Amir Albazi
"The Prince"
17-2-0
VS
2026-11-21
UFC Fight Night: Prochazka vs. Stirling
Flyweight
Alessandro Costa
"Nono"
14-5-0
MAIN + MARKET PREDICTION
Alessandro Costa 'Nono'
58.7% CONFIDENCE
Fight Insights
62%
Amir Albazi
Fighters who have won 85%+ of 12+ pro fights facing an opponent who has been finished 2+ times in the UFC have won 62% of their UFC fights (471-286)
Amir Albazi: 17-2-0 record | Alessandro Costa: finished 2 times
57%
Alessandro Costa
Fighters who are coming off a win facing an opponent who is coming off a loss have won 57% of their UFC fights (979-747)
68%
Alessandro Costa
Fighters who have won 50%+ of their UFC fights by KO/TKO (5+ fights) facing an opponent who lands under 2.6 significant strikes per minute have won 68% of their UFC fights (66-31)
Alessandro Costa: 50% of UFC fights won by KO/TKO | Amir Albazi: 2.5 sig strikes/min
59%
Matchup
Fights where a fighter who has finished their last 2+ opponents end inside the distance 59% of the time (vs 52% of all UFC fights, n=1115)
24%
Division & format
Flyweight fights end in a KO/TKO 24% of the time (vs 33% of all UFC fights, n=430)
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
59%
Decision
25%
KO / TKO
16%
Submission
Decision58.6%
KO / TKO24.9%
Submission16.5%
How long it lasts 3-round fight
58%
Goes the distance
fair -136
42%
Ends in a finish
fair +136
Rounds lineOverUnder
0.5 89% -797 11% +797
1.5 77% -336 23% +336
2.5 61% -156 39% +156
When it ends
Round 117%
Round 214%
Round 311%
Goes the distance58%
"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
Amir Albazi
Alessandro Costa
Net striking dominance
Matchup -1.53
16%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Alessandro Costa +1.34
7%
Avg takedowns attempted
Amir Albazi 4.30
6%
Elo rating edge
Matchup 25
5%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Amir Albazi -0.31
4%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup -0.04
4%
Age
Alessandro Costa 30.8 yrs
4%
Last 2 avg fight time
Alessandro Costa 293.50
4%
Finishing threat edge
Matchup -0.28
4%
Distance strike defense
Amir Albazi 58%
4%
Avg takedowns attempted
Alessandro Costa 2.42
3%
Head-strike accuracy edge
Matchup -14%
3%
Strikes absorbed/min
Amir Albazi 3.95
3%
Sub attempts/fight
Alessandro Costa 0.56
3%
← pushes toward Amir Albazi pushes toward Alessandro Costa →
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.

Amir Albazi

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
40%
Avg Duration
16.4m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L DEC
L DEC
W DEC
W KO
W SUB
Height: 165 cm
Weight: 125 lbs
Reach: 173 cm
Stance: Orthodox

Alessandro Costa

Win Streak
3
Finish Rate
80%
Avg Duration
7.4m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W SUB
W KO
W KO
L KO
W KO
Height: 163 cm
Weight: 125 lbs
Reach: 170 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Head-to-Head Stats
Amir Albazi
ADVANTAGE
Alessandro Costa
Striking Accuracy
35.5%
+11.7%
47.3%
Strikes Landed/Min
2.34
+0.65
2.99
Strikes Absorbed/Min
3.95
+0.88
3.07
Striking Defense
56.6%
+1.2%
55.4%
Takedown Accuracy
26.1%
+9.5%
35.6%
Takedown Defense
65.1%
+9.1%
74.2%
Knockdowns/Fight
0.22
+0.18
0.40
Avg Control Time (sec)
76.89
+16.17
60.73
Strikes Per Round
12.95
+2.20
15.15
Head Strike %
66.4%
+2.9%
63.5%
Body Strike %
19.2%
+0.4%
19.6%
Leg Strike %
14.4%
+2.5%
16.9%
Last 5 Win Rate
60.0%
+20.0%
80.0%
Last 5 Finish Rate
40.0%
+40.0%
80.0%