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UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2
Steve Garcia
Steve Garcia
13-5 · USA
VS
April 8, 2023 · Miami, Florida, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.5lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Steve Garcia def. Shayilan Nuerdanbieke by KO/TKO (Punch), R2 0:36
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Garcia6/230/000:07
Nuerdanbieke16/321/213:33
R2 · 0:36
Garcia11/170/010:08
Nuerdanbieke2/30/000:01
Total
Garcia17/400/010:15
Nuerdanbieke18/351/213:34

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 probabilityNuerdanbieke
47.6%52.4%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
24%
Decision
46%
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 Nuerdanbieke. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Garcia48%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%35%16%
Submission8%17%7%
Decision23%48%17%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (1548)act 17
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.9)act 0
Nuerdanbieke52%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%26%32%
Submission16%30%9%
Decision23%44%20%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (1549)act 18
Takedowns2.4 (0.06.0)act 1
Combined totals~72 sig strikes~2.8 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R127%
R218%
R39%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Garcia
48.3%+104
Nuerdanbieke
-10450.4%
Most takedownstie 17.7%
Garcia
11.2%+631
Nuerdanbieke
-63171.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Garcia
Expected: 35.5
35.5
Over 35.5
39.8%
+151
Under 35.5
60.2%
-151
04589
Nuerdanbieke
Expected: 36.5
36.5
Over 36.5
39.7%
+152
Under 36.5
60.3%
-152
04692
Takedowns — over/under
Garcia
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
29.9%
+234
Under 0.5
70.0%
-234
035
Nuerdanbieke
Expected: 2.4
2.5
Over 2.5
45.7%
+119
Under 2.5
54.3%
-119
048

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
Garcia47.6%38.1%+9.5+151
Nuerdanbieke52.4%61.9%−9.5-183
By method
Garcia by KO/TKO14.3%15.7%−1.4+436
Garcia by submission11.5%6.6%+4.9+1163
Garcia by decision21.8%16.8%+5.0+400
Nuerdanbieke by KO/TKO15.8%32.4%−16.6+159
Nuerdanbieke by submission12.6%8.7%+3.9+859
Nuerdanbieke by decision24.0%19.8%+4.2+324
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds72.8%58.2%+14.6-166
Over 2.5 rds54.8%43.4%+11.4+115
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision45.8%38.5%+7.3+144

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
75.4Striking58.3
Garcia +17.1
69.8Grappling40.4
Garcia +29.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GarciaNuerdanbieke
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1528
Pound-for-pound
1574
1545
Divisional
1574
1525
Striking offense
1494
1479
Striking defense
1493
1503
Grappling offense
1531
1516
Grappling defense
1529
Physical
30 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'8"
75"
Reach
69"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.70
Strikes landed / min
2.17
60%
Strike accuracy
44%
2.07
Strikes absorbed / min
2.93
51%
Strike defense
49%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.44
Takedowns / 15 min
2.93
67%
Takedown accuracy
32%
100%
Takedown defense
40%
0.6
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
50%
UFC win rate
75%
+1
Win/loss streak
+3
50%
Last-5 win rate
75%
100%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
161
Days since last fight
154
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Steve Garcia
  • WChase HooperKO/TKO R1
    Close +2575mo before
  • LMaheshate MaheshateKO/TKO R1
    Close -20010mo before
  • WCharlie OntiverosKO/TKO R2
    Close -3311y 6mo before
  • LLuis PenaU-DEC R3
    Close +2303y 1mo before
Shayilan Nuerdanbieke
  • WDarrick MinnerKO/TKO R1
    Close -3715mo before
  • WTJ BrownU-DEC R3
    Close +1779mo before
  • WSean SorianoU-DEC R3
    Close +2211y 5mo before
  • LJosh CulibaoU-DEC R3
    Close +1951y 11mo before
Garcia — win / loss by method
Record: 13-5-0

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
10 wins, 1 loss
W
77% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
23% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
2win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (100%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
11win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (73%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
3 (27%)Decision(67%) 2
Nuerdanbieke — win / loss by method
Record: 39-10-0

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
19 wins, 2 losses
W
49% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
10 wins, 6 losses
W
26% of wins
L
60% of losses
Decision
10 wins, 2 losses
W
26% of wins
L
20% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
36win9loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
18 (50%)KO/TKO(22%) 2
10 (28%)Submission(67%) 6
8 (22%)Decision(11%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Garcia
Nuerdanbieke
4
UFC fights
4
24.6 min · 6.2 avg
Octagon time
46.1 min · 11.5 avg
13y 3m
Career length
10y 2m
UFC schedule strength

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

Garcia
Nuerdanbieke
37W–12L · 75.5%
Overall
64W–29L · 68.8%
22W–9L · 71.0%
Wins
56W–28L · 66.7%
15W–3L · 83.3%
Losses
8W–1L · 88.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Garcia
Nuerdanbieke
95W–27L · 77.9%
Overall
262W–158L · 62.4%
71W–19L · 78.9%
Wins
194W–133L · 59.3%
24W–8L · 75.0%
Losses
68W–25L · 73.1%
Distance striking
Garcia
Nuerdanbieke
15.19
Landed / min
3.31
53.8%
Accuracy
36.8%
62.0%
Defense
50.6%
1.83
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.65
13.4%
Time at distance
41.2%
Grappling & control
Garcia
Nuerdanbieke
2.44
Takedowns / 15 min
2.93
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
32.1%
100.0%
Takedown defense
40.0%
0.61
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
33.1%
Control share
82.1%
Strike target map
Garcia
  • Head78%(71)div 64%
  • Body12%(11)div 20%
  • Legs10%(9)div 16%
Nuerdanbieke
  • Head84%(84)div 64%
  • Body6%(6)div 20%
  • Legs10%(10)div 16%

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

Steve Garcia
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Shayilan Nuerdanbieke
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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