Jared Cannonier
"The Killa Gorilla"
18-9-0
VS
2026-11-21
UFC Fight Night: Prochazka vs. Stirling
Middleweight
Ikram Aliskerov
17-2-0
MAIN + MARKET PREDICTION
Ikram Aliskerov
74.8% CONFIDENCE
Fight Insights
63%
Ikram Aliskerov
Fighters who are 5+ years younger than their opponent have won 63% of their UFC fights (1773-1054)
Ikram Aliskerov is 34, Jared Cannonier is 43
62%
Ikram Aliskerov
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)
Ikram Aliskerov: 17-2-0 record | Jared Cannonier: finished 3 times
57%
Ikram Aliskerov
Fighters who average 2.8+ takedowns per 15 minutes have won 57% of their UFC fights (1170-882)
Ikram Aliskerov: 3.7 takedowns/15 min
44%
Jared Cannonier
Fighters who absorb 4.1+ significant strikes per minute have won 44% of their UFC fights (930-1190)
Jared Cannonier: absorbs 4.4/min
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)
41%
Division & format
Middleweight fights go the distance 41% of the time (vs 48% of all UFC fights, n=1074)
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
51%
Decision
40%
KO / TKO
9%
Submission
Decision51.2%
KO / TKO39.7%
Submission9.0%
How long it lasts 3-round fight
47%
Goes the distance
fair +112
53%
Ends in a finish
fair -112
Rounds lineOverUnder
0.5 93% -1332 7% +1332
1.5 72% -259 28% +259
2.5 57% -132 43% +132
When it ends
Round 119%
Round 218%
Round 316%
Goes the distance47%
"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
Jared Cannonier
Ikram Aliskerov
Age edge (significant gap)
Matchup +8.73
18%
Net striking dominance
Matchup -1.79
14%
Age
Jared Cannonier 42.7 yrs
8%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup +8
8%
Age
Ikram Aliskerov 34.0 yrs
5%
Head-strike accuracy edge
Matchup -13%
4%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Jared Cannonier -0.99
4%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Ikram Aliskerov +0.86
4%
Head absorption rate
Jared Cannonier 66%
3%
Total control time conceded
Ikram Aliskerov 67.29
2%
Fights per year
Jared Cannonier 1.82
2%
Body strikes absorbed per min
Jared Cannonier 0.83
2%
Head absorption rate
Ikram Aliskerov 64%
2%
Strikes absorbed/min
Jared Cannonier 4.28
2%
← pushes toward Jared Cannonier pushes toward Ikram Aliskerov →
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.

Jared Cannonier

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
20%
Avg Duration
17.4m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L DEC
L DEC
W KO
L DEC
L KO
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 185 lbs
Reach: 196 cm
Stance: Switch

Ikram Aliskerov

Win Streak
3
Finish Rate
40%
Avg Duration
7.8m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W DEC
W DEC
W KO
L KO
W KO
Height: 183 cm
Weight: 185 lbs
Reach: 193 cm
Stance: Southpaw
Head-to-Head Stats
Jared Cannonier
ADVANTAGE
Ikram Aliskerov
Striking Accuracy
46.5%
+7.4%
53.9%
Strikes Landed/Min
3.59
+0.48
4.07
Strikes Absorbed/Min
4.28
+1.31
2.97
Striking Defense
51.4%
+0.1%
51.3%
Takedown Accuracy
44.1%
+11.7%
55.8%
Takedown Defense
67.6%
+1.1%
66.5%
Knockdowns/Fight
0.29
+0.02
0.31
Avg Control Time (sec)
88.89
+12.34
101.24
Strikes Per Round
17.28
+1.07
18.35
Head Strike %
61.3%
+2.4%
63.7%
Body Strike %
21.5%
+1.1%
22.6%
Leg Strike %
17.2%
+3.5%
13.7%
Last 5 Win Rate
20.0%
+60.0%
80.0%
Last 5 Finish Rate
20.0%
+20.0%
40.0%