Cory Sandhagen
18-6-0
VS
2026-07-11
UFC 329
Bantamweight
Mario Bautista
16-3-0
XGBOOST PREDICTION
Mario Bautista
51.1% CONFIDENCE
How It Ends
62%
Decision
20%
KO / TKO
18%
Submission
Decision62.0%
KO / TKO20.1%
Submission17.8%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 143.7%
Round 234.6%
Round 3+21.7%
A separate model trained only on how fights end (not who wins) — 38% estimated chance this fight is finished rather than going to a decision.
Why XGBoost leans this way
Cory Sandhagen
Mario Bautista
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Mario Bautista
14%
Age
Cory Sandhagen
11%
Avg takedowns attempted
Mario Bautista
7%
Net striking dominance
Matchup
6%
Last 2 avg fight time
Cory Sandhagen
5%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup
5%
Avg takedowns attempted
Cory Sandhagen
5%
Age
Mario Bautista
4%
Distance strike defense
Cory Sandhagen
3%
Sub attempts/fight
Cory Sandhagen
3%
Elo rating
Cory Sandhagen
3%
Fights per year
Mario Bautista
3%
Fights per year
Cory Sandhagen
2%
Elo rating
Mario Bautista
2%
← pushes toward Cory Sandhagen pushes toward Mario Bautista →
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.

Cory Sandhagen

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L DEC
L DEC
W KO
L DEC
W DEC
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 135 lbs
Reach: 178 cm
Stance: Switch

Mario Bautista

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W DEC
W SUB
L DEC
W DEC
W DEC
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 135 lbs
Reach: 175 cm
Stance: Switch