Winner: Leon Shahbazyan
Confidence Score: 72Leon Shahbazyan is the more proven commodity, entering this matchup with a 7-1 record and established UFC statistics, while Levan Chokheli is making his promotional debut with no UFC-level data. Shahbazyan boasts a significant reach advantage (77"), is slightly taller, and has demonstrated solid striking accuracy (52%) and takedown accuracy (50%). While his takedown defense is a concern (0%), Chokheli's grappling ability and style are unknown, and debuting fighters without UFC experience historically win less than 40% of the time in similar welterweight matchups. Shahbazyan's experience, physical advantages, and offensive output make him the safer pick, especially against an untested opponent at this level.
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