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James Vick
James Vick
8-0 · USA
VS
April 23, 2016 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
James Vick def. Glaico Franca Moreira by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Vick10/200/000:04
Franca Moreira5/103/403:52
R2
Vick50/830/000:00
Franca Moreira15/481/401:31
R3
Vick34/690/000:32
Franca Moreira19/560/200:05
Total
Vick94/1720/000:36
Franca Moreira39/1144/1005:28

Scorecards

Vick vs Franca Moreira

RdGlenn TrowbridgeSal D'AmatoTony WeeksCommunity
R19-109-1010-99.2-9.8
R210-910-910-910-9.1
R310-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total29-2829-2830-2729.1-28

Media (21 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 21 Vick · 0 Franca Moreira

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Vick-Franca Moreira.

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
VickWin probabilityFranca Moreira
40.1%59.9%
KO / TKO
39%
Submission
18%
Decision
42%
Expected fight time: 9.4 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Vick40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%28%
Submission7%17%
Decision22%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1946)act 94
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Franca Moreira60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO28%47%
Submission12%19%
Decision20%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes34 (1944)act 39
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.0)act 4
Combined totals~69 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R132%
R219%
R37%
Distance42%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
Vick
51.2%-109
Franca Moreira
+10947.2%
Most takedownstie 41.6%
Vick
15.5%+277
Franca Moreira
-27742.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Vick
Expected: 35.2
35
Over 35
41.9%
+134
Exactly 35
1.9%
push
Under 35
56.2%
-134
04488
Franca Moreira
Expected: 33.7
33.5
Over 33.5
42.8%
+133
Under 33.5
57.2%
-133
04385
Takedowns — over/under
Vick
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
23.9%
+318
Under 0.5
76.1%
-318
035
Franca Moreira
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
32.3%
+156
Exactly 1
17.3%
push
Under 1
50.5%
-156
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 9.4 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
Vick40.1%64.3%−24.2-200
Franca Moreira59.9%35.7%+24.2+170

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
63.4Striking64.8
Franca Moreira +1.4
27.1Grappling75.9
Franca Moreira +48.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
VickFranca Moreira
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1576
Pound-for-pound
1543
1577
Divisional
1543
1495
Striking offense
1501
1520
Striking defense
1500
1496
Grappling offense
1507
1501
Grappling defense
1498
Physical
29 yrs
Age
25 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'0"
76"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.54
Strikes landed / min
1.56
33%
Strike accuracy
74%
3.35
Strikes absorbed / min
1.35
65%
Strike defense
38%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
4.06
0%
Takedown accuracy
44%
60%
Takedown defense
82%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
100%
+4
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
100%
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
350
Days since last fight
266
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
James Vick
  • WJake MatthewsSUB R1
    Close +16511mo before
  • WNick HeinU-DEC R3
    Close -2801y 5mo before
  • WValmir LazaroU-DEC R3
    Close -1251y 8mo before
  • WRamsey NijemSUB R1
    Close +1752y 8mo before
Glaico Franca Moreira
  • WFernando BrunoSUB R3
    Close -2109mo before
Vick — win / loss by method
Record: 8-0-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (50%)Submission() 0
2 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (25%)Decision() 0
Franca Moreira — win / loss by method
Record: 15-3-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
47% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 1 loss
W
47% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
7% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (100%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
14win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (43%)Submission(33%) 1
1 (7%)Decision(67%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Vick
Franca Moreira
4
UFC fights
1
35.9 min · 9.0 avg
Octagon time
14.8 min · 14.8 avg
15y 1m
Career length
14y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Vick
Franca Moreira
39W–6L · 86.7%
Overall
15W–2L · 88.2%
39W–6L · 86.7%
Wins
15W–2L · 88.2%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Vick
Franca Moreira
7W–7L · 50.0%
Overall
12W–20L · 37.5%
7W–7L · 50.0%
Wins
9W–17L · 34.6%
0W–0L
Losses
3W–3L · 50.0%
Distance striking
Vick
Franca Moreira
3.92
Landed / min
7.22
31.2%
Accuracy
68.4%
67.0%
Defense
40.0%
0.42
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
82.5%
Time at distance
12.2%
Grappling & control
Vick
Franca Moreira
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
4.06
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
44.4%
60.0%
Takedown defense
81.8%
0.84
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.02
21.2%
Control share
54.4%
Strike target map
Vick
  • Head69%(88)div 63%
  • Body16%(20)div 20%
  • Legs15%(19)div 17%
Franca Moreira
  • Head26%(6)div 63%
  • Body35%(8)div 20%
  • Legs39%(9)div 17%

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

James Vick
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Glaico Franca Moreira
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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