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Francisco Prado

Welterweight · REAL v1.0 (registered) #72; v1.1 (shadow) #72

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 72-72: 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 1,494, deviation 147: measured from 7 UFC bouts; a one-bout newcomer sits near 290.

Age 24 (born 2002-06-16) · Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) · Reach 69 in (175 cm) · Stance Orthodox · 22 days since last bout (2026-10-10) · Last five 1-4 · Streak W1

Why he is ranked here

Rating 1,494 is the division's 56th highest of 76 board fighters; the ledger stands at -4.0 (less 2.0 for blowout losses, less 2.0 for other losses outside the top 5; losses count for three years); 0 quality wins in 15 years, 0 over top-10 opponents; form penalty 0.60 for a 1-4 last five. Score -0.92 = -0.17 (rating term, 70% weight) -0.15 (ledger term, 30% weight) -0.60 (form penalty); score order put him at #72.

TermValueDetail
Score-0.9270% rating term + 30% ledger term - form penalty
Rating term-0.17resume rating 1,494, scaled against the division's interdecile range
Ledger term-0.15quality ledger -4.0: +0.0 QW +0.0 proof -2.0 blowout -2.0 weak
Form penalty0.60last five 1-4
Quality wins, 15 years00 over top-10 opponents, 0 over top-15
Placementscore order #72v1.0 (registered)
Shadow board v1.1#72score -0.92; score order #72

Rules, weights and worked examples: methodology.

All 7 UFC bouts

DateEventOpponentOpp. official rankResultMethodRoundModel p
2026-10-10UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. DuncanIsmael BonfimunrankedWKO/TKO1 (4:23)56%
2026-04-11UFC 327: Prochazka vs. UlbergCharles RadtkeunrankedLunanimous decision3 (5:00)41%
2025-07-19UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3Nikolay VeretennikovunrankedLsplit decision3 (5:00)66%
2025-02-08UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2Jake MatthewsunrankedLunanimous decision3 (5:00)33%
2024-02-24UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Royval 2Daniel ZellhuberunrankedLunanimous decision3 (5:00)53%
2023-07-15UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Bueno SilvaOttman AzaitarunrankedWKO/TKO1 (4:05)39%
2023-02-11UFC 284: Makhachev vs. VolkanovskiJamie MullarkeyunrankedLunanimous decision3 (5:00)37%

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 76 board fighters at Welterweight at or below this value; high is a position in the division, not a verdict.

Output
Significant strikes landed per minute3.79(38th percentile at Welterweight)
Significant strike accuracy44%(22nd percentile at Welterweight)
Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes0.18(41st percentile at Welterweight)
Share of wins by finish100%(100th percentile at Welterweight)
Defence and damage
Significant strikes absorbed per minute4.24(71st percentile at Welterweight)
Significant strike defence54%(55th percentile at Welterweight)
Knockdowns suffered per 15 minutes0.00(42nd percentile at Welterweight)
Significant strikes absorbed, career354(63rd percentile at Welterweight)
KO/TKO losses0(37th percentile at Welterweight)
Submission losses0(66th percentile at Welterweight)
KO/TKO losses per bout over 10 years, each weighted down by the finisher's danger0.000(39th percentile at Welterweight)
Grappling
Takedowns landed per 15 minutes1.08(58th percentile at Welterweight)
Takedown defence40%(7th percentile at Welterweight)
Share of cage time in control17%(61st percentile at Welterweight)
Share of significant strikes landed in the clinch or on the ground24%(57th percentile at Welterweight)
Stylemixed (4.1 takedown attempts per 15 min; 17% control)
Career stage
Age24.4(1st percentile at Welterweight)
Age at UFC debut20.7(3rd percentile at Welterweight)
Years since UFC debut3.7(50th percentile at Welterweight)
UFC bouts7(57th percentile at Welterweight)
Cage time, minutes83(62nd percentile at Welterweight)
Bouts per year, last three years1.7(54th percentile at Welterweight)
Days since last bout22(16th percentile at Welterweight)

