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Ryan LaFlare
Ryan LaFlare
13-2 · USA
VS
Alex Garcia
Alex Garcia
15-4 · CAN
April 21, 2018 · Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
Ryan LaFlare def. Alex Garcia by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
LaFlare11/240/401:45
Garcia6/290/100:00
R2
LaFlare3/51/102:39
Garcia2/43/301:29
R3
LaFlare10/190/100:02
Garcia3/212/302:37
Total
LaFlare24/481/604:26
Garcia11/545/704:06

Scorecards

LaFlare vs Garcia

RdCardo UrsoDominic CaroleiJon BilykCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-910-910-99.9-9.1
R310-910-910-910-9
Total30-2730-2730-2729.9-27.1

Media (16 cards) · avg 3027.1 · 16 LaFlare · 0 Garcia

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: LaFlare-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
LaFlareWin probabilityGarcia
42.1%57.9%
KO / TKO
30%
Submission
9%
Decision
62%
Expected fight time: 11.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
LaFlare42%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%22%
Submission2%5%
Decision31%73%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (2047)act 24
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.1)act 1
Garcia58%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO20%35%
Submission7%11%
Decision31%54%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes30 (1638)act 11
Takedowns1.0 (0.03.1)act 5
Combined totals~66 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R215%
R39%
Distance61%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.6%
LaFlare
58.4%-146
Garcia
+14640.0%
Most takedownstie 34.7%
LaFlare
22.5%+190
Garcia
-19042.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
LaFlare
Expected: 36.2
36
Over 36
41.9%
+135
Exactly 36
1.8%
push
Under 36
56.3%
-135
04691
Garcia
Expected: 29.5
29.5
Over 29.5
42.5%
+135
Under 29.5
57.5%
-135
03774
Takedowns — over/under
LaFlare
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
35.8%
+179
Under 0.5
64.2%
-179
035
Garcia
Expected: 1.0
1
Over 1
35.2%
+131
Exactly 1
18.7%
push
Under 1
46.1%
-131
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 11.8 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
LaFlare42.1%58.0%−15.9-150
Garcia57.9%42.0%+15.9+130

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
69.2Striking56.0
LaFlare +13.2
56.3Grappling61.2
Garcia +4.8
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
LaFlareGarcia
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1587
Pound-for-pound
1562
1583
Divisional
1560
1491
Striking offense
1487
1510
Striking defense
1512
1503
Grappling offense
1509
1519
Grappling defense
1526
Physical
34 yrs
Age
30 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'9"
74"
Reach
72"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.02
Strikes landed / min
2.00
39%
Strike accuracy
31%
1.87
Strikes absorbed / min
3.22
63%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.46
Takedowns / 15 min
3.96
50%
Takedown accuracy
52%
66%
Takedown defense
56%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.2
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
63%
-1
Win/loss streak
+1
60%
Last-5 win rate
60%
0%
Finish rate
60%
Recent opp. quality
273
Days since last fight
147
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Ryan LaFlare
  • LAlex OliveiraKO/TKO R2
    Close -1759mo before
  • WRoan CarneiroU-DEC R3
    Close -3251y 2mo before
  • WMike PierceU-DEC R3
    Close -2202y 4mo before
  • LDemian MaiaU-DEC R5
    Close -1153y 1mo before
  • WJohn HowardU-DEC R3
    Close -4104y before
Alex Garcia
  • WMuslim SalikhovSUB R2
    Close +1805mo before
  • LTim MeansU-DEC R3
    Close +25510mo before
  • WMike PyleKO/TKO R1
    Close -2201y 4mo before
  • LSean StricklandKO/TKO R3
    Close -1052y 2mo before
  • WMike SwickU-DEC R3
    Close -4702y 9mo before
LaFlare — win / loss by method
Record: 13-2-0

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
4 wins, 1 loss
W
31% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 0 losses
W
23% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 1 loss
W
46% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
6win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
6 (100%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (57%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (43%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Garcia — win / loss by method
Record: 15-4-0

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
6 wins, 2 losses
W
40% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 2 losses
W
20% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
5win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (40%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
1 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (40%)Decision(67%) 2
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (40%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
5 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (10%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
LaFlare
Garcia
8
UFC fights
8
121.8 min · 15.2 avg
Octagon time
87.1 min · 10.9 avg
18y 1m
Career length
16y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

LaFlare
Garcia
141W–39L · 78.3%
Overall
127W–32L · 79.9%
105W–29L · 78.4%
Wins
74W–20L · 78.7%
36W–10L · 78.3%
Losses
53W–12L · 81.5%
Non-UFC schedule strength
LaFlare
Garcia
23W–18L · 56.1%
Overall
57W–34L · 62.6%
23W–18L · 56.1%
Wins
44W–26L · 62.9%
0W–0L
Losses
13W–8L · 61.9%
Distance striking
LaFlare
Garcia
4.29
Landed / min
2.70
31.9%
Accuracy
28.1%
68.4%
Defense
65.4%
0.25
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.52
43.8%
Time at distance
59.1%
Grappling & control
LaFlare
Garcia
2.46
Takedowns / 15 min
3.96
50.0%
Takedown accuracy
52.3%
65.6%
Takedown defense
55.6%
0.25
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.17
60.5%
Control share
77.6%
Strike target map
LaFlare
  • Head53%(195)div 63%
  • Body36%(132)div 20%
  • Legs11%(41)div 16%
Garcia
  • Head88%(153)div 63%
  • Body10%(17)div 20%
  • Legs2%(4)div 16%

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

Ryan LaFlare
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Alex Garcia
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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