Vladimer Khinchegashvili vs Jesse Mendez
Main Card · Featherweight · Real American Freestyle
Vladimer Khinchegashvili
Record unlisted
- Age
- 30
- Height
- 180 cm
- Reach
- 183 cm
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Weight class
- Featherweight
- Streak
- 3-fight win streak
- KO rate
- 37%
- Sub rate
- 25%
- Decision rate
- 38%
- Sig. strikes/min
- 3.5
- Takedown avg
- 2.1
- Takedown defense
- 74%
- Control time
- 1:08 / fight
- Opponent quality
- 73/100
Recent form
Jesse Mendez
Record unlisted
- Age
- 30
- Height
- 180 cm
- Reach
- 183 cm
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Weight class
- Featherweight
- Streak
- 2-fight win streak
- KO rate
- 36%
- Sub rate
- 26%
- Decision rate
- 38%
- Sig. strikes/min
- 4.4
- Takedown avg
- 2.2
- Takedown defense
- 78%
- Control time
- 7:26 / fight
- Opponent quality
- 65/100
Recent form
Raina's AI Analysis
Predicted winner
Vladimer Khinchegashvili
Confidence
70%
Predicted method
Decision
Predicted round
Distance (3 rounds)
Upset potential
Moderate
Risk level
Medium
Advantage model
Why Raina made this pick
Vladimer Khinchegashvili is the more complete all-rounder here, and the model gives that skill set the deciding weight over 3 rounds.
Jesse Mendez's clearest path is forcing grappling exchanges and stealing rounds from top position - a live route, which is why confidence sits at 70%.
Reach, stance (Orthodox vs Orthodox) and pace history all point to a fight that reaches the judges.
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Lines & market comparison
Red corner
Vladimer Khinchegashvili
-300
- Market implied win %
- 75%
- Raina's model win %
- 70%
- Return on 100 staked
- +33
Bar shows the model, number above shows the market.
Blue corner
Jesse Mendez
+270
- Market implied win %
- 27%
- Raina's model win %
- 30%
- Return on 100 staked
- +270
Bar shows the model, number above shows the market.
Model below market
-5 pts
Edge on Vladimer Khinchegashvili
- Raina's model
- 70%
- Market implied
- 75%
- at -300
- Gap (model − market)
- -5 pts
A positive gap means Raina rates Vladimer Khinchegashvili higher than the market does; a negative gap means the market is more confident than she is. This is a model-versus-market comparison for context only - not betting advice, and not a prediction of profit.
Rounds total
Over/Under 1.5 rounds
Over
-125
55.6% implied
Under
+105
48.8% implied
Method & distance markets
- Khinchegashvili by KO/TKO+20932.4%
- Khinchegashvili by decision+14141.5%
- Mendez by submission+60914.1%
- Fight goes the distance-11453.3%
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Vladimer Khinchegashvili vs Jesse Mendez
Main Card · Featherweight
Raina's pick
Vladimer Khinchegashvili
70%
Method / round
Decision
Distance (3 rounds)
Line & edge
-300
75% implied · -5 pts
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