Abubakar Vagaev
24-4-0
VS
2026-07-25
UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Rountree Jr
Welterweight
Saygid Izagakhmaev
22-3-0
LIGHTGBM PREDICTION
Saygid Izagakhmaev
51.9% 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 LightGBM leans this way
Abubakar Vagaev
Saygid Izagakhmaev
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Saygid Izagakhmaev
17%
Avg takedowns attempted
Saygid Izagakhmaev
11%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup
8%
Avg takedowns attempted
Abubakar Vagaev
6%
Round 1 strike output
Saygid Izagakhmaev
5%
Age
Abubakar Vagaev
5%
Age
Saygid Izagakhmaev
4%
Elo rating edge
Matchup
4%
Elo rating
Abubakar Vagaev
3%
Elo rating
Saygid Izagakhmaev
3%
Last 2 avg fight time
Saygid Izagakhmaev
3%
Distance strike defense
Saygid Izagakhmaev
3%
Distance strike defense
Abubakar Vagaev
3%
Fights per year
Abubakar Vagaev
3%
← 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