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Abus Magomedov vs Cam Rowston prediction

Middleweight · 3 rounds · UFC 333 (UFC 333: Volkanovski vs Evloev) · 24 Oct 2026
UFC 5-3 · Pro 29-7-1
VS
UFC 3-0 · Pro 15-3
FightIQ’s read

FightIQ's read: Cam Rowston over Abus Magomedov at 51% confidence — a coin-flip.

That read sits 2.7pp above the sportsbook line's implied 48% on Cam Rowston.

Most likely outcome: KO/TKO at 42% (KO/TKO 42%, submission 23%, decision 35%) — but all three outcomes stay live.

The model gives it a 35% chance of going the distance, with a projected median fight time around 9:42.

Live on Polymarket, Cam Rowston is priced around 48%.

Assembled from the model's own outputs — 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.

TOSS-UPWe predict Cam Rowston — 51% confident
Abus Magomedov 49%Cam Rowston 51%
How it ends (method)
KO / TKO42%
Submission23%
Decision35%
How long it lasts (rounds)
Reaches R257%
Reaches R340%
Goes the distance35%
9:42
median time
+2.7pp
vs sportsbook line

Published 20 Oct 2026, 11:04 UTC — before the fight. Graded on this page after it.

Our record at this confidence: TOSS-UP picks are 42-43 (49.4%, n=85) in 2026. Every graded pick · How well our confidence is calibrated

By the numbers

Counted from every UFC fight on record before this bout. These are history, not our model’s read.

Odds

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

Sportsbook line
Abus Magomedov52% · -120
Cam Rowston48% · +100
bar = implied chance, vig removed
Live · Polymarket
Abus Magomedov52% · -111
Cam Rowston48% · +111
as of 2026-10-20T10:51:02Z · $2,580 liquidity
Live · Kalshi
Abus Magomedov48% · 47–50c
Cam Rowston50% · 50–51c
bid–ask mid · as of 2026-10-17T10:21:40Z

Line moves

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

Abus MagomedovCam RowstonPolymarketSportsbook consensus (vig removed)
Abus Magomedov vs Cam Rowston — implied win chance over timeLine chart. Market-implied win chance for Abus Magomedov and Cam Rowston from Oct 14 to Oct 20, drawn from Polymarket and the sportsbook consensus. Abus Magomedov moves from 48% to 52% and Cam Rowston from 52% to 48%. A gold marker shows where our pick was frozen.40%45%50%55%60%Oct 14Oct 16Oct 17Oct 19Oct 20▲ we passed here (toss-up)52%48%

Cam Rowston's implied chance drifted down from 52% to 48% (−4.0pp) over this window.

Show the numbers
SeriesOpenLowHighLatestMove
Abus Magomedov — sportsbook consensus51.6%47.2%52.2%52.2%+0.6pp
Cam Rowston — sportsbook consensus48.4%47.8%52.8%47.8%−0.6pp
Abus Magomedov — Polymarket48.5%48.5%53.0%52.5%+4.0pp
Cam Rowston — Polymarket51.5%47.0%51.5%47.5%−4.0pp
Price history from Polymarket (moneyline, both corners) and BestFightOdds (sportsbook consensus, vig removed). 811 snapshots on file · window Oct 14 19:11–Oct 20 11:41Z · latest Oct 20, 11:41Z · hourly-downsampled for the chart · read at build time from the price archive, not a live feed.

Tale of the tape

The facts, side by side — Abus Magomedov vs Cam Rowston.

Red corner AbusMagomedovUFD Gym · Hometown (per Sherdog): Argun
VSUpcoming
Blue corner CamRowston
Middleweight3 roundsPicks published · graded in public after the card
The story
  • Has finished 3 of 5 UFC wins.
  • Comes in on a 3-fight win streak.
  • 8 UFC bouts deep — 5 more than Rowston.
  • Has finished 2 of 3 UFC wins.
29-7-1
Record
15-3
36
Age
−5 yr31
6' 2"
Height
+1″6' 3"
78″
Reach
78″
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
+58
UFC bouts
3
3/560% of wins
Finishes
+7%2/367% 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. Where a fighter was born and where they fight out of come from their Wikipedia entry; where we hold neither, the hometown shown is Sherdog’s.
All the vitals, as a table
UFC 5-3UFC recordUFC 3-0
29-7-1Pro record15-3
6' 2"Height6' 3"
78"Reach78"
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox
36Age31
185 lbs.Weight185 lbs.
RussiaNationality—
ArgunHometown (per Sherdog)—
UFD GymCamp—
Vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality and camp from the public fighter register. Where a fighter was born and where they fight out of come from their Wikipedia entry; where we hold neither, the hometown shown is Sherdog’s. The UFC record is counted from the official results themselves.

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.

Abus MagomedovCam Rowston
60
Striking
74
58
Defence
68
60
Grappling / TD
35
55
Cardio
69 limited sample
46
Chin
75 limited sample
56
Fight IQ
64
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.

Abus Magomedov8 UFC fights · 239 landed

56.4%
HEAD
79.7%
31.0%
BODY
9.5%
12.6%
LEGS
10.8%

Cam Rowston3 UFC fights · 148 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.

Abus Magomedov

2.50takedowns / 15 min
2.50 / 15m
TAKEDOWNS
1.34 / 15m
4.24 / 15m
ATTEMPTS
3.05 / 15m
59%
ACCURACY
44%
0.60 / 15m
SUB ATT
0.30 / 15m

Cam Rowston

1.34takedowns / 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 (6.86 takedowns / 15m); a fighter above it pins the bar. Percentages are drawn on their own axis.

Ranked in Middleweight

Stats comparison

Abus Magomedov (left) vs Cam Rowston (right) — career striking & grappling rates.

Strikes landed / min
3.06
vs
4.6
Striking accuracy
48%
vs
48%
Strikes absorbed / min
3.34
vs
2.12
Striking defence
56%
vs
52%
Takedowns / 15 min
2.5
vs
1.34
Takedown accuracy
59%
vs
44%
Takedown defence
100%
vs
33%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
vs
0.3
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.

Abus MagomedovFightIQ profileGrappling-led all-rounder

6' 2" orthodox grappling-led all-rounder campaigning at Middleweight. 5 UFC wins — 1 KO/TKO, 2 submission, 2 decision.

Built from Abus Magomedov’s own fight record and striking and grappling figures, recomputed for this build. Full profile →
Cam RowstonFightIQ profileTechnical striker

6' 3" orthodox technical striker campaigning at Middleweight. 3 UFC wins — 2 KO/TKO, 1 decision.

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

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