Aleksandar Rakic
"Rocket"
14-6-0
VS
2026-08-01
UFC Fight Night: Medic vs. Rodriguez
Heavyweight
Marcin Tybura
"Tybur"
27-10-0
CATBOOST PREDICTION
Aleksandar Rakic 'Rocket'
61.8% CONFIDENCE
How It Ends
43%
Decision
42%
KO / TKO
15%
Submission
Decision43.0%
KO / TKO41.9%
Submission15.1%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 152.2%
Round 231.3%
Round 3+16.4%
A separate model trained only on how fights end (not who wins) — 57% estimated chance this fight is finished rather than going to a decision.
Why CatBoost leans this way
Aleksandar Rakic
Marcin Tybura
Age edge (significant gap)
Matchup
20%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup
9%
Age
Marcin Tybura
9%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Marcin Tybura
8%
Age
Aleksandar Rakic
8%
Net striking dominance
Matchup
6%
Elo rating edge
Matchup
4%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Aleksandar Rakic
4%
Avg takedowns attempted
Aleksandar Rakic
3%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup
3%
Avg takedowns attempted
Marcin Tybura
2%
Past prime
Marcin Tybura
2%
Fights per year
Aleksandar Rakic
2%
Years fighting
Marcin Tybura
2%
← pushes toward Aleksandar Rakic pushes toward Marcin Tybura →
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.

Aleksandar Rakic

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W DEC
L KO
L DEC
L KO
L KO
Height: 193 cm
Weight: 205 lbs
Reach: 198 cm
Stance: Orthodox

Marcin Tybura

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L DEC
L DEC
L KO
W DEC
W KO
Height: 190 cm
Weight: 246 lbs
Reach: 198 cm
Stance: Orthodox