Abubakar Vagaev
24-4-0
VS
2026-07-25
UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Rountree Jr
Welterweight
Saygid Izagakhmaev
22-3-0
ENSEMBLE PREDICTION
Saygid Izagakhmaev
54.1% CONFIDENCE
How It Ends
47%
Decision
34%
KO / TKO
19%
Submission
Decision46.6%
KO / TKO34.0%
Submission19.4%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 145.7%
Round 228.0%
Round 3+26.3%
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 XGBoost leans this way
Abubakar Vagaev
Saygid Izagakhmaev
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Saygid Izagakhmaev
15%
Avg takedowns attempted
Saygid Izagakhmaev
12%
Age
Abubakar Vagaev
8%
Avg takedowns attempted
Abubakar Vagaev
5%
Elo rating
Abubakar Vagaev
5%
Fights per year
Saygid Izagakhmaev
4%
Distance strike defense
Saygid Izagakhmaev
4%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup
4%
Last 2 avg fight time
Saygid Izagakhmaev
3%
Elo rating edge
Matchup
3%
Fights per year
Abubakar Vagaev
3%
Elo rating
Saygid Izagakhmaev
2%
Distance strike defense
Abubakar Vagaev
2%
Avg control time
Abubakar Vagaev
2%
← pushes toward Abubakar Vagaev pushes toward Saygid Izagakhmaev →
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.

Abubakar Vagaev

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

Saygid Izagakhmaev

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L DEC
L DEC
Height: 183 cm
Weight: 170 lbs
Reach: 188 cm
Stance: N/A