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Rafa Garcia
Rafa Garcia
12-1 · MEX
July 31, 2021 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
154.0lb
Chris Gruetzemacher def. Rafa Garcia by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Gruetzemacher42/750/100:01
Garcia38/672/401:27
R2
Gruetzemacher32/630/000:02
Garcia20/431/501:53
R3
Gruetzemacher26/520/000:00
Garcia14/362/303:06
Total
Gruetzemacher100/1900/100:03
Garcia72/1465/1206:26

Scorecards

Gruetzemacher vs Garcia

RdDave HagenRick WinterRon McCarthyCommunity
R19-109-109-109.1-9.9
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-99.6-9.4
Total29-2829-2829-2828.6-28.4

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 13 Gruetzemacher · 0 Garcia

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Gruetzemacher-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
GruetzemacherWin probabilityGarcia
30.3%69.7%
KO / TKO
25%
Submission
23%
Decision
52%
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 Gruetzemacher, blue toward Garcia. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Gruetzemacher30%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%38%8%
Submission4%13%5%
Decision15%49%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes54 (2273)act 100
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Garcia70%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO14%20%16%
Submission19%27%25%
Decision37%53%31%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes51 (2169)act 72
Takedowns0.8 (0.02.9)act 5
Combined totals~105 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R125%
R212%
R311%
Distance52%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.9%
Gruetzemacher
51.0%-106
Garcia
+10648.1%
Most takedownstie 43.1%
Gruetzemacher
20.9%+173
Garcia
-17336.0%
Significant strikes — over/under
Gruetzemacher
Expected: 53.6
53.5
Over 53.5
39.8%
+151
Under 53.5
60.2%
-151
067134
Garcia
Expected: 50.9
51
Over 51
39.2%
+153
Exactly 51
1.0%
push
Under 51
59.8%
-153
064128
Takedowns — over/under
Gruetzemacher
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
29.8%
+236
Under 0.5
70.2%
-236
035
Garcia
Expected: 0.8
1
Over 1
27.5%
+205
Exactly 1
16.0%
push
Under 1
56.5%
-205
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
Gruetzemacher30.3%27.1%+3.2+250
Garcia69.7%72.9%−3.2-328
By method
Gruetzemacher by KO/TKO7.7%8.4%−0.7+883
Gruetzemacher by submission7.0%5.1%+1.9+1511
Gruetzemacher by decision15.6%15.0%+0.6+450
Garcia by KO/TKO17.6%16.0%+1.6+414
Garcia by submission16.1%24.7%−8.6+233
Garcia by decision36.0%30.9%+5.1+166
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds74.5%65.1%+9.4-225
Over 2.5 rds62.2%40.4%+21.8-130
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision51.6%49.1%+2.5-111

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
72.2Striking44.2
Gruetzemacher +27.9
17.4Grappling25.0
Garcia +7.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GruetzemacherGarcia
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1521
Pound-for-pound
1524
1534
Divisional
1524
1512
Striking offense
1498
1486
Striking defense
1498
1492
Grappling offense
1493
1496
Grappling defense
1507
Physical
35 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'8"
Height
5'7"
68"
Reach
70"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
7.02
Strikes landed / min
3.47
57%
Strike accuracy
24%
5.54
Strikes absorbed / min
6.60
55%
Strike defense
54%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0%
63%
Takedown defense
100%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
40%
UFC win rate
0%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
40%
Last-5 win rate
0%
50%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
273
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Chris Gruetzemacher
  • LAlexander HernandezKO/TKO R1
    Close +3159mo before
  • WJoe LauzonKO/TKO R2
    Close +1253y 4mo before
  • LDavi RamosSUB R3
    Close +3253y 8mo before
  • LChas SkellySUB R2
    Close +2904y 6mo before
  • WAbner LloverasU-DEC R3
    Close -1455y 8mo before
Rafa Garcia
  • LNasrat HaqparastU-DEC R3
    Close +5335mo before
Gruetzemacher — win / loss by method
Record: 14-4-0

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
7 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 3 losses
W
21% of wins
L
75% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(67%) 2
1 (50%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
3 (25%)Submission(100%) 1
3 (25%)Decision(0%) 0
Garcia — win / loss by method
Record: 12-1-0

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
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
7 wins, 0 losses
W
58% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
100% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
8% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(0%) 0
0 ()Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
12win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (8%)KO/TKO() 0
7 (58%)Submission() 0
3 (25%)Decision() 0
1 (8%)DQ / other() 0

Profiles

Experience
Gruetzemacher
Garcia
5
UFC fights
1
44.6 min · 8.9 avg
Octagon time
15.0 min · 15.0 avg
17y 10m
Career length
11y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Gruetzemacher
Garcia
79W–28L · 73.8%
Overall
12W–3L · 80.0%
46W–21L · 68.7%
Wins
0W–0L
33W–7L · 82.5%
Losses
12W–3L · 80.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Gruetzemacher
Garcia
117W–91L · 56.3%
Overall
81W–42L · 65.9%
106W–82L · 56.4%
Wins
81W–42L · 65.9%
11W–9L · 55.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Gruetzemacher
Garcia
8.23
Landed / min
3.32
51.3%
Accuracy
22.7%
58.0%
Defense
54.4%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
57.5%
Time at distance
96.3%
Grappling & control
Gruetzemacher
Garcia
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
62.5%
Takedown defense
100.0%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
17.2%
Control share
100.0%
Strike target map
Gruetzemacher
  • Head50%(158)div 63%
  • Body26%(82)div 20%
  • Legs23%(73)div 17%
Garcia
  • Head62%(32)div 63%
  • Body29%(15)div 20%
  • Legs10%(5)div 17%

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

Chris Gruetzemacher
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Rafa Garcia
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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