Abubakar Vagaev
24-4-0
Thin UFC data
VS
Jacob Malkoun
"Mamba"
8-3-0
Market vs Model VALUE
Abubakar Vagaev
Jacob Malkoun
Opening line
-155
+132
Market says
59%
41%
Ensemble says
35%
65%
Gap vs market
-24
+24
Market Margin says
51%
49%
Edge at that price
-10
+6
Jacob Malkoun at +132:
Market Margin gives 49% vs 43% needed to break even
— a 6-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
56%
Abubakar Vagaev
Fighters who have won 85%+ of 12+ pro fights have won 56% of their UFC fights (1514-1178)
Abubakar Vagaev: 24-4-0 record
57%
Jacob Malkoun
Fighters who average 2.8+ takedowns per 15 minutes have won 57% of their UFC fights (1170-882)
Jacob Malkoun: 5.4 takedowns/15 min
57%
Jacob Malkoun
Fighters who average 3.8+ minutes of control time per fight have won 57% of their UFC fights (1170-886)
Jacob Malkoun: 5.3 min control/fight
63%
Matchup
Fights where a fighter who has gone to a decision in 70%+ of their UFC fights (5+ fights) go the distance 63% of the time (vs 48% of all UFC fights, n=1022)
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.
What Every Model Says
Main + Market
49.1%
50.9%
Jacob Malkoun
XGBoost
36.9%
63.1%
Jacob Malkoun
LightGBM
37.6%
62.4%
Jacob Malkoun
Logistic (Core)
39.8%
60.2%
Jacob Malkoun
CatBoost
35.2%
64.8%
Jacob Malkoun
Ensemble
33.0%
67.0%
Jacob Malkoun
Market Margin · XGBoost
50.6%
49.4%
Abubakar Vagaev
Recency-Heavy · CatBoost
38.0%
62.0%
Jacob Malkoun
Recency-Heavy · Ensemble
currently viewing
35.0%
65.0%
Jacob Malkoun
Recency-Heavy · LightGBM
36.5%
63.5%
Jacob Malkoun
Recency-Heavy · Logistic (Core)
39.4%
60.6%
Jacob Malkoun
Recency-Heavy · XGBoost
37.1%
62.9%
Jacob Malkoun
With Odds · CatBoost
57.9%
42.1%
Abubakar Vagaev
With Odds · Ensemble
54.3%
45.7%
Abubakar Vagaev
With Odds · LightGBM
56.8%
43.2%
Abubakar Vagaev
With Odds · Logistic (Core)
39.8%
60.2%
Jacob Malkoun
With Odds · XGBoost
53.0%
47.0%
Abubakar Vagaev
Click a model to view the fight through its eyes — probabilities, prediction and explanation update.
How It Ends
58%
Decision
24%
KO / TKO
18%
Submission
How long it lasts 3-round fight
59%
Goes the distance
fair -141
41%
Ends in a finish
fair +141
| Rounds line | Over | Under |
|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | 92% -1176 | 8% +1176 |
| 1.5 | 75% -295 | 25% +295 |
| 2.5 | 60% -153 | 40% +153 |
When it ends
"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
Abubakar Vagaev
Jacob Malkoun
11%
10%
9%
7%
5%
5%
5%
4%
4%
3%
3%
3%
3%
2%
← pushes toward Abubakar Vagaev
pushes toward Jacob Malkoun →
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.
Abubakar Vagaev
Win Streak
1
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
15.0m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W
DEC
Height:
N/A cm
Weight:
170 lbs
Reach:
N/A cm
Stance:
N/A
Jacob Malkoun
Win Streak
3
Finish Rate
20%
Avg Duration
11.0m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W
DEC
W
DEC
W
KO
L
DQ
W
DEC
Height:
175 cm
Weight:
185 lbs
Reach:
185 cm
Stance:
Orthodox
Head-to-Head Stats
Abubakar Vagaev
ADVANTAGE
Jacob Malkoun
Striking Accuracy
Strikes Landed/Min
Strikes Absorbed/Min
Striking Defense
Takedown Accuracy
Takedown Defense
Knockdowns/Fight
Avg Control Time (sec)
Strikes Per Round
Head Strike %
Body Strike %
Leg Strike %
Last 5 Win Rate
Last 5 Finish Rate