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UFC Freedom 250
Diego Lopes
Diego Lopes
27-8 · BRA
VS
Steve Garcia
Steve Garcia
19-5 · USA
June 14, 2026 · Washington, DC, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
146.0lb
Weigh-in
146.0lb
Diego Lopes def. Steve Garcia by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 2:42
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Lopes6/320/100:00
Garcia23/570/000:00
R2 · 2:42
Lopes18/340/010:05
Garcia24/470/000:00
Total
Lopes24/660/110:05
Garcia47/1040/000:00

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
LopesWin probabilityGarcia
47.4%52.6%
KO / TKO
32%
Submission
21%
Decision
47%
Expected fight time: 10.4 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 Lopes, blue toward Garcia. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Lopes47%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%22%25%
Submission16%35%16%
Decision20%43%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (1755)act 24
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.2)act 0
Garcia53%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%40%23%
Submission5%9%3%
Decision27%51%15%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes50 (2168)act 47
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.6)act 0
Combined totals~90 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R125%
R214%
R314%
Distance47%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.0%
Lopes
42.6%+132
Garcia
-13256.3%
Most takedownstie 40.9%
Lopes
42.0%-245
Garcia
+24517.1%
Significant strikes — over/under
Lopes
Expected: 40.6
40.5
Over 40.5
39.8%
+151
Under 40.5
60.2%
-151
051102
Garcia
Expected: 49.8
50
Over 50
39.1%
+153
Exactly 50
1.0%
push
Under 50
60.0%
-153
063125
Takedowns — over/under
Lopes
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
31.6%
+161
Exactly 1
17.6%
push
Under 1
50.8%
-161
035
Garcia
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
26.3%
+281
Under 0.5
73.7%
-281
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 10.4 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
Lopes47.4%59.3%−11.9-166
Garcia52.6%40.7%+11.9+133
By method
Lopes by KO/TKO15.1%24.5%−9.4+251
Lopes by submission10.0%16.4%−6.4+424
Lopes by decision22.4%18.3%+4.1+370
Garcia by KO/TKO16.7%22.9%−6.2+276
Garcia by submission11.1%3.0%+8.1+2818
Garcia by decision24.8%14.8%+10.0+481
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds74.8%49.0%+25.8-146
Over 2.5 rds60.6%40.1%+20.5+133
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision47.2%35.1%+12.1+167

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
59.1Striking79.8
Garcia +20.7
61.8Grappling58.0
Lopes +3.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LopesGarcia
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1602
Pound-for-pound
1620
1587
Divisional
1620
1514
Striking offense
1553
1510
Striking defense
1491
1515
Grappling offense
1504
1534
Grappling defense
1510
Physical
31 yrs
Age
34 yrs
5'11"
Height
6'0"
72"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
4.00
Strikes landed / min
4.84
48%
Strike accuracy
47%
4.58
Strikes absorbed / min
1.87
46%
Strike defense
63%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.96
Takedowns / 15 min
0.99
50%
Takedown accuracy
57%
74%
Takedown defense
79%
1.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.5
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
80%
-1
Win/loss streak
+7
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
67%
Finish rate
88%
Recent opp. quality
134
Days since last fight
225
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Diego Lopes
  • LAlexander VolkanovskiU-DEC R5
    Close +1294mo before
  • WJean SilvaKO/TKO R2
    Close +1769mo before
  • LAlexander VolkanovskiU-DEC R5
    Close +1291y 2mo before
  • WBrian OrtegaU-DEC R3
    Close -2051y 9mo before
  • WDan IgeU-DEC R3
    Close -2911y 11mo before
Steve Garcia
  • WDavid OnamaKO/TKO R1
    Close -1377mo before
  • WCalvin KattarU-DEC R3
    Close -15011mo before
  • WKyle NelsonKO/TKO R1
    opp missedClose -2121y 9mo before
  • WSeungWoo ChoiKO/TKO R1
    Close -1791y 11mo before
  • WMelquizael CostaKO/TKO R2
    Close +2462y 6mo before
Lopes — win / loss by method
Record: 27-8-0

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
11 wins, 2 losses
W
41% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
12 wins, 0 losses
W
44% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 6 losses
W
15% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
6win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (33%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
21win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (38%)KO/TKO(40%) 2
11 (52%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (10%)Decision(60%) 3
Garcia — win / loss by method
Record: 19-5-0

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
15 wins, 1 loss
W
79% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
21% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
8win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (88%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (13%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
11win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (73%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
3 (27%)Decision(67%) 2

Profiles

Experience
Lopes
Garcia
9
UFC fights
10
109.4 min · 12.2 avg
Octagon time
60.4 min · 6.0 avg
13y 11m
Career length
13y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Lopes
Garcia
163W–29L · 84.9%
Overall
160W–50L · 76.2%
94W–21L · 81.7%
Wins
145W–47L · 75.5%
69W–8L · 89.6%
Losses
15W–3L · 83.3%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Lopes
Garcia
166W–86L · 65.9%
Overall
95W–27L · 77.9%
136W–75L · 64.5%
Wins
71W–19L · 78.9%
30W–11L · 73.2%
Losses
24W–8L · 75.0%
Distance striking
Lopes
Garcia
3.91
Landed / min
7.78
42.1%
Accuracy
40.8%
50.3%
Defense
69.5%
0.69
Knockdowns / 15 min
1.99
70.8%
Time at distance
40.0%
Grappling & control
Lopes
Garcia
0.96
Takedowns / 15 min
0.99
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
57.1%
74.2%
Takedown defense
78.6%
1.10
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.50
45.8%
Control share
29.3%
Strike target map
Lopes
  • Head71%(313)div 63%
  • Body12%(54)div 20%
  • Legs16%(71)div 16%
Garcia
  • Head76%(221)div 63%
  • Body16%(47)div 20%
  • Legs8%(24)div 16%

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

Diego Lopes
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Steve Garcia
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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