Brandon Moreno
"The Assassin Baby"
23-8-2
VS
2026-12-12
UFC 335
Flyweight
Charles Johnson
"InnerG"
18-7-0
MAIN + MARKET PREDICTION
Brandon Moreno 'The Assassin Baby'
61.6% CONFIDENCE
Fight Insights
40%
Charles Johnson
Fighters who are 35 or older have won 40% of their UFC fights (961-1432)
Charles Johnson: age 36
58%
Brandon Moreno
Fighters who are coming off a win facing an opponent who has 15+ UFC fights have won 58% of their UFC fights (554-398)
Charles Johnson: 16 UFC fights
24%
Division & format
Flyweight fights end in a KO/TKO 24% of the time (vs 33% of all UFC fights, n=430)
Real UFC history since 2006, using each fighter's record, form and stats as they stood before every past fight. Only patterns that hold up statistically (corrected for testing many ideas at once) and point the same way in both halves of history are shown — these describe the past, they are not predictions.
How It Ends
67%
Decision
23%
KO / TKO
10%
Submission
Decision66.6%
KO / TKO23.4%
Submission10.0%
How long it lasts 3-round fight
69%
Goes the distance
fair -218
31%
Ends in a finish
fair +218
Rounds lineOverUnder
0.5 95% -2019 5% +2019
1.5 81% -436 19% +436
2.5 75% -296 25% +296
When it ends
Round 112%
Round 210%
Round 39%
Goes the distance69%
"Over 1.5" means the fight lasts past the middle of round 2, the way sportsbooks settle it. Fair odds are the break-even price with no vig, so compare them with a book's line. On unseen fights this model beat the plain base rate by about 4% (log loss; 51% of 3-round fights go the distance), so treat it as a tilt away from the base rate, not a certainty.
Why XGBoost leans this way
Brandon Moreno
Charles Johnson
Elo rating edge
Matchup 58
11%
Net striking dominance
Matchup -0.37
10%
Age
Charles Johnson 35.9 yrs
9%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Charles Johnson -1.46
8%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup +8
7%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Brandon Moreno -0.84
6%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup 0.04
4%
Avg takedowns attempted
Brandon Moreno 3.49
4%
Head absorption rate
Charles Johnson 58%
4%
Head absorption rate
Brandon Moreno 69%
3%
Last 2 avg fight time
Brandon Moreno 1200.00
3%
Distance strike defense
Brandon Moreno 62%
3%
Age
Brandon Moreno 33.0 yrs
2%
Strikes absorbed/min
Brandon Moreno 3.84
2%
← pushes toward Brandon Moreno pushes toward Charles Johnson →
Bars show each factor's SHAP contribution to this specific prediction — how much it pushed the win probability toward one fighter, given everything else the model knows. Percentages are each factor's share of the total push across the top 30 factors.

Brandon Moreno

Win Streak
1
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
19.5m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W DEC
L DEC
L KO
W DEC
W DEC
Height: 170 cm
Weight: 125 lbs
Reach: 178 cm
Stance: Orthodox

Charles Johnson

Win Streak
1
Finish Rate
40%
Avg Duration
10.6m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W SUB
L SUB
W DEC
L KO
W KO
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 125 lbs
Reach: 178 cm
Stance: Switch
Head-to-Head Stats
Brandon Moreno
ADVANTAGE
Charles Johnson
Striking Accuracy
45.5%
+2.6%
48.1%
Strikes Landed/Min
3.81
+0.26
4.07
Strikes Absorbed/Min
3.84
+0.11
3.72
Striking Defense
59.6%
+5.0%
54.6%
Takedown Accuracy
35.1%
+14.5%
20.6%
Takedown Defense
69.4%
+2.4%
67.0%
Knockdowns/Fight
0.13
+0.11
0.24
Avg Control Time (sec)
79.20
+31.70
47.50
Strikes Per Round
18.47
+1.06
19.53
Head Strike %
67.8%
+14.2%
53.6%
Body Strike %
19.4%
+6.9%
26.3%
Leg Strike %
12.8%
+7.3%
20.1%
Last 5 Win Rate
60.0%
EVEN
60.0%
Last 5 Finish Rate
0.0%
+40.0%
40.0%