Dan Hooker
"The Hangman"
24-13-0
VS
2026-09-05
UFC Fight Night: Page vs. Ruziboev
Lightweight
Salahdine Parnasse
23-2-0
RECENCY-HEAVY · CATBOOST PREDICTION
Salahdine Parnasse
56.9% CONFIDENCE
ACTUAL RESULT — MODEL WAS CORRECT
Salahdine Parnasse won
KO/TKO · Round 1 · 2:35
How It Ends
49%
Decision
34%
KO / TKO
17%
Submission
Decision48.7%
KO / TKO34.4%
Submission16.9%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 153.5%
Round 221.7%
Round 3+24.8%
A separate model trained only on how fights end (not who wins) — 51% estimated chance this fight is finished rather than going to a decision.
Why CatBoost leans this way
Dan Hooker
Salahdine Parnasse
Age edge (significant gap)
Matchup
22%
Elo rating edge
Matchup
17%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup
10%
Age
Dan Hooker
8%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Dan Hooker
7%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup
5%
Age
Salahdine Parnasse
3%
Avg takedowns attempted
Dan Hooker
3%
Distance strike defense
Dan Hooker
3%
Strikes absorbed/min
Dan Hooker
3%
Avg takedowns attempted
Salahdine Parnasse
2%
Striking defense
Salahdine Parnasse
2%
Fights per year
Salahdine Parnasse
2%
Past prime
Dan Hooker
2%
← pushes toward Dan Hooker pushes toward Salahdine Parnasse →
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.

Dan Hooker

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L KO
L KO
L SUB
W DEC
W DEC
Height: 183 cm
Weight: 155 lbs
Reach: 190 cm
Stance: Switch

Salahdine Parnasse

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