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Alex Garcia
Alex Garcia
11-1 · CAN
VS
Sean Spencer
Sean Spencer
11-2 · USA
March 15, 2014 · Dallas, Texas, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
Alex Garcia def. Sean Spencer by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Garcia15/493/401:24
Spencer11/500/000:04
R2
Garcia33/583/411:33
Spencer26/610/000:19
R3
Garcia13/282/301:36
Spencer21/490/000:00
Total
Garcia61/1358/1114:33
Spencer58/1600/000:23

Scorecards

Garcia vs Spencer

RdAladin MartinezDan MathisenTroy WincapawCommunity
R110-910-910-910-9
R210-99-1010-99.8-9.3
R310-99-109-109.7-9.3
Total30-2728-2929-2829.5-27.6

Media (11 cards) · avg 29.627.5 · 11 Garcia · 0 Spencer

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

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 probabilitySpencer
55.7%44.3%
KO / TKO
21%
Submission
14%
Decision
66%
Expected fight time: 11.9 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 Spencer. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Garcia56%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO15%27%
Submission10%18%
Decision31%55%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes40 (2353)act 61
Takedowns1.9 (0.04.6)act 8
Spencer44%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%13%
Submission4%9%
Decision34%78%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes43 (2455)act 58
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.5)act 0
Combined totals~83 sig strikes~2.0 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R117%
R29%
R38%
Distance66%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Garcia
46.9%+110
Spencer
-11051.8%
Most takedownstie 26.5%
Garcia
68.0%-1229
Spencer
+12295.5%
Significant strikes — over/under
Garcia
Expected: 40.4
40.5
Over 40.5
42.3%
+136
Under 40.5
57.7%
-136
051102
Spencer
Expected: 42.6
42.5
Over 42.5
42.6%
+135
Under 42.5
57.4%
-135
054107
Takedowns — over/under
Garcia
Expected: 1.9
2
Over 2
37.0%
+123
Exactly 2
17.3%
push
Under 2
45.6%
-123
036
Spencer
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
13.3%
Exactly 0
86.7%
push
Under 0
0.0%
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 11.9 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
Garcia55.7%74.8%−19.1-320
Spencer44.3%25.2%+19.1+290

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
94.2Striking63.5
Garcia +30.7
25.0Grappling22.0
Garcia +3.0
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GarciaSpencer
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1542
Pound-for-pound
1540
1542
Divisional
1555
1508
Striking offense
1500
1506
Striking defense
1501
1500
Grappling offense
1490
1500
Grappling defense
1504
Physical
26 yrs
Age
26 yrs
5'9"
Height
5'10"
72"
Reach
74"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
12.56
Strikes landed / min
5.12
60%
Strike accuracy
34%
1.40
Strikes absorbed / min
4.60
67%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0%
100%
Takedown defense
79%
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
67%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
100%
Last-5 win rate
67%
100%
Finish rate
0%
Recent opp. quality
99
Days since last fight
105
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Alex Garcia
  • WBen WallKO/TKO R1
    Close -6603mo before
Sean Spencer
  • WDrew DoberU-DEC R3
    Close -2303mo before
  • WYuri VillefortS-DEC R3
    Close +2006mo before
  • LRafael NatalSUB R3
    Close +2151y 2mo before
Garcia — win / loss by method
Record: 11-1-0

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
5 wins, 1 loss
W
45% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
5 wins, 0 losses
W
45% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
9% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
1win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (100%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
10win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (40%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
5 (50%)Submission(0%) 0
1 (10%)Decision(0%) 0
Spencer — win / loss by method
Record: 11-2-0

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
2 wins, 0 losses
W
18% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
2 wins, 2 losses
W
18% of wins
L
100% of losses
Decision
7 wins, 0 losses
W
64% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
2win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(100%) 1
2 (100%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
9win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
2 (22%)Submission(100%) 1
5 (56%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Garcia
Spencer
1
UFC fights
3
0.7 min · 0.7 avg
Octagon time
42.2 min · 14.1 avg
16y 11m
Career length
17y 3m
UFC schedule strength

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

Garcia
Spencer
7W–0L · 100.0%
Overall
34W–10L · 77.3%
7W–0L · 100.0%
Wins
20W–6L · 76.9%
0W–0L
Losses
14W–4L · 77.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Garcia
Spencer
57W–34L · 62.6%
Overall
47W–13L · 78.3%
44W–26L · 62.9%
Wins
46W–12L · 79.3%
13W–8L · 61.9%
Losses
1W–1L · 50.0%
Distance striking
Garcia
Spencer
11.71
Landed / min
6.18
57.1%
Accuracy
31.3%
66.7%
Defense
68.0%
20.93
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
95.3%
Time at distance
69.7%
Grappling & control
Garcia
Spencer
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.00
Takedown accuracy
0.0%
100.0%
Takedown defense
79.2%
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
100.0%
Control share
10.1%
Strike target map
Garcia
  • Head100%(9)div 62%
  • Body0%(0)div 22%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
Spencer
  • Head79%(170)div 62%
  • Body16%(34)div 22%
  • Legs6%(12)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.

Sean Spencer
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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