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Damian Pinas
"The Baba Yaga"
8-1-0
Thin UFC data
VS
2026-10-03
UFC 332
Middleweight
Andrey Pulyaev
10-3-0
NO AGE · XGBOOST PREDICTION
Damian Pinas 'The Baba Yaga'
70.2% CONFIDENCE
What Every Model Says
XGBoost
71.7% 28.3%
Damian Pinas
LightGBM
71.2% 28.8%
Damian Pinas
Logistic (Core)
75.9% 24.1%
Damian Pinas
CatBoost
68.6% 31.4%
Damian Pinas
Ensemble
70.4% 29.6%
Damian Pinas
No Age · CatBoost
69.5% 30.5%
Damian Pinas
No Age · Ensemble
70.6% 29.4%
Damian Pinas
No Age · LightGBM
70.0% 30.0%
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No Age · Logistic (Core)
72.8% 27.2%
Damian Pinas
No Age · XGBoost currently viewing
70.2% 29.8%
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Recency-Heavy · CatBoost
67.7% 32.3%
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Recency-Heavy · Ensemble
71.5% 28.5%
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Recency-Heavy · LightGBM
71.7% 28.3%
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Recency-Heavy · Logistic (Core)
75.7% 24.3%
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Recency-Heavy · XGBoost
72.6% 27.4%
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With Odds · CatBoost
52.6% 47.4%
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With Odds · Ensemble
55.4% 44.6%
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With Odds · LightGBM
58.6% 41.4%
Damian Pinas
With Odds · Logistic (Core)
75.9% 24.1%
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With Odds · XGBoost
58.5% 41.5%
Damian Pinas
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How It Ends
28%
Decision
57%
KO / TKO
15%
Submission
Decision28.0%
KO / TKO57.0%
Submission15.0%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 151.6%
Round 234.0%
Round 3+14.4%
A separate model trained only on how fights end (not who wins) — 72% estimated chance this fight is finished rather than going to a decision.
Why XGBoost leans this way
Damian Pinas
Andrey Pulyaev
Elo rating edge
Matchup 68
10%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup -4
7%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Andrey Pulyaev -0.45
7%
Avg takedowns attempted
Damian Pinas 1.90
6%
Head absorption rate
Damian Pinas 55%
5%
Avg takedowns attempted
Andrey Pulyaev 1.75
5%
Finishing threat edge
Matchup 0.29
5%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup 0.04
4%
Round 1 strike output
Andrey Pulyaev 11.00
4%
Sub attempts/fight
Andrey Pulyaev 0.19
3%
Southpaw stance edge
Matchup -1
3%
Fights per year
Damian Pinas 4
3%
Last 2 avg fight time
Damian Pinas 217
3%
KO power vs chin mismatch
Matchup +0.15
3%
← pushes toward Damian Pinas pushes toward Andrey Pulyaev →
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.

Damian Pinas

Win Streak
2
Finish Rate
100%
Avg Duration
3.6m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W KO
W KO
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 185 lbs
Reach: 201 cm
Stance: Orthodox

Andrey Pulyaev

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
25%
Avg Duration
10.1m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L SUB
L DEC
W KO
L DEC
Height: 193 cm
Weight: 185 lbs
Reach: 198 cm
Stance: Southpaw
Head-to-Head Stats
Damian Pinas
ADVANTAGE
Andrey Pulyaev
Striking Accuracy
51.5%
+5.1%
46.3%
Strikes Landed/Min
3.34
+0.82
2.52
Strikes Absorbed/Min
3.39
+0.81
2.58
Striking Defense
49.8%
+7.4%
57.2%
Takedown Accuracy
34.8%
+3.5%
31.4%
Takedown Defense
69.5%
+15.3%
54.3%
Knockdowns/Fight
0.69
+0.46
0.23
Avg Control Time (sec)
69.70
+2.45
67.25
Strikes Per Round
15.62
+2.33
13.29
Head Strike %
60.9%
+0.3%
60.7%
Body Strike %
20.1%
+5.4%
25.5%
Leg Strike %
18.9%
+5.1%
13.8%
Last 5 Win Rate
100.0%
+75.0%
25.0%
Last 5 Finish Rate
100.0%
+75.0%
25.0%