Hypothetical · three rounds · current snapshots
Independent projection
low confidenceKeita 53%
Wide interval. Thin public data, volatile styles, or a true toss-up. Do not treat the point estimate as a price.
90% interval on Keita: 40%–66%. Never a lock.
- Most likely
- Decision 73%
- Expected time
- 13:06
- P(over 2.5)
- 77%
- Grappling share
- 23%
Briefing
Losene Keita is the model’s side at 53% because of age / athletic window, with Gregory Rodrigues live if the fight is forced into power puncher.
Losene Keita (pressure boxer, opportunistic) against Gregory Rodrigues (power puncher, pressure boxer, opportunistic) is a UFC featherweight matchup in —. The independent model puts Keita around 53% — a low confidence number, not a betting line. The largest factor from 50/50 is age / athletic window: Keita 29 vs Rodrigues 34. Peak assumed ~30; decline prior is gentle and never treated as destiny.
Where this is fought matters. Estimated grappling share is 23%. Keita lands 4.6 significant strikes per minute at 49% accuracy with a 1.5 takedown average; Rodrigues is at 5.2 / 51% / 1.6. Takedown defense sits at 72% versus 61%. Reach is 72" against 75" — counted only if the longer fighter actually lives at range.
Keita's primary path: Win the minute-to-minute with volume. Judges in this matchup will see the fighter who walks the other one down. Failure mode: Getting drawn into Rodrigues's preferred range and losing the minute-winning. Rodrigues's primary path: One clean counter or lead hook as Keita enters. Power is the shortcut; it is not a plan by itself. Failure mode: The chin has been a problem. One pocket exchange can end the math.
The swing variable is simple: First fighter to be dropped. Power is asymmetric here; the model’s decision lean dies if someone gets hurt early. The model does not start from a sportsbook. If DraftKings or Fanatics disagree, that disagreement is the point of the page.
Written from the independent projection. Betting lines are not inputs. Stats as of 19 Aug 2026.
Keita — paths
- Win the minute-to-minute with volume. Judges in this matchup will see the fighter who walks the other one down.
Failure modes
- Getting drawn into Rodrigues's preferred range and losing the minute-winning.
Rodrigues — paths
- One clean counter or lead hook as Keita enters. Power is the shortcut; it is not a plan by itself.
- Win the minute-to-minute with volume. Judges in this matchup will see the fighter who walks the other one down.
Failure modes
- The chin has been a problem. One pocket exchange can end the math.
Swing variables
- First fighter to be dropped. Power is asymmetric here; the model’s decision lean dies if someone gets hurt early.
What moved it from 50/50
- Age / athletic windowKeita +0.10
Keita 29 vs Rodrigues 34. Peak assumed ~30; decline prior is gentle and never treated as destiny.
- Striking skill (distance & pocket)Rodrigues −0.09
Keita striking rating 1700 vs Rodrigues 1740. Weighted by estimated standing time (78%).
- Recency and opponent-adjusted formKeita +0.06
Last-5 opponent-adjusted form: Keita +0.29 vs Rodrigues +0.02. Single-fight noise is deliberately underweighted.
- Grappling / controlKeita +0.05
Takedown threat Keita 0.74 vs Rodrigues 0.73 per 15. Estimated grappling share 22%.
Attribute radar
Keita · Rodrigues
Side-by-side
Keita: pressure boxer · opportunistic — Rodrigues: power puncher · pressure boxer · opportunistic
| Keita | Rodrigues | |
|---|---|---|
| Record | 15-1 | 16-6 |
| Age (fight night) | 29 | 34 |
| Height | 5'9" | 6'2" |
| Reach | 72" | 75" |
| Stance | Orthodox | Orthodox |
| SLpM | 4.6 | 5.2 |
| SApM | 3.2 | 4.1 |
| Str. acc. | 49% | 51% |
| Str. def. | 52% | 49% |
| KD / 15 | 0.55 | 0.92 |
| TD avg | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| TD acc. | 36% | 38% |
| TD def. | 72% | 61% |
| Sub avg | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Control / 15 | 2.0m | 1.8m |
| Late-round diff | 0.08 | -0.08 |
| Layoff | 112d | 126d |
| Data | deep | deep |
Keita range mix
- Distance70%
- Clinch14%
- Ground16%
- Head62%
- Body22%
- Leg16%
Rodrigues range mix
- Distance72%
- Clinch12%
- Ground16%
- Head64%
- Body20%
- Leg16%
Method of victory
- Keita KO/TKO9%
- Keita SUB6%
- Keita DEC38%
- Rodrigues KO/TKO8%
- Rodrigues SUB4%
- Rodrigues DEC35%