Marc-Andre Barriault
"Powerbar"
17-10-0
VS
2026-10-17
UFC Fight Night: Buckley vs. Malott
Middleweight
Kyle Daukaus
17-4-0
CATBOOST PREDICTION
Kyle Daukaus
52.0% CONFIDENCE
How It Ends
30%
Decision
44%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
Decision30.5%
KO / TKO44.2%
Submission25.3%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 160.2%
Round 224.3%
Round 3+15.5%
A separate model trained only on how fights end (not who wins) — 70% estimated chance this fight is finished rather than going to a decision.
Why CatBoost leans this way
Marc-Andre Barriault
Kyle Daukaus
Net striking dominance
Matchup -0.77
16%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Kyle Daukaus -1.15
11%
Elo rating edge
Matchup -27
9%
Age
Marc-Andre Barriault 36.7 yrs
8%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Marc-Andre Barriault -2.52
8%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup +6
7%
Age
Kyle Daukaus 33.6 yrs
6%
Avg takedowns attempted
Kyle Daukaus 2.26
4%
Avg takedowns attempted
Marc-Andre Barriault 1.54
3%
Strikes absorbed/min
Marc-Andre Barriault 5.43
3%
Round 1 strike output
Kyle Daukaus 9.77
2%
Elo rating
Kyle Daukaus 1,502
2%
Fights per year
Kyle Daukaus 1.68
2%
Distance strike defense
Kyle Daukaus 59%
2%
← pushes toward Marc-Andre Barriault pushes toward Kyle Daukaus →
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.

Marc-Andre Barriault

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
20%
Avg Duration
7.5m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L DEC
L DEC
W KO
L KO
L KO
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 185 lbs
Reach: 188 cm
Stance: Orthodox

Kyle Daukaus

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
40%
Avg Duration
3.0m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L KO
W SUB
W KO
L KO
L KO
Height: 188 cm
Weight: 185 lbs
Reach: 193 cm
Stance: Southpaw
Head-to-Head Stats
Marc-Andre Barriault
ADVANTAGE
Kyle Daukaus
Striking Accuracy
45.9%
+0.8%
46.7%
Strikes Landed/Min
4.39
+2.17
2.23
Strikes Absorbed/Min
5.43
+2.94
2.48
Striking Defense
45.9%
+4.5%
50.4%
Takedown Accuracy
36.0%
+4.6%
31.4%
Takedown Defense
66.8%
+6.8%
59.9%
Knockdowns/Fight
0.23
+0.10
0.32
Avg Control Time (sec)
65.63
+13.42
79.05
Strikes Per Round
20.09
+7.58
12.51
Head Strike %
68.5%
+3.6%
64.9%
Body Strike %
21.9%
+3.0%
18.9%
Leg Strike %
9.6%
+6.6%
16.2%
Last 5 Win Rate
20.0%
+20.0%
40.0%
Last 5 Finish Rate
20.0%
+20.0%
40.0%