The Cage Index@TheCageIndex

CI 100 • September 14, 2026

#29

Michael Morales

Welterweight

CAGE INDEX RATING83.24CIR v2.8

This page reports Michael Morales’s published Cage Index standing for the current snapshot. CIR is a model rating of recorded UFC results, not a fight prediction or an official UFC ranking.

Michael Morales

Ranking résumé

THE NUMBER IN CONTEXT

Current standing, division position and historical highs from the same CIR v2.8 archive used by the Historical Calculator.

Current P4P#29CIR 83.24
Division rank#3Welterweight • 71 qualified
Peak CIR85.33Nov 16, 2025
Career-best P4P#15Nov 16, 2025
CI 100 event weeks136Qualified event-week snapshots
Top-10 event weeks0Qualified event-week snapshots
Gap above0.12 CIR to #28 Natalia Silva
Gap below0.25 CIR over #30 Quillan Salkilld

Latest event impact

WHY THEY MOVED

Noche UFC: Silva vs Delgado • Sep 13, 2026Held at #29CIR 83.26 → 83.25 (-0.01)

Michael Morales did not compete on this card. Across the Sep 11, 2026 → Sep 13, 2026 recalculation, CIR moved 83.26 → 83.25 (-0.01). Any rank movement came from field-wide results, normal time decay and eligibility changes rather than a new bout for Michael Morales.

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Card movement uses CIR v2.8 snapshots at 2026-09-11 and 2026-09-13. A rank can change because the fighter changes, other fighters change, eligibility changes, or evidence ages with time.

Historical CIR

CAREER RATING TIMELINE

Every qualified historical snapshot in the CIR v2.8 archive, from Jul 31, 2022 through Sep 14, 2026.

9081736455Peak CIR 85.33 on Nov 16, 2025Latest CIR 83.24 on Sep 14, 2026202220242026
Peak: 85.33 • Nov 16, 2025Best rank: #15 • Nov 16, 2025Current: 83.24 • #29

This chart is descriptive historical output, not a prediction. Inactivity can lower CIR through time decay even without a new loss.

How to read this number

Opponent-relative fight evidence drives ability; reliability changes the weight of that evidence; recency ages it; and bounded, division-specific championship support combines with ability. Those context displays are not separate additive bonuses.

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