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UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Borralho
Michael Morales
Michael Morales
16-0 · ECU
VS
Neil Magny
Neil Magny
29-11 · USA
August 24, 2024 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
170.0lb
Michael Morales def. Neil Magny by KO/TKO (Punches), R1 4:39
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 4:39
Morales34/400/011:16
Magny5/110/202:05
Total
Morales34/400/011:16
Magny5/110/202:05

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
MoralesWin probabilityMagny
72.2%27.8%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
17%
Decision
56%
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 Morales, blue toward Magny. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Morales72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO23%31%29%
Submission12%17%12%
Decision37%52%45%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes46 (1963)act 34
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.2)act 0
Magny28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%16%4%
Submission5%18%3%
Decision19%66%8%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (1858)act 5
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.5)act 0
Combined totals~89 sig strikes~1.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R117%
R223%
R34%
Distance56%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Morales
51.9%-110
Magny
+11047.1%
Most takedownstie 47.3%
Morales
43.9%-499
Magny
+4998.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Morales
Expected: 46.1
46
Over 46
39.4%
+151
Exactly 46
1.1%
push
Under 46
59.6%
-151
058116
Magny
Expected: 42.6
42.5
Over 42.5
39.9%
+151
Under 42.5
60.1%
-151
054107
Takedowns — over/under
Morales
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
30.8%
+171
Exactly 1
16.5%
push
Under 1
52.7%
-171
035
Magny
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
13.7%
Exactly 0
86.3%
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 11.0 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
Morales72.2%86.3%−14.1-908
Magny27.8%13.7%+14.1+598
By method
Morales by KO/TKO19.5%28.6%−9.1+194
Morales by submission12.5%11.6%+0.9+628
Morales by decision40.2%44.8%−4.6-114
Magny by KO/TKO7.5%3.8%+3.7+2141
Magny by submission4.8%3.0%+1.8+2686
Magny by decision15.5%8.3%+7.2+910
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds82.5%73.0%+9.5-362
Over 2.5 rds59.8%61.2%−1.4-188
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision55.7%56.3%−0.6-151

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
73.6Striking67.7
Morales +5.9
38.0Grappling47.8
Magny +9.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MoralesMagny
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1603
Pound-for-pound
1659
1601
Divisional
1651
1510
Striking offense
1521
1503
Striking defense
1526
1516
Grappling offense
1477
1537
Grappling defense
1484
Physical
25 yrs
Age
37 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'3"
79"
Reach
80"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.86
Strikes landed / min
3.47
47%
Strike accuracy
46%
3.65
Strikes absorbed / min
2.42
56%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.33
Takedowns / 15 min
2.17
25%
Takedown accuracy
41%
90%
Takedown defense
54%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
69%
+4
Win/loss streak
+1
100%
Last-5 win rate
60%
50%
Finish rate
36%
Recent opp. quality
280
Days since last fight
217
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Michael Morales
  • WJake MatthewsU-DEC R3
    Close -3369mo before
  • WMax GriffinU-DEC R3
    Close -2501y 2mo before
  • WAdam FugittKO/TKO R3
    Close -6442y 1mo before
  • WTrevin GilesKO/TKO R1
    Close -1102y 7mo before
Neil Magny
  • WMike MalottKO/TKO R3
    Close +2997mo before
  • LIan Machado GarryU-DEC R3
    Close +3801y before
  • WPhil RoweS-DEC R3
    Close -1751y 2mo before
  • LGilbert BurnsSUB R1
    Close +3961y 7mo before
  • WDaniel RodriguezSUB R3
    Close -1171y 10mo before
Morales — win / loss by method
Record: 16-0-0

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
11 wins, 0 losses
W
69% of wins
L
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
2 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
12win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
9 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (8%)Submission() 0
2 (17%)Decision() 0
Magny — win / loss by method
Record: 29-11-0

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
8 wins, 2 losses
W
28% of wins
L
18% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 6 losses
W
14% of wins
L
55% of losses
Decision
17 wins, 3 losses
W
59% of wins
L
27% of losses
UFC
22win10loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (27%)KO/TKO(20%) 2
2 (9%)Submission(50%) 5
14 (64%)Decision(30%) 3
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (29%)Submission(100%) 1
3 (43%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Morales
Magny
4
UFC fights
32
45.3 min · 11.3 avg
Octagon time
407.3 min · 12.7 avg
8y 11m
Career length
16y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Morales
Magny
60W–20L · 75.0%
Overall
528W–133L · 79.9%
60W–20L · 75.0%
Wins
353W–91L · 79.5%
0W–0L
Losses
175W–42L · 80.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Morales
Magny
37W–25L · 59.7%
Overall
19W–5L · 79.2%
37W–25L · 59.7%
Wins
16W–5L · 76.2%
0W–0L
Losses
3W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Morales
Magny
6.18
Landed / min
4.73
44.2%
Accuracy
36.0%
56.8%
Defense
56.4%
0.99
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.07
80.2%
Time at distance
42.4%
Grappling & control
Morales
Magny
0.33
Takedowns / 15 min
2.17
25.0%
Takedown accuracy
41.0%
90.5%
Takedown defense
54.4%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.26
26.0%
Control share
40.4%
Strike target map
Morales
  • Head76%(201)div 63%
  • Body9%(24)div 21%
  • Legs15%(40)div 16%
Magny
  • Head70%(991)div 63%
  • Body19%(271)div 21%
  • Legs11%(151)div 16%

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

Michael Morales
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Neil Magny
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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