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Conor McGregor
"The Notorious"
22-6-0
VS
2026-07-11
UFC 329
Welterweight
Max Holloway
"Blessed"
27-8-0
CATBOOST PREDICTION
Conor McGregor 'The Notorious'
50.4% CONFIDENCE
What Every Model Says
XGBoost
47.7% 52.3%
Max Holloway
LightGBM
44.1% 55.9%
Max Holloway
Logistic (Core)
44.3% 55.7%
Max Holloway
CatBoost currently viewing
50.4% 49.6%
Conor McGregor
Ensemble
53.2% 46.8%
Conor McGregor
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How It Ends
45%
Decision
42%
KO / TKO
13%
Submission
Decision44.8%
KO / TKO42.1%
Submission13.1%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 151.3%
Round 228.7%
Round 3+20.0%
A separate model trained only on how fights end (not who wins) — 55% estimated chance this fight is finished rather than going to a decision.
Why CatBoost leans this way
Conor McGregor
Max Holloway
Net striking dominance
Matchup
21%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Max Holloway
9%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup
8%
Age
Max Holloway
8%
Elo rating edge
Matchup
7%
Age
Conor McGregor
7%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Conor McGregor
6%
Avg takedowns attempted
Max Holloway
4%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup
3%
Past prime
Max Holloway
3%
Avg takedowns attempted
Conor McGregor
3%
Reach edge
Matchup
2%
Fights per year
Conor McGregor
2%
Last 2 avg fight time
Conor McGregor
1%
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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.

Conor McGregor

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L KO
L KO
L KO
W KO
L SUB
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 155 lbs
Reach: 188 cm
Stance: Southpaw

Max Holloway

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W KO
L DEC
W DEC
L KO
W KO
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 155 lbs
Reach: 175 cm
Stance: Orthodox