Stephen Thompson
"Wonderboy"
17-9-1
VS
Charles Radtke
"Chuck Buffalo"
11-5-0
Fight Insights
63%
Charles Radtke
Fighters who are 5+ years younger than their opponent have won 63% of their UFC fights (1773-1054)
Charles Radtke is 36, Stephen Thompson is 44
59%
Charles Radtke
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)
Stephen Thompson: KO'd 2 times
57%
Charles Radtke
Fighters who average 3.8+ minutes of control time per fight have won 57% of their UFC fights (1170-886)
Charles Radtke: 4.4 min control/fight
43%
Stephen Thompson
Fighters who are returning from a layoff of a year or more have won 43% of their UFC fights (624-820)
Stephen Thompson: 16 months since last fight
58%
Matchup
Fights where a fighter who averages 3.8+ minutes of control time per fight faces an opponent who is returning from a layoff of a year or more go the distance 58% of the time (vs 48% of all UFC fights, n=183)
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.
What Every Model Says
Main + Market
currently viewing
34.7%
65.3%
Charles Radtke
XGBoost
34.7%
65.3%
Charles Radtke
LightGBM
34.0%
66.0%
Charles Radtke
Logistic (Core)
49.2%
50.8%
Charles Radtke
CatBoost
41.8%
58.2%
Charles Radtke
Ensemble
35.5%
64.5%
Charles Radtke
Recency-Heavy · CatBoost
40.8%
59.2%
Charles Radtke
Recency-Heavy · Ensemble
36.7%
63.3%
Charles Radtke
Recency-Heavy · LightGBM
36.0%
64.0%
Charles Radtke
Recency-Heavy · Logistic (Core)
47.9%
52.1%
Charles Radtke
Recency-Heavy · XGBoost
35.3%
64.7%
Charles Radtke
With Odds · CatBoost
46.1%
53.9%
Charles Radtke
With Odds · Ensemble
42.4%
57.6%
Charles Radtke
With Odds · LightGBM
44.7%
55.3%
Charles Radtke
With Odds · Logistic (Core)
49.2%
50.8%
Charles Radtke
With Odds · XGBoost
40.2%
59.8%
Charles Radtke
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How It Ends
48%
Decision
38%
KO / TKO
14%
Submission
How long it lasts 3-round fight
48%
Goes the distance
fair +107
52%
Ends in a finish
fair -107
| Rounds line | Over | Under |
|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | 91% -985 | 9% +985 |
| 1.5 | 72% -253 | 28% +253 |
| 2.5 | 55% -120 | 45% +120 |
When it ends
"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
Stephen Thompson
Charles Radtke
14%
10%
7%
6%
5%
5%
5%
4%
4%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
← pushes toward Stephen Thompson
pushes toward Charles Radtke →
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.
Stephen Thompson
Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
20%
Avg Duration
14.4m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L
DEC
L
KO
L
SUB
W
KO
L
DEC
Height:
183 cm
Weight:
170 lbs
Reach:
190 cm
Stance:
Orthodox
Charles Radtke
Win Streak
2
Finish Rate
40%
Avg Duration
8.1m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W
DEC
W
SUB
L
KO
W
KO
L
KO
Height:
175 cm
Weight:
170 lbs
Reach:
183 cm
Stance:
Orthodox
Head-to-Head Stats
Stephen Thompson
ADVANTAGE
Charles Radtke
Striking Accuracy
Strikes Landed/Min
Strikes Absorbed/Min
Striking Defense
Takedown Accuracy
Takedown Defense
Knockdowns/Fight
Avg Control Time (sec)
Strikes Per Round
Head Strike %
Body Strike %
Leg Strike %
Last 5 Win Rate
Last 5 Finish Rate