Joe Pyfer
"Bodybagz"
15-3-0
VS
2026-12-12
UFC 335
Middleweight
Bo Nickal
8-1-0
MAIN + MARKET PREDICTION
Bo Nickal
70.4% CONFIDENCE
Market vs Model
Joe Pyfer
Bo Nickal
Opening line
+208
-250
Market says
31%
69%
Main + Market says
30%
70%
Gap vs market
-2
+2
Market Margin says
27%
73%
Edge at that price
-5
+1
No side clears the 5-point value threshold at the opening line.
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
58%
Bo Nickal
Fighters who absorb under 2.2 significant strikes per minute have won 58% of their UFC fights (1262-912)
Bo Nickal: absorbs 2.0/min
59%
Joe Pyfer
Fighters who are on a 3+ fight win streak and score 0.89+ knockdowns per 15 minutes have won 59% of their UFC fights (277-189)
Joe Pyfer: 4-fight win streak | Joe Pyfer: 1.05 knockdowns/15 min
23%
Market check · Joe Pyfer
Big underdogs (opening line under 33%) have won 23% of their fights — 4 points below the 27% the opening lines implied (n=2630)
Joe Pyfer: opening line implies a 31% chance to win
45%
Matchup
Fights where a fighter who has won their last 2+ fights by KO/TKO end in a KO/TKO 45% of the time (vs 33% of all UFC fights, n=540)
41%
Division & format
Middleweight fights go the distance 41% of the time (vs 48% of all UFC fights, n=1074)
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
41%
Decision
46%
KO / TKO
13%
Submission
Decision40.7%
KO / TKO45.9%
Submission13.4%
How long it lasts 3-round fight
49%
Goes the distance
fair +106
51%
Ends in a finish
fair -106
Rounds lineOverUnder
0.5 93% -1243 7% +1243
1.5 73% -268 27% +268
2.5 55% -123 45% +123
When it ends
Round 120%
Round 218%
Round 314%
Goes the distance49%
"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
Joe Pyfer
Bo Nickal
Net striking dominance
Matchup -0.85
15%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Bo Nickal -0.71
8%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup +9
7%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup -0.07
6%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Joe Pyfer -0.49
6%
Total control time conceded
Bo Nickal 78.26
5%
Elo rating edge
Matchup 29
4%
Head absorption rate
Bo Nickal 57%
4%
Strikes absorbed/min
Bo Nickal 2.02
4%
Avg takedowns attempted
Bo Nickal 2.34
3%
Avg takedowns attempted
Joe Pyfer 3.26
3%
Head absorption rate
Joe Pyfer 58%
3%
Round 1 strike output
Bo Nickal 11.50
3%
Last 2 avg fight time
Bo Nickal 509
3%
← pushes toward Joe Pyfer pushes toward Bo Nickal →
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.

Joe Pyfer

Win Streak
4
Finish Rate
60%
Avg Duration
11.5m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W KO
W SUB
W DEC
W KO
L DEC
Height: 188 cm
Weight: 185 lbs
Reach: 190 cm
Stance: Orthodox

Bo Nickal

Win Streak
2
Finish Rate
60%
Avg Duration
9.5m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W KO
W KO
L KO
W DEC
W SUB
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 185 lbs
Reach: 193 cm
Stance: Southpaw
Head-to-Head Stats
Joe Pyfer
ADVANTAGE
Bo Nickal
Striking Accuracy
45.1%
+8.8%
53.8%
Strikes Landed/Min
2.93
+0.04
2.97
Strikes Absorbed/Min
2.83
+0.81
2.02
Striking Defense
53.2%
+4.1%
57.3%
Takedown Accuracy
29.8%
+15.7%
45.5%
Takedown Defense
64.4%
+10.4%
74.8%
Knockdowns/Fight
0.48
+0.09
0.39
Avg Control Time (sec)
65.44
+25.67
91.11
Strikes Per Round
14.64
+0.13
14.77
Head Strike %
67.7%
+3.2%
64.5%
Body Strike %
20.4%
+0.7%
19.6%
Leg Strike %
11.9%
+4.0%
15.9%
Last 5 Win Rate
80.0%
EVEN
80.0%
Last 5 Finish Rate
60.0%
EVEN
60.0%