Jared Cannonier
"The Killa Gorilla"
18-9-0
VS
2026-07-18
UFC Fight Night: Tavares vs. Barriault
Middleweight
Christian Leroy Duncan
"CLD"
13-2-0
CATBOOST PREDICTION
Christian Leroy Duncan 'CLD'
72.3% CONFIDENCE
How It Ends
47%
Decision
45%
KO / TKO
8%
Submission
Decision46.8%
KO / TKO44.7%
Submission8.5%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 141.2%
Round 236.1%
Round 3+22.7%
A separate model trained only on how fights end (not who wins) — 53% estimated chance this fight is finished rather than going to a decision.
Why CatBoost leans this way
Jared Cannonier
Christian Leroy Duncan
Age edge (significant gap)
Matchup
17%
Net striking dominance
Matchup
15%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup
9%
Age
Jared Cannonier
8%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Jared Cannonier
7%
Elo rating edge
Matchup
5%
Strikes absorbed/min
Christian Leroy Duncan
4%
Avg takedowns attempted
Christian Leroy Duncan
3%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Christian Leroy Duncan
3%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup
3%
Strikes absorbed/min
Jared Cannonier
3%
Head-strike accuracy edge
Matchup
2%
Age
Christian Leroy Duncan
2%
Past prime
Christian Leroy Duncan
2%
← pushes toward Jared Cannonier pushes toward Christian Leroy Duncan →
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.

Jared Cannonier

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L DEC
L DEC
W KO
L DEC
L KO
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 185 lbs
Reach: 196 cm
Stance: Switch

Christian Leroy Duncan

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W DEC
W DEC
W KO
W KO
W DEC
Height: 188 cm
Weight: 185 lbs
Reach: 201 cm
Stance: Switch