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UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Erceg
Brandon Moreno
Brandon Moreno
22-8-2 · MEX
VS
Steve Erceg
Steve Erceg
12-3 · AUS
March 29, 2025 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Flyweight · 5 rounds · Main event
125.0lb
Weigh-in
125.0lb
Brandon Moreno def. Steve Erceg by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Moreno21/400/000:00
Erceg25/680/000:00
R2
Moreno21/460/100:00
Erceg27/480/000:00
R3
Moreno10/240/000:00
Erceg20/500/000:00
R4
Moreno19/350/300:27
Erceg25/570/000:00
R5
Moreno18/311/100:58
Erceg19/560/000:00
Total
Moreno89/1761/501:25
Erceg116/2790/000:00

Scorecards

Moreno vs Erceg

RdChris LeeMichael BellSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-99.4-9.6
R39-109-109-109.2-9.8
R410-910-910-99.9-9.1
R510-910-910-99.9-9.1
Total49-4649-4649-4648.4-46.6

Media (16 cards) · avg 48.846.3 · 16 Moreno · 0 Erceg

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

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 probabilityErceg
64.4%35.6%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
16%
Decision
49%
Expected fight time: 17.4 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Moreno64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%36%19%
Submission11%17%9%
Decision30%47%38%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes88 (37119)act 89
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.6)act 1
Erceg36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO12%34%6%
Submission5%13%4%
Decision19%53%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes71 (3097)act 116
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.1)act 0
Combined totals~159 sig strikes~1.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R116%
R214%
R311%
R46%
R54%
Distance49%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.6%
Moreno
56.4%-131
Erceg
+13143.0%
Most takedownstie 30.5%
Moreno
38.1%-122
Erceg
+12231.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Moreno
Expected: 87.8
88
Over 88
39.4%
+152
Exactly 88
0.6%
push
Under 88
60.1%
-152
0110220
Erceg
Expected: 71.2
71
Over 71
39.5%
+151
Exactly 71
0.7%
push
Under 71
59.8%
-151
089178
Takedowns — over/under
Moreno
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
35.5%
+133
Exactly 1
17.3%
push
Under 1
47.2%
-133
035
Erceg
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
30.4%
+174
Exactly 1
16.7%
push
Under 1
52.9%
-174
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 17.4 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
Moreno64.4%68.8%−4.4-257
Erceg35.6%31.2%+4.4+207
By method
Moreno by KO/TKO22.7%19.2%+3.5+339
Moreno by submission10.2%9.4%+0.8+800
Moreno by decision31.5%37.6%−6.1+124
Erceg by KO/TKO12.6%6.2%+6.4+1252
Erceg by submission5.7%4.5%+1.2+1783
Erceg by decision17.4%23.1%−5.7+265
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds83.9%84.1%−0.2-890
Over 2.5 rds70.5%77.6%−7.1-487
Over 3.5 rds59.6%70.5%−10.9-307
Over 4.5 rds53.3%64.8%−11.5-224
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision48.8%62.9%−14.1-205

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
67.3Striking65.1
Moreno +2.2
52.1Grappling40.5
Moreno +11.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MorenoErceg
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1611
Pound-for-pound
1543
1609
Divisional
1543
1527
Striking offense
1502
1515
Striking defense
1493
1503
Grappling offense
1505
1546
Grappling defense
1519
Physical
31 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'8"
70"
Reach
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.99
Strikes landed / min
4.37
44%
Strike accuracy
49%
3.53
Strikes absorbed / min
4.22
61%
Strike defense
53%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.59
Takedowns / 15 min
1.16
46%
Takedown accuracy
26%
64%
Takedown defense
61%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
60%
+1
Win/loss streak
-2
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
60%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
147
Days since last fight
224
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brandon Moreno
  • WAmir AlbaziU-DEC R5
    Close -1805mo before
  • LBrandon RoyvalS-DEC R5
    Close -3221y 1mo before
  • LAlexandre PantojaS-DEC R5
    Close -2001y 9mo before
  • WDeiveson FigueiredoKO/TKO R3
    Close -1352y 2mo before
  • WKai Kara-FranceKO/TKO R3
    Close -2122y 8mo before
Steve Erceg
  • LKai Kara-FranceKO/TKO R1
    Close -2987mo before
  • LAlexandre PantojaU-DEC R5
    Close +15311mo before
  • WMatt SchnellKO/TKO R2
    Close -4741y 1mo before
  • WAlessandro CostaU-DEC R3
    Close -2301y 5mo before
  • WDavid DvorakU-DEC R3
    Close +2361y 10mo before
Moreno — win / loss by method
Record: 22-8-2

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
5 wins, 0 losses
W
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
11 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 8 losses
W
27% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
10win5loss2draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (30%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (30%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (40%)Decision(100%) 5
Non-UFC
12win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (17%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
8 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (17%)Decision(100%) 3
Erceg — 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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
6 (67%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (22%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Moreno
Erceg
17
UFC fights
5
283.5 min · 16.7 avg
Octagon time
64.5 min · 12.9 avg
15y 3m
Career length
10y 5m
UFC schedule strength

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

Moreno
Erceg
266W–60L · 81.6%
Overall
100W–31L · 76.3%
173W–41L · 80.8%
Wins
49W–15L · 76.6%
93W–19L · 83.0%
Losses
51W–16L · 76.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Moreno
Erceg
42W–25L · 62.7%
Overall
47W–29L · 61.8%
40W–22L · 64.5%
Wins
44W–28L · 61.1%
2W–3L · 40.0%
Losses
3W–1L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Moreno
Erceg
5.08
Landed / min
5.70
42.0%
Accuracy
44.8%
63.1%
Defense
57.7%
0.21
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.23
68.3%
Time at distance
64.0%
Grappling & control
Moreno
Erceg
1.59
Takedowns / 15 min
1.16
46.2%
Takedown accuracy
26.3%
64.3%
Takedown defense
60.7%
0.42
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.47
63.9%
Control share
42.6%
Strike target map
Moreno
  • Head75%(851)div 62%
  • Body15%(174)div 22%
  • Legs9%(106)div 16%
Erceg
  • Head67%(188)div 62%
  • Body23%(66)div 22%
  • Legs10%(28)div 16%

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.

Steve Erceg
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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