Grant Dawson
"KGD"
23-2-1
VS
2026-10-24
UFC 333: Volkanovski vs. Evloev
Lightweight
Nurullo Aliev
"Tajik Eagle"
11-0-0
MAIN + MARKET PREDICTION
Grant Dawson 'KGD'
61.4% CONFIDENCE
Market vs Model STRONG VALUE
Grant Dawson
Nurullo Aliev
Opening line
-110
-106
Market says
50%
50%
Main + Market says
61%
39%
Gap vs market
+11
-11
Market Margin says
67%
33%
Edge at that price
+14
-18
Grant Dawson at -110: Market Margin gives 67% vs 52% needed to break even — a 14-point edge.
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.
Fight Insights
63%
Nurullo Aliev
Fighters who are 5+ years younger than their opponent have won 63% of their UFC fights (1773-1054)
Nurullo Aliev is 26, Grant Dawson is 33
58%
Nurullo Aliev
Fighters who absorb under 2.2 significant strikes per minute have won 58% of their UFC fights (1262-912)
Nurullo Aliev: absorbs 1.7/min
59%
Nurullo Aliev
Fighters who are undefeated with 5+ wins have won 59% of their UFC fights (900-615)
Nurullo Aliev: 11-0-0 record
64%
Grant Dawson
Fighters who have won 85%+ of 12+ pro fights and average 3.8+ minutes of control time per fight have won 64% of their UFC fights (352-195)
Grant Dawson: 23-2-1 record | Grant Dawson: 7.4 min control/fight
57%
Grant Dawson
Fighters who average 2.8+ takedowns per 15 minutes have won 57% of their UFC fights (1170-882)
Grant Dawson: 3.6 takedowns/15 min
71%
Market check · Grant Dawson
Favorites who land 32%+ of their strikes on the ground have won 71% of their fights — 6 points above the 65% the opening lines implied (n=826)
Grant Dawson: opening line implies a 50% chance to win
63%
Matchup
Fights where both fighters average 3.8+ minutes of control time per fight go the distance 63% of the time (vs 48% of all UFC fights, n=219)
Real UFC history since 2006, using each fighter's record, form and stats as they stood before every past fight. Only patterns that hold up statistically (corrected for testing many ideas at once) and point the same way in both halves of history are shown — these describe the past, they are not predictions.
How It Ends
65%
Decision
23%
KO / TKO
13%
Submission
Decision64.6%
KO / TKO22.9%
Submission12.5%
How long it lasts 3-round fight
56%
Goes the distance
fair -129
44%
Ends in a finish
fair +129
Rounds lineOverUnder
0.5 94% -1553 6% +1553
1.5 80% -396 20% +396
2.5 64% -181 36% +181
When it ends
Round 116%
Round 217%
Round 311%
Goes the distance56%
"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 4% (log loss; 51% of 3-round fights go the distance), so treat it as a tilt away from the base rate, not a certainty.
Why XGBoost leans this way
Grant Dawson
Nurullo Aliev
Age edge (significant gap)
Matchup +6.80
9%
Net striking dominance
Matchup +0.50
9%
Elo rating edge
Matchup 72
9%
Avg control time
Grant Dawson 141.65
5%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Nurullo Aliev -0.68
5%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Grant Dawson -0.69
5%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup +15
4%
Strikes absorbed/min
Grant Dawson 2.11
4%
Control time conceded
Grant Dawson 54.91
4%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup -0.04
4%
Decision rate
Nurullo Aliev 58%
3%
Total control time conceded
Grant Dawson 80.08
3%
Head absorption rate
Nurullo Aliev 56%
3%
Avg takedowns attempted
Grant Dawson 4.50
3%
← pushes toward Grant Dawson pushes toward Nurullo Aliev →
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.

Grant Dawson

Win Streak
1
Finish Rate
40%
Avg Duration
10.8m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W SUB
L KO
W DEC
W KO
W DEC
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 155 lbs
Reach: 183 cm
Stance: Switch

Nurullo Aliev

Win Streak
4
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
15.0m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W DEC
W DEC
W DEC
W DEC
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 155 lbs
Reach: 183 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Head-to-Head Stats
Grant Dawson
ADVANTAGE
Nurullo Aliev
Striking Accuracy
48.1%
+5.1%
43.0%
Strikes Landed/Min
2.81
+0.52
2.30
Strikes Absorbed/Min
2.11
+0.11
2.22
Striking Defense
48.8%
+6.0%
54.8%
Takedown Accuracy
40.7%
+8.0%
48.7%
Takedown Defense
68.1%
+1.7%
69.8%
Knockdowns/Fight
0.11
+0.00
0.11
Avg Control Time (sec)
141.65
+11.66
129.99
Strikes Per Round
14.41
+1.64
12.76
Head Strike %
68.0%
+0.7%
68.7%
Body Strike %
19.8%
+1.0%
18.8%
Leg Strike %
12.3%
+0.2%
12.5%
Last 5 Win Rate
80.0%
+20.0%
100.0%
Last 5 Finish Rate
40.0%
+40.0%
0.0%