Azamat Bekoev
"Iron"
20-4-0
VS
Andre Petroski
13-6-0
Market vs Model
Azamat Bekoev
Andre Petroski
Opening line
-450
+350
Market says
79%
21%
Main + Market says
74%
26%
Gap vs market
-5
+5
Market Margin says
73%
27%
Edge at that price
-9
+5
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.
Fight Insights
40%
Andre Petroski
Fighters who are 35 or older have won 40% of their UFC fights (961-1432)
Andre Petroski: age 35
57%
Azamat Bekoev
Fighters who average 2.8+ takedowns per 15 minutes have won 57% of their UFC fights (1170-882)
Azamat Bekoev: 3.5 takedowns/15 min
57%
Andre Petroski
Fighters who average 3.8+ minutes of control time per fight have won 57% of their UFC fights (1170-886)
Andre Petroski: 4.0 min control/fight
44%
Azamat Bekoev
Fighters who absorb 4.1+ significant strikes per minute have won 44% of their UFC fights (930-1190)
Azamat Bekoev: absorbs 6.8/min
59%
Azamat Bekoev
Fighters who score 0.89+ knockdowns per 15 minutes facing an opponent who has been finished 2+ times in the UFC have won 59% of their UFC fights (312-216)
Azamat Bekoev: 1.49 knockdowns/15 min | Andre Petroski: finished 4 times
23%
Market check · Andre Petroski
Big underdogs (opening line under 33%) have won 23% of their fights — 4 points below the 27% the opening lines implied (n=2630)
Andre Petroski: opening line implies a 21% chance to win
86%
Market check · Azamat Bekoev
Heavy favorites (opening line over 75%) have won 86% of their fights — 6 points above the 79% the opening lines implied (n=792)
Azamat Bekoev: opening line implies a 79% chance to win
53%
Matchup
Fights where a fighter who scores 0.89+ knockdowns per 15 minutes faces an opponent who has been finished 2+ times in the UFC end in a KO/TKO 53% of the time (vs 33% of all UFC fights, n=514)
41%
Division & format
Middleweight fights go the distance 41% of the time (vs 48% of all UFC fights, n=1074)
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
currently viewing
73.6%
26.4%
Azamat Bekoev
XGBoost
48.5%
51.5%
Andre Petroski
LightGBM
45.0%
55.0%
Andre Petroski
Logistic (Core)
50.1%
49.9%
Azamat Bekoev
CatBoost
50.1%
49.9%
Azamat Bekoev
Ensemble
46.8%
53.2%
Andre Petroski
Market Margin · XGBoost
72.9%
27.1%
Azamat Bekoev
Recency-Heavy · CatBoost
49.9%
50.1%
Andre Petroski
Recency-Heavy · Ensemble
50.1%
49.9%
Azamat Bekoev
Recency-Heavy · LightGBM
48.2%
51.8%
Andre Petroski
Recency-Heavy · Logistic (Core)
51.8%
48.2%
Azamat Bekoev
Recency-Heavy · XGBoost
54.1%
45.9%
Azamat Bekoev
With Odds · CatBoost
74.9%
25.1%
Azamat Bekoev
With Odds · Ensemble
74.5%
25.5%
Azamat Bekoev
With Odds · LightGBM
73.5%
26.5%
Azamat Bekoev
With Odds · Logistic (Core)
50.1%
49.9%
Azamat Bekoev
With Odds · XGBoost
76.2%
23.8%
Azamat Bekoev
Click a model to view the fight through its eyes — probabilities, prediction and explanation update.
How It Ends
36%
Decision
40%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
How long it lasts 3-round fight
33%
Goes the distance
fair +206
67%
Ends in a finish
fair -206
| Rounds line | Over | Under |
|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | 83% -490 | 17% +490 |
| 1.5 | 53% -113 | 47% +113 |
| 2.5 | 33% +206 | 67% -206 |
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
Azamat Bekoev
Andre Petroski
10%
10%
6%
5%
5%
4%
4%
4%
4%
4%
4%
4%
3%
3%
← pushes toward Azamat Bekoev
pushes toward Andre Petroski →
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.
Azamat Bekoev
Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
50%
Avg Duration
7.5m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L
SUB
L
KO
W
KO
W
KO
Height:
183 cm
Weight:
185 lbs
Reach:
183 cm
Stance:
Orthodox
Andre Petroski
Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
10.7m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L
KO
L
KO
L
DEC
W
DEC
W
DEC
Height:
183 cm
Weight:
185 lbs
Reach:
185 cm
Stance:
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Head-to-Head Stats
Azamat Bekoev
ADVANTAGE
Andre Petroski
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