MarQuel Mederos
11-1-0
VS
2026-08-22
UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Rodrigues
Lightweight
Mason Jones
"The Dragon"
17-2-0
CATBOOST PREDICTION
MarQuel Mederos
56.2% CONFIDENCE
ACTUAL RESULT — MODEL WAS CORRECT
MarQuel Mederos won
KO/TKO · Round 2 · 2:07
How It Ends
65%
Decision
24%
KO / TKO
11%
Submission
Decision65.3%
KO / TKO23.6%
Submission11.1%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 146.4%
Round 230.8%
Round 3+22.7%
A separate model trained only on how fights end (not who wins) — 35% estimated chance this fight is finished rather than going to a decision.
Why CatBoost leans this way
MarQuel Mederos
Mason Jones
Net striking dominance
Matchup
22%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup
12%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
MarQuel Mederos
8%
Age
MarQuel Mederos
4%
Avg takedowns attempted
MarQuel Mederos
4%
Avg takedowns attempted
Mason Jones
4%
Head-strike accuracy edge
Matchup
4%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup
4%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Mason Jones
4%
Age
Mason Jones
3%
Strikes absorbed/min
Mason Jones
3%
Past prime
Mason Jones
3%
Distance strike defense
Mason Jones
2%
Striker anti-wrestling edge
Matchup
2%
← pushes toward MarQuel Mederos pushes toward Mason Jones →
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.

MarQuel Mederos

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W KO
D DEC
W DEC
W DEC
W DEC
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 155 lbs
Reach: 175 cm
Stance: Orthodox

Mason Jones

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L KO
W DEC
W KO
W DEC
L DEC
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 155 lbs
Reach: 188 cm
Stance: Orthodox