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Michael Morales

19-0-0
27y·6' 0"·79" reach·Orthodox
0:52
Control / 15m
time on top
+2.42
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
63%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
2
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

Tells

Non-traditional predictors we've tested against the record. Only the ones that fire on this fighter show up here.

The Odometer

Backwards

Crossed into the heaviest third of head strikes eaten for their age in November 2023, 63 head strikes before that night. Never-yet-stopped fighters carrying that kind of mileage took a first KO in 11.0% of fights; the lightest third ran 15.6%.

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Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 1 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 7 recorded bouts, 356 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 80%Body 7%Legs 13%
Position
Distance 77%Clinch 6%Ground 17%
And how often each lands
Head46%
Body69%
Legs77%
Distance45%
Clinch59%
Ground82%

Control, bout by bout

Seconds spent controlling the opponent in each fight, oldest on the left. UFCStats records this per bout and never adds it up; this is what that looks like added up.

26%
Giles
2%
Fugitt
3%
Griffin
1%
Matthews
27%
Magny
5%
Burns
1%
Brady

As the fight goes on

Which measure to show

Significant strikes landed, per minute fought. Every round is measured against round one, except rounds reached by fewer than 3 bouts, which are dimmed and left uncompared.

Landed / minvs R1Bouts
R15.95100%7
R26.60111%3
R36.52109%3

Only fights that reached a round count towards it, so later rounds are a smaller sample.

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min5.68
Strikes absorbed / min3.26
Striking accuracyof everything thrown49%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed53%
Takedowns / 15 min1.04
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land41%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed89%
Sub attempts / 15 min0
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together8.94
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 7 bouts8.1m

Earned Accuracy

How hard the opponents on this record were to hit at distance, and whether they beat it. Distance strikes only, so nobody gets credit for accuracy they picked up hammering someone already flat on the floor.

45.4%
Landed at range
603 thrown over 7 bouts
38.1%
Expected
against these opponents
+7.3pp
Gap
above expected
74.7%
Coverage
from real records
The fine print

Distance strikes only

Nothing thrown in the clinch or on the ground counts. Those land at about 72% and 71%, against 44% at distance, so a blended accuracy mostly measures where a fight happened. Rank the sport that way and its best strikers are all wrestlers.

One pass, not a rating

How much each opponent lets through is taken raw. It isn't adjusted for who they fought, so a fighter whose opponents all had soft schedules comes out looking better here than they are. Running it to convergence is a later job.

Coverage, and who gets ranked

Coverage is how much of the expected number came from the opponents' own records instead of the division average. Under 65% it's mostly the division talking, so the comparison gets hidden. Same for anyone under 5 qualifying bouts, or under 300 distance strikes of their own, which is where an accuracy still moves on a single exchange. Miss any of the three and you'll see what they landed, nothing else, and they stay out of any ranking.

Short records get pulled to the middle

An opponent who hasn't been shot at much gets dragged toward their division's average, and the drag fades as their record fills in. At 60 distance strikes faced, their own record and the division average count for the same.

Bout log

WSean BradyNov 2025KO R10:02 ctrl24 str0 td
Significant strikes
24 of 52 · 46%
Total strikes
24 of 52 · 46%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:02
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:27
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 88%Clinch 0%Ground 13%
This fight on UFCStats
WGilbert BurnsMay 2025KO R10:10 ctrl33 str0 td
Significant strikes
33 of 56 · 59%
Total strikes
35 of 58 · 60%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:10
Knockdowns
2
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:39
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 94%Body 0%Legs 6%
Position
Distance 76%Clinch 6%Ground 18%
This fight on UFCStats
WNeil MagnyAug 2024KO R11:16 ctrl34 str0 td
Significant strikes
34 of 40 · 85%
Total strikes
39 of 45 · 87%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
1:16
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:39
Punches to Head From Back Control
Target
Head 88%Body 0%Legs 12%
Position
Distance 12%Clinch 0%Ground 88%
This fight on UFCStats
WJake MatthewsNov 2023U-DEC0:07 ctrl84 str0 td
Significant strikes
84 of 208 · 40%
Total strikes
84 of 208 · 40%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:07
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 54%Body 14%Legs 32%
Position
Distance 95%Clinch 5%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WMax GriffinJul 2023U-DEC0:27 ctrl72 str1 td
Significant strikes
72 of 164 · 44%
Total strikes
73 of 165 · 44%
Takedowns
1 of 1 · 100%
Control
0:27
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 82%Body 7%Legs 11%
Position
Distance 94%Clinch 6%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WAdam FugittJul 2022KO R30:12 ctrl83 str0 td
Significant strikes
83 of 151 · 55%
Total strikes
89 of 157 · 57%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:12
Knockdowns
2
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 1:09
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 89%Body 8%Legs 2%
Position
Distance 77%Clinch 14%Ground 8%
This fight on UFCStats
WTrevin GilesJan 2022KO R11:05 ctrl26 str0 td
Significant strikes
26 of 42 · 62%
Total strikes
28 of 44 · 64%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
1:05
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
1
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:06
Punches to Head On Ground
Target
Head 88%Body 0%Legs 12%
Position
Distance 46%Clinch 0%Ground 54%
This fight on UFCStats

Numbers from UFCStats. Control time and strike placement are summed from each bout, everything else is as published.