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UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Tuivasa
Kai Kara-France
Kai Kara-France
17-7 · NZL
VS
Elias Garcia
Elias Garcia
6-1 · USA
December 1, 2018 · Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Flyweight · 3 rounds
126.0lb
Weigh-in
124.5lb
Kai Kara-France def. Elias Garcia by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Kara-France23/490/003:35
Garcia5/210/210:02
R2
Kara-France38/650/003:56
Garcia6/220/200:07
R3
Kara-France25/640/012:01
Garcia5/301/300:19
Total
Kara-France86/1780/019:32
Garcia16/731/710:28

Scorecards

Kara-France vs Garcia

RdAnthony DimitriouEvan FieldKon PapaioannouCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9.1
R210-810-910-810-8.3
R310-810-810-810-8.2
Total30-2530-2630-2530-25.6

Media (12 cards) · avg 3025.5 · 12 Kara-France · 0 Garcia

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Kara-France-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
Kara-FranceWin probabilityGarcia
67.3%32.7%
KO / TKO
22%
Submission
46%
Decision
32%
Expected fight time: 7.7 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Kara-France67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO17%26%
Submission28%41%
Decision22%33%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2252)act 86
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.3)act 0
Garcia33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%15%
Submission19%57%
Decision9%28%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes28 (1536)act 16
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.5)act 1
Combined totals~68 sig strikes~0.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R152%
R27%
R39%
Distance32%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.5%
Kara-France
65.2%-196
Garcia
+19633.3%
Most takedownstie 50.1%
Kara-France
22.4%+122
Garcia
-12227.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Kara-France
Expected: 40.1
40
Over 40
41.8%
+135
Exactly 40
1.7%
push
Under 40
56.6%
-135
051101
Garcia
Expected: 28.0
28
Over 28
41.4%
+136
Exactly 28
2.3%
push
Under 28
56.3%
-136
03671
Takedowns — over/under
Kara-France
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
29.8%
+236
Under 0.5
70.2%
-236
035
Garcia
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
34.7%
+188
Under 0.5
65.3%
-188
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 7.7 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
Kara-France67.3%75.8%−8.5-360
Garcia32.7%24.2%+8.5+300

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
Kara-FranceGarcia
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1515
Pound-for-pound
1505
1515
Divisional
1506
1500
Striking offense
1499
1500
Striking defense
1501
1500
Grappling offense
1493
1500
Grappling defense
1493
Physical
25 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'4"
Height
5'5"
69"
Reach
67"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
Striking (UFC career)
Strikes landed / min
2.71
Strike accuracy
35%
Strikes absorbed / min
3.57
Strike defense
43%
Grappling (UFC career)
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
33%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
UFC win rate
0%
Win/loss streak
-1
Last-5 win rate
0%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
Days since last fight
140
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Kai Kara-France
No prior UFC fights.
Elias Garcia
  • LMark De La RosaSUB R2
    Close -1355mo before
Kara-France — win / loss by method
Record: 17-7-0, 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
9 wins, 2 losses
W
53% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 2 losses
W
18% of wins
L
29% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 3 losses
W
29% of wins
L
43% of losses
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
17win7loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
9 (53%)KO/TKO(29%) 2
3 (18%)Submission(29%) 2
5 (29%)Decision(43%) 3
Garcia — win / loss by method
Record: 6-1-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
33% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
50% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
17% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
0win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 ()Submission(100%) 1
0 ()Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (33%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (50%)Submission() 0
1 (17%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Kara-France
Garcia
0
UFC fights
1
Octagon time
7.0 min · 7.0 avg
Career length
12y 8m
UFC schedule strength

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

Kara-France
Garcia
Overall
9W–1L · 90.0%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
9W–1L · 90.0%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Kara-France
Garcia
158W–74L · 68.1%
Overall
23W–9L · 71.9%
94W–53L · 63.9%
Wins
23W–9L · 71.9%
64W–21L · 75.3%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Kara-France
Garcia
Landed / min
3.77
Accuracy
32.7%
Defense
50.0%
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
Time at distance
64.5%
Grappling & control
Kara-France
Garcia
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
Takedown defense
33.3%
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
Control share
0.0%
Strike target map
Kara-France
  • Head0%(0)div 62%
  • Body0%(0)div 23%
  • Legs0%(0)div 15%
  • No strike data on record.
Garcia
  • Head32%(6)div 62%
  • Body16%(3)div 23%
  • Legs53%(10)div 15%

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

Kai Kara-France

No UFC fights on record.

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

Elias Garcia
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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