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UFC 189: Mendes vs McGregor
Alex Garcia
Alex Garcia
12-2 · CAN
VS
Mike Swick
Mike Swick
15-5 · USA
July 11, 2015 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
171.0lb
Weigh-in
170.5lb
Alex Garcia def. Mike Swick by U-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Garcia8/362/201:57
Swick6/280/000:03
R2
Garcia10/342/201:45
Swick8/360/000:00
R3
Garcia6/321/102:19
Swick5/300/000:05
Total
Garcia24/1025/506:01
Swick19/940/000:08

Scorecards

Garcia vs Swick

RdChris LeeDerek ClearyLester GriffinCommunity
R110-910-99-109.8-9.2
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-99.7-9.1
Total30-2730-2729-2829.5-27.3

Media (13 cards) · avg 29.927.1 · 13 Garcia · 0 Swick

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Garcia-Swick.

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 probabilitySwick
73.6%26.4%
KO / TKO
16%
Submission
12%
Decision
72%
Expected fight time: 12.8 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Garcia74%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%15%
Submission9%13%
Decision54%72%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes32 (1741)act 24
Takedowns1.2 (0.03.6)act 5
Swick26%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO5%20%
Submission3%10%
Decision18%70%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1843)act 19
Takedowns0.3 (0.01.4)act 0
Combined totals~64 sig strikes~1.6 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R111%
R29%
R38%
Distance72%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.7%
Garcia
47.4%+107
Swick
-10750.9%
Most takedownstie 33.2%
Garcia
53.3%-394
Swick
+39413.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Garcia
Expected: 31.6
31.5
Over 31.5
42.7%
+134
Under 31.5
57.3%
-134
04080
Swick
Expected: 32.8
33
Over 33
41.2%
+138
Exactly 33
2.0%
push
Under 33
56.9%
-138
04283
Takedowns — over/under
Garcia
Expected: 1.2
1
Over 1
41.5%
-107
Exactly 1
19.7%
push
Under 1
38.8%
+107
035
Swick
Expected: 0.3
0.5
Over 0.5
25.0%
+301
Under 0.5
75.0%
-301
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 12.8 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
Garcia73.6%79.7%−6.1-470
Swick26.4%20.3%+6.1+375

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
60.5Striking59.8
Garcia +0.8
65.9Grappling53.4
Garcia +12.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GarciaSwick
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1542
Pound-for-pound
1588
1542
Divisional
1546
1501
Striking offense
1479
1507
Striking defense
1539
1507
Grappling offense
1508
1502
Grappling defense
1511
Physical
27 yrs
Age
36 yrs
5'9"
Height
6'1"
72"
Reach
77"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.44
Strikes landed / min
2.43
40%
Strike accuracy
38%
3.19
Strikes absorbed / min
2.42
60%
Strike defense
51%
Grappling (UFC career)
5.37
Takedowns / 15 min
1.09
61%
Takedown accuracy
47%
57%
Takedown defense
65%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.7
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
71%
-1
Win/loss streak
-1
67%
Last-5 win rate
40%
50%
Finish rate
70%
Recent opp. quality
322
Days since last fight
945
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alex Garcia
  • LNeil MagnyU-DEC R3
    Close -14511mo before
  • WSean SpencerS-DEC R3
    Close -3201y 4mo before
  • WBen WallKO/TKO R1
    Close -6601y 7mo before
Mike Swick
  • LMatt BrownKO/TKO R2
    Close -1402y 7mo before
  • WDaMarques JohnsonKO/TKO R2
    Close -2202y 11mo before
  • LPaulo ThiagoSUB R2
    Close -1875y 5mo before
  • LDan HardyU-DEC R3
    Close -2905y 8mo before
  • WBen SaundersKO/TKO R2
    Close -2176y 1mo before
Garcia — win / loss by method
Record: 12-2-0

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
42% of wins
L
50% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
42% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
2 wins, 1 loss
W
17% of wins
L
50% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (50%)Decision(100%) 1
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (40%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
5 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (10%)Decision(0%) 0
Swick — win / loss by method
Record: 15-5-0

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
8 wins, 2 losses
W
53% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
3 wins, 1 loss
W
20% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 2 losses
W
27% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
10win4loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (50%)KO/TKO(25%) 1
2 (20%)Submission(25%) 1
3 (30%)Decision(50%) 2
Non-UFC
5win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (60%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
1 (20%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (20%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Garcia
Swick
3
UFC fights
14
30.7 min · 10.2 avg
Octagon time
110.3 min · 7.9 avg
16y 11m
Career length
27y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Garcia
Swick
29W–5L · 85.3%
Overall
209W–66L · 76.0%
18W–2L · 90.0%
Wins
141W–45L · 75.8%
11W–3L · 78.6%
Losses
68W–21L · 76.4%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Garcia
Swick
57W–34L · 62.6%
Overall
10W–2L · 83.3%
44W–26L · 62.9%
Wins
4W–1L · 80.0%
13W–8L · 61.9%
Losses
6W–1L · 85.7%
Distance striking
Garcia
Swick
4.56
Landed / min
3.12
38.5%
Accuracy
26.5%
65.8%
Defense
70.5%
0.98
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.54
44.2%
Time at distance
36.6%
Grappling & control
Garcia
Swick
5.37
Takedowns / 15 min
1.09
61.1%
Takedown accuracy
47.1%
57.1%
Takedown defense
64.9%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.68
71.1%
Control share
47.9%
Strike target map
Garcia
  • Head88%(66)div 62%
  • Body8%(6)div 21%
  • Legs4%(3)div 16%
Swick
  • Head49%(130)div 62%
  • Body24%(63)div 21%
  • Legs28%(75)div 16%

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

Alex Garcia
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Mike Swick
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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