Colby Thicknesse
"Slickness"
8-1-0
VS
Asaf Chopurov
"Honey Badger"
11-0-0
Thin UFC data
Market vs Model
Colby Thicknesse
Asaf Chopurov
Opening line
+387
-500
Market says
20%
80%
CatBoost says
25%
75%
Gap vs market
+5
-5
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.
What Every Model Says
Main + Market
26.2%
73.8%
Asaf Chopurov
XGBoost
56.3%
43.7%
Colby Thicknesse
LightGBM
58.3%
41.7%
Colby Thicknesse
Logistic (Core)
52.0%
48.0%
Colby Thicknesse
CatBoost
54.1%
45.9%
Colby Thicknesse
Ensemble
56.7%
43.3%
Colby Thicknesse
Market Margin · XGBoost
25.5%
74.5%
Asaf Chopurov
Recency-Heavy · CatBoost
56.1%
43.9%
Colby Thicknesse
Recency-Heavy · Ensemble
59.2%
40.8%
Colby Thicknesse
Recency-Heavy · LightGBM
59.8%
40.2%
Colby Thicknesse
Recency-Heavy · Logistic (Core)
52.0%
48.0%
Colby Thicknesse
Recency-Heavy · XGBoost
61.4%
38.6%
Colby Thicknesse
With Odds · CatBoost
currently viewing
24.5%
75.5%
Asaf Chopurov
With Odds · Ensemble
25.4%
74.6%
Asaf Chopurov
With Odds · LightGBM
21.3%
78.7%
Asaf Chopurov
With Odds · Logistic (Core)
52.0%
48.0%
Colby Thicknesse
With Odds · XGBoost
22.8%
77.2%
Asaf Chopurov
Click a model to view the fight through its eyes — probabilities, prediction and explanation update.
How It Ends
57%
Decision
23%
KO / TKO
20%
Submission
How long it lasts 3-round fight
62%
Goes the distance
fair -161
38%
Ends in a finish
fair +161
| Rounds line | Over | Under |
|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | 95% -1800 | 5% +1800 |
| 1.5 | 79% -387 | 21% +387 |
| 2.5 | 71% -242 | 29% +242 |
When it ends
"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 CatBoost leans this way
Colby Thicknesse
Asaf Chopurov
64%
11%
2%
2%
2%
2%
2%
2%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%
← 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
Strikes Landed/Min
Strikes Absorbed/Min
Striking Defense
Takedown Accuracy
Takedown Defense
Knockdowns/Fight
Avg Control Time (sec)
Strikes Per Round
Head Strike %
Body Strike %
Leg Strike %
Last 5 Win Rate