Alexander Volkov
"Drago"
39-11-0
VS
Rizvan Kuniev
12-3-1
Market vs Model VALUE
Alexander Volkov
Rizvan Kuniev
Opening line
-270
+222
Market says
70%
30%
XGBoost says
64%
36%
Gap vs market
-7
+7
Market Margin says
64%
36%
Edge at that price
-9
+5
Rizvan Kuniev at +222:
Market Margin gives 36% vs 31% needed to break even
— a 5-point edge on the underdog.
The gap uses whichever model you've selected. Value always comes from Market Margin, the one model whose
disagreements with the betting line were backtested (flagged sides returned about +8% for favorites and +18% for
underdogs on flat bets at the opening price across ~2,800 past fights). Other models' disagreements with the market
haven't held up, so they don't get a value flag. It's measured against the opening line — if the price has
moved, the edge will be different.
Fight Insights
40%
Alexander Volkov
Fighters who are 35 or older have won 40% of their UFC fights (961-1432)
Alexander Volkov: age 38
58%
Rizvan Kuniev
Fighters who are coming off a win facing an opponent who has 15+ UFC fights have won 58% of their UFC fights (554-398)
Alexander Volkov: 19 UFC fights
23%
Market check · Rizvan Kuniev
Big underdogs (opening line under 33%) have won 23% of their fights — 4 points below the 27% the opening lines implied (n=2630)
Rizvan Kuniev: opening line implies a 30% chance to win
57%
Market check · Alexander Volkov
Favorites who are 35 or older have won 57% of their fights — 4 points below the 61% the opening lines implied (n=905)
Alexander Volkov: opening line implies a 70% chance to win
52%
Division & format
Heavyweight fights end in a KO/TKO 52% of the time (vs 33% of all UFC fights, n=667)
34%
Division & format
Heavyweight fights go the distance 34% of the time (vs 48% of all UFC fights, n=667)
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
67.3%
32.7%
Alexander Volkov
XGBoost
51.4%
48.6%
Alexander Volkov
LightGBM
53.4%
46.6%
Alexander Volkov
Logistic (Core)
56.8%
43.2%
Alexander Volkov
CatBoost
54.3%
45.7%
Alexander Volkov
Ensemble
49.3%
50.7%
Rizvan Kuniev
Market Margin · XGBoost
currently viewing
63.5%
36.5%
Alexander Volkov
Recency-Heavy · CatBoost
50.9%
49.1%
Alexander Volkov
Recency-Heavy · Ensemble
47.1%
52.9%
Rizvan Kuniev
Recency-Heavy · LightGBM
46.4%
53.6%
Rizvan Kuniev
Recency-Heavy · Logistic (Core)
56.5%
43.5%
Alexander Volkov
Recency-Heavy · XGBoost
53.2%
46.8%
Alexander Volkov
With Odds · CatBoost
53.3%
46.7%
Alexander Volkov
With Odds · Ensemble
51.2%
48.8%
Alexander Volkov
With Odds · LightGBM
49.9%
50.1%
Rizvan Kuniev
With Odds · Logistic (Core)
56.8%
43.2%
Alexander Volkov
With Odds · XGBoost
54.6%
45.4%
Alexander Volkov
Click a model to view the fight through its eyes — probabilities, prediction and explanation update.
How It Ends
51%
Decision
40%
KO / TKO
9%
Submission
How long it lasts 3-round fight
57%
Goes the distance
fair -131
43%
Ends in a finish
fair +131
| Rounds line | Over | Under |
|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | 91% -964 | 9% +964 |
| 1.5 | 71% -241 | 29% +241 |
| 2.5 | 60% -150 | 40% +150 |
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
Alexander Volkov
Rizvan Kuniev
14%
5%
4%
4%
4%
4%
4%
4%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
← pushes toward Alexander Volkov
pushes toward Rizvan Kuniev →
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.
Alexander Volkov
Win Streak
2
Finish Rate
20%
Avg Duration
13.9m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W
DEC
W
DEC
L
DEC
W
DEC
W
SUB
Height:
201 cm
Weight:
261 lbs
Reach:
203 cm
Stance:
Orthodox
Rizvan Kuniev
Win Streak
2
Finish Rate
33%
Avg Duration
13.7m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W
KO
W
DEC
L
DEC
Height:
193 cm
Weight:
240 lbs
Reach:
193 cm
Stance:
Orthodox
Head-to-Head Stats
Alexander Volkov
ADVANTAGE
Rizvan Kuniev
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