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Matheus Nicolau
Matheus Nicolau
11-1-1 · BRA
VS
John Moraga
John Moraga
16-4 · USA
July 8, 2016 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Flyweight · 3 rounds
Matheus Nicolau def. John Moraga by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Nicolau12/250/000:00
Moraga11/400/100:00
R2
Nicolau19/350/000:00
Moraga12/360/000:00
R3
Nicolau10/250/100:43
Moraga8/370/100:00
Total
Nicolau41/850/100:43
Moraga31/1130/200:00

Scorecards

Nicolau vs Moraga

RdChris LeeJeff MullenLester GriffinCommunity
R19-109-109-109.7-9.5
R210-910-910-99.8-9.2
R310-99-1010-910-9
Total29-2828-2929-2829.5-27.7

Media (18 cards) · avg 29.427.8 · 17 Nicolau · 0 Moraga · 1 draw

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Nicolau-Moraga.

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
NicolauWin probabilityMoraga
68.8%31.2%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
17%
Decision
57%
Expected fight time: 11.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Nicolau69%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%28%
Submission11%16%
Decision39%56%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes47 (2762)act 41
Takedowns0.9 (0.02.8)act 0
Moraga31%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%19%
Submission7%22%
Decision18%59%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (2354)act 31
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Combined totals~89 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R121%
R28%
R314%
Distance57%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Nicolau
55.4%-128
Moraga
+12843.3%
Most takedownstie 40.3%
Nicolau
44.3%-289
Moraga
+28915.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Nicolau
Expected: 47.3
47.5
Over 47.5
42.2%
+137
Under 47.5
57.8%
-137
060119
Moraga
Expected: 41.5
41.5
Over 41.5
42.5%
+135
Under 41.5
57.5%
-135
052104
Takedowns — over/under
Nicolau
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
32.0%
+151
Exactly 1
19.4%
push
Under 1
48.5%
-151
035
Moraga
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
24.8%
+303
Under 0.5
75.2%
-303
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 11.4 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
Nicolau68.8%43.8%+25.0+120
Moraga31.2%56.2%−25.0-140

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
79.7Striking62.0
Nicolau +17.7
66.7Grappling36.0
Nicolau +30.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NicolauMoraga
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1543
Pound-for-pound
1562
1527
Divisional
1559
1487
Striking offense
1486
1502
Striking defense
1500
1559
Grappling offense
1501
1557
Grappling defense
1501
Physical
23 yrs
Age
32 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'6"
66"
Reach
66"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.42
Strikes landed / min
2.49
60%
Strike accuracy
45%
2.01
Strikes absorbed / min
2.86
66%
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.35
Takedowns / 15 min
0.61
75%
Takedown accuracy
22%
Takedown defense
41%
3.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.9
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
63%
+1
Win/loss streak
-1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
80%
Recent opp. quality
244
Days since last fight
412
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Matheus Nicolau
  • WBruno KoreaSUB R3
    Close -1908mo before
John Moraga
  • LJoseph BenavidezU-DEC R3
    Close +5251y 2mo before
  • WWillie GatesSUB R3
    Close -5701y 7mo before
  • WJustin ScogginsSUB R2
    Close +2301y 10mo before
  • LJohn DodsonKO/TKO R2
    Close +4802y 1mo before
  • WDustin OrtizS-DEC R3
    Close -2102y 6mo before
Nicolau — win / loss by method
Record: 11-1-1

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
36% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
27% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (40%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (30%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (30%)Decision(0%) 0
Moraga — win / loss by method
Record: 16-4-0

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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
13% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
38% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
5win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (20%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
3 (60%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (20%)Decision(33%) 1
Non-UFC
11win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (9%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (45%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (45%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Nicolau
Moraga
1
UFC fights
8
13.4 min · 13.4 avg
Octagon time
98.5 min · 12.3 avg
16y 0m
Career length
16y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Nicolau
Moraga
4W–0L · 100.0%
Overall
101W–24L · 80.8%
4W–0L · 100.0%
Wins
55W–12L · 82.1%
0W–0L
Losses
46W–12L · 79.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Nicolau
Moraga
56W–24L · 70.0%
Overall
25W–15L · 62.5%
44W–23L · 65.7%
Wins
15W–10L · 60.0%
12W–1L · 92.3%
Losses
10W–5L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Nicolau
Moraga
4.96
Landed / min
3.08
58.9%
Accuracy
32.4%
72.6%
Defense
63.8%
2.23
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.15
49.5%
Time at distance
42.5%
Grappling & control
Nicolau
Moraga
3.35
Takedowns / 15 min
0.61
75.0%
Takedown accuracy
22.2%
Takedown defense
41.0%
3.35
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.91
100.0%
Control share
26.5%
Strike target map
Nicolau
  • Head67%(31)div 61%
  • Body17%(8)div 24%
  • Legs15%(7)div 15%
Moraga
  • Head46%(112)div 61%
  • Body32%(78)div 24%
  • Legs22%(55)div 15%

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

Matheus Nicolau
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

John Moraga
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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