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Rafa Garcia
Rafa Garcia
14-3 · MEX
VS
December 17, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Rafa Garcia def. Maheshate Maheshate by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Garcia16/290/200:29
Maheshate11/620/000:00
R2
Garcia13/363/402:26
Maheshate8/520/000:00
R3
Garcia20/333/503:15
Maheshate6/270/000:00
Total
Garcia49/986/1106:10
Maheshate25/1410/000:00

Scorecards

Garcia vs Maheshate

RdChris LeeDerek ClearyMichael BellCommunity
R110-910-910-99.7-9.3
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2729.6-27.4

Media (15 cards) · avg 29.927.1 · 15 Garcia · 0 Maheshate

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

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 probabilityMaheshate
52.8%47.2%
KO / TKO
38%
Submission
19%
Decision
43%
Expected fight time: 9.6 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 Maheshate. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Garcia53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%29%6%
Submission15%28%14%
Decision23%43%35%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1344)act 49
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.7)act 6
Maheshate47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%48%21%
Submission5%10%5%
Decision20%42%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (1754)act 25
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Combined totals~73 sig strikes~1.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R131%
R216%
R310%
Distance43%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Garcia
42.2%+134
Maheshate
-13456.5%
Most takedownstie 27.4%
Garcia
60.8%-514
Maheshate
+51411.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Garcia
Expected: 32.4
32.5
Over 32.5
39.6%
+152
Under 32.5
60.4%
-152
04182
Maheshate
Expected: 40.2
40
Over 40
39.4%
+151
Exactly 40
1.2%
push
Under 40
59.4%
-151
051101
Takedowns — over/under
Garcia
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
44.1%
-148
Exactly 1
26.1%
push
Under 1
29.8%
+148
035
Maheshate
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
24.5%
+308
Under 0.5
75.5%
-308
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 9.6 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
Garcia52.8%57.6%−4.8-152
Maheshate47.2%42.4%+4.8+125
By method
Garcia by KO/TKO19.9%6.3%+13.6+1198
Garcia by submission10.3%13.7%−3.4+494
Garcia by decision22.5%35.0%−12.5+132
Maheshate by KO/TKO17.9%20.8%−2.9+291
Maheshate by submission9.2%5.2%+4.0+1456
Maheshate by decision20.2%19.0%+1.2+329
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds68.9%69.9%−1.0-300
Over 2.5 rds52.5%62.3%−9.8-196
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision42.7%57.3%−14.6-159

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
54.3Striking72.5
Maheshate +18.2
65.3Grappling0.0
Garcia +65.3
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GarciaMaheshate
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1525
Pound-for-pound
1539
1525
Divisional
1539
1495
Striking offense
1509
1497
Striking defense
1527
1512
Grappling offense
1495
1512
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
28 yrs
Age
23 yrs
5'7"
Height
6'0"
70"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.26
Strikes landed / min
5.68
39%
Strike accuracy
70%
4.75
Strikes absorbed / min
5.68
53%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.87
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
43%
Takedown accuracy
76%
Takedown defense
0.4
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
40%
UFC win rate
100%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
40%
Last-5 win rate
100%
50%
Finish rate
100%
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
189
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rafa Garcia
  • LDrakkar KloseU-DEC R3
    Close +1705mo before
  • WJesse RonsonSUB R2
    Close +1138mo before
  • WNatan LevyU-DEC R3
    Close -1121y 1mo before
  • LChris GruetzemacherU-DEC R3
    Close -3311y 5mo before
  • LNasrat HaqparastU-DEC R3
    Close +5331y 9mo before
Maheshate Maheshate
  • WSteve GarciaKO/TKO R1
    Close +1706mo before
Garcia — win / loss by method
Record: 14-3-0

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
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
29% of wins
L
100% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
7% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)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
Maheshate — win / loss by method
Record: 9-1-0

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
4 wins, 0 losses
W
44% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
11% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 1 loss
W
44% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
8win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (38%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (13%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (50%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Garcia
Maheshate
5
UFC fights
1
69.8 min · 14.0 avg
Octagon time
1.2 min · 1.2 avg
11y 9m
Career length
7y 1m
UFC schedule strength

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

Garcia
Maheshate
65W–19L · 77.4%
Overall
12W–4L · 75.0%
27W–10L · 73.0%
Wins
12W–4L · 75.0%
38W–9L · 80.9%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Garcia
Maheshate
81W–42L · 65.9%
Overall
33W–40L · 45.2%
81W–42L · 65.9%
Wins
33W–39L · 45.8%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–1L · 0.0%
Distance striking
Garcia
Maheshate
4.34
Landed / min
11.49
35.0%
Accuracy
70.0%
57.0%
Defense
73.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
24.32
61.4%
Time at distance
49.4%
Grappling & control
Garcia
Maheshate
3.87
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
42.9%
Takedown accuracy
76.2%
Takedown defense
0.43
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
87.0%
Control share
2.8%
Strike target map
Garcia
  • Head72%(165)div 63%
  • Body19%(43)div 21%
  • Legs9%(20)div 16%
Maheshate
  • Head86%(6)div 63%
  • Body14%(1)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)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.

Maheshate Maheshate
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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