Michael Page
"Venom"
24-3-0
VS
2026-09-05
UFC Fight Night: Page vs. Ruziboev
Middleweight
Nursulton Ruziboev
"Black"
36-9-2
LOGISTIC (CORE) PREDICTION
Michael Page 'Venom'
54.4% CONFIDENCE
ACTUAL RESULT — MODEL WAS CORRECT
Michael Page 'Venom' won
Decision · Round 3 · 5:00
How It Ends
44%
Decision
40%
KO / TKO
15%
Submission
Decision44.3%
KO / TKO40.3%
Submission15.4%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 148.2%
Round 235.8%
Round 3+15.9%
A separate model trained only on how fights end (not who wins) — 56% estimated chance this fight is finished rather than going to a decision.
Why XGBoost leans this way
Michael Page
Nursulton Ruziboev
Age edge (significant gap)
Matchup
12%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup
10%
Age
Michael Page
9%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Nursulton Ruziboev
9%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Michael Page
8%
Net striking dominance
Matchup
7%
Strikes absorbed/min
Michael Page
4%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup
4%
Head absorption rate
Michael Page
3%
Elo rating edge
Matchup
3%
Round 1 strike output
Nursulton Ruziboev
3%
Distance strike defense
Michael Page
2%
Sub attempts/fight
Michael Page
2%
Finishing threat edge
Matchup
2%
← pushes toward Michael Page pushes toward Nursulton Ruziboev →
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.

Michael Page

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W DEC
W DEC
W DEC
W DEC
L DEC
Height: 190 cm
Weight: 185 lbs
Reach: 201 cm
Stance: Switch

Nursulton Ruziboev

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L DEC
W SUB
W DEC
W KO
L DEC
Height: 196 cm
Weight: 185 lbs
Reach: 193 cm
Stance: Orthodox