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Alexander Volkov
"Drago"
39-11-0
VS
2026-10-24
UFC 333: Volkanovski vs. Evloev
Heavyweight
Rizvan Kuniev
12-3-1
WITH ODDS · CATBOOST PREDICTION
Rizvan Kuniev
53.4% CONFIDENCE
What Every Model Says
XGBoost
55.2% 44.8%
Alexander Volkov
LightGBM
54.7% 45.3%
Alexander Volkov
Logistic (Core)
57.0% 43.0%
Alexander Volkov
CatBoost
53.7% 46.3%
Alexander Volkov
Ensemble
50.3% 49.7%
Alexander Volkov
No Age · CatBoost
51.0% 49.0%
Alexander Volkov
No Age · Ensemble
47.7% 52.3%
Rizvan Kuniev
No Age · LightGBM
50.4% 49.6%
Alexander Volkov
No Age · Logistic (Core)
54.9% 45.1%
Alexander Volkov
No Age · XGBoost
54.8% 45.2%
Alexander Volkov
Recency-Heavy · CatBoost
51.7% 48.3%
Alexander Volkov
Recency-Heavy · Ensemble
49.6% 50.4%
Rizvan Kuniev
Recency-Heavy · LightGBM
53.0% 47.0%
Alexander Volkov
Recency-Heavy · Logistic (Core)
56.4% 43.6%
Alexander Volkov
Recency-Heavy · XGBoost
54.2% 45.8%
Alexander Volkov
With Odds · CatBoost currently viewing
46.6% 53.4%
Rizvan Kuniev
With Odds · Ensemble
45.7% 54.3%
Rizvan Kuniev
With Odds · LightGBM
46.8% 53.2%
Rizvan Kuniev
With Odds · Logistic (Core)
57.0% 43.0%
Alexander Volkov
With Odds · XGBoost
43.6% 56.4%
Rizvan Kuniev
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How It Ends
50%
Decision
40%
KO / TKO
10%
Submission
Decision49.9%
KO / TKO40.5%
Submission9.6%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 151.1%
Round 231.3%
Round 3+17.6%
A separate model trained only on how fights end (not who wins) — 50% estimated chance this fight is finished rather than going to a decision.
Why CatBoost leans this way
Alexander Volkov
Rizvan Kuniev
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup +34
21%
Age
Alexander Volkov 38.0 yrs
11%
Age
Rizvan Kuniev 34.6 yrs
8%
Net striking dominance
Matchup +0.25
6%
Avg takedowns attempted
Alexander Volkov 1.34
5%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Alexander Volkov +0.44
5%
Avg takedowns attempted
Rizvan Kuniev 1.18
4%
Market opening prob diff
Matchup
4%
Striking defense
Rizvan Kuniev 52%
3%
Striking defense
Alexander Volkov 54%
3%
Sub attempts/fight
Rizvan Kuniev 0.21
3%
Distance strike defense
Alexander Volkov 58%
3%
Last 2 avg fight time
Alexander Volkov 900
2%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup -0.09
2%
← 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
55.5%
+8.1%
47.3%
Strikes Landed/Min
4.06
+0.74
3.32
Strikes Absorbed/Min
2.75
+0.32
2.43
Striking Defense
54.3%
+2.4%
51.9%
Takedown Accuracy
40.7%
+3.2%
37.5%
Takedown Defense
59.6%
+20.9%
80.5%
Knockdowns/Fight
0.17
+0.14
0.30
Avg Control Time (sec)
71.99
+3.99
75.98
Strikes Per Round
18.89
+2.98
15.91
Head Strike %
54.2%
+13.7%
67.8%
Body Strike %
22.7%
+0.5%
22.2%
Leg Strike %
23.1%
+13.1%
10.0%
Last 5 Win Rate
80.0%
+13.3%
66.7%
Last 5 Finish Rate
20.0%
+13.3%
33.3%