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Brandon Moreno

Flyweight · REAL v1.0 (registered) #6; v1.1 (shadow) #6

Descriptive profile. The resume rank is what has been earned; these statistics are context, not a prediction. A test on Oct 20, 2026 found that career statistics add nothing reliable to age, layoff and experience as predictors of the next result (experiments/REGISTER.md, EXP-2026-10-20-14).

Weight band 6-6: the 10th to 90th percentile of his position across weight vectors drawn near the 70/30 weights (the position does not depend on the weights). Rating 1,658, deviation 109: measured from 21 UFC bouts; a one-bout newcomer sits near 290.

Age 32 (born 1993-12-07) · Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) · Reach 70 in (178 cm) · Stance Orthodox · 50 days since last bout (2026-09-12) · Last five 3-2 · Streak W1

Why he is ranked here

Rating 1,658 is the division's 6th highest of 49 board fighters; the ledger stands at +5.7 (+6.6 from quality wins, less 1.0 for other losses outside the top 5; losses count for three years); 10 quality wins in 15 years, 10 over top-10 opponents, which makes him entrenched; no form penalty (3-2 last five). Score +0.68 = +0.37 (rating term, 70% weight) +0.31 (ledger term, 30% weight) -0.00 (form penalty); score order put him at #4; the title-cycle rule (a losing title challenger is held at #4 or lower for 270 days, and the fighters behind move up) placed him #6.

TermValueDetail
Score+0.6870% rating term + 30% ledger term - form penalty
Rating term+0.37resume rating 1,658, scaled against the division's interdecile range
Ledger term+0.31quality ledger +5.7: +6.6 QW +0.0 proof -0.0 blowout -1.0 weak
Form penalty0.00last five 3-2
Quality wins, 15 years1010 over top-10 opponents, 10 over top-15; entrenched
Placementscore order #4; title cycle -> #6v1.0 (registered)
Shadow board v1.1#6score +0.58; score order #4; placement rules -> #6

Rules, weights and worked examples: methodology.

Last ten bouts

DateEventOpponentOpp. official rankResultMethodRoundModel p
2026-09-12Noche UFC: Silva vs. DelgadoJoseph MoralesunrankedWsplit decision3 (5:00)59%
2026-02-28UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. KavanaghLone'er KavanaghunrankedLunanimous decision5 (5:00)60%
2025-12-06UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2Tatsuro Taira#5LKO/TKO2 (2:24)49%
2025-03-29UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. ErcegSteve Erceg#8Wunanimous decision5 (5:00)74%
2024-11-02UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. AlbaziAmir Albazi#3Wunanimous decision5 (5:00)59%
2024-02-24UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2Brandon Royval#3Lsplit decision5 (5:00)66%
2023-07-08UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez (title)Alexandre Pantoja#2Lsplit decision5 (5:00)54%
2023-01-21UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill (title)Deiveson FigueiredoCWKO/TKO3 (5:00)52%
2022-07-30UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2 (title)Kai Kara-France#2WKO/TKO3 (4:34)57%
2022-01-22UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane (title)Deiveson Figueiredo#1Lunanimous decision5 (5:00)56%

Opp. official rank = the UFC media-panel rank of the opponent on the date (C champion, #1 to #15, unranked; n/a before Feb 2013 or where no official board existed). Model p = the predictive model's pre-fight win chance for him (frozen performance-adjusted Elo; bouts before 2020 were in its tuning sample). Linked opponents have a profile.

Career statistics

Through 2026-10-31, UFC bouts only. Percentile = share of the 49 board fighters at Flyweight at or below this value; high is a position in the division, not a verdict.

Output
Significant strikes landed per minute3.86(59th percentile at Flyweight)
Significant strike accuracy44%(45th percentile at Flyweight)
Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes0.17(45th percentile at Flyweight)
Share of wins by finish50%(60th percentile at Flyweight)
Defence and damage
Significant strikes absorbed per minute3.69(57th percentile at Flyweight)
Significant strike defence60%(78th percentile at Flyweight)
Knockdowns suffered per 15 minutes0.21(53rd percentile at Flyweight)
Significant strikes absorbed, career1,313(100th percentile at Flyweight)
KO/TKO losses1 (last 2025-12-06, 330 days ago)(84th percentile at Flyweight)
Submission losses0(51st percentile at Flyweight)
KO/TKO losses per bout over 10 years, each weighted down by the finisher's danger0.010(55th percentile at Flyweight)
Grappling
Takedowns landed per 15 minutes1.39(55th percentile at Flyweight)
Takedown defence67%(61st percentile at Flyweight)
Share of cage time in control18%(59th percentile at Flyweight)
Share of significant strikes landed in the clinch or on the ground12%(27th percentile at Flyweight)
Stylemixed (3.4 takedown attempts per 15 min; 18% control)
Career stage
Age32.9(65th percentile at Flyweight)
Age at UFC debut22.8(8th percentile at Flyweight)
Years since UFC debut10.1(96th percentile at Flyweight)
UFC bouts21(98th percentile at Flyweight)
Cage time, minutes356(100th percentile at Flyweight)
Bouts per year, last three years2.0(73rd percentile at Flyweight)
Days since last bout50(24th percentile at Flyweight)

