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Bantamweight

3 Rounds

Khalid Taha won · KO/TKO R1

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Boston SalmonvsKhalid TahaUFC Prediction Result

UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 2 · Saturday, April 13, 2019Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Official fight result

Khalid Taha won

KO/TKO · Round 1 · 0:25

Model Prediction: Khalid Taha wins(67.1%)

Actual result: Khalid Taha wins · Model version: ufc_v6_2_pure_lightgbm_20260715_055615

Correct

Hypothetical $100 stake on the replay pick

Khalid Taha at +155 American odds

+$155 profit

$255 total returned

Scouting Report

Auto-generated signals worth knowing before you read the deep stats below.

Khalid Taha enters on a 3-fight losing streak.
Khalid Taha is a KO finisher (50% of wins). Boston Salmon has lost 100% of fights by KO.
Boston Salmon has 13pp better strike defense — meaningful gap.
Boston Salmon has 39pp better takedown defense — controls where the fight happens.
Stance matchup historically favors Boston Salmon (53.5%).

Tale of the Tape

Boston Salmon

Red Corner

Khalid Taha

Blue Corner

-175

(64%)

Vegas Odds

+155

(39%)

1377

Elo

1434

Age

Southpaw

Stance

Orthodox

5'9"

Height

5'5"

175.26 cm

Reach

175.26 cm

Recent Form

Last 5 fights for each fighter — most recent on the right. Hover any result for the matchup.

Boston Salmon

oldest →

KOvs Randy Costa · Oct 19

latest

Khalid TahaL3 streak

oldest →

vs Nad Narimani · Jul 18

SUBvs Bruno Silva · Oct 19

vs Raoni Barcelos · Nov 20

vs Sergey Morozov · Jul 21

KOvs Cristian Quinonez · Sep 22

latest

Output & Defense Comparison

Rate-normalized career statistics. Bold side has the edge per metric.

Boston SalmonMetricKhalid Taha

4.13

Strikes / min

2.64

7.75

Strikes absorbed / min

4.12

59%

Strike defense

46%

0.00

TDs / 15 min

0.00

100%

Takedown defense

61%

0.00

Sub atts / 15 min

0.20

Net striking (SLpM − SApM)

-3.62Δ 2.14 — meaningful gap-1.48

Statistical Profile

Career averages · bigger area = stronger across dimensions

Boston SalmonKhalid Taha

Recent Elo Trajectory

Last 10 fights for each fighter, aligned right (most recent on the right).

Boston Salmon(2 fights)Khalid Taha(6 fights)

Model Feature Differentials

Red − Blue for each engineered feature. Bar leans toward the stronger fighter.Hover a label to see what it measures.

ELO Rating

Red -56.9|Blue +56.9

Recent Form

Red +1.0|Blue -1.0

Striker Score

Red +50.0|Blue -50.0

Grappler Score

Red +50.0|Blue -50.0

Red Corner advantageBlue Corner advantage

Strike Breakdown

Where the strikes landed. Head accuracy is the single strongest predictor of fight outcomes.

Boston SalmonTargetKhalid Taha

By target zone

Head

100% acc · 100%

Body

Leg

By position

Distance

100% acc · 40%

Clinch

Ground

100% acc · 60%

Round-by-Round Scoring (Model)

Statistical round-winner heuristic based on strikes, takedowns, control time, and knockdowns. Not the official judges' scorecard.

Boston Salmon rounds

even

Khalid Taha rounds

Round 1Khalid Taha edged it

Sig. strikes0

Takedowns0

Control0:00

Knockdowns0

5Sig. strikes

0Takedowns

0:02Control

1Knockdowns

Statistical round count agrees with the official result.

Fight Stats

Totals

0 / 0

Sig Strikes

5 / 5

—

Sig Str %

100%

0 / 0

Total Strikes

5 / 5

0 / 0

TDs

0 / 0

—

TD %

—

Sub Att

Rev

0:00

Ctrl Time

0:02

Round-by-Round

Round	Fighter	Sig Str	Total Str	TD	Sub
1	Khalid Taha	5 / 5	5 / 5	0 / 0	0
1	Boston Salmon	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0

Boston Salmon

StanceSouthpaw

Height69.0"

Reach69.0"

Fights2

Khalid Taha

StanceOrthodox

Height65.0"

Reach69.0"

Fights6