Kody Steele
7-1-0
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VS
Noah Gugnon
9-2-0
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Market vs Model VALUE
Kody Steele
Noah Gugnon
Opening line
-150
+128
Market says
58%
42%
CatBoost says
60%
40%
Gap vs market
+2
-2
Market Margin says
69%
31%
Edge at that price
+9
-13
Kody Steele at -150:
Market Margin gives 69% vs 60% needed to break even
— a 9-point edge.
The gap uses whichever model you've selected. Value always comes from Market Margin, the one model whose
disagreements with the betting line were backtested (flagged sides returned about +8% for favorites and +18% for
underdogs on flat bets at the opening price across ~2,800 past fights). Other models' disagreements with the market
haven't held up, so they don't get a value flag. It's measured against the opening line — if the price has
moved, the edge will be different.
Fight Insights
63%
Noah Gugnon
Fighters who are 5+ years younger than their opponent have won 63% of their UFC fights (1773-1054)
Noah Gugnon is 26, Kody Steele is 32
Real UFC history since 2006, using each fighter's record, form and stats as they stood
before every past fight. Only patterns that hold up statistically (corrected for
testing many ideas at once) and point the same way in both halves of history are shown —
these describe the past, they are not predictions.
What Every Model Says
Main + Market
58.5%
41.5%
Kody Steele
XGBoost
54.7%
45.3%
Kody Steele
LightGBM
51.7%
48.3%
Kody Steele
Logistic (Core)
41.2%
58.8%
Noah Gugnon
CatBoost
44.6%
55.4%
Noah Gugnon
Ensemble
52.5%
47.5%
Kody Steele
Market Margin · XGBoost
68.8%
31.2%
Kody Steele
Recency-Heavy · CatBoost
44.4%
55.6%
Noah Gugnon
Recency-Heavy · Ensemble
51.7%
48.3%
Kody Steele
Recency-Heavy · LightGBM
54.4%
45.6%
Kody Steele
Recency-Heavy · Logistic (Core)
41.8%
58.2%
Noah Gugnon
Recency-Heavy · XGBoost
50.4%
49.6%
Kody Steele
With Odds · CatBoost
currently viewing
60.2%
39.8%
Kody Steele
With Odds · Ensemble
63.3%
36.7%
Kody Steele
With Odds · LightGBM
62.5%
37.5%
Kody Steele
With Odds · Logistic (Core)
41.2%
58.8%
Noah Gugnon
With Odds · XGBoost
63.6%
36.4%
Kody Steele
Click a model to view the fight through its eyes — probabilities, prediction and explanation update.
How It Ends
46%
Decision
28%
KO / TKO
26%
Submission
How long it lasts 3-round fight
42%
Goes the distance
fair +136
58%
Ends in a finish
fair -136
| Rounds line | Over | Under |
|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | 87% -671 | 13% +671 |
| 1.5 | 58% -138 | 42% +138 |
| 2.5 | 42% +136 | 58% -136 |
When it ends
"Over 1.5" means the fight lasts past the middle of round 2, the way sportsbooks settle it. Fair odds
are the break-even price with no vig, so compare them with a book's line.
On unseen fights this model beat the plain base rate by about 4%
(log loss; 51% of 3-round fights go the distance),
so treat it as a tilt away from the base rate, not a certainty.
Why CatBoost leans this way
Kody Steele
Noah Gugnon
35%
7%
6%
6%
5%
4%
4%
3%
3%
3%
3%
2%
2%
2%
← pushes toward Kody Steele
pushes toward Noah Gugnon →
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.
Kody Steele
Win Streak
1
Finish Rate
50%
Avg Duration
9.5m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W
SUB
L
DEC
Height:
175 cm
Weight:
155 lbs
Reach:
180 cm
Stance:
Orthodox
Noah Gugnon
Win Streak
1
Finish Rate
100%
Avg Duration
1.4m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W
SUB
Height:
N/A cm
Weight:
155 lbs
Reach:
N/A cm
Stance:
N/A
Head-to-Head Stats
Kody Steele
ADVANTAGE
Noah Gugnon
Striking Accuracy
Strikes Landed/Min
Strikes Absorbed/Min
Striking Defense
Takedown Accuracy
Takedown Defense
Knockdowns/Fight
Avg Control Time (sec)
Strikes Per Round
Head Strike %
Body Strike %
Leg Strike %
Last 5 Win Rate
Last 5 Finish Rate