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UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira
Grant Dawson
Grant Dawson
21-2-1 · USA
VS
Rafa Garcia
Rafa Garcia
16-3 · MEX
October 12, 2024 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lightweight · 3 rounds
156.0lb
Weigh-in
154.5lb
Grant Dawson def. Rafa Garcia by KO/TKO (Punches), R2 1:42
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Dawson20/521/303:50
Garcia4/100/000:00
R2 · 1:42
Dawson24/381/101:19
Garcia1/20/000:00
Total
Dawson44/902/405:09
Garcia5/120/000:00

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
DawsonWin probabilityGarcia
71.8%28.2%
KO / TKO
34%
Submission
22%
Decision
44%
Expected fight time: 10.2 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

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

Predicted outcomes
Dawson72%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO26%36%8%
Submission17%23%19%
Decision29%41%48%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes38 (1551)act 44
Takedowns1.8 (0.04.8)act 2
Garcia28%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO8%28%9%
Submission5%18%5%
Decision15%54%12%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes33 (1344)act 5
Takedowns0.5 (0.02.2)act 0
Combined totals~71 sig strikes~2.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R120%
R228%
R38%
Distance44%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.3%
Dawson
53.8%-120
Garcia
+12044.9%
Most takedownstie 20.9%
Dawson
62.4%-375
Garcia
+37516.6%
Significant strikes — over/under
Dawson
Expected: 37.7
37.5
Over 37.5
40.1%
+150
Under 37.5
59.9%
-150
04895
Garcia
Expected: 32.8
33
Over 33
38.7%
+155
Exactly 33
1.5%
push
Under 33
59.9%
-155
04182
Takedowns — over/under
Dawson
Expected: 1.8
2
Over 2
36.1%
+127
Exactly 2
18.2%
push
Under 2
45.7%
-127
036
Garcia
Expected: 0.5
0.5
Over 0.5
37.7%
+165
Under 0.5
62.3%
-165
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 10.2 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
Dawson71.8%75.0%−3.2-369
Garcia28.2%25.0%+3.2+281
By method
Dawson by KO/TKO24.3%7.8%+16.5+975
Dawson by submission15.7%19.1%−3.4+337
Dawson by decision31.9%47.5%−15.6-132
Garcia by KO/TKO9.5%8.7%+0.8+865
Garcia by submission6.1%5.1%+1.0+1554
Garcia by decision12.5%11.9%+0.6+603
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds79.7%76.1%+3.6-465
Over 2.5 rds52.1%66.1%−14.0-241
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision44.4%62.0%−17.6-195

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
66.7Striking65.2
Dawson +1.4
66.4Grappling64.0
Dawson +2.5
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DawsonGarcia
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1645
Pound-for-pound
1559
1600
Divisional
1560
1507
Striking offense
1498
1496
Striking defense
1499
1544
Grappling offense
1508
1521
Grappling defense
1527
Physical
30 yrs
Age
30 yrs
5'10"
Height
5'7"
72"
Reach
70"
Switch
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
2.94
Strikes landed / min
4.19
53%
Strike accuracy
43%
2.19
Strikes absorbed / min
4.21
45%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
3.67
Takedowns / 15 min
3.61
38%
Takedown accuracy
44%
60%
Takedown defense
79%
1.1
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.3
Form & résumé
90%
UFC win rate
57%
+1
Win/loss streak
+2
80%
Last-5 win rate
80%
56%
Finish rate
25%
Recent opp. quality
133
Days since last fight
546
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Grant Dawson
  • WJoe SoleckiU-DEC R3
    Close -5394mo before
  • LKing GreenKO/TKO R1
    Close -5251y before
  • WDamir IsmagulovU-DEC R3
    Close -1021y 3mo before
  • WMark MadsenSUB R3
    missedClose -2201y 11mo before
  • WJared GordonSUB R3
    Close -2012y 5mo before
Rafa Garcia
  • WClay GuidaU-DEC R3
    Close -2871y 6mo before
  • WMaheshate MaheshateU-DEC R3
    Close -1531y 10mo before
  • LDrakkar KloseU-DEC R3
    Close +1702y 2mo before
  • WJesse RonsonSUB R2
    Close +1132y 6mo before
  • WNatan LevyU-DEC R3
    Close -1122y 11mo before
Dawson — win / loss by method
Record: 21-2-1

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
4 wins, 2 losses
W
19% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
13 wins, 0 losses
W
62% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
4 wins, 0 losses
W
19% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
9win1loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (11%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
4 (44%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (44%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
3 (25%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
9 (75%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(0%) 0
Garcia — win / loss by method
Record: 16-3-0

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
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
8 wins, 0 losses
W
50% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 3 losses
W
38% of wins
L
100% of losses
DQ / other
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
4win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
0 (0%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (25%)Submission(0%) 0
3 (75%)Decision(100%) 3
Non-UFC
12win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (8%)KO/TKO() 0
7 (58%)Submission() 0
3 (25%)Decision() 0
1 (8%)DQ / other() 0

Profiles

Experience
Dawson
Garcia
11
UFC fights
7
130.9 min · 11.9 avg
Octagon time
99.8 min · 14.3 avg
11y 11m
Career length
11y 9m
UFC schedule strength

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

Dawson
Garcia
181W–46L · 79.7%
Overall
112W–42L · 72.7%
151W–32L · 82.5%
Wins
74W–33L · 69.2%
30W–14L · 68.2%
Losses
38W–9L · 80.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Dawson
Garcia
98W–70L · 58.3%
Overall
81W–42L · 65.9%
93W–68L · 57.8%
Wins
81W–42L · 65.9%
5W–2L · 71.4%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Dawson
Garcia
6.63
Landed / min
5.36
42.7%
Accuracy
40.0%
52.5%
Defense
64.9%
0.11
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
24.1%
Time at distance
65.8%
Grappling & control
Dawson
Garcia
3.67
Takedowns / 15 min
3.61
37.6%
Takedown accuracy
44.4%
60.0%
Takedown defense
79.2%
1.15
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.30
90.4%
Control share
89.9%
Strike target map
Dawson
  • Head65%(250)div 63%
  • Body20%(77)div 21%
  • Legs15%(58)div 16%
Garcia
  • Head78%(324)div 63%
  • Body14%(59)div 21%
  • Legs8%(35)div 16%

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

Grant Dawson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Rafa Garcia
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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