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UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues
Elijah Smith
Elijah Smith
7-1 · USA
VS
Vince Morales
Vince Morales
16-8 · USA
February 15, 2025 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
Elijah Smith def. Vince Morales by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Smith19/431/100:17
Morales19/400/000:00
R2
Smith1/51/102:08
Morales4/52/302:02
R3
Smith20/491/200:28
Morales17/410/101:05
Total
Smith40/973/402:53
Morales40/862/403:07

Scorecards

Smith vs Morales

RdJunichiro KamijoMichael BellSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.7-9.3
R29-109-109-109-10
R310-910-910-99.8-9.2
Total29-2829-2829-2828.5-28.5

Media (10 cards) · avg 2928 · 10 Smith · 0 Morales

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Smith-Morales.

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
SmithWin probabilityMorales
69.4%30.6%
KO / TKO
33%
Submission
12%
Decision
55%
Expected fight time: 11.0 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 Smith, blue toward Morales. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Smith69%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%33%12%
Submission7%10%6%
Decision39%57%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2170)act 40
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.7)act 3
Morales31%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%32%7%
Submission5%16%13%
Decision16%52%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (1551)act 40
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.1)act 2
Combined totals~89 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R121%
R215%
R39%
Distance55%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Smith
59.6%-151
Morales
+15139.4%
Most takedownstie 34.8%
Smith
43.2%-197
Morales
+19722.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Smith
Expected: 51.3
51.5
Over 51.5
39.5%
+153
Under 51.5
60.5%
-153
065129
Morales
Expected: 37.4
37.5
Over 37.5
39.6%
+152
Under 37.5
60.4%
-152
04794
Takedowns — over/under
Smith
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
35.9%
+130
Exactly 1
17.4%
push
Under 1
46.6%
-130
035
Morales
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
35.4%
+182
Under 0.5
64.6%
-182
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 11.0 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
Smith69.4%50.9%+18.5-114
Morales30.6%49.1%−18.5-106
By method
Smith by KO/TKO22.8%12.3%+10.5+586
Smith by submission8.3%5.8%+2.5+1351
Smith by decision38.3%35.1%+3.2+139
Morales by KO/TKO10.0%7.0%+3.0+1106
Morales by submission3.7%13.3%−9.6+531
Morales by decision16.9%26.5%−9.6+217
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds78.7%78.3%+0.4-513
Over 2.5 rds64.0%67.6%−3.6-258
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision55.1%63.9%−8.7-215

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
SmithMorales
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1519
Pound-for-pound
1483
1519
Divisional
1492
1500
Striking offense
1492
1500
Striking defense
1497
1500
Grappling offense
1473
1500
Grappling defense
1518
Physical
22 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'7"
71"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
3.75
Strike accuracy
35%
Strikes absorbed / min
4.46
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
0.39
Takedown accuracy
30%
Takedown defense
67%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
33%
Win/loss streak
-3
Last-5 win rate
40%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Elijah Smith
No prior UFC fights.
Vince Morales
  • LTaylor LapilusU-DEC R3
    Close +2885mo before
  • LMiles JohnsU-DEC R3
    Close +1432y 3mo before
  • LJonathan MartinezU-DEC R3
    Close +2072y 9mo before
  • WLouis SmolkaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1353y 2mo before
  • WDrako RodriguezU-DEC R3
    Close -1093y 6mo before
Smith — win / loss by method
Record: 7-1-0

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
57% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(0%) 0
Morales — win / loss by method
Record: 16-8-0

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, 1 loss
W
44% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 2 losses
W
31% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 5 losses
W
25% of wins
L
63% of losses
UFC
3win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(17%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(83%) 5
Non-UFC
13win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (46%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
5 (38%)Submission(100%) 2
2 (15%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Smith
Morales
0
UFC fights
9
Octagon time
116.5 min · 12.9 avg
Career length
11y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Smith
Morales
Overall
114W–30L · 79.2%
Wins
31W–10L · 75.6%
Losses
83W–20L · 80.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Smith
Morales
31W–6L · 83.8%
Overall
120W–47L · 71.9%
25W–4L · 86.2%
Wins
110W–45L · 71.0%
6W–2L · 75.0%
Losses
10W–2L · 83.3%
Distance striking
Smith
Morales
Landed / min
3.91
Accuracy
33.8%
Defense
54.9%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.26
Time at distance
86.5%
Grappling & control
Smith
Morales
Takedowns / 15 min
0.39
Takedown accuracy
30.0%
Takedown defense
66.7%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
Control share
37.3%
Strike target map
Smith
  • Head0%(0)div 62%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.
Morales
  • Head64%(281)div 62%
  • Body26%(115)div 21%
  • Legs9%(41)div 17%

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

Elijah Smith

No UFC fights on record.

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

Vince Morales
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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