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Rafa Garcia
Rafa Garcia
15-3 · MEX
VS
Clay Guida
Clay Guida
38-22 · USA
April 15, 2023 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
154.5lb
Rafa Garcia def. Clay Guida by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Garcia34/890/000:00
Guida23/920/000:00
R2
Garcia65/1100/000:00
Guida21/880/100:00
R3
Garcia42/880/100:20
Guida19/720/200:00
Total
Garcia141/2870/100:20
Guida63/2520/300:00

Scorecards

Garcia vs Guida

RdChris LeeRoss SwanbergSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.8-9.1
R210-910-910-99.9-8.9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2729.7-27

Media (17 cards) · avg 3027 · 17 Garcia · 0 Guida

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Garcia-Guida.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
GarciaWin probabilityGuida
67.5%32.5%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
21%
Decision
50%
Expected fight time: 10.0 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Garcia, blue toward Guida. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Garcia67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%30%8%
Submission15%22%20%
Decision32%48%39%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (1652)act 141
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.7)act 0
Guida33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%30%7%
Submission6%19%6%
Decision17%51%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes26 (1136)act 63
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.9)act 0
Combined totals~65 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R129%
R216%
R35%
Distance50%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Garcia
61.0%-162
Guida
+16237.6%
Most takedownstie 31.9%
Garcia
28.7%+137
Guida
-13739.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Garcia
Expected: 38.1
38
Over 38
39.3%
+151
Exactly 38
1.3%
push
Under 38
59.5%
-151
04896
Guida
Expected: 26.5
26.5
Over 26.5
39.7%
+152
Under 26.5
60.3%
-152
03467
Takedowns — over/under
Garcia
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
43.9%
+128
Under 0.5
56.1%
-128
035
Guida
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
32.2%
+141
Exactly 1
22.5%
push
Under 1
45.4%
-141
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 10.0 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Garcia67.5%70.7%−3.2-287
Guida32.5%29.3%+3.2+224
By method
Garcia by KO/TKO20.0%8.5%+11.5+888
Garcia by submission14.0%20.2%−6.2+315
Garcia by decision33.4%39.4%−6.0+113
Guida by KO/TKO9.7%7.3%+2.4+1055
Guida by submission6.8%6.3%+0.5+1233
Guida by decision16.1%18.3%−2.2+358
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds70.9%75.8%−4.9-430
Over 2.5 rds54.8%64.1%−9.3-217
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision49.5%60.6%−11.1-183

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
59.1Striking61.1
Guida +2.0
67.4Grappling58.4
Garcia +9.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GarciaGuida
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1542
Pound-for-pound
1567
1542
Divisional
1575
1493
Striking offense
1455
1500
Striking defense
1519
1515
Grappling offense
1529
1517
Grappling defense
1515
Physical
28 yrs
Age
41 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'7"
70"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.27
Strikes landed / min
2.68
40%
Strike accuracy
34%
4.21
Strikes absorbed / min
2.95
58%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.24
Takedowns / 15 min
2.93
45%
Takedown accuracy
35%
76%
Takedown defense
73%
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
53%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
33%
Finish rate
39%
Recent opp. quality
119
Days since last fight
133
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rafa Garcia
  • WMaheshate MaheshateU-DEC R3
    Close -1534mo before
  • LDrakkar KloseU-DEC R3
    Close +1709mo before
  • WJesse RonsonSUB R2
    Close +1131y before
  • WNatan LevyU-DEC R3
    Close -1121y 5mo before
  • LChris GruetzemacherU-DEC R3
    Close -3311y 8mo before
Clay Guida
  • WScott HoltzmanS-DEC R3
    Close +1764mo before
  • LClaudio PuellesSUB R1
    Close -1081y before
  • WLeonardo SantosSUB R2
    Close +1801y 4mo before
  • LMark MadsenS-DEC R3
    Close +1431y 8mo before
  • WMichael JohnsonU-DEC R3
    Close +1752y 2mo before
Garcia — win / loss by method
Record: 15-3-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
53% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 3 losses
W
33% of wins
L
100% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
3win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
12win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (8%)KO/TKO() 0
7 (58%)Submission() 0
3 (25%)Decision() 0
1 (8%)DQ / other() 0
Guida — win / loss by method
Record: 38-22-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
6 wins, 2 losses
W
16% of wins
L
9% of losses
Submission
15 wins, 11 losses
W
39% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
16 wins, 8 losses
W
42% of wins
L
36% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 1 loss
W
3% of wins
L
5% of losses
UFC
18win16loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (11%)KO/TKO(13%) 2
5 (28%)Submission(44%) 7
11 (61%)Decision(44%) 7
Non-UFC
20win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (20%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
10 (50%)Submission(67%) 4
5 (25%)Decision(17%) 1
1 (5%)DQ / other(17%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Garcia
Guida
6
UFC fights
34
84.8 min · 14.1 avg
Octagon time
389.6 min · 11.5 avg
11y 9m
Career length
23y 0m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Garcia
Guida
74W–20L · 78.7%
Overall
576W–166L · 77.6%
36W–11L · 76.6%
Wins
320W–106L · 75.1%
38W–9L · 80.9%
Losses
256W–60L · 81.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Garcia
Guida
81W–42L · 65.9%
Overall
162W–82L · 66.4%
81W–42L · 65.9%
Wins
135W–71L · 65.5%
0W–0L
Losses
27W–11L · 71.1%
Distance striking
Garcia
Guida
4.19
Landed / min
3.47
35.9%
Accuracy
26.4%
61.6%
Defense
68.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.23
60.3%
Time at distance
48.3%
Grappling & control
Garcia
Guida
4.24
Takedowns / 15 min
2.93
45.3%
Takedown accuracy
35.0%
76.2%
Takedown defense
72.6%
0.35
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.62
89.8%
Control share
81.8%
Strike target map
Garcia
  • Head70%(194)div 63%
  • Body19%(54)div 21%
  • Legs10%(29)div 16%
Guida
  • Head59%(620)div 63%
  • Body16%(166)div 21%
  • Legs25%(259)div 16%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Rafa Garcia
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Clay Guida
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.