Melissa Croden
"Scare"
7-2-0
VS
2026-10-17
UFC Fight Night: Buckley vs. Malott
Women's Bantamweight
Chelsea Chandler
6-4-0
MARKET MARGIN · XGBOOST PREDICTION
Melissa Croden 'Scare'
75.6% CONFIDENCE
ACTUAL RESULT — MODEL WAS WRONG
Chelsea Chandler won
Submission · Round 1 · 4:52
Market vs Model
Melissa Croden
Chelsea Chandler
Opening line
-250
+205
Market says
69%
31%
XGBoost says
76%
24%
Gap vs market
+7
-7
Market Margin says
76%
24%
Edge at that price
+4
-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.
How It Ends
58%
Decision
27%
KO / TKO
15%
Submission
Decision57.9%
KO / TKO26.6%
Submission15.5%
How long it lasts 3-round fight
60%
Goes the distance
fair -151
40%
Ends in a finish
fair +151
Rounds lineOverUnder
0.5 92% -1212 8% +1212
1.5 74% -288 26% +288
2.5 60% -151 40% +151
When it ends
Round 119%
Round 217%
Round 34%
Goes the distance60%
"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 4% (log loss; 51% of 3-round fights go the distance), so treat it as a tilt away from the base rate, not a certainty.
Why XGBoost leans this way
Melissa Croden
Chelsea Chandler
Net striking dominance
Matchup
9%
Years past divisional prime
Chelsea Chandler
8%
Years past divisional prime
Melissa Croden
8%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Melissa Croden
6%
Age
Chelsea Chandler
5%
Avg takedowns attempted
Chelsea Chandler
5%
Elo rating edge
Matchup
4%
Age
Melissa Croden
4%
Avg takedowns attempted
Melissa Croden
4%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup
3%
Clinch strike defense
Chelsea Chandler
3%
Striking defense
Melissa Croden
3%
Distance strike defense
Chelsea Chandler
3%
Last 2 avg fight time
Melissa Croden
3%
← pushes toward Melissa Croden pushes toward Chelsea Chandler →
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.

Melissa Croden

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L SUB
W DEC
L DEC
W KO
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 135 lbs
Reach: 173 cm
Stance: Orthodox

Chelsea Chandler

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W SUB
W SUB
L KO
L DEC
W DEC
Height: 173 cm
Weight: 135 lbs
Reach: 173 cm
Stance: Southpaw