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The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom Finale
Brad Blackburn
Brad Blackburn
17-9-1 · USA
VS
Edgar Garcia
Edgar Garcia
7-0 · USA
June 20, 2009 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Welterweight · 3 rounds
170.0lb
Weigh-in
171.0lb
Brad Blackburn def. Edgar Garcia by S-DEC, R3 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Blackburn33/580/000:04
Garcia11/571/300:07
R2
Blackburn15/420/000:00
Garcia9/570/000:00
R3
Blackburn18/620/100:01
Garcia19/710/000:00
Total
Blackburn66/1620/100:05
Garcia39/1851/300:07

Scorecards

Blackburn vs Garcia

RdAdalaide ByrdPatricia Morse JarmanTony WeeksCommunity
R1---9.5-9.5
R2---9.8-9.2
R3---9-10
Total28-2929-2829-2828.3-28.7

Media (3 cards) · avg 29.728 · 3 Blackburn · 0 Garcia

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Blackburn-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
BlackburnWin probabilityGarcia
32.9%67.1%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
14%
Decision
56%
Expected fight time: 11.2 min
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Blackburn33%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%28%
Submission7%20%
Decision17%52%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes45 (2559)act 66
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.2)act 0
Garcia67%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO21%32%
Submission7%11%
Decision39%57%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (2251)act 39
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 1
Combined totals~84 sig strikes~1.2 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R115%
R223%
R36%
Distance56%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Blackburn
55.6%-129
Garcia
+12943.1%
Most takedownstie 43.7%
Blackburn
28.1%+100
Garcia
-10028.2%
Significant strikes — over/under
Blackburn
Expected: 45.1
45
Over 45
41.9%
+135
Exactly 45
1.5%
push
Under 45
56.6%
-135
057113
Garcia
Expected: 39.3
39.5
Over 39.5
42.2%
+137
Under 39.5
57.8%
-137
05099
Takedowns — over/under
Blackburn
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
36.9%
+171
Under 0.5
63.1%
-171
035
Garcia
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
36.8%
+172
Under 0.5
63.2%
-172
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 11.2 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
Blackburn32.9%55.6%−22.7-135
Garcia67.1%44.4%+22.7+118

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
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
BlackburnGarcia
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1526
Pound-for-pound
1525
1526
Divisional
1525
1508
Striking offense
1500
1503
Striking defense
1500
1496
Grappling offense
1500
1520
Grappling defense
1500
Physical
32 yrs
Age
25 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'10"
73"
Reach
71"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
5.87
Strikes landed / min
34%
Strike accuracy
3.20
Strikes absorbed / min
66%
Strike defense
Grappling (UFC career)
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0%
Takedown accuracy
100%
Takedown defense
0.0
Sub attempts / 15 min
Form & résumé
100%
UFC win rate
+2
Win/loss streak
100%
Last-5 win rate
50%
Finish rate
Recent opp. quality
175
Days since last fight
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Brad Blackburn
  • WRyo ChonanU-DEC R3
    6mo before
  • WJames GibooKO/TKO R2
    Close -23811mo before
Edgar Garcia
No prior UFC fights.
Blackburn — win / loss by method
Record: 17-9-1, 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
9 wins, 2 losses
W
53% of wins
L
22% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
24% of wins
L
11% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 6 losses
W
24% of wins
L
67% of losses
UFC
2win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (50%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (50%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
15win9loss1draw1NC
WinsLosses
8 (53%)KO/TKO(22%) 2
4 (27%)Submission(11%) 1
3 (20%)Decision(67%) 6
Garcia — win / loss by method
Record: 7-0-0

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, 0 losses
W
86% of wins
L
Submission
0 wins, 0 losses
W
0% of wins
L
Decision
1 win, 0 losses
W
14% of wins
L
UFC
0win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 ()KO/TKO() 0
0 ()Submission() 0
0 ()Decision() 0
Non-UFC
7win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (86%)KO/TKO() 0
0 (0%)Submission() 0
1 (14%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Blackburn
Garcia
2
UFC fights
0
22.5 min · 11.2 avg
Octagon time
25y 9m
Career length
UFC schedule strength

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

Blackburn
Garcia
27W–10L · 73.0%
Overall
27W–10L · 73.0%
Wins
0W–0L
Losses
Non-UFC schedule strength
Blackburn
Garcia
118W–56L · 67.8%
Overall
28W–7L · 80.0%
63W–31L · 67.0%
Wins
28W–7L · 80.0%
55W–25L · 68.8%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Blackburn
Garcia
6.00
Landed / min
30.9%
Accuracy
66.4%
Defense
3.34
Knockdowns / 15 min
78.5%
Time at distance
Grappling & control
Blackburn
Garcia
0.00
Takedowns / 15 min
0.0%
Takedown accuracy
100.0%
Takedown defense
0.00
Sub attempts / 15 min
89.5%
Control share
Strike target map
Blackburn
  • Head71%(94)div 63%
  • Body11%(14)div 21%
  • Legs18%(24)div 16%
Garcia
  • Head0%(0)div 63%
  • Body0%(0)div 21%
  • Legs0%(0)div 16%
  • No strike data on record.

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

Brad Blackburn
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Edgar Garcia

No UFC fights on record.

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