Bolaji Oki
"The Zulu Warrior"
10-3-0
VS
2026-10-24
UFC 333: Volkanovski vs. Evloev
Featherweight
Daniel Santos
"Willycat"
14-2-0
RECENCY-HEAVY · CATBOOST PREDICTION
Bolaji Oki 'The Zulu Warrior'
55.4% CONFIDENCE
Market vs Model STRONG VALUE
Bolaji Oki
Daniel Santos
Opening line
+132
-155
Market says
41%
59%
CatBoost says
55%
45%
Gap vs market
+14
-14
Market Margin says
59%
41%
Edge at that price
+16
-20
Bolaji Oki at +132: Market Margin gives 59% vs 43% needed to break even — a 16-point edge on the underdog.
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
62%
Daniel Santos
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)
Daniel Santos: 14-2-0 record | Bolaji Oki: finished 3 times
44%
Bolaji Oki
Fighters who absorb 4.1+ significant strikes per minute have won 44% of their UFC fights (930-1190)
Bolaji Oki: absorbs 5.2/min
65%
Bolaji Oki
Fighters who are fighting at this weight for the first time in the UFC facing an opponent who is coming off a KO/TKO loss have won 65% of their UFC fights (79-42)
45%
Matchup
Fights where a fighter who lands 4.7+ significant strikes per minute faces an opponent who has been knocked out 2+ times in the UFC end in a KO/TKO 45% of the time (vs 33% of all UFC fights, n=435)
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
55%
Decision
32%
KO / TKO
12%
Submission
Decision55.5%
KO / TKO32.2%
Submission12.3%
How long it lasts 3-round fight
49%
Goes the distance
fair +106
51%
Ends in a finish
fair -106
Rounds lineOverUnder
0.5 90% -936 10% +936
1.5 69% -227 31% +227
2.5 53% -114 47% +114
When it ends
Round 121%
Round 218%
Round 312%
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 CatBoost leans this way
Bolaji Oki
Daniel Santos
Elo rating edge
Matchup -70
19%
Net striking dominance
Matchup +0.40
12%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Daniel Santos +0.75
8%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Bolaji Oki -0.45
7%
Avg takedowns attempted
Daniel Santos 4.94
7%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup 0.04
4%
Age
Bolaji Oki 30.9 yrs
4%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup -3
3%
Striking defense
Bolaji Oki 59%
3%
Distance strike defense
Bolaji Oki 63%
3%
Significant reach edge
Matchup +1.0 cm
3%
Avg takedowns attempted
Bolaji Oki 2.23
3%
Total control time conceded
Daniel Santos 78.62
2%
Strikes absorbed/min
Bolaji Oki 4.60
2%
← pushes toward Bolaji Oki pushes toward Daniel Santos →
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.

Bolaji Oki

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
11.2m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L KO
L KO
W DEC
L SUB
W DEC
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 155 lbs
Reach: 185 cm
Stance: Orthodox

Daniel Santos

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
40%
Avg Duration
10.9m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L KO
W KO
W DEC
W DEC
W KO
Height: 170 cm
Weight: 145 lbs
Reach: 170 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Head-to-Head Stats
Bolaji Oki
ADVANTAGE
Daniel Santos
Striking Accuracy
45.1%
+2.1%
43.0%
Strikes Landed/Min
5.15
+0.57
4.57
Strikes Absorbed/Min
4.60
+0.17
4.43
Striking Defense
59.5%
+7.9%
51.6%
Takedown Accuracy
41.3%
+9.4%
31.9%
Takedown Defense
66.5%
+0.8%
65.7%
Knockdowns/Fight
0.23
+0.05
0.27
Avg Control Time (sec)
69.86
+10.36
80.21
Strikes Per Round
22.81
+1.97
20.83
Head Strike %
64.4%
+1.3%
65.7%
Body Strike %
23.2%
+2.7%
20.6%
Leg Strike %
12.3%
+1.4%
13.7%
Last 5 Win Rate
40.0%
+40.0%
80.0%
Last 5 Finish Rate
0.0%
+40.0%
40.0%