Austin Bashi
14-1-0
VS
2026-07-18
UFC Fight Night: Tavares vs. Barriault
Featherweight
Jose Delgado
10-2-0
LIGHTGBM PREDICTION
Austin Bashi
54.2% CONFIDENCE
How It Ends
49%
Decision
30%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
Decision49.0%
KO / TKO30.4%
Submission20.6%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 145.6%
Round 233.6%
Round 3+20.7%
A separate model trained only on how fights end (not who wins) — 51% estimated chance this fight is finished rather than going to a decision.
Why LightGBM leans this way
Austin Bashi
Jose Delgado
Net striking dominance
Matchup
17%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Austin Bashi
11%
Elo rating edge
Matchup
9%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup
7%
Age
Austin Bashi
6%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Jose Delgado
5%
Avg takedowns attempted
Jose Delgado
5%
Age
Jose Delgado
4%
Avg takedowns attempted
Austin Bashi
4%
Distance strike defense
Austin Bashi
3%
Head-strike accuracy edge
Matchup
3%
Strikes absorbed/min
Jose Delgado
2%
Fights per year
Austin Bashi
2%
Sub attempts/fight
Jose Delgado
2%
← pushes toward Austin Bashi pushes toward Jose Delgado →
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.

Austin Bashi

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L DEC
W SUB
L DEC
Height: 168 cm
Weight: 145 lbs
Reach: 178 cm
Stance: Orthodox

Jose Delgado

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W DEC
W DEC
L DEC
W KO
W KO
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 145 lbs
Reach: 188 cm
Stance: Switch