Petr Yan
"No Mercy"
19-5-0
VS
Merab Dvalishvili
"The Machine"
21-4-0
Market vs Model
Petr Yan
Merab Dvalishvili
Opening line
-175
+150
Market says
61%
39%
Main + Market says
62%
38%
Gap vs market
+1
-1
Market Margin says
61%
39%
Edge at that price
-2
-1
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%
Merab Dvalishvili
Fighters who are 35 or older have won 40% of their UFC fights (961-1432)
Merab Dvalishvili: age 36
57%
Merab Dvalishvili
Fighters who average 2.8+ takedowns per 15 minutes have won 57% of their UFC fights (1170-882)
Merab Dvalishvili: 6.0 takedowns/15 min
57%
Merab Dvalishvili
Fighters who average 3.8+ minutes of control time per fight have won 57% of their UFC fights (1170-886)
Merab Dvalishvili: 6.3 min control/fight
44%
Petr Yan
Fighters who absorb 4.1+ significant strikes per minute have won 44% of their UFC fights (930-1190)
Petr Yan: absorbs 4.2/min
57%
Petr Yan
Fighters who are coming off a win facing an opponent who is coming off a loss have won 57% of their UFC fights (979-747)
30%
Market check · Merab Dvalishvili
Underdogs who are 35 or older have won 30% of their fights — 5 points below the 35% the opening lines implied (n=1451)
Merab Dvalishvili: opening line implies a 39% 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
62.2%
37.8%
Petr Yan
XGBoost
56.0%
44.0%
Petr Yan
LightGBM
50.9%
49.1%
Petr Yan
Logistic (Core)
51.2%
48.8%
Petr Yan
CatBoost
54.1%
45.9%
Petr Yan
Ensemble
40.8%
59.2%
Merab Dvalishvili
Market Margin · XGBoost
61.3%
38.7%
Petr Yan
Recency-Heavy · CatBoost
53.9%
46.1%
Petr Yan
Recency-Heavy · Ensemble
42.0%
58.0%
Merab Dvalishvili
Recency-Heavy · LightGBM
55.3%
44.7%
Petr Yan
Recency-Heavy · Logistic (Core)
54.2%
45.8%
Petr Yan
Recency-Heavy · XGBoost
57.9%
42.1%
Petr Yan
With Odds · CatBoost
62.5%
37.5%
Petr Yan
With Odds · Ensemble
51.1%
48.9%
Petr Yan
With Odds · LightGBM
57.4%
42.6%
Petr Yan
With Odds · Logistic (Core)
51.2%
48.8%
Petr Yan
With Odds · XGBoost
59.1%
40.9%
Petr Yan
Click a model to view the fight through its eyes — probabilities, prediction and explanation update.
How It Ends
75%
Decision
18%
KO / TKO
8%
Submission
How long it lasts 5-round fight
79%
Goes the distance
fair -373
21%
Ends in a finish
fair +373
| Rounds line | Over | Under |
|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | 96% -2684 | 4% +2684 |
| 1.5 | 90% -913 | 10% +913 |
| 2.5 | 81% -422 | 19% +422 |
| 3.5 | 80% -398 | 20% +398 |
| 4.5 | 79% -381 | 21% +381 |
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
Petr Yan
Merab Dvalishvili
16%
10%
9%
6%
4%
4%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
3%
← pushes toward Petr Yan
pushes toward Merab Dvalishvili →
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.
Petr Yan
Win Streak
4
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
21.0m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W
DEC
W
DEC
W
DEC
W
DEC
L
DEC
Height:
170 cm
Weight:
135 lbs
Reach:
170 cm
Stance:
Switch
Merab Dvalishvili
Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
20%
Avg Duration
22.9m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L
DEC
W
DEC
W
SUB
W
DEC
W
DEC
Height:
168 cm
Weight:
135 lbs
Reach:
173 cm
Stance:
Orthodox
Head-to-Head Stats
Petr Yan
ADVANTAGE
Merab Dvalishvili
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