Brady Hiestand
"Bam Bam"
9-2-0
VS
2026-09-26
UFC Fight Night: Rosas Jr. vs. Barcelos
Bantamweight
Rinya Nakamura
"Hybred"
10-1-0
MARKET-MARGIN__XGB-FULL PREDICTION
Rinya Nakamura 'Hybred'
76.9% CONFIDENCE
How It Ends
51%
Decision
29%
KO / TKO
19%
Submission
Decision51.2%
KO / TKO29.4%
Submission19.4%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 145.5%
Round 234.4%
Round 3+20.1%
A separate model trained only on how fights end (not who wins) — 49% estimated chance this fight is finished rather than going to a decision.
Why market-margin__xgb-full leans this way
Brady Hiestand
Rinya Nakamura
Net striking dominance
Matchup -0.88
7%
Head strikes absorbed per min
Brady Hiestand 2.35
6%
Avg takedowns attempted
Brady Hiestand 5.15
6%
Body strikes absorbed per min
Rinya Nakamura 0.45
6%
Strikes absorbed/min
Rinya Nakamura 2.12
5%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Rinya Nakamura -0.50
5%
Head strikes absorbed per min
Rinya Nakamura 1.25
5%
Age
Brady Hiestand 27.4 yrs
5%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup -0.04
4%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Brady Hiestand -0.47
4%
Striking defense
Brady Hiestand 54%
4%
Years past divisional prime
Brady Hiestand -0.59
3%
Striking defense
Rinya Nakamura 58%
3%
Sub attempts/fight
Brady Hiestand 0.65
3%
← pushes toward Brady Hiestand pushes toward Rinya Nakamura →
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.

Brady Hiestand

Win Streak
3
Finish Rate
50%
Avg Duration
14.1m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W SUB
W KO
W DEC
L DEC
Height: 173 cm
Weight: 135 lbs
Reach: 180 cm
Stance: Orthodox

Rinya Nakamura

Win Streak
1
Finish Rate
40%
Avg Duration
9.3m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W KO
L DEC
W DEC
W DEC
W KO
Height: 170 cm
Weight: 135 lbs
Reach: 173 cm
Stance: Southpaw
Head-to-Head Stats
Brady Hiestand
ADVANTAGE
Rinya Nakamura
Striking Accuracy
46.8%
+1.0%
47.7%
Strikes Landed/Min
2.72
+0.04
2.69
Strikes Absorbed/Min
3.25
+1.13
2.12
Striking Defense
53.7%
+4.3%
58.0%
Takedown Accuracy
41.4%
+5.4%
46.8%
Takedown Defense
60.0%
+4.2%
64.2%
Knockdowns/Fight
0.16
+0.20
0.37
Avg Control Time (sec)
94.05
+8.52
102.57
Strikes Per Round
14.88
+0.24
14.65
Head Strike %
64.4%
+3.9%
60.6%
Body Strike %
20.9%
+0.5%
21.4%
Leg Strike %
14.7%
+3.4%
18.1%
Last 5 Win Rate
75.0%
+5.0%
80.0%
Last 5 Finish Rate
50.0%
+10.0%
40.0%