Grant Dawson
"KGD"
23-2-1
VS
Nurullo Aliev
"Tajik Eagle"
11-0-0
Market vs Model STRONG VALUE
Grant Dawson
Nurullo Aliev
Opening line
-110
-106
Market says
50%
50%
XGBoost says
67%
33%
Gap vs market
+16
-16
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.
What Every Model Says
Main + Market
61.4%
38.6%
Grant Dawson
XGBoost
69.8%
30.2%
Grant Dawson
LightGBM
59.8%
40.2%
Grant Dawson
Logistic (Core)
57.7%
42.3%
Grant Dawson
CatBoost
54.7%
45.3%
Grant Dawson
Ensemble
59.7%
40.3%
Grant Dawson
Market Margin · XGBoost
currently viewing
66.7%
33.3%
Grant Dawson
Recency-Heavy · CatBoost
55.4%
44.6%
Grant Dawson
Recency-Heavy · Ensemble
59.4%
40.6%
Grant Dawson
Recency-Heavy · LightGBM
59.3%
40.7%
Grant Dawson
Recency-Heavy · Logistic (Core)
57.9%
42.1%
Grant Dawson
Recency-Heavy · XGBoost
62.9%
37.1%
Grant Dawson
With Odds · CatBoost
52.3%
47.7%
Grant Dawson
With Odds · Ensemble
52.1%
47.9%
Grant Dawson
With Odds · LightGBM
51.3%
48.7%
Grant Dawson
With Odds · Logistic (Core)
57.7%
42.3%
Grant Dawson
With Odds · XGBoost
54.0%
46.0%
Grant Dawson
Click a model to view the fight through its eyes — probabilities, prediction and explanation update.
How It Ends
65%
Decision
23%
KO / TKO
13%
Submission
How long it lasts 3-round fight
56%
Goes the distance
fair -129
44%
Ends in a finish
fair +129
| Rounds line | Over | Under |
|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | 94% -1553 | 6% +1553 |
| 1.5 | 80% -396 | 20% +396 |
| 2.5 | 64% -181 | 36% +181 |
When it ends
"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
7%
7%
6%
6%
5%
5%
4%
4%
4%
3%
3%
3%
3%
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
Strikes Landed/Min
Strikes Absorbed/Min
Striking Defense
Takedown Accuracy
Takedown Defense
Knockdowns/Fight
Avg Control Time (sec)
Strikes Per Round
Head Strike %
Body Strike %
Leg Strike %
Last 5 Win Rate
Last 5 Finish Rate