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Rafa Garcia
Rafa Garcia
17-4 · MEX
VS
Jared Gordon
Jared Gordon
21-7 · USA
September 13, 2025 · San Antonio, Texas, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
Rafa Garcia def. Jared Gordon by KO/TKO (Elbows), R3 2:27
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Garcia22/411/100:24
Gordon23/640/100:00
R2
Garcia33/611/201:12
Gordon31/861/100:09
R3 · 2:27
Garcia36/600/010:25
Gordon11/360/100:00
Total
Garcia91/1622/312:01
Gordon65/1861/300:09

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 probabilityGordon
50.8%49.2%
KO / TKO
29%
Submission
12%
Decision
59%
Expected fight time: 11.6 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 Garcia, blue toward Gordon. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Garcia51%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO10%20%12%
Submission10%19%6%
Decision31%61%18%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes53 (2272)act 91
Takedowns1.1 (0.03.7)act 2
Gordon49%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%39%11%
Submission2%5%6%
Decision28%56%47%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes61 (2683)act 65
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 1
Combined totals~115 sig strikes~1.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R213%
R310%
Distance59%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Garcia
44.8%+122
Gordon
-12254.4%
Most takedownstie 32.1%
Garcia
44.5%-190
Gordon
+19023.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Garcia
Expected: 53.2
53
Over 53
39.5%
+151
Exactly 53
0.9%
push
Under 53
59.6%
-151
067134
Gordon
Expected: 61.3
61.5
Over 61.5
39.6%
+153
Under 61.5
60.4%
-153
077154
Takedowns — over/under
Garcia
Expected: 1.1
1
Over 1
37.4%
+116
Exactly 1
19.2%
push
Under 1
43.4%
-116
035
Gordon
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
38.3%
+161
Under 0.5
61.7%
-161
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 11.6 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
Garcia50.8%38.3%+12.5+149
Gordon49.2%61.7%−12.5-184
By method
Garcia by KO/TKO14.8%11.9%+2.9+606
Garcia by submission6.1%6.1%±0.0+1286
Garcia by decision30.0%18.2%+11.8+362
Gordon by KO/TKO14.3%10.8%+3.5+681
Gordon by submission5.9%6.0%−0.1+1303
Gordon by decision29.0%47.1%−18.1-128
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds82.4%81.2%+1.2-649
Over 2.5 rds69.2%71.8%−2.6-329
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision58.9%68.1%−9.2-262

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
63.4Striking75.6
Gordon +12.2
60.3Grappling41.4
Garcia +18.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GarciaGordon
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1564
Pound-for-pound
1584
1562
Divisional
1550
1495
Striking offense
1540
1491
Striking defense
1481
1502
Grappling offense
1494
1528
Grappling defense
1530
Physical
31 yrs
Age
37 yrs
5'7"
Height
5'9"
70"
Reach
68"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.01
Strikes landed / min
5.67
44%
Strike accuracy
56%
4.47
Strikes absorbed / min
3.91
61%
Strike defense
57%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.21
Takedowns / 15 min
1.83
43%
Takedown accuracy
33%
77%
Takedown defense
63%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
56%
UFC win rate
56%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
40%
20%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
168
Days since last fight
119
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Rafa Garcia
  • WVinc PichelU-DEC R3
    Close -3306mo before
  • LGrant DawsonKO/TKO R2
    Close +28211mo before
  • WClay GuidaU-DEC R3
    Close -2872y 5mo before
  • WMaheshate MaheshateU-DEC R3
    Close -1532y 9mo before
  • LDrakkar KloseU-DEC R3
    Close +1703y 1mo before
Jared Gordon
  • WThiago MoisesKO/TKO R1
    Close -1204mo before
  • LNasrat HaqparastS-DEC R3
    Close +1981y 3mo before
  • WMark MadsenKO/TKO R1
    Close -2701y 10mo before
  • LPaddy PimblettU-DEC R3
    Close +2132y 9mo before
  • WLeonardo SantosU-DEC R3
    Close -2753y 1mo before
Garcia — win / loss by method
Record: 17-4-0

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
1 win, 1 loss
W
6% of wins
L
25% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
47% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 3 losses
W
41% of wins
L
75% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
5win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
1 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (80%)Decision(75%) 3
Non-UFC
12win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (8%)KO/TKO() 0
7 (58%)Submission() 0
3 (25%)Decision() 0
1 (8%)DQ / other() 0
Gordon — win / loss by method
Record: 21-7-0, 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
8 wins, 4 losses
W
38% of wins
L
57% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 1 loss
W
10% of wins
L
14% of losses
Decision
11 wins, 2 losses
W
52% of wins
L
29% of losses
UFC
9win6loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
3 (33%)KO/TKO(50%) 3
0 (0%)Submission(17%) 1
6 (67%)Decision(33%) 2
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (42%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
2 (17%)Submission(0%) 0
5 (42%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Garcia
Gordon
9
UFC fights
16
121.5 min · 13.5 avg
Octagon time
172.5 min · 10.8 avg
11y 9m
Career length
15y 6m
UFC schedule strength

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

Garcia
Gordon
147W–48L · 75.4%
Overall
234W–53L · 81.5%
88W–37L · 70.4%
Wins
133W–33L · 80.1%
59W–11L · 84.3%
Losses
101W–20L · 83.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Garcia
Gordon
81W–42L · 65.9%
Overall
76W–35L · 68.5%
81W–42L · 65.9%
Wins
65W–30L · 68.4%
0W–0L
Losses
11W–5L · 68.8%
Distance striking
Garcia
Gordon
5.22
Landed / min
8.20
41.3%
Accuracy
49.7%
64.1%
Defense
61.3%
0.00
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.17
65.4%
Time at distance
47.0%
Grappling & control
Garcia
Gordon
3.21
Takedowns / 15 min
1.83
43.3%
Takedown accuracy
32.8%
77.4%
Takedown defense
62.5%
0.25
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
77.9%
Control share
75.4%
Strike target map
Garcia
  • Head77%(377)div 63%
  • Body15%(72)div 21%
  • Legs8%(38)div 16%
Gordon
  • Head74%(719)div 63%
  • Body17%(163)div 21%
  • Legs10%(96)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.

Jared Gordon
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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