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Wes Schultz
"Party Time"
8-2-0
Thin UFC data
VS
2026-08-22
UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Rodrigues
Middleweight
Jackson McVey
"The Moose"
6-2-0
CATBOOST PREDICTION
Wes Schultz 'Party Time'
56.1% CONFIDENCE
What Every Model Says
XGBoost
64.4% 35.6%
Wes Schultz
LightGBM
63.5% 36.5%
Wes Schultz
Logistic (Core)
48.6% 51.4%
Jackson McVey
CatBoost currently viewing
56.1% 43.9%
Wes Schultz
Ensemble
61.0% 39.0%
Wes Schultz
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How It Ends
35%
Decision
35%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
Decision35.1%
KO / TKO35.3%
Submission29.6%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 155.9%
Round 234.3%
Round 3+9.8%
A separate model trained only on how fights end (not who wins) — 65% estimated chance this fight is finished rather than going to a decision.
Why CatBoost leans this way
Wes Schultz
Jackson McVey
Net striking dominance
Matchup -0.55
16%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Wes Schultz -0.92
9%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup 0.03
8%
Strikes absorbed/min
Wes Schultz 2.06
7%
Elo rating edge
Matchup 21
6%
Age
Jackson McVey 27.4 yrs
6%
Age
Wes Schultz 30.0 yrs
5%
Avg takedowns attempted
Jackson McVey 1.64
4%
Avg takedowns attempted
Wes Schultz 3.34
4%
Head-strike accuracy edge
Matchup -28%
3%
Distance strike defense
Jackson McVey 55%
3%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup +2
2%
Total career fights (incl. non-UFC)
Jackson McVey 8
2%
Sub attempts/fight
Wes Schultz 1.18
2%
← pushes toward Wes Schultz pushes toward Jackson McVey →
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.

Wes Schultz

Win Streak
1
Finish Rate
50%
Avg Duration
7.2m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W SUB
L KO
Height: 188 cm
Weight: 185 lbs
Reach: 196 cm
Stance: Orthodox

Jackson McVey

Win Streak
1
Finish Rate
33%
Avg Duration
4.2m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W SUB
L SUB
L SUB
Height: 193 cm
Weight: 185 lbs
Reach: 196 cm
Stance: Southpaw
Head-to-Head Stats
Wes Schultz
ADVANTAGE
Jackson McVey
Striking Accuracy
45.7%
+8.6%
54.3%
Strikes Landed/Min
1.75
+1.79
3.54
Strikes Absorbed/Min
2.06
+0.42
2.48
Striking Defense
50.7%
+2.3%
48.3%
Takedown Accuracy
22.8%
+12.7%
35.5%
Takedown Defense
54.4%
+4.3%
50.1%
Knockdowns/Fight
0.34
+0.04
0.30
Avg Control Time (sec)
70.17
+13.03
83.20
Strikes Per Round
11.27
+5.03
16.30
Head Strike %
61.2%
+0.6%
61.7%
Body Strike %
23.4%
+3.2%
26.5%
Leg Strike %
15.5%
+3.7%
11.8%
Last 5 Win Rate
50.0%
+16.7%
33.3%
Last 5 Finish Rate
50.0%
+16.7%
33.3%