Vince Morales Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Colby Thicknesse Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates	May 2, 2026
L	Raul Rosas Jr. Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Erceg	Mar 29, 2025
L	Elijah Smith Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues	Feb 15, 2025
L	Taylor Lapilus Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint Denis	Sep 28, 2024
L	Miles Johns Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba	Nov 19, 2022
L	Jonathan Martinez Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira	May 21, 2022
W	Louis Smolka Bantamweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R1	2:02	UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Aldo	Dec 4, 2021
W	Drako Rodriguez Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane	Aug 7, 2021
L	Chris Gutierrez Featherweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Leg At Distance	R2	4:27	UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Burns	May 30, 2020
L	Benito Lopez Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: De Randamie vs. Ladd	Jul 13, 2019
W	Aiemann Zahabi Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy	May 4, 2019
L	Song Yadong Bantamweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2	Nov 24, 2018

Outside the UFC

13-2across 15 bouts · 9 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 5 sub · 2 decFSF · Bellator · United Fight League · Tuff-N-Uff · RIZIN +4

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Hunter Azure13-5	Submission	Peruvian Necktie	R3	4:06	United Fight League	Aug 30, 2024
W	Luis Guerrero13-7	Submission	Brabo Choke	R2	4:09	Tuff-N-Uff	May 24, 2024
W	Yuki Motoya39-14	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	RIZIN	Dec 31, 2023
W	Joseph Penafiel13-11	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:19	FSF	Jul 28, 2023
W	Teruto Ishihara14-15-3	Submission	Anaconda Choke	R3	1:17	XMMA 6	May 3, 2023
W	Justin Williams-Hugo3-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Bellator	Sep 21, 2018
L	Domingo Pilarte8-3	Submission	rear-naked choke	R2	1:52	Dana White's Contender Series	Jul 17, 2018
W	Brandon Hempleman10-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:38	FSF	Jan 19, 2018
W	Rowdy Akers6-5	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	1:58	KOTC	Jun 17, 2017
W	Andrew Cruz10-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	3:07	FSF	Dec 9, 2016
W	Hamilton Ash4-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	2:32	Bellator	May 20, 2016
W	Patrick Trey Smith1-1	KO/TKO	Punches and Knees	R1	4:15	FSF	Feb 13, 2016
L	Josh Wick12-6	Submission	Armbar	R2	3:26	FSF	Sep 11, 2015
W	Jeremie Montgomery3-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:28	SFL 41 / CageSport 36	Jul 11, 2015
W	Joseph Cleveland4-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:51	FSF	May 15, 2015

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

Amateur

2-0across 2 amateur bouts · 1 promotionFSF

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Paul Crawford1-2	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	1:49	FSF	Feb 20, 2015
W	Leon Taylor2-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	0:52	FSF	Aug 15, 2014

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

7 wins, 1 loss

W7

L1

Submission

5 wins, 2 losses

W5

L2

Decision

4 wins, 8 losses

W4

L8

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Below avg · 10%Bantamweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.17

Below avg · 0.24Bantamweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 8%Bantamweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.42

Above avg · 0.37Bantamweight

KO history

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

Vince Morales

PowerChin

Knockout rate

8%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

2

0.55 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

2

0.60 per 100 head

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

Decision behavior

Judging

7 scorecards on file

Vince Morales

Scorecard luck

Even on close calls

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 1 of 2 rounds they disagreed on (50%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–1

Won – Lost

50% went their way

Unanimous7 decisions · 100%

1W6L

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

OverallC43rd

37%542 / 1,477

Striking accuracy

54%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.37 differential

Landed3.54

Absorbed3.91

59%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-9%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head67%61st363
Body25%65th134
Leg8%31st45

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

Sig. strikes by position

90%Standing

Standing90%488
Clinch7%39
Ground3%15

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Vince Morales

Landed per 15

Head

B

62nd

33.7

62nd

Body

B

67th

12.4

67th

Leg

F

23rd

4.2

23rd

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

54th

30.9

54th

Body

C

42nd

11.2

42nd

Leg

F

9th

15.9

9th

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	33.7	363	1,202	30%
Body	12.4	134	210	64%
Leg	4.2	45	65	69%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	30.9	333	989	34%
Body	11.2	121	172	70%
Leg	15.9	171	214	80%

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

Vince Morales

47%

Takedown accuracy

64%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-0.9 min net

On top1.3

On bottom2.2

Offense

Takedowns

C

42nd

0.7

42nd

TD accuracy

B

66th

47%

66th

Sub attempts

B

61st

0.5

61st

Control

D

32nd

1.3 min

32nd

Defense

TD defense

C

54th

64%

54th

Controlled

2.2 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	8 / 17
Submission attempts	5
Control time	13:30

Defense

TDs defended	29 / 45
Control absorbed	23:14

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (161min 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

Vince Morales

12 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 161 min

185%

R3 pace · 10 bouts

Morales builds (+28% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Morales lifts to 185% of round-1 output by round 3 (10 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	3.1	2.8	3.8	0.05	5%	12
R2	3.6	2.9	3.8	0.13	7%	11
R3	5.4	4.5	3.9	0.14	13%	10

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

Vince Morales

12 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

33/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

C

44th

30%

44th

Win quality

D

32nd

34%

32nd

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

3

2

3

1

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
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	1	0-1	0%
Top-15	3	1-2	33%
Cross-div ranked	2	1-1	50%
Established	2	0-2	0%
Building	3	0-3	0%
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
L	Colby Thicknesse	Building	15	May 2, 2026
L	Raul Rosas Jr.	Top-15	49	Mar 29, 2025
L	Elijah Smith	Building	15	Feb 15, 2025
L	Taylor Lapilus	Established	30	Sep 28, 2024
L	Miles Johns	Established	26	Nov 19, 2022
L	Jonathan Martinez	Top-15	55	May 21, 2022
W	Louis Smolka	Cross-div ranked	45	Dec 4, 2021
W	Drako Rodriguez	Unproven	8	Aug 7, 2021
L	Chris Gutierrez	Cross-div ranked	36	May 30, 2020
L	Benito Lopez	Building	15	Jul 13, 2019
W	Aiemann Zahabi	Top-15	52	May 4, 2019
L	Song Yadong	Top-5	54	Nov 24, 2018

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

12 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

0-2

2 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

2-2

4 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

1-4

5 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

0-1

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

2-6

8 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

1-2

3 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

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 UFC bout

2 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Vince Morales

Active

2 monthssince last bout

vs Colby Thicknesse · May 2, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 0-1As underdog 2-8

40.6

DK avg

37.1

Median

53.6

Ceiling

20.2

Floor

8%

Boom

17%

Bust

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