 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
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
9 wins, 0 losses
W
75% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 3 losses
W
17% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (9%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (73%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (18%)Decision(100%) 3
Benoit — 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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
78% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 2 losses
W
11% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
11% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 2
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (86%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(100%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Moreno
Benoit
1
UFC fights
4
2.4 min · 2.4 avg
Octagon time
33.7 min · 8.4 avg
15y 3m
Career length
17y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Moreno
Benoit
11W–1L · 91.7%
Overall
38W–8L · 82.6%
11W–1L · 91.7%
Wins
15W–1L · 93.8%
0W–0L
Losses
23W–7L · 76.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Moreno
Benoit
36W–24L · 60.0%
Overall
50W–30L · 62.5%
34W–21L · 61.8%
Wins
32W–23L · 58.2%
2W–3L · 40.0%
Losses
18W–7L · 72.0%
Distance striking
Moreno
Benoit
6.96
Landed / min
3.75
75.0%
Accuracy
31.6%
75.0%
Defense
61.6%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.89
18.1%
Time at distance
44.4%
Grappling & control
Moreno
Benoit
6.29
Takedowns / 15 min
0.45
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
33.3%
0.0%
Takedown defense
57.9%
12.59
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.45
84.3%
Control share
24.0%
Strike target map
Moreno
  • Head88%(7)div 62%
  • Body13%(1)div 24%
  • Legs0%(0)div 15%
Benoit
  • Head72%(56)div 62%
  • Body15%(12)div 24%
  • Legs13%(10)div 15%

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

Brandon Moreno
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Ryan Benoit
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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