Tim Elliott
22-13-1
VS
2026-09-12
UFC Fight Night: Elliott vs. Chairez
Flyweight
Edgar Chairez
"Puro Chicali"
12-6-0
CATBOOST PREDICTION
Edgar Chairez 'Puro Chicali'
67.0% CONFIDENCE
ACTUAL RESULT — MODEL WAS WRONG
Tim Elliott won
Decision · Round 3 · 5:00
How It Ends
56%
Decision
20%
KO / TKO
24%
Submission
Decision56.1%
KO / TKO19.6%
Submission24.3%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 148.3%
Round 233.9%
Round 3+17.8%
A separate model trained only on how fights end (not who wins) — 44% estimated chance this fight is finished rather than going to a decision.
Why CatBoost leans this way
Tim Elliott
Edgar Chairez
Age edge (significant gap)
Matchup
22%
Elo rating edge
Matchup
12%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup
9%
Net striking dominance
Matchup
8%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Edgar Chairez
7%
Age
Tim Elliott
7%
Avg takedowns attempted
Tim Elliott
3%
Avg takedowns attempted
Edgar Chairez
3%
Age
Edgar Chairez
3%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup
3%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Tim Elliott
2%
Strikes absorbed/min
Edgar Chairez
2%
Distance strike defense
Tim Elliott
2%
Striker anti-wrestling edge
Matchup
2%
← pushes toward Tim Elliott pushes toward Edgar Chairez →
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.

Tim Elliott

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W DEC
L DEC
W SUB
W SUB
L SUB
Height: 170 cm
Weight: 125 lbs
Reach: 168 cm
Stance: Southpaw

Edgar Chairez

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L DEC
W SUB
W DEC
W SUB
L DEC
Height: 170 cm
Weight: 125 lbs
Reach: 180 cm
Stance: Orthodox