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Tim Means
Tim Means
26-8-1 · USA
VS
Alex Garcia
Alex Garcia
14-3 · CAN
June 25, 2017 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Tim Means def. Alex Garcia by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Means22/540/000:01
Garcia13/480/200:18
R2
Means19/580/000:00
Garcia9/480/100:11
R3
Means23/620/000:00
Garcia10/550/200:00
Total
Means64/1740/000:01
Garcia32/1510/500:29

Scorecards

Means vs Garcia

RdBrian PuccilloDavid SutherlandGlenn TrowbridgeCommunity
R1---9.2-9.8
R2---10-9
R3---10-9.1
Total29-2829-2829-2829.2-27.9

Media (12 cards) · avg 29.127.9 · 12 Means · 0 Garcia

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Means-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
MeansWin probabilityGarcia
29.6%70.4%
KO / TKO
35%
Submission
24%
Decision
42%
Expected fight time: 9.3 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Means30%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO13%45%
Submission6%18%
Decision11%37%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes41 (2353)act 64
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.6)act 0
Garcia70%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%31%
Submission18%26%
Decision31%43%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes37 (2048)act 32
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.3)act 0
Combined totals~77 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R134%
R216%
R38%
Distance42%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.4%
Means
53.7%-120
Garcia
+12044.9%
Most takedownstie 35.6%
Means
7.5%+759
Garcia
-75956.9%
Significant strikes — over/under
Means
Expected: 40.5
40.5
Over 40.5
42.6%
+135
Under 40.5
57.4%
-135
051102
Garcia
Expected: 36.8
37
Over 37
41.3%
+138
Exactly 37
1.8%
push
Under 37
56.9%
-138
04793
Takedowns — over/under
Means
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
14.6%
Exactly 0
85.4%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Garcia
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
40.0%
-104
Exactly 1
21.4%
push
Under 1
38.6%
+104
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 9.3 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
Means29.6%72.9%−43.3-310
Garcia70.4%27.1%+43.3+255

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
73.4Striking58.0
Means +15.4
45.1Grappling64.0
Garcia +18.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
MeansGarcia
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1578
Pound-for-pound
1562
1579
Divisional
1559
1508
Striking offense
1499
1519
Striking defense
1507
1486
Grappling offense
1513
1508
Grappling defense
1519
Physical
33 yrs
Age
29 yrs
6'2"
Height
5'9"
75"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
4.18
Strikes landed / min
2.14
47%
Strike accuracy
35%
2.76
Strikes absorbed / min
3.23
63%
Strike defense
61%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.88
Takedowns / 15 min
4.71
47%
Takedown accuracy
63%
59%
Takedown defense
56%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
57%
UFC win rate
67%
-2
Win/loss streak
+1
40%
Last-5 win rate
60%
63%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
106
Days since last fight
177
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Tim Means
  • LAlex OliveiraSUB R2
    Close -2103mo before
  • WSabah HomasiKO/TKO R2
    Close -42010mo before
  • WJohn HowardKO/TKO R2
    Close -4101y 6mo before
  • LMatt BrownSUB R1
    Close +1301y 11mo before
  • WGeorge SullivanSUB R3
    Close -1552y 2mo before
Alex Garcia
  • WMike PyleKO/TKO R1
    Close -2206mo before
  • LSean StricklandKO/TKO R3
    Close -1051y 4mo before
  • WMike SwickU-DEC R3
    Close -4701y 11mo before
  • LNeil MagnyU-DEC R3
    Close -1452y 10mo before
  • WSean SpencerS-DEC R3
    Close -3203y 3mo before
Means — win / loss by method
Record: 26-8-1, 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
18 wins, 1 loss
W
69% of wins
L
13% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 4 losses
W
15% of wins
L
50% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 3 losses
W
15% of wins
L
38% of losses
UFC
8win5loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
4 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (13%)Submission(40%) 2
3 (38%)Decision(60%) 3
Non-UFC
18win3loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
14 (78%)KO/TKO(33%) 1
3 (17%)Submission(67%) 2
1 (6%)Decision(0%) 0
Garcia — win / loss by method
Record: 14-3-0

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
6 wins, 2 losses
W
43% of wins
L
67% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
36% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
21% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (50%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (40%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
5 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (10%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Means
Garcia
14
UFC fights
6
136.3 min · 9.7 avg
Octagon time
63.7 min · 10.6 avg
22y 4m
Career length
16y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Means
Garcia
190W–63L · 75.1%
Overall
87W–23L · 79.1%
108W–31L · 77.7%
Wins
60W–19L · 75.9%
82W–32L · 71.9%
Losses
27W–4L · 87.1%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Means
Garcia
155W–100L · 60.8%
Overall
57W–34L · 62.6%
115W–87L · 56.9%
Wins
44W–26L · 62.9%
40W–13L · 75.5%
Losses
13W–8L · 61.9%
Distance striking
Means
Garcia
4.74
Landed / min
3.25
41.2%
Accuracy
31.8%
67.0%
Defense
66.2%
0.66
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.71
60.3%
Time at distance
50.3%
Grappling & control
Means
Garcia
0.88
Takedowns / 15 min
4.71
47.1%
Takedown accuracy
62.5%
59.5%
Takedown defense
55.6%
0.22
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
31.1%
Control share
74.8%
Strike target map
Means
  • Head64%(365)div 63%
  • Body25%(143)div 21%
  • Legs11%(61)div 16%
Garcia
  • Head89%(121)div 63%
  • Body9%(12)div 21%
  • Legs2%(3)div 16%

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

Tim Means
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.