George Staines vs Loai Abushaar

DateSep 29, 2026

DivisionLightweight

StatusScheduled

VenueMeta APEX

BroadcastPARAMOUNT+

Start times & how to watch

Start time & how to watch

Main card starts Tuesday, September 29, 2026 — watch on PARAMOUNT+.

US East (ET): Tue 7:00 PM
US West (PT): Tue 4:00 PM
United Kingdom: Wed 12:00 AM
Central Europe: Wed 1:00 AM
Australia (Sydney): Wed 9:00 AM
Your time

George StainesSaint |10-0-0George Staines vs Loai AbushaarLoai AbushaarSavage Bull |7-1-0

George StainesSaint10-0-0

Fight Overview

Round3

Time5:00

10-0-0Record7-1-0

26AgeTBD

6'1"Height6'4"

-Reach-

156 lbsWeight155 lbs

LightweightWeight ClassLightweight

Loai AbushaarSavage Bull7-1-0

Combat Edge Intelligence

Fight Intelligence

George Staines owns a 83-point Elo edge (good). Tracked UFC stat edges are limited for this matchup. There are no clean shared-opponent matches in tracked pro MMA history.

Compare George Staines and Loai Abushaar across their careers →

Elo Recent career Elo trajectory

Recent three-year Elo paths for both fighters. Ratings shown here are current career context; the event-specific prediction or verified result remains on this Fight page.

George StainesLoai Abushaar

Recent form

George StainesW W W W W · +99 Elo last 5

WWWWW

Loai AbushaarW W W W L · +55 Elo last 5

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Elo edge

George Staines1716+24 last move

Loai Abushaar1633+18 last move

Fight intelligence

Model forecast and your pick

Inspect the model’s probability and Elo baseline, then make your own call before the card starts.

Combat Edge Model

Fight forecast

Frozen pre-fight · v0.7-2026-08-28

89%George Staines11%Loai Abushaar

Model favoriteGeorge Staines

Elo baseline62% for George Staines

Matchup adjustment+27 pts vs Elo

Win probability computed before the fight from point-in-time Elo, records, and matchup data. The baseline shows what Elo alone expected; the adjustment is not a certainty. Analytics, not betting advice.

See all predictions →Back George StainesStake

Forecast context

What separates the fighters

Model + Elo agree

George Staines leads the full model at 89%. Elo agrees, and the complete matchup model strengthens that lean by 27 points.

Current Elo ratings1716 · 1633George Staines leads by 83 rating points.

Recent opponent quality1543 · 1499George Staines faced the stronger recent schedule (10 vs 8 sampled fights).

Elo record depth10 · 8 fightsGeorge Staines has the deeper counted Elo history.

Largest tracked stat edgesNot enough comparable dataNo advantage is inferred when the underlying records are incomplete.

Stat advantages

George StainesvsLoai Abushaar

No tracked UFC stat edge yet.

Finishing profile

George Stainesdecision leads 60% of wins

Loai AbushaarKO/TKO leads 57% of wins

Common opponents

No clean shared-opponent match found in tracked pro MMA history.

Tale of the tape

George StainesLoai Abushaar

Tracked UFC statistics may not cover a fighter's full career. Unavailable measurements are not zero.

Not availableSig. strikes landed per minNot available

UFC lightweight average : 3.83

Not availableSig. strike accuracyNot available

UFC lightweight average : 46%

Not availableSig. strikes absorbed per minNot available

UFC lightweight average : 3.91

Not availableSig. strike defenseNot available

UFC lightweight average : 53%

Not availableTakedown averageNot available

UFC lightweight average : 1.68

Not availableTakedown accuracyNot available

UFC lightweight average : 29%

Not availableTakedown defenseNot available

UFC lightweight average : 59%

Not availableSubmission averageNot available

UFC lightweight average : 0.49

1Wins by knockout4

3Wins by submission3

6Wins by decision0

0Losses by knockout1

0Losses by submission0

0Losses by decision0

George Staines vs Loai Abushaar is a scheduled Lightweight fight on CONTENDER SERIES 2026 : WEEK 8. George Staines enters with a 10-0-0 record and Loai Abushaar enters with a 7-1-0 record. Combat Edge tracks the matchup preview, UFC stats, Elo edge, shared opponents, event date, venue, and full fight card.