Jake Matthews
"The Celtic Kid"
22-8-0
VS
2026-11-21
UFC Fight Night: Prochazka vs. Stirling
Welterweight
Tahir Abdullayev
"Tank"
19-3-0
Thin UFC data
MAIN + MARKET PREDICTION
Jake Matthews 'The Celtic Kid'
57.7% CONFIDENCE
Fight Insights
62%
Tahir Abdullayev
Fighters who have won 85%+ of 12+ pro fights facing an opponent who has been finished 2+ times in the UFC have won 62% of their UFC fights (471-286)
Tahir Abdullayev: 19-3-0 record | Jake Matthews: finished 5 times
58%
Tahir Abdullayev
Fighters who are coming off a win facing an opponent who has 15+ UFC fights have won 58% of their UFC fights (554-398)
Jake Matthews: 24 UFC fights
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.
How It Ends
52%
Decision
24%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
Decision51.6%
KO / TKO23.9%
Submission24.5%
How long it lasts 3-round fight
61%
Goes the distance
fair -154
39%
Ends in a finish
fair +154
Rounds lineOverUnder
0.5 92% -1185 8% +1185
1.5 73% -272 27% +272
2.5 64% -178 36% +178
When it ends
Round 121%
Round 210%
Round 38%
Goes the distance61%
"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 XGBoost leans this way
Jake Matthews
Tahir Abdullayev
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Tahir Abdullayev -1.47
12%
Elo rating edge
Matchup 51
9%
Net striking dominance
Matchup +0.09
7%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Jake Matthews +0.52
6%
Avg takedowns attempted
Jake Matthews 1.73
6%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup +8
5%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup 0.03
5%
Avg takedowns attempted
Tahir Abdullayev 3.59
4%
Head absorption rate
Tahir Abdullayev 58%
4%
Round 1 strike output
Tahir Abdullayev 11.56
4%
Sub attempts/fight
Jake Matthews 0.57
3%
Head absorption rate
Jake Matthews 60%
3%
Body strikes absorbed per min
Tahir Abdullayev 0.92
3%
Age
Tahir Abdullayev 29.8 yrs
3%
← pushes toward Jake Matthews pushes toward Tahir Abdullayev →
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.

Jake Matthews

Win Streak
1
Finish Rate
20%
Avg Duration
11.9m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W DEC
L SUB
W SUB
W DEC
W DEC
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 170 lbs
Reach: 185 cm
Stance: Orthodox

Tahir Abdullayev

Win Streak
1
Finish Rate
100%
Avg Duration
14.5m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W KO
Height: N/A cm
Weight: 170 lbs
Reach: N/A cm
Stance: Orthodox
Head-to-Head Stats
Jake Matthews
ADVANTAGE
Tahir Abdullayev
Striking Accuracy
44.3%
+0.3%
44.0%
Strikes Landed/Min
3.20
+0.44
2.76
Strikes Absorbed/Min
2.70
+0.00
2.69
Striking Defense
58.5%
+4.5%
54.1%
Takedown Accuracy
39.6%
+3.4%
36.2%
Takedown Defense
66.2%
+1.1%
65.0%
Knockdowns/Fight
0.26
+0.07
0.18
Avg Control Time (sec)
96.05
+5.51
90.53
Strikes Per Round
15.76
+1.39
14.37
Head Strike %
66.2%
+2.0%
64.3%
Body Strike %
21.7%
+0.8%
20.9%
Leg Strike %
12.1%
+2.8%
14.9%
Last 5 Win Rate
80.0%
+20.0%
100.0%
Last 5 Finish Rate
20.0%
+80.0%
100.0%