Board position since Oct 2023

C2040608010020252026Oct 2023Oct 20262023-10-06: #46, Lightweight2023-10-13: #47, Lightweight2023-10-20: #48, Lightweight2023-11-03: #47, Lightweight2023-11-10: #47, Lightweight2023-11-17: #45, Lightweight2023-12-01: #44, Lightweight2023-12-08: #44, Lightweight2023-12-15: #44, Lightweight2024-01-12: #43, Lightweight2024-01-19: #43, Lightweight2024-02-02: #43, Lightweight2024-02-09: #45, Lightweight2024-02-16: #46, Lightweight2024-02-23: #46, Lightweight2024-03-01: #68, Lightweight2024-03-08: #67, Lightweight2024-03-15: #67, Lightweight2024-03-22: #67, Lightweight2024-03-29: #67, Lightweight2024-04-05: #67, Lightweight2024-04-12: #68, Lightweight2024-04-26: #68, Lightweight2024-05-03: #69, Lightweight2024-05-10: #70, Lightweight2024-05-17: #68, Lightweight2024-05-31: #67, Lightweight2024-06-07: #67, Lightweight2024-06-14: #67, Lightweight2024-06-21: #66, Lightweight2024-06-28: #66, Lightweight2024-07-12: #66, Lightweight2024-07-19: #67, Lightweight2024-07-26: #66, Lightweight2024-08-02: #66, Lightweight2024-08-09: #66, Lightweight2024-08-16: #66, Lightweight2024-08-23: #63, Lightweight2024-09-06: #63, Lightweight2024-09-13: #62, Lightweight2024-09-27: #62, Lightweight2024-10-04: #62, Lightweight2024-10-11: #61, Lightweight2024-10-18: #62, Lightweight2024-10-25: #62, Lightweight2024-11-01: #62, Lightweight2024-11-08: #62, Lightweight2024-11-15: #62, Lightweight2024-11-22: #65, Lightweight2024-12-06: #65, Lightweight2024-12-13: #65, Lightweight2025-01-10: #61, Lightweight2025-01-17: #62, Lightweight2025-01-31: #61, Lightweight2025-02-07: #62, Lightweight2025-02-14: #73, Lightweight2025-02-21: #73, Lightweight2025-02-28: #74, Lightweight2025-03-07: #73, Lightweight2025-03-14: #72, Lightweight2025-03-21: #72, Lightweight2025-03-28: #69, Lightweight2025-04-04: #67, Lightweight2025-04-11: #67, Lightweight2025-04-25: #65, Lightweight2025-05-02: #64, Lightweight2025-05-09: #64, Lightweight2025-05-16: #64, Lightweight2025-05-30: #63, Lightweight2025-06-06: #65, Lightweight2025-06-13: #66, Lightweight2025-06-20: #66, Lightweight2025-06-27: #65, Lightweight2025-07-11: #68, Lightweight2025-07-18: #68, Lightweight2025-07-25: #80, Welterweight2025-08-01: #78, Welterweight2025-08-08: #77, Welterweight2025-08-15: #77, Welterweight2025-08-22: #76, Welterweight2025-09-05: #77, Welterweight2025-09-12: #76, Welterweight2025-09-26: #78, Welterweight2025-10-03: #77, Welterweight2025-10-10: #78, Welterweight2025-10-17: #78, Welterweight2025-10-24: #78, Welterweight2025-10-31: #78, Welterweight2025-11-07: #79, Welterweight2025-11-14: #79, Welterweight2025-11-21: #80, Welterweight2025-12-05: #81, Welterweight2025-12-12: #80, Welterweight2026-01-23: #80, Welterweight2026-01-30: #81, Welterweight2026-02-06: #81, Welterweight2026-02-20: #79, Welterweight2026-02-27: #81, Welterweight2026-03-06: #81, Welterweight2026-03-13: #80, Welterweight2026-03-20: #81, Welterweight2026-03-27: #82, Welterweight2026-04-03: #82, Welterweight2026-04-10: #81, Welterweight2026-04-17: #81, Welterweight2026-04-24: #81, Welterweight2026-05-01: #81, Welterweight2026-05-08: #79, Welterweight2026-05-15: #78, Welterweight2026-05-29: #77, Welterweight2026-06-05: #77, Welterweight2026-06-13: #76, Welterweight2026-06-19: #76, Welterweight2026-06-26: #78, Welterweight2026-07-10: #82, Welterweight2026-07-17: #83, Welterweight2026-07-24: #83, Welterweight2026-07-31: #83, Welterweight2026-08-07: #83, Welterweight2026-08-14: #83, Welterweight2026-08-21: #82, Welterweight2026-08-28: #82, Welterweight2026-09-04: #83, Welterweight2026-09-11: #82, Welterweight2026-09-18: #81, Welterweight2026-09-25: #81, Welterweight2026-09-26: #80, Welterweight2026-10-03: #82, Welterweight2026-10-10: #81, Welterweight2026-10-17: #81, Welterweight2026-10-24: #80, Welterweight2026-10-31: #72, Welterweight#72

Position on the registered v1.0 board at each weekly snapshot (C = title holder or reserved, drawn at the top; lower is better). Listed at Lightweight, then Welterweight over this period.

Predictive rating by bout

1,4501,5001,5501,600202420252026Feb 2023Oct 20262023-02-11: 1,465 (L vs Jamie Mullarkey)2023-07-15: 1,580 (W vs Ottman Azaitar)2024-02-24: 1,524 (L vs Daniel Zellhuber)2025-02-08: 1,540 (L vs Jake Matthews)2025-07-19: 1,506 (L vs Nikolay Veretennikov)2026-04-11: 1,505 (L vs Charles Radtke)2026-10-10: 1,549 (W vs Ismael Bonfim)1,549

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 51 points ahead of the rating: fighters this age typically run 51 points ahead of their rating, and his own recent results track that.

ComponentPointsMeaning
Age component+51what fighters aged 24.4 typically run relative to their rating (population curve, all UFC bouts since 2011)
Own recent results-0his recency-weighted mean and trend over 7 bouts, shrunk toward zero; trend +1 points a year
Combined+51the rating's likely distance from his current performance level, in rating points
Readingahead of 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+1.02021222324252023-02-11 (age 20.7): L vs Jamie Mullarkey, residual -0.332023-07-15 (age 21.1): W vs Ottman Azaitar, residual +0.632024-02-24 (age 21.7): L vs Daniel Zellhuber, residual -0.142025-02-08 (age 22.7): L vs Jake Matthews, residual -0.062025-07-19 (age 23.1): L vs Nikolay Veretennikov, residual -0.082026-04-11 (age 23.8): L vs Charles Radtke, residual -0.162026-10-10 (age 24.3): W vs Ismael Bonfim, residual +0.45+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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