Azamat Bekoev
"Iron"
20-4-0
VS
2026-10-31
UFC Fight Night: Klein vs. Kropschot
Middleweight
Andre Petroski
13-6-0
MAIN + MARKET PREDICTION
Azamat Bekoev 'Iron'
73.6% CONFIDENCE
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.
How It Ends
36%
Decision
40%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
Decision36.5%
KO / TKO39.5%
Submission24.0%
How long it lasts 3-round fight
33%
Goes the distance
fair +206
67%
Ends in a finish
fair -206
Rounds lineOverUnder
0.5 83% -490 17% +490
1.5 53% -113 47% +113
2.5 33% +206 67% -206
When it ends
Round 134%
Round 229%
Round 34%
Goes the distance33%
"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
Age
Andre Petroski 35.4 yrs
10%
Net striking dominance
Matchup -0.47
10%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Azamat Bekoev +1.52
6%
Elo rating edge
Matchup -31
5%
Age edge (significant gap)
Matchup -4.55
5%
Head-strike accuracy edge
Matchup 5%
4%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup +5
4%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Andre Petroski -0.36
4%
Avg takedowns attempted
Andre Petroski 3.06
4%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup -0.12
4%
Total control time conceded
Andre Petroski 71.17
4%
Control time conceded
Andre Petroski 53.22
4%
Body strikes absorbed per min
Andre Petroski 0.44
3%
Fights per year
Andre Petroski 2.76
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: Switch
Head-to-Head Stats
Azamat Bekoev
ADVANTAGE
Andre Petroski
Striking Accuracy
49.0%
+2.6%
46.4%
Strikes Landed/Min
3.29
+1.04
2.25
Strikes Absorbed/Min
4.46
+1.62
2.84
Striking Defense
40.8%
+11.1%
51.9%
Takedown Accuracy
40.5%
+5.5%
46.1%
Takedown Defense
61.0%
+13.2%
74.3%
Knockdowns/Fight
0.48
+0.36
0.12
Avg Control Time (sec)
80.57
+14.81
95.37
Strikes Per Round
15.78
+3.70
12.07
Head Strike %
62.3%
+2.7%
59.6%
Body Strike %
24.6%
+3.9%
20.7%
Leg Strike %
13.1%
+6.6%
19.7%
Last 5 Win Rate
50.0%
+10.0%
40.0%
Last 5 Finish Rate
50.0%
+50.0%
0.0%