Alden Coria
"Cobra"
11-3-0
VS
2026-07-18
UFC Fight Night: Tavares vs. Barriault
Flyweight
Stewart Nicoll
"Kakamora"
8-2-0
CATBOOST PREDICTION
Alden Coria 'Cobra'
73.8% CONFIDENCE
How It Ends
57%
Decision
27%
KO / TKO
15%
Submission
Decision57.1%
KO / TKO27.4%
Submission15.5%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 150.9%
Round 231.8%
Round 3+17.3%
A separate model trained only on how fights end (not who wins) — 43% estimated chance this fight is finished rather than going to a decision.
Why CatBoost leans this way
Alden Coria
Stewart Nicoll
Net striking dominance
Matchup
20%
Elo rating edge
Matchup
17%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup
8%
Avg takedowns attempted
Stewart Nicoll
7%
Age
Alden Coria
5%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup
5%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Alden Coria
4%
Avg takedowns attempted
Alden Coria
4%
Age
Stewart Nicoll
3%
Head-strike accuracy edge
Matchup
3%
Fights per year
Stewart Nicoll
2%
Distance strike defense
Alden Coria
2%
Past prime
Stewart Nicoll
2%
Distance strike defense
Stewart Nicoll
2%
← pushes toward Alden Coria pushes toward Stewart Nicoll →
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.

Alden Coria

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W DEC
W DEC
W KO
Height: 173 cm
Weight: 125 lbs
Reach: 170 cm
Stance: Orthodox

Stewart Nicoll

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L DEC
L KO
L DEC
L SUB
Height: 165 cm
Weight: 125 lbs
Reach: 165 cm
Stance: Orthodox