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
LIGHTGBM PREDICTION
Anna Melisano 'Bandana'
50.7% 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 LightGBM leans this way
Anna Melisano
Dione Barbosa
Age
Dione Barbosa
13%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup
10%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup
9%
Age edge (significant gap)
Matchup
7%
Total career fights (incl. non-UFC)
Anna Melisano
6%
Avg takedowns attempted
Dione Barbosa
6%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Dione Barbosa
5%
Head absorption rate
Dione Barbosa
5%
Age
Anna Melisano
4%
Elo rating edge
Matchup
4%
Avg takedowns attempted
Anna Melisano
3%
Elo rating
Anna Melisano
3%
Sub attempts/fight
Dione Barbosa
3%
Fights per year
Dione Barbosa
2%
← 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