Ateba Gautier
"The Silent Assassin"
9-1-0
VS
2026-10-03
UFC 332
Middleweight
Roman Kopylov
14-5-0
RECENCY-HEAVY · CATBOOST PREDICTION
Ateba Gautier 'The Silent Assassin'
78.8% CONFIDENCE
How It Ends
46%
Decision
45%
KO / TKO
9%
Submission
Decision45.6%
KO / TKO45.2%
Submission9.2%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 141.5%
Round 229.1%
Round 3+29.4%
A separate model trained only on how fights end (not who wins) — 54% estimated chance this fight is finished rather than going to a decision.
Why CatBoost leans this way
Ateba Gautier
Roman Kopylov
Age edge (significant gap)
Matchup -9.93
18%
Net striking dominance
Matchup +1.10
13%
Elo rating edge
Matchup 42
12%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup -9
9%
Age
Roman Kopylov 34.4 yrs
5%
Reach edge
Matchup +15.2 cm
5%
Age
Ateba Gautier 24.5 yrs
4%
Total control time conceded
Ateba Gautier 68.98
4%
Head-strike accuracy edge
Matchup -9%
4%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Roman Kopylov -0.21
3%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Ateba Gautier -0.14
2%
Distance strike defense
Ateba Gautier 58%
2%
Avg takedowns attempted
Ateba Gautier 1.33
2%
Avg takedowns attempted
Roman Kopylov 2.27
2%
← pushes toward Ateba Gautier pushes toward Roman Kopylov →
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.

Ateba Gautier

Win Streak
5
Finish Rate
80%
Avg Duration
5.5m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W KO
W DEC
W KO
W KO
W KO
Height: 193 cm
Weight: 185 lbs
Reach: 206 cm
Stance: Switch

Roman Kopylov

Win Streak
1
Finish Rate
20%
Avg Duration
15.0m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W DEC
L DEC
L DEC
W KO
W DEC
Height: 183 cm
Weight: 185 lbs
Reach: 190 cm
Stance: Southpaw
Head-to-Head Stats
Ateba Gautier
ADVANTAGE
Roman Kopylov
Striking Accuracy
39.6%
+9.0%
48.6%
Strikes Landed/Min
2.74
+1.33
4.06
Strikes Absorbed/Min
2.36
+2.43
4.78
Striking Defense
54.7%
+2.7%
52.0%
Takedown Accuracy
41.0%
+4.0%
45.0%
Takedown Defense
71.9%
+6.5%
78.4%
Knockdowns/Fight
0.77
+0.11
0.66
Avg Control Time (sec)
68.28
+2.15
70.43
Strikes Per Round
14.00
+5.01
19.02
Head Strike %
66.9%
+0.8%
66.1%
Body Strike %
21.1%
+2.1%
19.0%
Leg Strike %
12.0%
+2.9%
14.8%
Last 5 Win Rate
100.0%
+40.0%
60.0%
Last 5 Finish Rate
80.0%
+60.0%
20.0%