Alexander Volkanovski
"The Great"
27-4-0
VS
2026-10-24
UFC 333: Volkanovski vs. Evloev
Featherweight
Movsar Evloev
19-0-0
MAIN + MARKET PREDICTION
Movsar Evloev
51.1% CONFIDENCE
Market vs Model
Alexander Volkanovski
Movsar Evloev
Opening line
-120
-110
Market says
51%
49%
Main + Market says
49%
51%
Gap vs market
-2
+2
Market Margin says
55%
45%
Edge at that price
+1
-8
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
63%
Movsar Evloev
Fighters who are 5+ years younger than their opponent have won 63% of their UFC fights (1773-1054)
Movsar Evloev is 33, Alexander Volkanovski is 38
59%
Movsar Evloev
Fighters who are undefeated with 5+ wins have won 59% of their UFC fights (900-615)
Movsar Evloev: 19-0-0 record
59%
Movsar Evloev
Fighters who are coming off a win facing an opponent who has been knocked out 2+ times in the UFC have won 59% of their UFC fights (700-477)
Alexander Volkanovski: KO'd 2 times
56%
Alexander Volkanovski
Fighters who have won 85%+ of 12+ pro fights have won 56% of their UFC fights (1514-1178)
Alexander Volkanovski: 27-4-0 record
57%
Market check · Alexander Volkanovski
Favorites who are 35 or older have won 57% of their fights — 4 points below the 61% the opening lines implied (n=905)
Alexander Volkanovski: opening line implies a 51% chance to win
63%
Matchup
Fights where a fighter who has gone to a decision in 70%+ of their UFC fights (5+ fights) go the distance 63% of the time (vs 48% of all UFC fights, n=1022)
19%
Division & format
Title fights end in round 1 19% of the time (vs 27% of all UFC fights, n=400)
44%
Division & format
5-round fights end in a KO/TKO 44% of the time (vs 33% of all UFC fights, n=744)
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
67%
Decision
22%
KO / TKO
10%
Submission
Decision67.5%
KO / TKO22.4%
Submission10.1%
How long it lasts 5-round fight
77%
Goes the distance
fair -335
23%
Ends in a finish
fair +335
Rounds lineOverUnder
0.5 96% -2290 4% +2290
1.5 89% -800 11% +800
2.5 80% -396 20% +396
3.5 79% -365 21% +365
4.5 77% -344 23% +344
When it ends
Round 19%
Round 28%
Round 34%
Round 41%
Round 51%
Goes the distance77%
"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 10% (log loss; 46% of 5-round fights go the distance), so treat it as a tilt away from the base rate, not a certainty.
Why XGBoost leans this way
Alexander Volkanovski
Movsar Evloev
Avg takedowns attempted
Movsar Evloev 6.29
14%
Net striking dominance
Matchup +1.43
11%
Age
Alexander Volkanovski 38.1 yrs
10%
Age edge (significant gap)
Matchup +5.37
9%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Movsar Evloev -1.50
7%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup +12
4%
Last 2 avg fight time
Movsar Evloev 1200.00
3%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup 0.03
3%
Head-strike accuracy edge
Matchup 8%
3%
Avg takedowns attempted
Alexander Volkanovski 4.52
3%
Elo rating edge
Matchup 29
3%
Head absorption rate
Alexander Volkanovski 59%
3%
Control time conceded
Alexander Volkanovski 60.85
2%
Last 2 avg fight time
Alexander Volkanovski 1500.00
2%
← pushes toward Alexander Volkanovski pushes toward Movsar Evloev →
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.

Alexander Volkanovski

Win Streak
2
Finish Rate
20%
Avg Duration
15.2m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W DEC
W DEC
L KO
L KO
W KO
Height: 168 cm
Weight: 145 lbs
Reach: 180 cm
Stance: Orthodox

Movsar Evloev

Win Streak
10
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
17.0m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W DEC
W DEC
W DEC
W DEC
W DEC
Height: 170 cm
Weight: 145 lbs
Reach: 183 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Head-to-Head Stats
Alexander Volkanovski
ADVANTAGE
Movsar Evloev
Striking Accuracy
55.5%
+8.7%
46.8%
Strikes Landed/Min
4.95
+1.55
3.40
Strikes Absorbed/Min
3.12
+0.12
2.99
Striking Defense
57.4%
+1.8%
59.2%
Takedown Accuracy
31.6%
+22.8%
54.4%
Takedown Defense
63.4%
+7.6%
55.8%
Knockdowns/Fight
0.20
+0.08
0.12
Avg Control Time (sec)
74.31
+19.64
93.95
Strikes Per Round
23.02
+6.07
16.95
Head Strike %
68.5%
+2.2%
66.2%
Body Strike %
12.0%
+9.8%
21.8%
Leg Strike %
19.5%
+7.6%
11.9%
Last 5 Win Rate
60.0%
+40.0%
100.0%
Last 5 Finish Rate
20.0%
+20.0%
0.0%