Dennis Buzukja
"The Great"
12-5-0
VS
2026-08-01
UFC Fight Night: Medic vs. Rodriguez
Featherweight
Bogdan Grad
"The Unleashed"
15-4-0
LOGISTIC (CORE) PREDICTION
Bogdan Grad 'The Unleashed'
50.9% CONFIDENCE
How It Ends
53%
Decision
34%
KO / TKO
13%
Submission
Decision52.8%
KO / TKO33.9%
Submission13.3%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 150.7%
Round 232.1%
Round 3+17.2%
A separate model trained only on how fights end (not who wins) — 47% estimated chance this fight is finished rather than going to a decision.
Why XGBoost leans this way
Dennis Buzukja
Bogdan Grad
Avg takedowns attempted
Bogdan Grad
11%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Dennis Buzukja
10%
Elo rating edge
Matchup
7%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Bogdan Grad
6%
Avg takedowns attempted
Dennis Buzukja
6%
Age
Dennis Buzukja
5%
Net striking dominance
Matchup
4%
Age
Bogdan Grad
4%
Distance strike defense
Dennis Buzukja
4%
Sub attempts/fight
Dennis Buzukja
3%
Round 1 strike output
Bogdan Grad
3%
Body strikes absorbed per min
Bogdan Grad
3%
Fights per year
Dennis Buzukja
3%
Strikes absorbed/min
Dennis Buzukja
3%
← pushes toward Dennis Buzukja pushes toward Bogdan Grad →
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.

Dennis Buzukja

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L SUB
L KO
L DEC
W KO
L KO
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 145 lbs
Reach: 178 cm
Stance: Switch

Bogdan Grad

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W SUB
L KO
L DEC
W KO
Height: 173 cm
Weight: 145 lbs
Reach: 178 cm
Stance: Orthodox