Petr Yan
"No Mercy"
19-5-0
VS
2026-10-24
UFC 333: Volkanovski vs. Evloev
Bantamweight
Merab Dvalishvili
"The Machine"
21-4-0
MAIN + MARKET PREDICTION
Petr Yan 'No Mercy'
62.2% CONFIDENCE
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.
How It Ends
75%
Decision
18%
KO / TKO
8%
Submission
Decision74.9%
KO / TKO17.6%
Submission7.6%
How long it lasts 5-round fight
79%
Goes the distance
fair -373
21%
Ends in a finish
fair +373
Rounds lineOverUnder
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
Round 17%
Round 29%
Round 33%
Round 41%
Round 51%
Goes the distance79%
"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
Avg takedowns attempted
Merab Dvalishvili 15.50
16%
Age
Merab Dvalishvili 35.8 yrs
10%
Net striking dominance
Matchup -0.57
9%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Petr Yan -1.73
6%
Head-strike accuracy edge
Matchup 14%
4%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup 0.11
4%
Avg takedowns attempted
Petr Yan 4.28
3%
Age
Petr Yan 33.7 yrs
3%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Merab Dvalishvili -0.65
3%
Decision rate
Petr Yan 50%
3%
Decision rate
Merab Dvalishvili 51%
3%
Last 2 avg fight time
Petr Yan 1200.00
3%
Last 2 avg fight time
Merab Dvalishvili 1500.00
3%
Head absorption rate
Petr Yan 66%
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
55.2%
+13.3%
41.9%
Strikes Landed/Min
4.74
+0.38
4.36
Strikes Absorbed/Min
4.23
+0.95
3.28
Striking Defense
59.0%
+7.5%
51.6%
Takedown Accuracy
42.7%
+10.1%
32.6%
Takedown Defense
83.0%
+14.8%
68.2%
Knockdowns/Fight
0.24
+0.15
0.09
Avg Control Time (sec)
69.43
+20.37
89.80
Strikes Per Round
22.18
+1.32
20.86
Head Strike %
67.9%
+0.7%
67.2%
Body Strike %
17.8%
+0.7%
18.5%
Leg Strike %
14.2%
+0.0%
14.3%
Last 5 Win Rate
80.0%
EVEN
80.0%
Last 5 Finish Rate
0.0%
+20.0%
20.0%