Nathaniel Wood
"The Prospect"
22-6-0
VS
2026-09-05
UFC Fight Night: Page vs. Ruziboev
Featherweight
Mairon Santos
"The Legend"
17-1-0
CATBOOST PREDICTION
Mairon Santos 'The Legend'
59.8% CONFIDENCE
How It Ends
58%
Decision
29%
KO / TKO
13%
Submission
Decision57.9%
KO / TKO29.4%
Submission12.7%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 145.9%
Round 230.4%
Round 3+23.7%
A separate model trained only on how fights end (not who wins) — 42% estimated chance this fight is finished rather than going to a decision.
Why CatBoost leans this way
Nathaniel Wood
Mairon Santos
Age edge (significant gap)
Matchup +7.09
21%
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup +10
10%
Net striking dominance
Matchup +0.10
8%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Nathaniel Wood -0.48
7%
Defensive skill edge
Matchup -0.03
5%
Elo rating edge
Matchup 20
5%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Mairon Santos -0.35
5%
Age
Mairon Santos 26.2 yrs
4%
Avg takedowns attempted
Mairon Santos 1.92
4%
Age
Nathaniel Wood 33.3 yrs
3%
Strikes absorbed/min
Nathaniel Wood 4.19
2%
Distance strike defense
Mairon Santos 64%
2%
Distance strike defense
Nathaniel Wood 57%
2%
Avg takedowns attempted
Nathaniel Wood 2.56
2%
← pushes toward Nathaniel Wood pushes toward Mairon Santos →
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.

Nathaniel Wood

Win Streak
4
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
15.0m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W DEC
W DEC
W DEC
W DEC
L DEC
Height: 168 cm
Weight: 145 lbs
Reach: 175 cm
Stance: Orthodox

Mairon Santos

Win Streak
4
Finish Rate
50%
Avg Duration
11.7m
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W KO
W DEC
W DEC
W KO
Height: 170 cm
Weight: 145 lbs
Reach: 183 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Head-to-Head Stats
Nathaniel Wood
ADVANTAGE
Mairon Santos
Striking Accuracy
50.9%
+3.9%
47.0%
Strikes Landed/Min
4.91
+1.98
2.93
Strikes Absorbed/Min
4.19
+1.86
2.33
Striking Defense
52.9%
+8.0%
60.9%
Takedown Accuracy
41.4%
+7.8%
33.7%
Takedown Defense
68.9%
+2.2%
66.6%
Knockdowns/Fight
0.39
+0.04
0.35
Avg Control Time (sec)
62.02
+5.77
56.25
Strikes Per Round
22.72
+7.37
15.35
Head Strike %
58.5%
+0.9%
57.6%
Body Strike %
12.5%
+10.4%
22.9%
Leg Strike %
29.1%
+9.5%
19.5%
Last 5 Win Rate
80.0%
+20.0%
100.0%
Last 5 Finish Rate
0.0%
+50.0%
50.0%