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Luis Pena
Luis Pena
7-2 · USA
VS
Steve Garcia
Steve Garcia
11-3 · USA
February 29, 2020 · Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Luis Pena def. Steve Garcia by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Pena21/330/004:10
Garcia15/261/100:13
R2
Pena6/60/104:54
Garcia4/70/000:00
R3
Pena0/30/004:57
Garcia2/60/000:00
Total
Pena27/420/1014:01
Garcia21/391/100:13

Scorecards

Pena vs Garcia

RdBrian CostelloChris LeeLisa CuellarCommunity
R110-910-910-910-8.8
R210-910-910-910-8.6
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2730-26.4

Media (13 cards) · avg 3026.4 · 13 Pena · 0 Garcia

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Pena-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
PenaWin probabilityGarcia
39.7%60.3%
KO / TKO
54%
Submission
13%
Decision
33%
Expected fight time: 8.7 min
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Pena, blue toward Garcia. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Pena40%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO18%45%
Submission9%23%
Decision13%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 27
Takedowns0.7 (0.02.5)act 0
Garcia60%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO36%60%
Submission4%6%
Decision20%34%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2252)act 21
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.1)act 1
Combined totals~73 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R133%
R228%
R36%
Distance33%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Pena
40.9%+141
Garcia
-14157.6%
Most takedownstie 42.5%
Pena
32.6%-131
Garcia
+13124.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Pena
Expected: 33.0
33
Over 33
41.5%
+136
Exactly 33
2.0%
push
Under 33
56.5%
-136
04283
Garcia
Expected: 39.6
39.5
Over 39.5
42.7%
+134
Under 39.5
57.3%
-134
050100
Takedowns — over/under
Pena
Expected: 0.7
0.5
Over 0.5
41.4%
+142
Under 0.5
58.6%
-142
035
Garcia
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
34.1%
+194
Under 0.5
65.9%
-194
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 8.7 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
Pena39.7%70.7%−31.0-270
Garcia60.3%29.3%+31.0+230

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
PenaGarcia
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1530
Pound-for-pound
1528
1515
Divisional
1528
1510
Striking offense
1500
1499
Striking defense
1500
1512
Grappling offense
1500
1496
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
26 yrs
Age
27 yrs
6'3"
Height
6'0"
75"
Reach
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
3.70
Strikes landed / min
45%
Strike accuracy
2.74
Strikes absorbed / min
53%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
1.25
Takedowns / 15 min
31%
Takedown accuracy
48%
Takedown defense
1.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
60%
UFC win rate
-1
Win/loss streak
60%
Last-5 win rate
67%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
140
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Luis Pena
  • LMatt FrevolaS-DEC R3
    Close -1505mo before
  • WMatt WimanKO/TKO R3
    Close -3808mo before
  • WSteven PetersonU-DEC R3
    Close -22511mo before
  • LMichael TrizanoS-DEC R3
    Close -1651y 4mo before
  • WRichie SmullenSUB R1
    Close -3801y 8mo before
Steve Garcia
No prior UFC fights.
Pena — win / loss by method
Record: 7-2-0

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, 0 losses
W
29% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
57% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 2 losses
W
14% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
3win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (33%)Decision(100%) 2
Non-UFC
4win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (75%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Garcia — win / loss by method
Record: 11-3-0

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
33% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
27% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
11win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (73%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
3 (27%)Decision(67%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Pena
Garcia
5
UFC fights
0
59.8 min · 12.0 avg
Octagon time
9y 10m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Pena
Garcia
50W–15L · 76.9%
Overall
36W–14L · 72.0%
Wins
14W–1L · 93.3%
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Pena
Garcia
8W–1L · 88.9%
Overall
95W–27L · 77.9%
8W–1L · 88.9%
Wins
71W–19L · 78.9%
0W–0L
Losses
24W–8L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Pena
Garcia
4.75
Landed / min
36.2%
Accuracy
55.2%
Defense
0.25
Knockdowns / 15 min
41.9%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Pena
Garcia
1.25
Takedowns / 15 min
31.3%
Takedown accuracy
47.8%
Takedown defense
1.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
62.1%
Control share
Strike target map
Pena
  • Head86%(190)div 63%
  • Body13%(28)div 20%
  • Legs1%(3)div 17%
Garcia
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 20%
  • Legs0%(0)div 17%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Luis Pena
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Steve Garcia

No UFC fights on record.

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