Nikita Krylov
"The Miner"
30-11-0
VS
2026-10-24
UFC 333: Volkanovski vs. Evloev
Light Heavyweight
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev
"Hunter"
8-0-0
MARKET MARGIN · XGBOOST PREDICTION
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev 'Hunter'
73.0% CONFIDENCE
Market vs Model VALUE
Nikita Krylov
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev
Opening line
+451
-600
Market says
17%
83%
XGBoost says
27%
73%
Gap vs market
+9
-9
Market Margin says
27%
73%
Edge at that price
+9
-13
Nikita Krylov at +451: Market Margin gives 27% vs 18% needed to break even — a 9-point edge on the underdog.
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
63%
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev
Fighters who are 5+ years younger than their opponent have won 63% of their UFC fights (1773-1054)
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev is 26, Nikita Krylov is 35
59%
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev
Fighters who are undefeated with 5+ wins have won 59% of their UFC fights (900-615)
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev: 8-0-0 record
59%
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev
Fighters who are coming off a win facing an opponent who has been knocked out 2+ times in the UFC have won 59% of their UFC fights (700-477)
Nikita Krylov: KO'd 4 times
23%
Market check · Nikita Krylov
Big underdogs (opening line under 33%) have won 23% of their fights — 4 points below the 27% the opening lines implied (n=2630)
Nikita Krylov: opening line implies a 17% chance to win
86%
Market check · Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev
Heavy favorites (opening line over 75%) have won 86% of their fights — 6 points above the 79% the opening lines implied (n=792)
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev: opening line implies a 83% 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)
46%
Division & format
Light Heavyweight fights end in a KO/TKO 46% of the time (vs 33% of all UFC fights, n=717)
38%
Division & format
Light Heavyweight fights end in round 1 38% of the time (vs 27% of all UFC fights, n=717)
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
26%
Decision
45%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
Decision25.7%
KO / TKO45.3%
Submission29.1%
How long it lasts 3-round fight
25%
Goes the distance
fair +296
75%
Ends in a finish
fair -296
Rounds lineOverUnder
0.5 66% -190 34% +190
1.5 42% +141 58% -141
2.5 26% +280 74% -280
When it ends
Round 148%
Round 221%
Round 36%
Goes the distance25%
"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
Nikita Krylov
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup +33
10%
Last 5 avg fight time
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev 71
7%
Age edge (significant gap)
Matchup +8.83
7%
Reach
Nikita Krylov 196 cm
6%
Last 2 avg fight time
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev 90
5%
Reach
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev 198 cm
5%
Body strikes absorbed per min
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev 0.36
5%
Avg fight duration
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev 299.8 yrs
3%
Body strikes absorbed per min
Nikita Krylov 0.24
3%
Head strikes absorbed per min
Nikita Krylov 2.39
3%
Avg takedowns attempted
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev 1.95
3%
Elo momentum edge
Matchup -65
3%
Round 1 strike output
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev 10.00
3%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Nikita Krylov +0.67
3%
← pushes toward Nikita Krylov pushes toward Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev →
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.

Nikita Krylov

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
40%
Avg Duration
7.3m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L KO
W KO
L KO
L KO
W SUB
Height: 190 cm
Weight: 205 lbs
Reach: 196 cm
Stance: Orthodox

Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev

Win Streak
3
Finish Rate
100%
Avg Duration
1.2m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W KO
W SUB
W SUB
Height: 188 cm
Weight: 205 lbs
Reach: 198 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Head-to-Head Stats
Nikita Krylov
ADVANTAGE
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev
Striking Accuracy
48.7%
+1.9%
46.8%
Strikes Landed/Min
3.41
+1.19
2.22
Strikes Absorbed/Min
2.85
+0.96
1.89
Striking Defense
54.0%
+1.4%
55.4%
Takedown Accuracy
39.4%
+5.8%
45.2%
Takedown Defense
60.6%
+1.9%
62.5%
Knockdowns/Fight
0.27
+0.16
0.44
Avg Control Time (sec)
90.43
+18.46
71.98
Strikes Per Round
16.43
+3.50
12.93
Head Strike %
54.7%
+11.3%
66.0%
Body Strike %
24.6%
+5.3%
19.3%
Leg Strike %
20.8%
+6.0%
14.8%
Last 5 Win Rate
40.0%
+60.0%
100.0%
Last 5 Finish Rate
40.0%
+60.0%
100.0%