Gable Steveson
3-0-0
VS
2026-09-19
UFC 331: Van vs. Pantoja 2
Heavyweight
Sean Sharaf
"The Smoke"
4-1-0
WITH ODDS · XGBOOST PREDICTION
Gable Steveson
82.0% CONFIDENCE
ACTUAL RESULT — MODEL WAS WRONG
Sean Sharaf 'The Smoke' won
KO/TKO · Round 1 · 0:12
How It Ends
34%
Decision
52%
KO / TKO
14%
Submission
Decision34.0%
KO / TKO52.0%
Submission14.0%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 166.0%
Round 223.3%
Round 3+10.8%
A separate model trained only on how fights end (not who wins) — 66% estimated chance this fight is finished rather than going to a decision.
Why XGBoost leans this way
Gable Steveson
Sean Sharaf
Market latest prob diff
Matchup
53%
Market opening prob diff
Matchup
10%
Net striking dominance
Matchup
5%
Total career fights (incl. non-UFC)
Sean Sharaf
3%
Takedown accuracy
Sean Sharaf
2%
Strikes absorbed/min
Sean Sharaf
2%
Avg takedowns attempted
Gable Steveson
2%
Last 2 avg fight time
Gable Steveson
2%
Age
Gable Steveson
2%
Striking accuracy
Gable Steveson
2%
Age
Sean Sharaf
2%
Age edge (significant gap)
Matchup
1%
Head absorption rate
Sean Sharaf
1%
Last 2 avg fight time
Sean Sharaf
1%
← pushes toward Gable Steveson pushes toward Sean Sharaf →
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.

Gable Steveson

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L KO
W KO
Height: N/A cm
Weight: 249 lbs
Reach: N/A cm
Stance: N/A

Sean Sharaf

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W KO
L KO
L KO
Height: 190 cm
Weight: 252 lbs
Reach: 196 cm
Stance: Orthodox