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UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje
Journey Newson
Journey Newson
9-3 · USA
VS
Fernie Garcia
Fernie Garcia
10-1 · USA
May 7, 2022 · Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Bantamweight · 3 rounds
135.5lb
Weigh-in
135.5lb
Journey Newson def. Fernie Garcia by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Newson7/411/200:17
Garcia11/270/000:02
R2
Newson28/520/000:00
Garcia14/410/000:00
R3
Newson22/501/100:25
Garcia12/350/000:00
Total
Newson57/1432/300:42
Garcia37/1030/000:02

Scorecards

Newson vs Garcia

RdBrad FrankChris LeeJunichiro KamijoCommunity
R19-1010-910-99.3-9.7
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-910-9
Total29-2830-2730-2729.3-27.7

Media (12 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 12 Newson · 0 Garcia

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Newson-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
NewsonWin probabilityGarcia
30.8%69.2%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
19%
Decision
54%
Expected fight time: 10.7 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 Newson, blue toward Garcia. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Newson31%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%34%12%
Submission6%19%8%
Decision14%47%23%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (1549)act 57
Takedowns0.2 (0.01.0)act 2
Garcia69%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%24%18%
Submission13%19%12%
Decision39%57%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (1757)act 37
Takedowns3.4 (0.27.7)act 0
Combined totals~78 sig strikes~3.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R124%
R215%
R37%
Distance54%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Newson
44.3%+123
Garcia
-12354.5%
Most takedownstie 8.6%
Newson
4.2%+2097
Garcia
-209787.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Newson
Expected: 36.0
36
Over 36
39.1%
+152
Exactly 36
1.3%
push
Under 36
59.6%
-152
04590
Garcia
Expected: 41.9
42
Over 42
39.1%
+153
Exactly 42
1.2%
push
Under 42
59.8%
-153
053105
Takedowns — over/under
Newson
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
20.8%
Exactly 0
79.2%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Garcia
Expected: 3.4
3.5
Over 3.5
44.8%
+123
Under 3.5
55.2%
-123
0611

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 10.7 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
Newson30.8%46.8%−16.0+104
Garcia69.2%53.2%+16.0-126
By method
Newson by KO/TKO8.5%12.5%−4.0+549
Newson by submission5.8%8.0%−2.2+912
Newson by decision16.6%22.8%−6.2+256
Garcia by KO/TKO19.0%17.9%+1.1+353
Garcia by submission13.0%11.5%+1.5+602
Garcia by decision37.2%27.4%+9.8+196
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds76.1%72.6%+3.5-350
Over 2.5 rds61.3%58.9%+2.4-170
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision53.7%54.5%−0.8-139

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
NewsonGarcia
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1494
Pound-for-pound
1532
1494
Divisional
1532
1496
Striking offense
1482
1507
Striking defense
1500
1491
Grappling offense
1561
1500
Grappling defense
1558
Physical
33 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'5"
Height
5'7"
67"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.76
Strikes landed / min
33%
Strike accuracy
2.76
Strikes absorbed / min
65%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0%
Takedown accuracy
0%
Takedown defense
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
0%
UFC win rate
-3
Win/loss streak
0%
Last-5 win rate
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
595
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Journey Newson
  • LRandy CostaKO/TKO R1
    Close -1371y 8mo before
  • LRicardo RamosU-DEC R3
    Close +3152y 10mo before
Fernie Garcia
No prior UFC fights.
Newson — win / loss by method
Record: 9-3-0, 1 NC

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
3 wins, 2 losses
W
33% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
0win2loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
3 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (33%)Decision(0%) 0
Garcia — win / loss by method
Record: 10-1-0

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
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, 1 loss
W
60% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (10%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (30%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (60%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Newson
Garcia
3
UFC fights
0
16.3 min · 5.4 avg
Octagon time
10y 11m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Newson
Garcia
17W–3L · 85.0%
Overall
0W–0L
Wins
17W–3L · 85.0%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Newson
Garcia
40W–32L · 55.6%
Overall
51W–63L · 44.7%
35W–32L · 52.2%
Wins
48W–61L · 44.0%
5W–0L · 100.0%
Losses
3W–2L · 60.0%
Distance striking
Newson
Garcia
2.99
Landed / min
29.5%
Accuracy
68.3%
Defense
0.92
Knockdowns / 15 min
80.0%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Newson
Garcia
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
Takedown defense
0.92
Sub attempts / 15 min
8.2%
Control share
Strike target map
Newson
  • Head36%(16)div 63%
  • Body20%(9)div 21%
  • Legs44%(20)div 17%
Garcia
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Journey Newson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Fernie Garcia

No UFC fights on record.

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