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UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad
Rafa Garcia
Rafa Garcia
13-2 · MEX
VS
Jesse Ronson
Jesse Ronson
21-10 · CAN
April 16, 2022 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
155.0lb
Weigh-in
155.5lb
Rafa Garcia def. Jesse Ronson by SUB (Rear Naked Choke), R2 4:50
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Garcia26/641/200:35
Ronson23/520/000:00
R2 · 4:50
Garcia9/162/204:02
Ronson2/90/100:02
Total
Garcia35/803/404:37
Ronson25/610/100:02

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 probabilityRonson
63.1%36.9%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
20%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 10.9 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 Ronson. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Garcia63%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO16%26%13%
Submission14%22%10%
Decision33%52%27%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (1654)act 35
Takedowns1.8 (0.04.9)act 3
Ronson37%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%47%15%
Submission6%17%9%
Decision14%36%25%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (1652)act 25
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Combined totals~78 sig strikes~2.1 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R117%
R220%
R316%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Garcia
50.5%-105
Ronson
+10548.3%
Most takedownstie 23.3%
Garcia
66.1%-622
Ronson
+62210.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Garcia
Expected: 39.8
40
Over 40
38.9%
+154
Exactly 40
1.2%
push
Under 40
59.9%
-154
050100
Ronson
Expected: 38.2
38
Over 38
39.4%
+151
Exactly 38
1.3%
push
Under 38
59.4%
-151
04896
Takedowns — over/under
Garcia
Expected: 1.8
2
Over 2
36.6%
+126
Exactly 2
17.2%
push
Under 2
46.3%
-126
036
Ronson
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
25.5%
+292
Under 0.5
74.5%
-292
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 10.9 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
Garcia63.1%44.9%+18.2+113
Ronson36.9%55.1%−18.2-137
By method
Garcia by KO/TKO21.3%13.2%+8.1+515
Garcia by submission12.5%10.2%+2.3+693
Garcia by decision29.3%27.0%+2.3+200
Ronson by KO/TKO12.4%15.1%−2.7+436
Ronson by submission7.3%9.3%−2.0+775
Ronson by decision17.1%25.1%−8.0+223
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds82.6%70.9%+11.7-301
Over 2.5 rds62.4%61.1%+1.3-187
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision46.4%55.8%−9.4-150

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
51.1Striking69.4
Ronson +18.2
63.8Grappling46.2
Garcia +17.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GarciaRonson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1525
Pound-for-pound
1484
1525
Divisional
1484
1499
Striking offense
1508
1494
Striking defense
1512
1502
Grappling offense
1488
1508
Grappling defense
1502
Physical
27 yrs
Age
36 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'10"
70"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.53
Strikes landed / min
3.54
35%
Strike accuracy
49%
5.47
Strikes absorbed / min
2.99
54%
Strike defense
59%
Grappling (UFC career)
4.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.63
44%
Takedown accuracy
40%
70%
Takedown defense
61%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
33%
UFC win rate
0%
+1
Win/loss streak
-4
33%
Last-5 win rate
0%
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
147
Days since last fight
630
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rafa Garcia
  • WNatan LevyU-DEC R3
    Close -1125mo before
  • LChris GruetzemacherU-DEC R3
    Close -3319mo before
  • LNasrat HaqparastU-DEC R3
    Close +5331y 1mo before
Jesse Ronson
  • LKevin LeeS-DEC R3
    Close +2007y 9mo before
  • LFrancisco TrinaldoS-DEC R3
    Close +1458y 2mo before
  • LMichel PrazeresS-DEC R3
    Close -1158y 7mo before
Garcia — win / loss by method
Record: 13-2-0

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
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
54% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
31% of wins
L
100% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (100%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
12win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (8%)KO/TKO() 0
7 (58%)Submission() 0
3 (25%)Decision() 0
1 (8%)DQ / other() 0
Ronson — win / loss by method
Record: 21-10-0, 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
10 wins, 2 losses
W
48% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 1 loss
W
33% of wins
L
10% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 7 losses
W
19% of wins
L
70% of losses
UFC
0win3loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
21win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
10 (48%)KO/TKO(29%) 2
7 (33%)Submission(14%) 1
4 (19%)Decision(57%) 4

Profiles

Experience
Garcia
Ronson
3
UFC fights
4
45.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
47.8 min · 11.9 avg
11y 9m
Career length
16y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Garcia
Ronson
32W–7L · 82.1%
Overall
36W–5L · 87.8%
6W–0L · 100.0%
Wins
0W–0L
26W–7L · 78.8%
Losses
36W–5L · 87.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Garcia
Ronson
81W–42L · 65.9%
Overall
266W–99L · 72.9%
81W–42L · 65.9%
Wins
162W–70L · 69.8%
0W–0L
Losses
104W–29L · 78.2%
Distance striking
Garcia
Ronson
4.56
Landed / min
5.58
32.8%
Accuracy
46.3%
56.1%
Defense
65.0%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.31
66.7%
Time at distance
52.1%
Grappling & control
Garcia
Ronson
4.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.63
44.4%
Takedown accuracy
40.0%
70.0%
Takedown defense
61.3%
0.33
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.63
93.6%
Control share
11.8%
Strike target map
Garcia
  • Head70%(111)div 63%
  • Body20%(32)div 20%
  • Legs10%(16)div 16%
Ronson
  • Head50%(85)div 63%
  • Body22%(38)div 20%
  • Legs27%(46)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.

Jesse Ronson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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