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Featherweight
3 Rounds
Sodiq Yusuff won · U-DEC R3
Elo1486
Elo1374
Sheymon Moraes

Sodiq YusuffvsSheymon MoraesUFC Prediction Result

UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje · Saturday, March 30, 2019Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Official fight result

Sodiq Yusuff won

U-DEC · Round 3 · 5:00

Style matchupSodiq Yusuff: Pressure fightervsSheymon Moraes: Striker

The pressure fighter will force exchanges. The cleaner striker needs lateral movement.

Model Prediction: Sheymon Moraes wins(52.9%)

Actual result: Sodiq Yusuff wins · Model version: ufc_v6_2_pure_lightgbm_20260715_055615

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Sheymon Moraes at +125 American odds

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Scouting Report

Auto-generated signals worth knowing before you read the deep stats below.

  • Sodiq Yusuff enters on a 3-fight losing streak.
  • Sheymon Moraes has 10pp better strike defense — meaningful gap.

Tale of the Tape

Sodiq Yusuff
Red Corner
VS
Sheymon Moraes
Blue Corner
-145
(59%)
Vegas Odds
+125
(44%)
1486
Elo
1374
33
Age
35
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
5'9"
Height
5'8"
180.34 cm
Reach
182.88 cm

Recent Form

Last 5 fights for each fighter — most recent on the right. Hover any result for the matchup.

Sodiq YusuffL3 streak
oldest →
W
vs Alex Caceres · Mar 22
W
SUBvs Don Shainis · Oct 22
L
vs Edson Barboza · Oct 23
L
KOvs Diego Lopes · Apr 24
L
vs Mairon Santos · May 25
latest
Sheymon Moraes
oldest →
L
SUBvs Zabit Magomedsharipov · Nov 17
W
vs Matt Sayles · Aug 18
W
vs Julio Arce · Nov 18
L
KOvs Andre Fili · Jul 19
latest

Output & Defense Comparison

Rate-normalized career statistics. Bold side has the edge per metric.

Sodiq YusuffMetricSheymon Moraes
5.27
Strikes / min
3.00
4.29
Strikes absorbed / min
3.64
53%
Strike defense
63%
0.36
TDs / 15 min
0.00
62%
Takedown defense
53%
0.40
Sub atts / 15 min
0.00
Net striking (SLpM − SApM)
+0.98Δ 1.62 — meaningful gap-0.64

Statistical Profile

Career averages · bigger area = stronger across dimensions

Elo1516 vs 1519Strikes23.0 vs 41.0Takedowns0.0 vs 0.0Sub Atts0.00 vs 0.00Form1.0 vs 0.6
Sodiq YusuffSheymon Moraes

Recent Elo Trajectory

Last 10 fights for each fighter, aligned right (most recent on the right).

14701483149515081520← oldermost recent →
Sodiq Yusuff(10 fights)Sheymon Moraes(5 fights)

Model Feature Differentials

Red − Blue for each engineered feature. Bar leans toward the stronger fighter.Hover a label to see what it measures.

ELO Rating
Red +111.6|Blue -111.6
Recent Form
Red +0.3|Blue -0.3
Striker Score
Red -1.5|Blue +1.5
Grappler Score
Red 0.0|Blue 0.0
EVEN
Layoff
Red -28.0|Blue +28.0
Red Corner advantageBlue Corner advantage

Strike Breakdown

Where the strikes landed. Head accuracy is the single strongest predictor of fight outcomes.

Sodiq YusuffTargetSheymon Moraes

By target zone

32
36% acc · 44%
Head
21
30% acc · 39%
25
71% acc · 34%
Body
26
65% acc · 48%
16
64% acc · 22%
Leg
7
88% acc · 13%

By position

49
43% acc · 67%
Distance
42
41% acc · 78%
15
71% acc · 21%
Clinch
12
75% acc · 22%
9
75% acc · 12%
Ground
0

Round-by-Round Scoring (Model)

Statistical round-winner heuristic based on strikes, takedowns, control time, and knockdowns. Not the official judges' scorecard.

2
Sodiq Yusuff rounds
0
even
1
Sheymon Moraes rounds
Round 1Sodiq Yusuff edged it
Sig. strikes25
Takedowns0
Control1:00
16Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:36Control
Round 2Sheymon Moraes edged it
Sig. strikes17
Takedowns0
Control1:07
20Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:45Control
Round 3Sodiq Yusuff edged it
Sig. strikes31
Takedowns0
Control0:31
Knockdowns1
18Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:00Control
0Knockdowns
Statistical round count agrees with the official result.

Fight Stats

Totals

1
KD
0
73 / 148
Sig Strikes
54 / 118
49.7%
Sig Str %
46%
99 / 177
Total Strikes
58 / 122
0 / 3
TDs
0 / 0
0%
TD %
0
Sub Att
0
0
Rev
0
2:38
Ctrl Time
1:21

Round-by-Round

RoundFighterSig StrTotal StrTDSub
1Sheymon Moraes16 / 3319 / 360 / 00
1Sodiq Yusuff25 / 4028 / 450 / 10
2Sheymon Moraes20 / 4021 / 410 / 00
2Sodiq Yusuff17 / 4029 / 530 / 20
3Sheymon Moraes18 / 4518 / 450 / 00
3Sodiq Yusuff31 / 6842 / 790 / 00

Sodiq Yusuff

StanceOrthodox
Height69.0"
Reach71.0"
Fights10

Sheymon Moraes

StanceOrthodox
Height68.0"
Reach72.0"
Fights5