Anna Melisano
"Bandana"
6-1-0
VS
2026-07-18
UFC Fight Night: Tavares vs. Barriault
Women's Flyweight
Dione Barbosa
"The Witch"
8-4-0
ENSEMBLE PREDICTION
Dione Barbosa 'The Witch'
51.8% CONFIDENCE
How It Ends
63%
Decision
15%
KO / TKO
22%
Submission
Decision62.8%
KO / TKO15.2%
Submission22.0%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 139.0%
Round 232.5%
Round 3+28.5%
A separate model trained only on how fights end (not who wins) — 37% estimated chance this fight is finished rather than going to a decision.
Why XGBoost leans this way
Anna Melisano
Dione Barbosa
Age
Dione Barbosa
12%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup
8%
Head absorption rate
Dione Barbosa
7%
Avg takedowns attempted
Dione Barbosa
6%
Age edge (significant gap)
Matchup
6%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup
6%
Total career fights (incl. non-UFC)
Anna Melisano
5%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Dione Barbosa
5%
Sub attempts/fight
Dione Barbosa
4%
Distance strike defense
Dione Barbosa
3%
Elo rating edge
Matchup
3%
Age
Anna Melisano
3%
Decision rate
Dione Barbosa
3%
Avg takedowns attempted
Anna Melisano
3%
← pushes toward Anna Melisano pushes toward Dione Barbosa →
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.

Anna Melisano

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L SUB
Height: N/A cm
Weight: 115 lbs
Reach: N/A cm
Stance: Orthodox

Dione Barbosa

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W SUB
W DEC
L DEC
W SUB
L DEC
Height: 168 cm
Weight: 125 lbs
Reach: 168 cm
Stance: Orthodox