Ding Meng
"The Assassin"
34-9-0
VS
2026-08-29
UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs. Song
Welterweight
Cameron Nelson
7-1-0
CATBOOST PREDICTION
Cameron Nelson
57.9% CONFIDENCE
ACTUAL RESULT — MODEL WAS CORRECT
Cameron Nelson won
Decision · Round 3 · 5:00
How It Ends
46%
Decision
35%
KO / TKO
19%
Submission
Decision46.4%
KO / TKO34.8%
Submission18.8%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 153.9%
Round 227.4%
Round 3+18.6%
A separate model trained only on how fights end (not who wins) — 54% estimated chance this fight is finished rather than going to a decision.
Why CatBoost leans this way
Ding Meng
Cameron Nelson
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup
25%
Elo rating edge
Matchup
10%
Age
Cameron Nelson
7%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Ding Meng
5%
Distance strike defense
Ding Meng
4%
Avg takedowns attempted
Ding Meng
4%
Fights per year
Cameron Nelson
3%
Age
Ding Meng
3%
Avg takedowns attempted
Cameron Nelson
3%
Total career fights (incl. non-UFC)
Cameron Nelson
3%
Strikes absorbed/min
Ding Meng
3%
Fights per year
Ding Meng
2%
Distance strike defense
Cameron Nelson
2%
Elo rating
Ding Meng
2%
← pushes toward Ding Meng pushes toward Cameron Nelson →
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.

Ding Meng

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L DEC
L DEC
Height: 188 cm
Weight: 170 lbs
Reach: 185 cm
Stance: Orthodox

Cameron Nelson

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