Brandon Royval
"Raw Dawg"
17-8-0
VS
2026-07-11
UFC 329
Flyweight
Lone'er Kavanagh
9-1-0
CATBOOST PREDICTION
Lone'er Kavanagh
65.2% CONFIDENCE
How It Ends
60%
Decision
26%
KO / TKO
13%
Submission
Decision60.3%
KO / TKO26.4%
Submission13.3%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 147.5%
Round 226.1%
Round 3+26.4%
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 CatBoost leans this way
Brandon Royval
Lone'er Kavanagh
Age edge (significant gap)
Matchup
19%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup
10%
Net striking dominance
Matchup
10%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup
7%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Lone'er Kavanagh
7%
Age
Brandon Royval
6%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Brandon Royval
6%
Elo rating edge
Matchup
4%
Age
Lone'er Kavanagh
4%
Avg takedowns attempted
Brandon Royval
3%
Avg takedowns attempted
Lone'er Kavanagh
3%
Fights per year
Lone'er Kavanagh
2%
Past prime
Lone'er Kavanagh
2%
Common-opponent edge
Matchup
2%
← pushes toward Brandon Royval pushes toward Lone'er Kavanagh →
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.

Brandon Royval

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W SUB
L KO
L DEC
W DEC
W DEC
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 125 lbs
Reach: 173 cm
Stance: Southpaw

Lone'er Kavanagh

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L SUB
W DEC
L KO
W DEC
W DEC
Height: 168 cm
Weight: 125 lbs
Reach: 170 cm
Stance: Orthodox