Billy Elekana
"Son of Susie"
9-2-0
VS
2026-11-07
UFC Fight Night: Bonfim vs. Brady
Light Heavyweight
Lucas Fernando
9-2-0
Thin UFC data
CATBOOST PREDICTION
Lucas Fernando
54.1% CONFIDENCE
Fight Insights
59%
Matchup
Fights where a fighter who has finished their last 2+ opponents end inside the distance 59% of the time (vs 52% of all UFC fights, n=1115)
46%
Division & format
Light Heavyweight fights end in a KO/TKO 46% of the time (vs 33% of all UFC fights, n=717)
38%
Division & format
Light Heavyweight fights end in round 1 38% of the time (vs 27% of all UFC fights, n=717)
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
27%
Decision
52%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
Decision27.4%
KO / TKO52.0%
Submission20.6%
How long it lasts 3-round fight
32%
Goes the distance
fair +213
68%
Ends in a finish
fair -213
Rounds lineOverUnder
0.5 88% -730 12% +730
1.5 49% +104 51% -104
2.5 37% +169 63% -169
When it ends
Round 137%
Round 223%
Round 38%
Goes the distance32%
"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 CatBoost leans this way
Billy Elekana
Lucas Fernando
Net striking dominance
Matchup -0.45
17%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Billy Elekana -0.79
13%
Strikes absorbed/min
Lucas Fernando 1.97
7%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Lucas Fernando +0.23
7%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup -0.03
6%
Avg takedowns attempted
Lucas Fernando 1.89
4%
Total control time conceded
Billy Elekana 79.27
4%
Avg takedowns attempted
Billy Elekana 2.43
4%
Head-strike accuracy edge
Matchup 5%
4%
Striking defense
Lucas Fernando 61%
3%
Age
Billy Elekana 31.4 yrs
3%
Age
Lucas Fernando 29.8 yrs
3%
Strikes absorbed/min
Billy Elekana 3.08
2%
Fights per year
Billy Elekana 3.87
2%
← pushes toward Billy Elekana pushes toward Lucas Fernando →
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.

Billy Elekana

Win Streak
3
Finish Rate
50%
Avg Duration
8.8m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W SUB
W SUB
W DEC
L SUB
Height: 190 cm
Weight: 205 lbs
Reach: 196 cm
Stance: Southpaw

Lucas Fernando

Win Streak
1
Finish Rate
100%
Avg Duration
11.2m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W KO
Height: 190 cm
Weight: 185 lbs
Reach: 203 cm
Stance: N/A
Head-to-Head Stats
Billy Elekana
ADVANTAGE
Lucas Fernando
Striking Accuracy
49.5%
+1.6%
51.1%
Strikes Landed/Min
2.63
+1.13
3.76
Strikes Absorbed/Min
3.08
+1.11
1.97
Striking Defense
50.8%
+9.9%
60.7%
Takedown Accuracy
31.7%
+5.8%
37.5%
Takedown Defense
62.5%
+4.5%
58.0%
Knockdowns/Fight
0.26
+0.40
0.66
Avg Control Time (sec)
78.47
+13.03
65.43
Strikes Per Round
13.84
+3.18
17.02
Head Strike %
65.0%
+4.8%
60.2%
Body Strike %
21.9%
+0.4%
22.3%
Leg Strike %
13.1%
+4.4%
17.5%
Last 5 Win Rate
75.0%
+25.0%
100.0%
Last 5 Finish Rate
50.0%
+50.0%
100.0%