Farid Basharat
"Ferocious"
14-0-0
VS
2026-07-11
UFC 329
Bantamweight
John Garza
"Mowgli"
6-1-0
LIGHTGBM PREDICTION
Farid Basharat 'Ferocious'
55.8% CONFIDENCE
How It Ends
60%
Decision
19%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
Decision60.0%
KO / TKO19.5%
Submission20.6%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 136.1%
Round 236.5%
Round 3+27.3%
A separate model trained only on how fights end (not who wins) — 40% estimated chance this fight is finished rather than going to a decision.
Why LightGBM leans this way
Farid Basharat
John Garza
Age edge (significant gap)
Matchup
21%
Elo rating edge
Matchup
19%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Farid Basharat
7%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup
6%
Avg takedowns attempted
Farid Basharat
5%
Age
John Garza
5%
Age
Farid Basharat
5%
Total career fights (incl. non-UFC)
John Garza
4%
Distance strike defense
Farid Basharat
2%
Fights per year
Farid Basharat
2%
Head absorption rate
Farid Basharat
2%
Avg takedowns attempted
John Garza
2%
Elo rating
John Garza
2%
Striker anti-wrestling edge
Matchup
2%
← pushes toward Farid Basharat pushes toward John Garza →
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.

Farid Basharat

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W DEC
W DEC
W DEC
W DEC
W DEC
Height: 173 cm
Weight: 135 lbs
Reach: 180 cm
Stance: Orthodox

John Garza

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L DEC
Height: N/A cm
Weight: 135 lbs
Reach: N/A cm
Stance: Orthodox