Stephen Thompson
"Wonderboy"
17-9-1
VS
2026-11-14
UFC 334: Gane vs. Hokit
Welterweight
Charles Radtke
"Chuck Buffalo"
11-5-0
MAIN + MARKET PREDICTION
Charles Radtke 'Chuck Buffalo'
65.3% CONFIDENCE
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.
How It Ends
48%
Decision
38%
KO / TKO
14%
Submission
Decision48.4%
KO / TKO38.0%
Submission13.6%
How long it lasts 3-round fight
48%
Goes the distance
fair +107
52%
Ends in a finish
fair -107
Rounds lineOverUnder
0.5 91% -985 9% +985
1.5 72% -253 28% +253
2.5 55% -120 45% +120
When it ends
Round 123%
Round 214%
Round 315%
Goes the distance48%
"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
Age edge (significant gap)
Matchup +7.41
14%
Age
Stephen Thompson 43.8 yrs
10%
Net striking dominance
Matchup +0.44
7%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup +11
6%
Age
Charles Radtke 36.4 yrs
5%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Stephen Thompson -1.39
5%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup -0.05
5%
Elo rating edge
Matchup 36
4%
Head-strike accuracy edge
Matchup -12%
4%
Avg control time
Charles Radtke 123.85
3%
Head absorption rate
Stephen Thompson 59%
3%
Strikes absorbed/min
Charles Radtke 2.22
3%
Total control time conceded
Charles Radtke 74.17
3%
Avg takedowns attempted
Stephen Thompson 1.82
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
47.7%
+2.1%
49.8%
Strikes Landed/Min
3.59
+1.33
2.26
Strikes Absorbed/Min
3.11
+0.89
2.22
Striking Defense
51.6%
+3.6%
55.1%
Takedown Accuracy
33.4%
+12.0%
45.4%
Takedown Defense
59.9%
+6.5%
66.4%
Knockdowns/Fight
0.17
+0.05
0.22
Avg Control Time (sec)
57.92
+65.93
123.85
Strikes Per Round
17.07
+4.59
12.48
Head Strike %
64.0%
+7.4%
71.4%
Body Strike %
22.7%
+7.7%
15.0%
Leg Strike %
13.3%
+0.3%
13.6%
Last 5 Win Rate
20.0%
+40.0%
60.0%
Last 5 Finish Rate
20.0%
+20.0%
40.0%