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UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba
Brady Hiestand
Brady Hiestand
5-2 · USA
VS
Fernie Garcia
Fernie Garcia
10-2 · USA
November 19, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
135.0lb
Weigh-in
136.0lb
Brady Hiestand def. Fernie Garcia by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Hiestand3/91/303:25
Garcia6/110/000:53
R2
Hiestand16/231/301:25
Garcia14/301/200:29
R3
Hiestand0/21/204:24
Garcia1/30/000:00
Total
Hiestand19/343/809:14
Garcia21/441/201:22

Scorecards

Hiestand vs Garcia

RdAnthony ManessDerek ClearyJunichiro KamijoCommunity
R19-109-109-109.4-9.6
R210-910-910-99.8-9.2
R310-910-910-910-8.9
Total29-2829-2829-2829.2-27.7

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.327.7 · 13 Hiestand · 0 Garcia

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

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
HiestandWin probabilityGarcia
56.5%43.5%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
16%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 10.6 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 Hiestand, blue toward Garcia. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Hiestand57%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%35%12%
Submission9%16%17%
Decision28%49%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (1962)act 19
Takedowns2.6 (0.06.2)act 3
Garcia43%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%24%11%
Submission7%16%6%
Decision26%60%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (1549)act 21
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.5)act 1
Combined totals~81 sig strikes~3.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R123%
R219%
R34%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Hiestand
56.7%-135
Garcia
+13542.1%
Most takedownstie 14.3%
Hiestand
63.5%-287
Garcia
+28722.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Hiestand
Expected: 45.4
45.5
Over 45.5
39.6%
+152
Under 45.5
60.4%
-152
057114
Garcia
Expected: 36.1
36
Over 36
39.2%
+152
Exactly 36
1.3%
push
Under 36
59.4%
-152
04691
Takedowns — over/under
Hiestand
Expected: 2.6
2.5
Over 2.5
50.0%
+100
Under 2.5
50.0%
-100
048
Garcia
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
39.5%
-107
Exactly 1
23.8%
push
Under 1
36.8%
+107
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 10.6 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
Hiestand56.5%61.4%−4.9-179
Garcia43.5%38.6%+4.9+148
By method
Hiestand by KO/TKO17.0%11.7%+5.3+602
Hiestand by submission9.0%16.9%−7.9+388
Hiestand by decision30.5%31.8%−1.3+159
Garcia by KO/TKO13.1%10.6%+2.5+678
Garcia by submission7.0%5.5%+1.5+1389
Garcia by decision23.5%23.4%+0.1+252
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds77.1%73.9%+3.2-382
Over 2.5 rds57.7%63.5%−5.8-212
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision54.0%58.5%−4.5-166

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
53.4Striking56.8
Garcia +3.3
63.7Grappling9.3
Hiestand +54.4
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
HiestandGarcia
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1495
Pound-for-pound
1514
1495
Divisional
1514
1489
Striking offense
1481
1494
Striking defense
1502
1557
Grappling offense
1542
1547
Grappling defense
1552
Physical
23 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'7"
71"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.40
Strikes landed / min
2.47
49%
Strike accuracy
36%
6.67
Strikes absorbed / min
3.80
42%
Strike defense
60%
Grappling (UFC career)
6.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
55%
Takedown accuracy
50%
Takedown defense
33%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
0%
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
448
Days since last fight
196
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brady Hiestand
  • LRicky TurciosS-DEC R3
    Close +1301y 3mo before
Fernie Garcia
  • LJourney NewsonU-DEC R3
    Close -1266mo before
Hiestand — win / loss by method
Record: 5-2-0

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
2 wins, 1 loss
W
40% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (40%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(0%) 0
Garcia — win / loss by method
Record: 10-2-0

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
10% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
30% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
60% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (10%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (30%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (60%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Hiestand
Garcia
1
UFC fights
1
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
7y 11m
Career length
10y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Hiestand
Garcia
10W–2L · 83.3%
Overall
9W–3L · 75.0%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
10W–2L · 83.3%
Losses
9W–3L · 75.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Hiestand
Garcia
11W–29L · 27.5%
Overall
51W–63L · 44.7%
2W–24L · 7.7%
Wins
48W–61L · 44.0%
9W–5L · 64.3%
Losses
3W–2L · 60.0%
Distance striking
Hiestand
Garcia
12.38
Landed / min
2.62
44.4%
Accuracy
36.6%
48.9%
Defense
62.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
28.0%
Time at distance
94.0%
Grappling & control
Hiestand
Garcia
6.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
54.5%
Takedown accuracy
50.0%
Takedown defense
33.3%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
75.2%
Control share
4.5%
Strike target map
Hiestand
  • Head89%(59)div 62%
  • Body9%(6)div 21%
  • Legs2%(1)div 17%
Garcia
  • Head65%(24)div 62%
  • Body16%(6)div 21%
  • Legs19%(7)div 17%

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

Brady Hiestand
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Fernie Garcia
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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