Joaquin Buckley
"New Mansa"
21-7-0
VS
2026-10-17
UFC Fight Night: Buckley vs. Malott
Welterweight
Mike Malott
"Proper"
13-2-1
LOGISTIC (CORE) PREDICTION
Mike Malott 'Proper'
54.7% CONFIDENCE
How It Ends
54%
Decision
35%
KO / TKO
10%
Submission
Decision54.0%
KO / TKO35.5%
Submission10.5%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 144.7%
Round 233.8%
Round 3+21.5%
A separate model trained only on how fights end (not who wins) — 46% estimated chance this fight is finished rather than going to a decision.
Why XGBoost leans this way
Joaquin Buckley
Mike Malott
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Joaquin Buckley -1.05
11%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup +12
10%
Net striking dominance
Matchup -0.59
9%
Age
Mike Malott 34.9 yrs
8%
Elo rating edge
Matchup -27
7%
Fights per year
Joaquin Buckley 2.96
4%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Mike Malott +0.21
4%
Avg takedowns attempted
Mike Malott 2.22
4%
Distance strike defense
Joaquin Buckley 64%
3%
Head absorption rate
Joaquin Buckley 71%
3%
Head-strike accuracy edge
Matchup -14%
3%
Elo rating
Mike Malott 1,606
3%
Sub attempts/fight
Joaquin Buckley 0.19
2%
Striking defense
Joaquin Buckley 59%
2%
← pushes toward Joaquin Buckley pushes toward Mike Malott →
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.

Joaquin Buckley

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
20%
Avg Duration
16.4m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L DEC
L DEC
W KO
W KO
W DEC
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 170 lbs
Reach: 193 cm
Stance: Southpaw

Mike Malott

Win Streak
4
Finish Rate
40%
Avg Duration
12.5m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W KO
W DEC
W KO
W DEC
L KO
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 170 lbs
Reach: 185 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Head-to-Head Stats
Joaquin Buckley
ADVANTAGE
Mike Malott
Striking Accuracy
38.6%
+10.4%
49.0%
Strikes Landed/Min
2.96
+0.36
3.32
Strikes Absorbed/Min
2.86
+0.23
2.63
Striking Defense
58.9%
+1.9%
57.0%
Takedown Accuracy
44.8%
+3.5%
41.3%
Takedown Defense
67.5%
+2.9%
70.4%
Knockdowns/Fight
0.34
+0.17
0.51
Avg Control Time (sec)
65.85
+6.65
72.50
Strikes Per Round
14.85
+1.32
16.17
Head Strike %
65.2%
+1.3%
63.9%
Body Strike %
23.3%
+4.2%
19.1%
Leg Strike %
11.5%
+5.5%
17.0%
Last 5 Win Rate
60.0%
+20.0%
80.0%
Last 5 Finish Rate
20.0%
+20.0%
40.0%