Colby Thicknesse
"Slickness"
8-1-0
VS
2026-10-24
UFC 333: Volkanovski vs. Evloev
Bantamweight
Asaf Chopurov
"Honey Badger"
11-0-0
Thin UFC data
RECENCY-HEAVY · LIGHTGBM PREDICTION
Colby Thicknesse 'Slickness'
59.8% CONFIDENCE
Market vs Model
Colby Thicknesse
Asaf Chopurov
Opening line
+387
-500
Market says
20%
80%
LightGBM says
60%
40%
Gap vs market
+40
-40
Market Margin says
25%
75%
Edge at that price
+5
-9
No side clears the 5-point value threshold at the opening line.
The gap uses whichever model you've selected. Value always comes from Market Margin, the one model whose disagreements with the betting line were backtested (flagged sides returned about +8% for favorites and +18% for underdogs on flat bets at the opening price across ~2,800 past fights). Other models' disagreements with the market haven't held up, so they don't get a value flag. It's measured against the opening line — if the price has moved, the edge will be different.
Fight Insights
65%
Colby Thicknesse
Fighters who are coming off a win facing an opponent who is making their UFC debut have won 65% of their UFC fights (427-231)
59%
Asaf Chopurov
Fighters who are undefeated with 5+ wins have won 59% of their UFC fights (900-615)
Asaf Chopurov: 11-0-0 record
58%
Asaf Chopurov
Fighters who are under 25 have won 58% of their UFC fights (796-581)
Asaf Chopurov: age 25
23%
Market check · Colby Thicknesse
Big underdogs (opening line under 33%) have won 23% of their fights — 4 points below the 27% the opening lines implied (n=2630)
Colby Thicknesse: opening line implies a 20% chance to win
86%
Market check · Asaf Chopurov
Heavy favorites (opening line over 75%) have won 86% of their fights — 6 points above the 79% the opening lines implied (n=792)
Asaf Chopurov: opening line implies a 80% chance to win
Real UFC history since 2006, using each fighter's record, form and stats as they stood before every past fight. Only patterns that hold up statistically (corrected for testing many ideas at once) and point the same way in both halves of history are shown — these describe the past, they are not predictions.
How It Ends
57%
Decision
23%
KO / TKO
20%
Submission
Decision56.7%
KO / TKO22.8%
Submission20.4%
How long it lasts 3-round fight
62%
Goes the distance
fair -161
38%
Ends in a finish
fair +161
Rounds lineOverUnder
0.5 95% -1800 5% +1800
1.5 79% -387 21% +387
2.5 71% -242 29% +242
When it ends
Round 114%
Round 212%
Round 312%
Goes the distance62%
"Over 1.5" means the fight lasts past the middle of round 2, the way sportsbooks settle it. Fair odds are the break-even price with no vig, so compare them with a book's line. On unseen fights this model beat the plain base rate by about 4% (log loss; 51% of 3-round fights go the distance), so treat it as a tilt away from the base rate, not a certainty.
Why LightGBM leans this way
Colby Thicknesse
Asaf Chopurov
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Colby Thicknesse +0.82
12%
Avg takedowns attempted
Colby Thicknesse 5.64
12%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup -2
9%
Age
Colby Thicknesse 27.3 yrs
8%
Age
Asaf Chopurov 24.9 yrs
6%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup -0.04
5%
Distance strike defense
Asaf Chopurov
5%
Total career fights (incl. non-UFC)
Colby Thicknesse 9
4%
Sub attempts/fight
Colby Thicknesse 1.02
4%
Avg takedowns attempted
Asaf Chopurov
3%
Elo rating
Asaf Chopurov 1,500
3%
Distance strike defense
Colby Thicknesse 59%
3%
Elo rating
Colby Thicknesse 1,511
2%
Last 2 avg fight time
Colby Thicknesse 900
2%
← pushes toward Colby Thicknesse pushes toward Asaf Chopurov →
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.

Colby Thicknesse

Win Streak
2
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
15.0m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W DEC
W DEC
L DEC
Height: 170 cm
Weight: 135 lbs
Reach: 175 cm
Stance: Orthodox

Asaf Chopurov

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Height: N/A cm
Weight: 135 lbs
Reach: N/A cm
Stance: N/A
Head-to-Head Stats
Colby Thicknesse
ADVANTAGE
Asaf Chopurov
Striking Accuracy
42.9%
+42.9%
0.0%
Strikes Landed/Min
3.29
+3.29
0.00
Strikes Absorbed/Min
3.08
+3.08
0.00
Striking Defense
55.2%
+55.2%
0.0%
Takedown Accuracy
18.9%
+18.9%
0.0%
Takedown Defense
54.0%
+54.0%
0.0%
Knockdowns/Fight
0.14
+0.14
0.00
Avg Control Time (sec)
94.36
+94.36
0.00
Strikes Per Round
16.47
+16.47
0.00
Head Strike %
59.5%
+59.5%
0.0%
Body Strike %
24.1%
+24.1%
0.0%
Leg Strike %
16.4%
+16.4%
0.0%
Last 5 Win Rate
66.7%
+66.7%
0.0%