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UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Cowboy
Sean Strickland
Sean Strickland
16-1 · USA
VS
Alex Garcia
Alex Garcia
13-2 · CAN
February 21, 2016 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.5lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Sean Strickland def. Alex Garcia by KO/TKO (Punches), R3 4:25
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Strickland19/341/202:48
Garcia7/141/201:52
R2
Strickland31/620/000:00
Garcia10/301/100:56
R3 · 4:25
Strickland34/770/010:00
Garcia6/231/400:43
Total
Strickland84/1731/212:48
Garcia23/673/703:31

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
StricklandWin probabilityGarcia
75.0%25.0%
KO / TKO
45%
Submission
7%
Decision
48%
Expected fight time: 12.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Strickland75%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO34%45%
Submission5%7%
Decision36%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes77 (44100)act 84
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.9)act 1
Garcia25%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%46%
Submission2%8%
Decision12%46%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes48 (2763)act 23
Takedowns0.5 (0.01.8)act 3
Combined totals~125 sig strikes~0.7 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R19%
R212%
R331%
Distance48%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.8%
Strickland
70.6%-247
Garcia
+24728.6%
Most takedownstie 52.0%
Strickland
13.6%+253
Garcia
-25334.4%
Significant strikes — over/under
Strickland
Expected: 77.2
77
Over 77
42.2%
+135
Exactly 77
0.9%
push
Under 77
56.9%
-135
097193
Garcia
Expected: 48.1
48
Over 48
41.9%
+135
Exactly 48
1.4%
push
Under 48
56.7%
-135
061121
Takedowns — over/under
Strickland
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
18.7%
Exactly 0
81.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Garcia
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
39.3%
+154
Under 0.5
60.7%
-154
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 12.2 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
Strickland75.0%51.1%+23.9-115
Garcia25.0%48.9%−23.9-105

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
67.0Striking61.8
Strickland +5.2
67.8Grappling65.9
Strickland +1.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
StricklandGarcia
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1580
Pound-for-pound
1560
1551
Divisional
1559
1496
Striking offense
1497
1507
Striking defense
1511
1503
Grappling offense
1510
1522
Grappling defense
1514
Physical
24 yrs
Age
28 yrs
6'1"
Height
5'9"
76"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.69
Strikes landed / min
2.17
34%
Strike accuracy
34%
2.76
Strikes absorbed / min
2.56
69%
Strike defense
65%
Grappling (UFC career)
2.12
Takedowns / 15 min
5.25
58%
Takedown accuracy
70%
75%
Takedown defense
57%
0.9
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
75%
UFC win rate
75%
+1
Win/loss streak
+1
75%
Last-5 win rate
75%
33%
Finish rate
33%
Recent opp. quality
221
Days since last fight
225
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sean Strickland
  • WIgor AraujoU-DEC R3
    Close -4707mo before
  • LSantiago PonzinibbioU-DEC R3
    Close -2001y before
  • WLuke BarnattS-DEC R3
    Close +1451y 9mo before
  • WRobert McDanielSUB R1
    Close -1551y 11mo before
Alex Garcia
  • WMike SwickU-DEC R3
    Close -4707mo before
  • LNeil MagnyU-DEC R3
    Close -1451y 6mo before
  • WSean SpencerS-DEC R3
    Close -3201y 11mo before
  • WBen WallKO/TKO R1
    Close -6602y 3mo before
Strickland — win / loss by method
Record: 16-1-0

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
7 wins, 0 losses
W
44% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
25% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 1 loss
W
31% of wins
L
100% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
13win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (54%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (23%)Submission() 0
3 (23%)Decision() 0
Garcia — 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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
38% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
38% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 1 loss
W
23% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
3win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (67%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (40%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
5 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (10%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Strickland
Garcia
4
UFC fights
4
49.5 min · 12.4 avg
Octagon time
45.7 min · 11.4 avg
18y 4m
Career length
16y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Strickland
Garcia
72W–16L · 81.8%
Overall
44W–10L · 81.5%
53W–14L · 79.1%
Wins
33W–7L · 82.5%
19W–2L · 90.5%
Losses
11W–3L · 78.6%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Strickland
Garcia
83W–34L · 70.9%
Overall
57W–34L · 62.6%
83W–34L · 70.9%
Wins
44W–26L · 62.9%
0W–0L
Losses
13W–8L · 61.9%
Distance striking
Strickland
Garcia
3.55
Landed / min
3.56
29.2%
Accuracy
31.5%
69.5%
Defense
70.4%
0.30
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.66
71.7%
Time at distance
48.5%
Grappling & control
Strickland
Garcia
2.12
Takedowns / 15 min
5.25
58.3%
Takedown accuracy
69.6%
75.0%
Takedown defense
57.1%
0.91
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
85.9%
Control share
78.8%
Strike target map
Strickland
  • Head83%(152)div 63%
  • Body6%(11)div 21%
  • Legs11%(20)div 16%
Garcia
  • Head89%(88)div 63%
  • Body8%(8)div 21%
  • Legs3%(3)div 16%

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

Sean Strickland
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.