Fares Ziam
"The Smile Killer"
17-4-0
VS
2026-09-05
UFC Fight Night: Page vs. Ruziboev
Lightweight
Axel Sola
11-0-1
CATBOOST PREDICTION
Fares Ziam 'The Smile Killer'
63.4% CONFIDENCE
ACTUAL RESULT — MODEL WAS WRONG
Axel Sola won
KO/TKO · Round 1 · 1:40
How It Ends
54%
Decision
28%
KO / TKO
18%
Submission
Decision54.3%
KO / TKO27.8%
Submission18.0%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 144.9%
Round 237.6%
Round 3+17.6%
A separate model trained only on how fights end (not who wins) — 46% estimated chance this fight is finished rather than going to a decision.
Why CatBoost leans this way
Fares Ziam
Axel Sola
Elo rating edge
Matchup
14%
Net striking dominance
Matchup
14%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup
10%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Axel Sola
6%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup
6%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Fares Ziam
5%
Age
Fares Ziam
4%
Avg takedowns attempted
Fares Ziam
4%
Age
Axel Sola
4%
Avg takedowns attempted
Axel Sola
4%
Strikes absorbed/min
Fares Ziam
3%
Distance strike defense
Fares Ziam
2%
Head-strike accuracy edge
Matchup
2%
Distance strike defense
Axel Sola
2%
← pushes toward Fares Ziam pushes toward Axel Sola →
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.

Fares Ziam

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L KO
L DEC
W KO
W DEC
W KO
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 155 lbs
Reach: 190 cm
Stance: Orthodox

Axel Sola

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W KO
W SUB
L DEC
W KO
Height: 188 cm
Weight: 170 lbs
Reach: 188 cm
Stance: Southpaw