Alexander Volkanovski
"The Great"
27-4-0
VS
Movsar Evloev
19-0-0
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.
What Every Model Says
Main + Market
currently viewing
48.9%
51.1%
Movsar Evloev
XGBoost
47.4%
52.6%
Movsar Evloev
LightGBM
48.4%
51.6%
Movsar Evloev
Logistic (Core)
59.7%
40.3%
Alexander Volkanovski
CatBoost
51.4%
48.6%
Alexander Volkanovski
Ensemble
53.6%
46.4%
Alexander Volkanovski
Market Margin · XGBoost
55.3%
44.7%
Alexander Volkanovski
Recency-Heavy · CatBoost
46.3%
53.7%
Movsar Evloev
Recency-Heavy · Ensemble
57.0%
43.0%
Alexander Volkanovski
Recency-Heavy · LightGBM
50.6%
49.4%
Alexander Volkanovski
Recency-Heavy · Logistic (Core)
59.4%
40.6%
Alexander Volkanovski
Recency-Heavy · XGBoost
52.3%
47.7%
Alexander Volkanovski
With Odds · CatBoost
51.2%
48.8%
Alexander Volkanovski
With Odds · Ensemble
52.0%
48.0%
Alexander Volkanovski
With Odds · LightGBM
49.3%
50.7%
Movsar Evloev
With Odds · Logistic (Core)
59.7%
40.3%
Alexander Volkanovski
With Odds · XGBoost
47.6%
52.4%
Movsar Evloev
Click a model to view the fight through its eyes — probabilities, prediction and explanation update.
How It Ends
67%
Decision
22%
KO / TKO
10%
Submission
How long it lasts 5-round fight
77%
Goes the distance
fair -335
23%
Ends in a finish
fair +335
| Rounds line | Over | Under |
|---|---|---|
| 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
"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
14%
11%
10%
9%
7%
4%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
2%
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
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