Joaquin Buckley
"New Mansa"
21-7-0
VS
2026-10-17
UFC Fight Night: Buckley vs. Malott
Welterweight
Mike Malott
"Proper"
13-2-1
MAIN + MARKET PREDICTION
Joaquin Buckley 'New Mansa'
64.7% CONFIDENCE
ACTUAL RESULT — MODEL WAS WRONG
Mike Malott 'Proper' won
KO/TKO · Round 2 · 2:32
Market vs Model
Joaquin Buckley
Mike Malott
Opening line
-300
+245
Market says
72%
28%
Main + Market says
65%
35%
Gap vs market
-7
+7
Market Margin says
77%
23%
Edge at that price
+2
-6
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.
How It Ends
36%
Decision
55%
KO / TKO
9%
Submission
Decision36.2%
KO / TKO54.8%
Submission9.0%
How long it lasts 5-round fight
28%
Goes the distance
fair +252
72%
Ends in a finish
fair -252
Rounds lineOverUnder
0.5 93% -1272 7% +1272
1.5 78% -350 22% +350
2.5 66% -195 34% +195
3.5 48% +106 52% -106
4.5 35% +186 65% -186
When it ends
Round 120%
Round 27%
Round 319%
Round 414%
Round 511%
Goes the distance28%
"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 10% (log loss; 46% of 5-round fights go the distance), so treat it as a tilt away from the base rate, not a certainty.
Why XGBoost leans this way
Joaquin Buckley
Mike Malott
Net striking dominance
Matchup
10%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Joaquin Buckley
10%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup
8%
Age
Mike Malott
7%
Total control time conceded
Mike Malott
6%
Last 2 avg fight time
Joaquin Buckley
4%
Elo rating edge
Matchup
4%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Mike Malott
4%
Sub attempts/fight
Joaquin Buckley
4%
Head-strike accuracy edge
Matchup
4%
Avg takedowns attempted
Mike Malott
3%
Body strikes absorbed per min
Joaquin Buckley
3%
Body strikes absorbed per min
Mike Malott
3%
Distance strike defense
Joaquin Buckley
3%
← 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
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L KO
L DEC
L DEC
W KO
W KO
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 170 lbs
Reach: 193 cm
Stance: Southpaw

Mike Malott

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W KO
W KO
W DEC
W KO
W DEC
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 170 lbs
Reach: 185 cm
Stance: Orthodox