Ding Meng
"The Assassin"
34-9-0
VS
2026-08-29
UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs. Song
Welterweight
Cameron Nelson
7-1-0
LIGHTGBM PREDICTION
Cameron Nelson
62.3% 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 LightGBM leans this way
Ding Meng
Cameron Nelson
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup
28%
Age
Cameron Nelson
7%
Elo rating edge
Matchup
7%
Avg takedowns attempted
Ding Meng
6%
Avg takedowns attempted
Cameron Nelson
5%
Total career fights (incl. non-UFC)
Cameron Nelson
5%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Ding Meng
5%
Distance strike defense
Ding Meng
3%
Round 1 strike output
Ding Meng
3%
Strikes absorbed/min
Ding Meng
3%
Age
Ding Meng
2%
Avg control time
Ding Meng
2%
Elo rating
Ding Meng
2%
Elo rating
Cameron Nelson
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