Sergei Pavlovich
20-3-0
VS
2026-12-12
UFC 335
Heavyweight
Alex Pereira
"Poatan"
13-3-0
MAIN + MARKET PREDICTION
Sergei Pavlovich
57.3% CONFIDENCE
Market vs Model
Sergei Pavlovich
Alex Pereira
Opening line
-140
+110
Market says
55%
45%
Main + Market says
57%
43%
Gap vs market
+2
-2
Market Margin says
59%
41%
Edge at that price
+1
-7
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
40%
Alex Pereira
Fighters who are 35 or older have won 40% of their UFC fights (961-1432)
Alex Pereira: age 39
62%
Sergei Pavlovich
Fighters who have won 85%+ of 12+ pro fights facing an opponent who has been finished 2+ times in the UFC have won 62% of their UFC fights (471-286)
Sergei Pavlovich: 20-3-0 record | Alex Pereira: finished 2 times
57%
Sergei Pavlovich
Fighters who are coming off a win facing an opponent who is coming off a loss have won 57% of their UFC fights (979-747)
59%
Sergei Pavlovich
Fighters who are on a 3+ fight win streak and score 0.89+ knockdowns per 15 minutes have won 59% of their UFC fights (277-189)
Sergei Pavlovich: 3-fight win streak | Sergei Pavlovich: 1.89 knockdowns/15 min
65%
Alex Pereira
Fighters who have won 50%+ of their UFC fights by KO/TKO (5+ fights) facing an opponent who has been knocked out 2+ times in the UFC have won 65% of their UFC fights (108-59)
Alex Pereira: 62% of UFC fights won by KO/TKO | Sergei Pavlovich: KO'd 2 times
30%
Market check · Alex Pereira
Underdogs who are 35 or older have won 30% of their fights — 5 points below the 35% the opening lines implied (n=1451)
Alex Pereira: opening line implies a 45% chance to win
53%
Matchup
Fights where a fighter who scores 0.89+ knockdowns per 15 minutes faces an opponent who has been finished 2+ times in the UFC end in a KO/TKO 53% of the time (vs 33% of all UFC fights, n=514)
52%
Division & format
Heavyweight fights end in a KO/TKO 52% of the time (vs 33% of all UFC fights, n=667)
34%
Division & format
Heavyweight fights go the distance 34% of the time (vs 48% of all UFC fights, n=667)
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
36%
Decision
59%
KO / TKO
4%
Submission
Decision36.3%
KO / TKO59.2%
Submission4.5%
How long it lasts 3-round fight
49%
Goes the distance
fair +104
51%
Ends in a finish
fair -104
Rounds lineOverUnder
0.5 88% -752 12% +752
1.5 61% -159 39% +159
2.5 49% +104 51% -104
When it ends
Round 130%
Round 216%
Round 34%
Goes the distance49%
"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 XGBoost leans this way
Sergei Pavlovich
Alex Pereira
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Alex Pereira -1.42
8%
Age
Alex Pereira 39.4 yrs
8%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup +7
6%
Net striking dominance
Matchup -0.22
6%
Avg takedowns attempted
Alex Pereira 0.87
5%
Age edge (significant gap)
Matchup -4.85
5%
Head absorption rate
Alex Pereira 58%
4%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Sergei Pavlovich -0.46
4%
Total control time conceded
Sergei Pavlovich 58.55
4%
Age
Sergei Pavlovich 34.6 yrs
4%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup -0.04
4%
Last 2 avg fight time
Sergei Pavlovich 469.50
3%
Elo rating edge
Matchup -26
3%
Last 2 avg fight time
Alex Pereira 233.50
3%
← pushes toward Sergei Pavlovich pushes toward Alex Pereira →
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.

Sergei Pavlovich

Win Streak
3
Finish Rate
20%
Avg Duration
9.4m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W KO
W DEC
W DEC
L DEC
L KO
Height: 190 cm
Weight: 257 lbs
Reach: 213 cm
Stance: Southpaw

Alex Pereira

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
60%
Avg Duration
11.5m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L KO
W KO
L DEC
W KO
W KO
Height: 193 cm
Weight: 205 lbs
Reach: 201 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Head-to-Head Stats
Sergei Pavlovich
ADVANTAGE
Alex Pereira
Striking Accuracy
44.1%
+12.1%
56.2%
Strikes Landed/Min
2.93
+0.85
3.78
Strikes Absorbed/Min
2.59
+0.63
3.22
Striking Defense
57.1%
+4.7%
52.4%
Takedown Accuracy
35.8%
+1.3%
37.1%
Takedown Defense
63.8%
+12.2%
76.0%
Knockdowns/Fight
0.41
+0.03
0.39
Avg Control Time (sec)
64.63
+9.52
55.11
Strikes Per Round
14.61
+3.24
17.85
Head Strike %
68.8%
+15.6%
53.2%
Body Strike %
17.5%
+4.2%
21.7%
Leg Strike %
13.7%
+11.4%
25.1%
Last 5 Win Rate
60.0%
EVEN
60.0%
Last 5 Finish Rate
20.0%
+40.0%
60.0%