Michael Morales Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

W

#2Sean Brady

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R1 · 3:27

UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev · Nov 15, 2025

KO/TKO

R1 · 3:27

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev

Nov 15, 2025

W

#8Gilbert Burns

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R1 · 3:39

UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales · May 17, 2025

KO/TKO

R1 · 3:39

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales

May 17, 2025

W

#12Neil Magny

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Back Control · R1 · 4:39

UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Borralho · Aug 24, 2024

KO/TKO

R1 · 4:39

Punches to Head From Back Control

UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Borralho

Aug 24, 2024

W

Jake Matthews

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Craig · Nov 18, 2023

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Craig

Nov 18, 2023

W

Max Griffin

Welterweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Magomedov · Jul 1, 2023

Decision

R3 · 5:00

Unanimous

UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Magomedov

Jul 1, 2023

W

Adam Fugitt

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R3 · 1:09

UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2 · Jul 30, 2022

KO/TKO

R3 · 1:09

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2

Jul 30, 2022

W

Trevin Giles

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head On Ground · R1 · 4:06

UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane · Jan 22, 2022

KO/TKO

R1 · 4:06

Punches to Head On Ground

UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane

Jan 22, 2022

Dana White's Contender Series

1-0across 1 bout · wins by 1 dec

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Nikolay Veretennikov14-8	Decision	29–28, 29–28, 30–27	R3	5:00	Dana White's Contender Series	Sep 21, 2021

Dana White’s Contender Series — a UFC-adjacent proving ground, shown as its own tier. Excluded from Schedule Score and UFC-scoped metrics.

Outside the UFC

11-0across 11 bouts · 11 promotions · wins by 9 KO · 1 sub · 1 decUWC Mexico 26 · EMMA 17 · EMMA 16 · Barbarians 5 · Barbarians 4 +6

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Miguel Arizmendi8-8	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	4:02	UWC Mexico 26	Apr 30, 2021
W	Ricardo Centeno10-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:15	EMMA 17	Oct 3, 2020
W	Daniel Luigy Bastidas2-4	KO/TKO	Doctor's Stoppage	R1	2:01	EMMA 16	Aug 1, 2020
W	Mario Navarrete3-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:45	Barbarians 5	Feb 12, 2020
W	Gregoris Cisneros5-6	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	1:58	Barbarians 4	Dec 14, 2019
W	Erick Zambrano1-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:55	Pasaje Underground Combat 1	Nov 8, 2019
W	Mathias Salazar0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:40	MTT 2	Sep 6, 2019
W	Oscar Ravello13-3-1	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R2	5:00	FFC 39	Jul 17, 2019
W	Leonardo Blasco26-10	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	TFC 2	Dec 8, 2018
W	Alvaro Vacacela20-11-1	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	5:00	OFC 5	Mar 24, 2018
W	Alvaro Vacacela20-11-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:15	OFC 4	Aug 19, 2017

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

14 wins, 0 losses

W14

L0

Submission

1 win, 0 losses

W1

L0

Decision

4 wins, 0 losses

W4

L0

Finishes

UFC KOs

5

Above avg · 13%Welterweight

Knockdowns / fight

1.00

Above avg · 0.24Welterweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 7%Welterweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.39Welterweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Michael Morales

PowerChin

Knockout rate

63%

5 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

7

2.45 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

0

0.00 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never finished by strikes · Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

2 scorecards on file

Michael Morales

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 0 of 1 round they disagreed on (0%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

0–1

Won – Lost

0% went their way

Unanimous2 decisions · 100%

2W

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallA71st

49%356 / 713

Striking accuracy

53%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+2.42 differential

Landed5.68

Absorbed3.26

71%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+2%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head80%94th286
Body7%44th24
Leg13%70th46

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

77%Standing

Standing77%274
Clinch6%22
Ground17%60

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Michael Morales

Landed per 15

Head

A+

98th

75.3

98th

Body

D

34th

6.3

34th

Leg

A

77th

12.1

77th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

C

56th

27.9

56th

Body

D

34th

11.6

34th

Leg

D

36th

8.7

36th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	75.3	286	618	46%
Body	6.3	24	35	69%
Leg	12.1	46	60	77%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	27.9	106	321	33%
Body	11.6	44	60	73%
Leg	8.7	33	49	67%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Michael Morales

25%

Takedown accuracy

88%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-1.2 min net

On top0.9

On bottom2.1

Offense

Takedowns

D

40th

0.3

40th

TD accuracy

25%

Sub attempts

C

48th

0.0

48th

Control

D

35th

0.9 min

35th

Defense

TD defense

A

84th

88%

84th

Controlled

2.1 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	1 / 4
Submission attempts	0
Control time	3:19

Defense

TDs defended	23 / 26
Control absorbed	7:51

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (57min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Michael Morales

7 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 57 min

160%

R3 pace · 3 bouts

Morales builds (+6% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Morales lifts to 160% of round-1 output by round 3 (3 bouts).

Morales ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Moraleslanded / min

Takedown attempts

Moralesattempts / min

Control time

Morales% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	6.4	6.0	2.5	0.03	9%	7
R2	6.8	6.6	4.3	0.07	1%	3
R3	7.3	6.5	3.8	0.18	4%	3

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Michael Morales

7 resolved UFC bouts · 3 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

77/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

87th

60%

87th

Win quality

A+

100th

100%

100th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

3

1

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Long-tenured vet12+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.60 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	3	3-0	100%
Long-tenured vet	1	1-0	100%
Established	1	1-0	100%
Building	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	1	1-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
W	Sean Brady#2	Top-5	89	Nov 15, 2025
W	Gilbert Burns#8	Top-5	84	May 17, 2025
W	Neil Magny#12	Top-5	74	Aug 24, 2024
W	Jake Matthews	Long-tenured vet	60	Nov 18, 2023
W	Max Griffin	Building	22	Jul 1, 2023
W	Adam Fugitt	Unproven	8	Jul 30, 2022
W	Trevin Giles	Established	30	Jan 22, 2022

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

7 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

1-0

1 bout

Long layoff

> 180 days

5-0

5 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

—

After a win

next bout after a win

6-0

6 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last bout

9 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Michael Morales

Within a year

9 monthssince last bout

vs Sean Brady · Nov 15, 2025

Fight-by-fight odds & scoring

DFSAs favorite 5-0As underdog 1-0

99.50

DK avg

109.70

Median

117.80

Ceiling

64.80

Floor

71%

Boom

0%

Bust

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