This will probably speed up the AI trend to the surface as many people are interested in these AI-based projects. And maybe this will also allow gambling developers to develop gambling-based AI, such as collecting sports betting information and inviting people to try it before they launch it to the public.
To predict the outcomes of fights in boxing and MMA, there has been an AI engine for almost a year, as the developers say, which specializes in analyzing data on martial arts called MartialBot, of course it will not answer the question of what gambling is, but the forecast for the fight can be checked.
I highly doubt the accuracy of such tool.The reason for that is that MMA is physical fighting between two persons.No AI or app in the world can know the physical form of each of the athletes,the favorite for example may have been drinking and abusing his physical condition while the underdog maybe preparing at the maximum of his capacity and even going further,in such scenario we would see a surprise result in the betting context as the underdog is going to win the match between these two.Tell me how can the AI or app predict the physical condition and behavior of a fighter?Pretty much worthless and impossible in such case for the MMA.
Yes, you are right that AI cannot guarantee you an accurate forecast for the outcome of a fight or match, because human behavior is sometimes not predictable, but we can just use this tool to improve the accuracy of the forecast that's all.