Jan Blachowicz
29-11-1
VS
2026-08-01
UFC Fight Night: Medic vs. Rodriguez
Light Heavyweight
Navajo Stirling
8-0-0
CATBOOST PREDICTION
Navajo Stirling
70.1% CONFIDENCE
How It Ends
43%
Decision
47%
KO / TKO
10%
Submission
Decision43.2%
KO / TKO47.1%
Submission9.7%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 144.1%
Round 236.2%
Round 3+19.7%
A separate model trained only on how fights end (not who wins) — 57% estimated chance this fight is finished rather than going to a decision.
Why CatBoost leans this way
Jan Blachowicz
Navajo Stirling
Age edge (significant gap)
Matchup
19%
Net striking dominance
Matchup
18%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup
10%
Age
Jan Blachowicz
7%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Navajo Stirling
7%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup
4%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Jan Blachowicz
4%
Avg takedowns attempted
Navajo Stirling
3%
Age
Navajo Stirling
3%
Avg takedowns attempted
Jan Blachowicz
2%
Fights per year
Jan Blachowicz
2%
Past prime
Jan Blachowicz
2%
Strikes absorbed/min
Jan Blachowicz
2%
Total career fights (incl. non-UFC)
Navajo Stirling
1%
← pushes toward Jan Blachowicz pushes toward Navajo Stirling →
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.

Jan Blachowicz

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L KO
D DEC
L DEC
L DEC
D DEC
Height: 188 cm
Weight: 205 lbs
Reach: 198 cm
Stance: Orthodox

Navajo Stirling

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W KO
W KO
W KO
W DEC
W DEC
Height: 193 cm
Weight: 205 lbs
Reach: 201 cm
Stance: Orthodox