Julien Leblanc
10-2-0
VS
2026-10-17
UFC Fight Night: Buckley vs. Malott
Middleweight
Nicholas Galanti
7-1-0
RECENCY-HEAVY · CATBOOST PREDICTION
Nicholas Galanti
64.8% CONFIDENCE
ACTUAL RESULT — MODEL WAS CORRECT
Nicholas Galanti won
Submission · Round 1 · 1:26
Market vs Model
Julien Leblanc
Nicholas Galanti
Opening line
+385
-500
Market says
20%
80%
CatBoost says
35%
65%
Gap vs market
+15
-15
Market Margin says
20%
80%
Edge at that price
-1
-3
No side clears the 5-point value threshold at the opening line.
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.
How It Ends
35%
Decision
38%
KO / TKO
27%
Submission
Decision35.4%
KO / TKO37.9%
Submission26.7%
How long it lasts 3-round fight
48%
Goes the distance
fair +109
52%
Ends in a finish
fair -109
Rounds lineOverUnder
0.5 87% -669 13% +669
1.5 62% -163 38% +163
2.5 52% -110 48% +110
When it ends
Round 125%
Round 218%
Round 39%
Goes the distance48%
"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 CatBoost leans this way
Julien Leblanc
Nicholas Galanti
Age edge (significant gap)
Matchup
24%
Elo rating edge
Matchup
12%
Age
Julien Leblanc
9%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup
8%
Age
Nicholas Galanti
7%
Avg takedowns attempted
Julien Leblanc
4%
Avg takedowns attempted
Nicholas Galanti
3%
Past prime
Julien Leblanc
3%
Total career fights (incl. non-UFC)
Nicholas Galanti
3%
Last 2 avg fight time
Julien Leblanc
2%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup
2%
Fights per year
Julien Leblanc
2%
Distance strike defense
Nicholas Galanti
2%
Striking defense
Julien Leblanc
2%
← pushes toward Julien Leblanc pushes toward Nicholas Galanti →
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.

Julien Leblanc

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L SUB
L SUB
Height: N/A cm
Weight: 185 lbs
Reach: N/A cm
Stance: N/A

Nicholas Galanti

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W SUB
Height: N/A cm
Weight: 185 lbs
Reach: N/A cm
Stance: N/A