Board position since Oct 2023

C24681020252026Oct 2023Oct 20262023-10-06: #4, Flyweight2023-10-13: #4, Flyweight2023-10-20: #4, Flyweight2023-11-03: #4, Flyweight2023-11-10: #4, Flyweight2023-11-17: #4, Flyweight2023-12-01: #4, Flyweight2023-12-08: #4, Flyweight2023-12-15: #4, Flyweight2024-01-12: #4, Flyweight2024-01-19: #4, Flyweight2024-02-02: #4, Flyweight2024-02-09: #4, Flyweight2024-02-16: #4, Flyweight2024-02-23: #4, Flyweight2024-03-01: #4, Flyweight2024-03-08: #4, Flyweight2024-03-15: #4, Flyweight2024-03-22: #4, Flyweight2024-03-29: #4, Flyweight2024-04-05: #3, Flyweight2024-04-12: #3, Flyweight2024-04-26: #2, Flyweight2024-05-03: #2, Flyweight2024-05-10: #2, Flyweight2024-05-17: #2, Flyweight2024-05-31: #2, Flyweight2024-06-07: #2, Flyweight2024-06-14: #2, Flyweight2024-06-21: #2, Flyweight2024-06-28: #2, Flyweight2024-07-12: #2, Flyweight2024-07-19: #2, Flyweight2024-07-26: #2, Flyweight2024-08-02: #2, Flyweight2024-08-09: #2, Flyweight2024-08-16: #2, Flyweight2024-08-23: #2, Flyweight2024-09-06: #2, Flyweight2024-09-13: #2, Flyweight2024-09-27: #2, Flyweight2024-10-04: #2, Flyweight2024-10-11: #2, Flyweight2024-10-18: #2, Flyweight2024-10-25: #2, Flyweight2024-11-01: #2, Flyweight2024-11-08: #2, Flyweight2024-11-15: #2, Flyweight2024-11-22: #2, Flyweight2024-12-06: #2, Flyweight2024-12-13: #2, Flyweight2025-01-10: #2, Flyweight2025-01-17: #2, Flyweight2025-01-31: #2, Flyweight2025-02-07: #2, Flyweight2025-02-14: #2, Flyweight2025-02-21: #2, Flyweight2025-02-28: #1, Flyweight2025-03-07: #1, Flyweight2025-03-14: #1, Flyweight2025-03-21: #1, Flyweight2025-03-28: #1, Flyweight2025-04-04: #1, Flyweight2025-04-11: #1, Flyweight2025-04-25: #1, Flyweight2025-05-02: #1, Flyweight2025-05-09: #1, Flyweight2025-05-16: #1, Flyweight2025-05-30: #1, Flyweight2025-06-06: #1, Flyweight2025-06-13: #1, Flyweight2025-06-20: #1, Flyweight2025-06-27: #1, Flyweight2025-07-11: #1, Flyweight2025-07-18: #1, Flyweight2025-07-25: #1, Flyweight2025-08-01: #1, Flyweight2025-08-08: #1, Flyweight2025-08-15: #1, Flyweight2025-08-22: #1, Flyweight2025-09-05: #1, Flyweight2025-09-12: #1, Flyweight2025-09-26: #1, Flyweight2025-10-03: #1, Flyweight2025-10-10: #1, Flyweight2025-10-17: #1, Flyweight2025-10-24: #1, Flyweight2025-10-31: #1, Flyweight2025-11-07: #1, Flyweight2025-11-14: #1, Flyweight2025-11-21: #1, Flyweight2025-12-05: #1, Flyweight2025-12-12: #3, Flyweight2026-01-23: #3, Flyweight2026-01-30: #3, Flyweight2026-02-06: #3, Flyweight2026-02-20: #3, Flyweight2026-02-27: #3, Flyweight2026-03-06: #4, Flyweight2026-03-13: #4, Flyweight2026-03-20: #4, Flyweight2026-03-27: #4, Flyweight2026-04-03: #4, Flyweight2026-04-10: #4, Flyweight2026-04-17: #4, Flyweight2026-04-24: #4, Flyweight2026-05-01: #4, Flyweight2026-05-08: #4, Flyweight2026-05-15: #5, Flyweight2026-05-29: #5, Flyweight2026-06-05: #5, Flyweight2026-06-13: #5, Flyweight2026-06-19: #5, Flyweight2026-06-26: #5, Flyweight2026-07-10: #5, Flyweight2026-07-17: #5, Flyweight2026-07-24: #5, Flyweight2026-07-31: #5, Flyweight2026-08-07: #5, Flyweight2026-08-14: #5, Flyweight2026-08-21: #5, Flyweight2026-08-28: #5, Flyweight2026-09-04: #5, Flyweight2026-09-11: #5, Flyweight2026-09-18: #5, Flyweight2026-09-25: #6, Flyweight2026-09-26: #6, Flyweight2026-10-03: #6, Flyweight2026-10-10: #6, Flyweight2026-10-17: #6, Flyweight2026-10-24: #6, Flyweight2026-10-31: #6, Flyweight#6

Position on the registered v1.0 board at each weekly snapshot (C = title holder or reserved, drawn at the top; lower is better).

