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Welterweight · 3 rounds
The model's read

The model's pick is Daniil Donchenko over Punahele Soriano at 71% confidence — a high-confidence pick.

Most likely outcome: KO/TKO at 54% (KO/TKO 54%, submission 15%, decision 31%) — a lean rather than a call.

The model gives it a 36% chance of going the distance, with a projected median fight time around 9:10.

That read carries 3.7pp of edge above the market on Daniil Donchenko.

Live on Polymarket, Daniil Donchenko is priced around 70%.

Assembled from the model's own outputs (confidence, method & round distribution, edge vs the market, live price) — not written free-hand. If a number isn't in the model, it isn't in this summary.

Prediction

One honest, calibrated confidence rating — the number is the signal.

HIGH We predict Daniil Donchenko71% confident
Daniil Donchenko 71% Punahele Soriano 29%
How it ends (method)
KO / TKO54%
Submission15%
Decision31%
How long it lasts (rounds)
Reaches R268%
Reaches R341%
Goes the distance36%
9:10
median time
+3.7pp
edge vs market

Odds

The market line next to the live prediction-market prices — information only. Each bar is the two sides' share of one certain outcome.

paymentsSportsbook line
Daniil Donchenko67% · -225
Punahele Soriano33% · +198
bar = implied chance, vig removed
Live · Polymarket
Daniil Donchenko70% · -228
Punahele Soriano30% · +228
as of 2026-09-01T04:30:07Z · $813 liquidity
scheduleKalshi pending
No Kalshi market found for this bout.

Line moves

What the market has done since it opened — the price, not our model. The gold marker is where our pick was frozen.

Daniil DonchenkoPunahele SorianoPolymarketSportsbook consensus (vig removed)
Daniil Donchenko vs Punahele Soriano — implied win chance over timeLine chart. Market-implied win chance for Daniil Donchenko and Punahele Soriano from Aug 28 to Sep 01, drawn from Polymarket and the sportsbook consensus. Daniil Donchenko moves from 50% to 70% and Punahele Soriano from 50% to 30%. A gold marker shows where our pick was frozen.25%35%45%55%65%75%Aug 28Aug 29Aug 30Aug 31Sep 1▲ we flagged Daniil Donchenko (HIGH) here70%30%

Since the open, the market has drifted toward our pick: Daniil Donchenko's implied chance moved up from 50% to 70% (+19.5pp).

Show the numbers
SeriesOpenLowHighLatestMove
Daniil Donchenko — sportsbook consensus65.0%64.6%67.3%67.3%+2.4pp
Punahele Soriano — sportsbook consensus35.0%32.6%35.4%32.6%−2.4pp
Daniil Donchenko — Polymarket50.0%50.0%69.5%69.5%+19.5pp
Punahele Soriano — Polymarket50.0%30.5%50.0%30.5%−19.5pp
Price history from Polymarket (moneyline, both corners) and BestFightOdds (sportsbook consensus, vig removed). 1,025 snapshots on file · window Aug 28 17:39Sep 01 08:51Z · latest Sep 01, 08:51Z · hourly-downsampled for the chart · read at build time from the price archive, not a live feed.

Props

Our read on the method / round / distance markets — the market price shown for context, not as a bet call.

MarketOur readMarket
KO/TKO YES54%39%
SUB YES15%39%
DEC YES31%21%
GOES DISTANCE YES36%21%
OVER 1.5 ROUNDS68%48%
OVER 2.5 ROUNDS41%39%
Source: polymarket-gamma · as of 2026-09-01T04:30:07Z. “Our read” is the model's probability; “Market” is the de-vigged live price.

Tale of the tape

The facts, side by side — Daniil Donchenko vs Punahele Soriano.

Red corner DaniilDonchenkoTiger Muay Thai · Kyiv
VSUpcoming
Blue corner PunaheleSoriano“Puna”
Welterweight3 roundsPicks published · graded in public after the card
The story
  • Comes in on a 3-fight win streak.
  • Comes in on a 4-fight win streak.
  • Has finished 2 of 3 UFC wins.
  • Has finished 4 of 7 UFC wins.
15-2
Record
13-4
−8 yr25
Age
33
5' 11"
Height
5' 11"
71″
Reach
+1″72″
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
3
UFC bouts
+811
+10%2/367% of wins
Finishes
4/757% of wins
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.
All the vitals, as a table
15-2Record13-4
NicknamePuna
5' 11"Height5' 11"
71.0"Reach72.0"
OrthodoxStanceSouthpaw
25Age33
170 lbs.Weight170 lbs.
UkraineNationality
KyivHometown
Tiger Muay ThaiFighting out of
Vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register.

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.

Daniil DonchenkoPunahele Soriano
95
Striking
84
83
Defence
40
27
Grappling / TD
46
58 limited sample
Cardio
57
72 limited sample
Chin
68
67
Fight IQ
59
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.

Daniil Donchenko3 UFC fights · 210 landed

42.8%
HEAD
79.2%
26.2%
BODY
18.6%
31.0%
LEGS
2.2%

Punahele Soriano11 UFC fights · 490 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.

Daniil Donchenko

0.77takedowns / 15 min
0.77 / 15m
TAKEDOWNS
1.97 / 15m
2.33 / 15m
ATTEMPTS
3.86 / 15m
33%
ACCURACY
51%
0.00 / 15m
SUB ATT
0.10 / 15m

Punahele Soriano

1.97takedowns / 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 (4.97 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

Ranked in Welterweight

Stats comparison

Daniil Donchenko (left) vs Punahele Soriano (right) — career striking & grappling rates.

Strikes landed / min
7.15
vs
4.42
Striking accuracy
60%
vs
53%
Strikes absorbed / min
2.57
vs
3.31
Striking defence
72%
vs
47%
Takedowns / 15 min
0.77
vs
1.97
Takedown accuracy
33%
vs
51%
Takedown defence
75%
vs
48%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0
vs
0.1
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.

Daniil DonchenkoFightIQ profileVolume boxer

5' 11" orthodox volume boxer campaigning at Welterweight. 3 UFC wins — 2 KO/TKO, 1 decision.

Built from Daniil Donchenko’s own fight record and his striking and grappling figures, recomputed for this build. Full profile →
Punahele SorianoFightIQ profilePower striker

5' 11" southpaw power striker campaigning at Welterweight. 7 UFC wins — 4 KO/TKO, 3 decision.

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

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