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Featherweight · 3 rounds
The model's read

The model's pick is Losene Keita over Muhammad Naimov at 62% confidence — a lean.

Most likely outcome: a decision at 45% (KO/TKO 33%, submission 22%, decision 45%) — a lean rather than a call.

The model gives it a 41% chance of going the distance, with a projected median fight time around 8:25.

That read carries 10.4pp of edge below the market on Losene Keita.

Live on Polymarket, Losene Keita is priced around 74%.

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.

MED We predict Losene Keita62% confident
Losene Keita 62% Muhammad Naimov 38%
How it ends (method)
KO / TKO33%
Submission22%
Decision45%
How long it lasts (rounds)
Reaches R262%
Reaches R348%
Goes the distance41%
8:25
median time
-10.4pp
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
Losene Keita73% · -275
Muhammad Naimov27% · +265
bar = implied chance, vig removed
Live · Polymarket
Losene Keita74% · -292
Muhammad Naimov26% · +292
as of 2026-09-01T04:30:07Z · $329 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.

Losene KeitaMuhammad NaimovPolymarketSportsbook consensus (vig removed)
Losene Keita vs Muhammad Naimov — implied win chance over timeLine chart. Market-implied win chance for Losene Keita and Muhammad Naimov from Aug 26 to Sep 01, drawn from Polymarket and the sportsbook consensus. Losene Keita moves from 74% to 74% and Muhammad Naimov from 26% to 26%. A gold marker shows where our pick was frozen.20%30%40%50%60%70%80%Aug 26Aug 27Aug 29Aug 30Sep 1▲ our call: Losene Keita (MED)74%26%

The price on Losene Keita has barely moved across this window — 74% at the open, 74% now (a 0.0pp shift).

Show the numbers
SeriesOpenLowHighLatestMove
Losene Keita — sportsbook consensus70.1%70.1%73.6%73.6%+3.5pp
Muhammad Naimov — sportsbook consensus29.9%26.4%29.9%26.4%−3.5pp
Losene Keita — Polymarket74.5%73.0%74.5%74.5%−0.0pp
Muhammad Naimov — Polymarket25.5%25.5%27.0%25.5%−0.0pp
Price history from Polymarket (moneyline, both corners) and BestFightOdds (sportsbook consensus, vig removed). 1,761 snapshots on file · window Aug 26 04:18Sep 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 YES33%37%
SUB YES22%37%
DEC YES45%25%
GOES DISTANCE YES41%25%
OVER 1.5 ROUNDS62%38%
OVER 2.5 ROUNDS48%34%
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 — Losene Keita vs Muhammad Naimov.

Red corner LoseneKeitaLamiro Fight Club · Belgium
VSUpcoming
Blue corner MuhammadNaimov“Hillman”Elevation Fight Team · Dushanbe
Featherweight3 roundsPicks published · graded in public after the card
The story
  • Carries 32 points more takedown defence than Naimov.
  • Has finished 2 of 5 UFC wins.
  • 7 UFC bouts deep — 6 more than Keita.
16-2
Record
13-4
−4 yr28
Age
32
5' 7"
Height
+2″5' 9"
+2″72″
Reach
70″
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1
UFC bouts
+67
Lamiro Fight Club
Gym
Elevation Fight Team
Belgium
From
Dushanbe
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
16-2Record13-4
NicknameHillman
5' 7"Height5' 9"
72.0"Reach70.0"
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox
28Age32
145 lbs.Weight145 lbs.
BelgiumNationalityTajikistan
HometownDushanbe
Lamiro Fight ClubFighting out ofElevation Fight Team
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.

Losene KeitaMuhammad Naimov
58
Striking
39
55
Defence
32
n/a
Grappling / TD
27
64 limited sample
Cardio
57
62 limited sample
Chin
57
60
Fight IQ
42
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.

Losene Keita1 UFC fights · 52 landed

Limited sample
69.2%
HEAD
59.4%
25.0%
BODY
21.7%
5.8%
LEGS
18.9%

Muhammad Naimov7 UFC fights · 175 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.

Losene Keita

0.00takedowns / 15 min
0.00 / 15m
TAKEDOWNS
1.49 / 15m
n/a
ATTEMPTS
4.97 / 15m
n/a
ACCURACY
30%
0.00 / 15m
SUB ATT
0.20 / 15m

Muhammad Naimov

1.49takedowns / 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 (5.73 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

Ranked in Featherweight

Stats comparison

Losene Keita (left) vs Muhammad Naimov (right) — career striking & grappling rates.

Strikes landed / min
3.47
vs
2.51
Striking accuracy
43%
vs
40%
Strikes absorbed / min
4.47
vs
3.35
Striking defence
62%
vs
44%
Takedowns / 15 min
0
vs
1.49
Takedown accuracy
0%
vs
30%
Takedown defence
100%
vs
68%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0
vs
0.2
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.

Losene KeitaFightIQ profileAll-rounder

5' 7" orthodox all-rounder campaigning at Featherweight.

Built from Losene Keita’s own fight record and his striking and grappling figures, recomputed for this build. Full profile →
Muhammad NaimovFightIQ profileDecision fighter

5' 9" orthodox decision fighter campaigning at Featherweight. 5 UFC wins — 2 KO/TKO, 3 decision.

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

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