Predictive rating by bout

1,5001,5501,6001,6501,7001,7502019202120232025Oct 2016Oct 20262016-10-01: 1,609 (W vs Louis Smolka)2016-12-03: 1,627 (W vs Ryan Benoit)2017-04-22: 1,632 (W vs Dustin Ortiz)2017-08-05: 1,596 (L vs Sergio Pettis)2018-05-19: 1,533 (L vs Alexandre Pantoja)2019-09-21: 1,530 (D vs Askar Askarov)2019-12-14: 1,554 (W vs Kai Kara-France)2020-03-14: 1,584 (W vs Jussier Formiga)2020-11-21: 1,622 (W vs Brandon Royval)2020-12-12: 1,639 (D vs Deiveson Figueiredo)2021-06-12: 1,696 (W vs Deiveson Figueiredo)2022-01-22: 1,683 (L vs Deiveson Figueiredo)2022-07-30: 1,688 (W vs Kai Kara-France)2023-01-21: 1,723 (W vs Deiveson Figueiredo)2023-07-08: 1,713 (L vs Alexandre Pantoja)2024-02-24: 1,679 (L vs Brandon Royval)2024-11-02: 1,708 (W vs Amir Albazi)2025-03-29: 1,677 (W vs Steve Erceg)2025-12-06: 1,633 (L vs Tatsuro Taira)2026-02-28: 1,607 (L vs Lone'er Kavanagh)2026-09-12: 1,603 (W vs Joseph Morales)1,603

Rating after each UFC bout from the frozen predictive model (performance-adjusted Elo, data/processed/elo_history.csv; a debut starts at 1,500). The resume rating's history is not stored, so this is the predictive line, which is a different number from the resume rating in the header.

Trajectory

Recent performances run about 50 points behind the rating: fighters this age typically run 21 points behind their rating, and his own recent results put him a further 29 points behind.

ComponentPointsMeaning
Age component-21what fighters aged 32.9 typically run relative to their rating (population curve, all UFC bouts since 2011)
Own recent results-29his recency-weighted mean and trend over 19 bouts, shrunk toward zero; trend -10 points a year
Combined-50the rating's likely distance from his current performance level, in rating points
Readingbehind ratingahead of, in line with (within 30 points), or behind the rating

Performance relative to the rating, by age

-1.0-0.5+0.0+0.5+1.0222324252627282930313233342016-10-01 (age 22.8): W vs Louis Smolka, residual +0.732016-12-03 (age 23.0): W vs Ryan Benoit, residual +0.052017-04-22 (age 23.4): W vs Dustin Ortiz, residual +0.542017-08-05 (age 23.7): L vs Sergio Pettis, residual -0.312018-05-19 (age 24.4): L vs Alexandre Pantoja, residual -0.412019-12-14 (age 26.0): W vs Kai Kara-France, residual +0.162020-03-14 (age 26.3): W vs Jussier Formiga, residual +0.272020-11-21 (age 27.0): W vs Brandon Royval, residual +0.532021-06-12 (age 27.5): W vs Deiveson Figueiredo, residual +0.732022-01-22 (age 28.1): L vs Deiveson Figueiredo, residual +0.072022-07-30 (age 28.6): W vs Kai Kara-France, residual +0.422023-01-21 (age 29.1): W vs Deiveson Figueiredo, residual +0.622023-07-08 (age 29.6): L vs Alexandre Pantoja, residual -0.062024-02-24 (age 30.2): L vs Brandon Royval, residual -0.212024-11-02 (age 30.9): W vs Amir Albazi, residual +0.262025-03-29 (age 31.3): W vs Steve Erceg, residual -0.072025-12-06 (age 32.0): L vs Tatsuro Taira, residual -0.542026-02-28 (age 32.2): L vs Lone'er Kavanagh, residual -0.432026-09-12 (age 32.8): W vs Joseph Morales, residual +0.01-0.07

Each dot is one decided UFC bout at his age then: the performance score minus the rating's expectation, on the score's own scale from -1 to +1 (filled = win, hollow = loss; above zero is better than the rating implied; a finish as a slight favourite is about +0.45). The dashed line is the population curve for all fighters; the solid line is this fighter's own fitted level and trend as of the data date, weighted toward recent bouts. One unit sustained over many bouts corresponds to about 695 rating points; a single bout's residual is noisy.

Held-out evidence (walk-forward 2016 to 2026, EXP-2026-10-21-01): the age curve held in every test year; the individual component is a weak signal (correlation 0.06 with the next bout's residual; among fighters aged 33 or over, the lowest predicted quartile won 38% of next bouts against 53% expected, the highest 48% against 52%) and adds nothing to bout prediction beyond the shadow model. No board uses any of it: the rankings answer who has earned the place, not who wins next (EXP-2026-10-20-09). Method: src/mmalab/decline.py; settings: config/decline.yaml (expectation from the resume rating; one unit of residual is about 695 rating points).

Context flags

Descriptive only. Each line is a population fact about fighters like him, not a forecast for him; the register entries hold the measurements.

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