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Francis Marshall vs Gaston Bolanos prediction

Featherweight · Moicano vs Nolan · 31 Oct 2026
UFC 4-3 · Pro 10-3
VS
UFC 3-2 · Pro 9-5

Prediction

early read
Francis Marshall 65%
65%35%
as of 11 Oct 2026, 09:03 UTC

By the numbers

  • Age

    Marshall is 6 years younger. With an age gap of 6 to 7 years, the younger fighter wins 60% of UFC fights (637 of 1,058 fights).

Counted from every UFC fight on record before this bout. These are history, not our model’s read.

Tale of the tape

The facts, side by side — Francis Marshall vs Gaston Bolanos.

Red corner FrancisMarshall“Fire”American Top Team · Hometown (per Sherdog): Jersey City, New Jersey
VSUpcoming
Blue corner GastonBolanos“The Dreamkiller”CSA · Hometown (per Sherdog): Dublin, California
FeatherweightPicks published · graded in public after the card
The story
  • Comes in on a 2-fight win streak.
  • Is 13 points more accurate striking than Marshall.
  • Has finished 2 of 4 UFC wins.
10-3
Record
9-5
−7 yr27
Age
34
+2″5' 9"
Height
5' 7"
+3″72″
Reach
69″
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
+27
UFC bouts
5
+50%2/450% of wins
Finishes
0/30% of wins
American Top Team
Gym
CSA
Jersey City, New Jerseyhometown, per Sherdog
From
Dublin, Californiahometown, per Sherdog
Vitals, record, nickname and camp come from the public UFC fighter register and are current, not a snapshot of fight night. UFC bouts, finish rate and every storyline line are counted off the official UFC fight record. A tick marks the side holding the raw edge in that row — longer reach, taller, younger, more bouts, a higher finish rate. It is a fact about the tape, not a prediction, and rows with no clean comparison (record, stance, gym, hometown) carry no tick at all. Any row we cannot fill on both sides is left out rather than half-drawn. Where a fighter was born and where they fight out of come from their Wikipedia entry; where we hold neither, the hometown shown is Sherdog’s.
All the vitals, as a table
UFC 4-3UFC recordUFC 3-2
10-3Pro record9-5
FireNicknameThe Dreamkiller
5' 9"Height5' 7"
72"Reach69"
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox
27Age34
145 lbs.Weight145 lbs.
United StatesNationalityUnited States
Jersey City, New JerseyHometown (per Sherdog)Dublin, California
American Top TeamCampCSA
Vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality and camp from the public fighter register. Where a fighter was born and where they fight out of come from their Wikipedia entry; where we hold neither, the hometown shown is Sherdog’s. The UFC record is counted from the official results themselves.

FightIQ Metrics

Our read — not official stats. Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against the fighter’s own weight class (the full roster where a division is too thin to rank in). The better score on each row is highlighted in that fighter's corner colour.

Francis MarshallGaston Bolanos
38
Striking
70
52
Defence
52
55
Grappling / TD
56
71
Cardio
13
69
Chin
41
57
Fight IQ
46
Our read — derived, not official stats. Ranked within weight class.

Strike zones

Strike zones

Where they go — head to head

Career UFC significant strikes by target zone. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Francis Marshall7 UFC fights · 172 landed

82.0%
HEAD
44.1%
7.0%
BODY
28.8%
11.0%
LEGS
27.1%

Gaston Bolanos5 UFC fights · 236 landed

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average.

Takedowns

Takedowns

The level change — head to head

Career UFC takedown rates. Red corner left, blue corner right.

Francis Marshall

2.71takedowns / 15 min
2.71 / 15m
TAKEDOWNS
0.75 / 15m
5.77 / 15m
ATTEMPTS
1.00 / 15m
47%
ACCURACY
75%
0.50 / 15m
SUB ATT
0.00 / 15m

Gaston Bolanos

0.75takedowns / 15 min

Career UFC takedown rates exactly as UFCStats publishes them: takedowns landed per 15 minutes, completion rate, submission attempts per 15 minutes, and the share of takedowns tried on them that they stuffed. Attempts per 15 is the one derived figure — landed ÷ completion rate — and it is omitted wherever either input is missing. UFCStats writes 0% where no attempt was recorded at all, so a percentage of exactly zero reads “n/a” here rather than as a measured rate. “Field” is the average fighter in that weight class, or across every division where a class is too small to average. Rate bars run to the population’s 95th percentile (5.50 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

Ranked roster-wide

Stats comparison

Francis Marshall (left) vs Gaston Bolanos (right) — career striking & grappling rates.

Strikes landed / min
3.19
vs
3.91
Striking accuracy
34%
vs
47%
Strikes absorbed / min
3.45
vs
3.54
Striking defence
55%
vs
54%
Takedowns / 15 min
2.71
vs
0.75
Takedown accuracy
47%
vs
75%
Takedown defence
88%
vs
50%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
vs
0
Career averages from public UFC statistics.

Bios

Who these two are — reported newsroom prose where we have it, our own data-built profile where we don’t. Each is labelled.

Francis MarshallFightIQ profileGrappling-led all-rounder

5' 9" orthodox grappling-led all-rounder campaigning at Featherweight. 4 UFC wins — 1 KO/TKO, 1 submission, 2 decision.

Built from Francis Marshall’s own fight record and striking and grappling figures, recomputed for this build. Full profile →
Gaston BolanosFightIQ profileAll-rounder

5' 7" orthodox all-rounder campaigning at Bantamweight. 3 UFC wins — 3 decision.

Built from Gaston Bolanos’s own fight record and striking and grappling figures, recomputed for this build. Full profile →

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