Francis Marshall
"Fire"
8-3-0
VS
2026-10-31
UFC Fight Night: Klein vs. Kropschot
Featherweight
Dakota Hope
"Huracan"
11-1-0
Thin UFC data
MAIN + MARKET PREDICTION
Francis Marshall 'Fire'
66.5% CONFIDENCE
Market vs Model
Francis Marshall
Dakota Hope
Opening line
-205
+177
Market says
65%
35%
Main + Market says
66%
34%
Gap vs market
+1
-1
Market Margin says
65%
35%
Edge at that price
-3
-1
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.
Fight Insights
56%
Dakota Hope
Fighters who have won 85%+ of 12+ pro fights have won 56% of their UFC fights (1514-1178)
Dakota Hope: 11-1-0 record
57%
Francis Marshall
Fighters who are coming off a win facing an opponent who is coming off a loss have won 57% of their UFC fights (979-747)
61%
Dakota Hope
Fighters who are fighting at this weight for the first time in the UFC facing an opponent who lands under 2.6 significant strikes per minute have won 61% of their UFC fights (67-42)
Francis Marshall: 2.3 sig strikes/min
Real UFC history since 2006, using each fighter's record, form and stats as they stood before every past fight. Only patterns that hold up statistically (corrected for testing many ideas at once) and point the same way in both halves of history are shown — these describe the past, they are not predictions.
How It Ends
49%
Decision
36%
KO / TKO
16%
Submission
Decision48.6%
KO / TKO35.8%
Submission15.6%
How long it lasts 3-round fight
57%
Goes the distance
fair -134
43%
Ends in a finish
fair +134
Rounds lineOverUnder
0.5 92% -1091 8% +1091
1.5 74% -290 26% +290
2.5 60% -148 40% +148
When it ends
Round 123%
Round 212%
Round 37%
Goes the distance57%
"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 XGBoost leans this way
Francis Marshall
Dakota Hope
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Francis Marshall -1.42
13%
Age
Francis Marshall 27.7 yrs
8%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup 0.09
8%
Head absorption rate
Dakota Hope 55%
7%
Elo rating edge
Matchup 31
6%
Avg takedowns attempted
Francis Marshall 3.24
6%
Age
Dakota Hope 29.8 yrs
5%
Distance strike defense
Francis Marshall 59%
4%
Avg takedowns attempted
Dakota Hope 3.05
3%
Net striking dominance
Matchup -0.05
3%
Head-strike accuracy edge
Matchup -5%
3%
Round 1 strike output
Francis Marshall 9.80
3%
Control time conceded
Dakota Hope 62.62
3%
Reach edge
Matchup +10.2 cm
2%
← pushes toward Francis Marshall pushes toward Dakota Hope →
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.

Francis Marshall

Win Streak
2
Finish Rate
20%
Avg Duration
10.5m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W DEC
W SUB
L DEC
W DEC
L KO
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 145 lbs
Reach: 183 cm
Stance: Orthodox

Dakota Hope

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
15.0m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L DEC
Height: 168 cm
Weight: 155 lbs
Reach: 173 cm
Stance: N/A
Head-to-Head Stats
Francis Marshall
ADVANTAGE
Dakota Hope
Striking Accuracy
36.9%
+5.7%
42.6%
Strikes Landed/Min
2.52
+2.51
5.03
Strikes Absorbed/Min
2.75
+2.25
5.00
Striking Defense
55.4%
+10.1%
45.3%
Takedown Accuracy
41.6%
+4.8%
36.8%
Takedown Defense
73.7%
+8.8%
64.9%
Knockdowns/Fight
0.21
+0.18
0.39
Avg Control Time (sec)
94.08
+27.15
66.93
Strikes Per Round
13.88
+7.25
21.13
Head Strike %
69.8%
+8.4%
61.3%
Body Strike %
15.3%
+12.7%
28.0%
Leg Strike %
14.9%
+4.2%
10.7%
Last 5 Win Rate
60.0%
+60.0%
0.0%
Last 5 Finish Rate
20.0%
+20.0%
0.0%