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Steve Garcia
Steve Garcia
11-4 · USA
VS
October 9, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Steve Garcia def. Charlie Ontiveros by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 1:51
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Garcia14/242/404:24
Ontiveros5/170/020:08
R2 · 1:51
Garcia20/251/101:31
Ontiveros2/60/000:00
Total
Garcia34/493/505:55
Ontiveros7/230/020:08

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 probabilityOntiveros
63.9%36.1%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
22%
Decision
48%
Expected fight time: 10.3 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 Ontiveros. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Garcia64%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO22%34%45%
Submission12%18%8%
Decision30%48%19%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1448)act 34
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.8)act 3
Ontiveros36%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%22%11%
Submission10%28%5%
Decision18%50%11%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes35 (1448)act 7
Takedowns0.8 (0.03.0)act 0
Combined totals~70 sig strikes~2.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R128%
R213%
R311%
Distance48%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Garcia
49.0%+101
Ontiveros
-10149.6%
Most takedownstie 31.2%
Garcia
43.0%-166
Ontiveros
+16625.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Garcia
Expected: 35.1
35
Over 35
39.2%
+152
Exactly 35
1.4%
push
Under 35
59.5%
-152
04488
Ontiveros
Expected: 35.2
35
Over 35
39.3%
+151
Exactly 35
1.4%
push
Under 35
59.3%
-151
04488
Takedowns — over/under
Garcia
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
38.2%
+115
Exactly 1
17.9%
push
Under 1
43.8%
-115
035
Ontiveros
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
26.3%
+229
Exactly 1
13.4%
push
Under 1
60.3%
-229
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 10.3 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
Garcia63.9%73.0%−9.1-331
Ontiveros36.1%27.0%+9.1+253
By method
Garcia by KO/TKO19.1%44.8%−25.7-121
Garcia by submission13.9%8.0%+5.9+928
Garcia by decision30.9%19.4%+11.5+321
Ontiveros by KO/TKO10.8%11.2%−0.4+633
Ontiveros by submission7.8%5.5%+2.3+1399
Ontiveros by decision17.5%11.2%+6.3+629
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds72.1%46.2%+25.9-133
Over 2.5 rds59.2%36.3%+22.9+160
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision48.4%32.7%+15.7+185

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
59.1Striking38.8
Garcia +20.2
67.5Grappling0.0
Garcia +67.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GarciaOntiveros
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1513
Pound-for-pound
1489
1512
Divisional
1501
1507
Striking offense
1500
1497
Striking defense
1500
1496
Grappling offense
1493
1499
Grappling defense
1493
Physical
29 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'2"
75"
Reach
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
1.40
Strikes landed / min
0.75
54%
Strike accuracy
100%
1.80
Strikes absorbed / min
4.15
36%
Strike defense
8%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
100%
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
0%
1.0
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
588
Days since last fight
343
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Steve Garcia
  • LLuis PenaU-DEC R3
    Close +2301y 7mo before
Charlie Ontiveros
  • LKevin HollandSUB R1
    Close +50011mo before
Garcia — win / loss by method
Record: 11-4-0

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
8 wins, 0 losses
W
73% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
27% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
11win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (73%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
3 (27%)Decision(67%) 2
Ontiveros — win / loss by method
Record: 11-7-0

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, 6 losses
W
36% of wins
L
86% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
18% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
0% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
11win6loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (36%)KO/TKO(100%) 6
2 (18%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (36%)Decision(0%) 0
1 (9%)DQ / other(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Garcia
Ontiveros
1
UFC fights
1
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
Octagon time
2.6 min · 2.6 avg
13y 3m
Career length
14y 0m
UFC schedule strength

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

Garcia
Ontiveros
7W–2L · 77.8%
Overall
19W–5L · 79.2%
0W–0L
Wins
0W–0L
7W–2L · 77.8%
Losses
19W–5L · 79.2%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Garcia
Ontiveros
95W–27L · 77.9%
Overall
73W–46L · 61.3%
71W–19L · 78.9%
Wins
41W–30L · 57.7%
24W–8L · 75.0%
Losses
32W–16L · 66.7%
Distance striking
Garcia
Ontiveros
19.95
Landed / min
4.62
51.9%
Accuracy
100.0%
60.0%
Defense
33.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
4.7%
Time at distance
16.4%
Grappling & control
Garcia
Ontiveros
1.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
100.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
0.0%
1.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
1.5%
Control share
0.0%
Strike target map
Garcia
  • Head71%(15)div 63%
  • Body10%(2)div 20%
  • Legs19%(4)div 17%
Ontiveros
  • Head100%(2)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%

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.

Charlie Ontiveros
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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