Chris Padilla
"Taco"
17-6-0
VS
2026-08-22
UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Rodrigues
Lightweight
Nasrat Haqparast
18-6-0
ENSEMBLE PREDICTION
Chris Padilla 'Taco'
73.3% CONFIDENCE
ACTUAL RESULT — MODEL WAS CORRECT
Chris Padilla 'Taco' won
Submission · Round 3 · 4:59
How It Ends
55%
Decision
34%
KO / TKO
11%
Submission
Decision54.8%
KO / TKO34.2%
Submission11.0%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 149.9%
Round 228.4%
Round 3+21.7%
A separate model trained only on how fights end (not who wins) — 45% estimated chance this fight is finished rather than going to a decision.
Why XGBoost leans this way
Chris Padilla
Nasrat Haqparast
Net striking dominance
Matchup
17%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Nasrat Haqparast
10%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup
5%
Strikes absorbed/min
Nasrat Haqparast
5%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Chris Padilla
5%
Head-strike accuracy edge
Matchup
4%
Strikes absorbed/min
Chris Padilla
4%
Age
Nasrat Haqparast
4%
Sub attempts/fight
Nasrat Haqparast
3%
Age
Chris Padilla
3%
Avg takedowns attempted
Nasrat Haqparast
3%
Striking accuracy
Chris Padilla
3%
Finishing threat edge
Matchup
3%
Body strikes absorbed per min
Chris Padilla
3%
← pushes toward Chris Padilla pushes toward Nasrat Haqparast →
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.

Chris Padilla

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W SUB
D DEC
W KO
W DEC
W KO
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 155 lbs
Reach: 188 cm
Stance: Orthodox

Nasrat Haqparast

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L SUB
L KO
W DEC
W DEC
W KO
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 155 lbs
Reach: 183 cm
Stance: Southpaw