Michael Morales vs Max Griffin — UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Magomedov Result, Stats & Scorecards

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Michael Morales vs Max Griffin

Welterweight · 3 rounds · Card

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Michael MoralesWinner

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UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Magomedov

Saturday, July 1, 2023 · Las Vegas · Nevada

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Result

Michael Morales def. Max Griffin

Unanimous Decision · Round 3 · 5:00 · 3 Rnd (5-5-5)

Referee · Kerry HatleyEric Colon · 28-29Junichiro Kamijo · 28-29Ron McCarthy · 28-29Source · UFC Stats · round stats archived

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Round-by-Round Analysis

Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.

Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00

Michael MoralesRound 3Max Griffin

26 / 54Sig. strikes10 / 38

48%Accuracy26%

27 / 55Total strikes11 / 39

0Knockdowns0

1 / 1Takedowns0 / 4

0Sub. attempts0

0:20Control0:51

5.2Pace / min2.0

28%Control share72%

Michael Morales

Targethead 77% · body 4% · leg 19%

Phasedistance 100% · clinch 0% · ground 0%

Max Griffin

Targethead 100% · body 0% · leg 0%

Phasedistance 100% · clinch 0% · ground 0%

Statistical signals

Output edgeMichael Morales landed 26 significant strikes to 10.Striking edgeMichael Morales struck at 48% accuracy to 26%.

Descriptive only. These compare recorded output; they are not judge scores and do not say who won the round.

What changed from R2

Pace downMichael Morales's significant-strike pace moved -16% from R2 to R3, 5.2 against 6.2 per minute.
Target shiftMichael Morales's head share of landed strikes moved -20 pts, to 77% head with 4% body and 19% leg.
Pace downMax Griffin's significant-strike pace moved -33% from R2 to R3, 2.0 against 3.0 per minute.
Accuracy shiftMax Griffin's significant-strike accuracy moved -13 pts, 26% against 39%.
Target shiftMax Griffin's head share of landed strikes moved +33 pts, to 100% head with 0% body and 0% leg.
Grappling pressureMax Griffin attempted 2 more takedowns than in R2, 4 against 2.

Observed fight vs historical Fight DNA

Compares this fight against each fighter's pre-fight Fight DNA baseline. Shown only where the historical sample supports it.

Michael Morales

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Max Griffin

Insufficient sample. This fighter's Fight DNA as of the event date did not have enough covered rounds to compare against, so no deviation is shown.

Fight summary

72Michael Morales sig. strikes

36Max Griffin sig. strikes

3rounds observed

+107%largest pace swing, R1 to R2 (Michael Morales)