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Austin Bashi vs Lucas Brennan

Featherweight · 3 rounds
UFC Fight Night: Cortes Acosta vs. Walker · Prelims · Meta APEX, Las Vegas

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Our pick
ABAustin Bashi
61% to win
ModelBashi 61%Brennan 39%

No betting line yet, so no market chance to compare.

Not a promise: a 61% pick still loses about 4 times in 10.

How it ends

KO/TKOSubDecisionWins
AB Bashi11%19%30%61%
LB Brennan12%7%20%39%

When it ends (3 rounds)

R125%
R216%
R39%
Distance50%

From our method model (each fighter's finishing record and style, the opponent's durability, the division and the number of rounds), and the rounds come from the timing of every UFC finish since 2010 in this weight group and fight length.

The line

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Moneylinen/aBashi -153
Brennan +153 fair
Goes the distancen/a50%

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Advantages Why Austin Bashi can win

  1. Wrestling: 2.5 takedowns per 15 minutes to Brennan's 0.8
  2. Control: spends 12% more of each fight in control than being controlled, Brennan 0%
  3. Takedown defense: stops 60% of takedown attempts, Brennan 51%
  4. Stronger UFC résumé: a fight rating of 1432 to Brennan's 1422 (every UFC result, weighted by who it came against)
  5. Lands more: 2.4 significant strikes a minute to Brennan's 2.1
  6. Gets hit less: absorbs 2.8 significant strikes a minute to Brennan's 2.9
  7. Simulation: Bashi wins by KO/TKO 11%, by submission 19%, by decision 30% (of all outcomes), most often by decision

Disadvantages Why Austin Bashi may not

  1. Brennan · Reach: 72 inches to Bashi's 70
  2. One punch or one scramble can end any fight: the UFC favorite loses about one fight in three
  3. Late changes: a short-notice opponent, a missed weight or a bad weight cut can change a fight after our numbers were run
  4. Judges: close rounds can be scored either way, and about one UFC decision in five is split
  5. Small samples: a fighter's UFC numbers often come from a handful of fights
  6. Upset odds: Brennan wins about 1 time in 3, most often by decision (20% of all outcomes)

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Tale of the tape

AB BashiLB Brennan
14-2-0Pro record11-3-0
1-2UFC record0-1
0 KO · 1 Sub · 0 DecUFC wins–
25Age26
5'6"Height5'10"
70"Reach72"
OrthodoxStanceSouthpaw
USAFromUSA
4 months agoLast fight6 months ago
1432Fight rating1422
2.4Sig. strikes landed / min2.1
2.8Sig. strikes absorbed / min2.9
42%Striking accuracy41%
55%Striking defense54%
2.5Takedowns / 15 min0.8
60%Takedown defense51%
0.8Sub attempts / 15 min0.8
0.11Knockdowns / 15 min0.16

Rates are from UFC fights only (ufcstats), recent fights counting more, and start from the UFC average so a fighter with one short fight isn't judged on 90 seconds. Fight rating: an Elo rating from every UFC result (1440 for a debut).

Last 5 UFC fights

AB Austin Bashi

  • LJose DelgadoUnanimous decisionJul 2026
  • WJohn YannisSubmission · R1 3:39Aug 2025
  • LChristian RodriguezUnanimous decisionJan 2025

LB Lucas Brennan

  • LFrancis MarshallUnanimous decisionApr 2026

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What changed

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How we get these numbers: our own ratings from every UFC fight since 1994 (strikes, takedowns, results and who they came against), blended with the betting market where the guard rail allows it. See how it holds up · This matchup on its own

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