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UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady
Steve Garcia
Steve Garcia
16-5 · USA
VS
Kyle Nelson
Kyle Nelson
16-5-1 · CAN
September 7, 2024 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
145.5lb
Weigh-in
148.5lbMissed +2.5
Steve Garcia def. Kyle Nelson by KO/TKO (Elbows), R1 3:59
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 3:59
Garcia22/370/001:36
Nelson1/20/002:13
Total
Garcia22/370/001:36
Nelson1/20/002:13

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 probabilityNelson
69.9%30.1%
KO / TKO
23%
Submission
27%
Decision
51%
Expected fight time: 10.9 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 Garcia, blue toward Nelson. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Garcia70%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%28%47%
Submission16%23%6%
Decision35%49%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes42 (1757)act 22
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.3)act 0
Nelson30%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO4%11%21%
Submission10%35%8%
Decision16%54%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes36 (1549)act 1
Takedowns0.4 (0.01.8)act 0
Combined totals~78 sig strikes~1.3 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R118%
R220%
R311%
Distance51%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.2%
Garcia
54.2%-122
Nelson
+12244.6%
Most takedownstie 42.4%
Garcia
38.9%-208
Nelson
+20818.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Garcia
Expected: 41.8
42
Over 42
38.9%
+154
Exactly 42
1.2%
push
Under 42
60.0%
-154
053105
Nelson
Expected: 35.9
36
Over 36
38.9%
+154
Exactly 36
1.3%
push
Under 36
59.7%
-154
04590
Takedowns — over/under
Garcia
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
30.5%
+177
Exactly 1
15.5%
push
Under 1
54.0%
-177
035
Nelson
Expected: 0.4
0.5
Over 0.5
27.2%
+268
Under 0.5
72.8%
-268
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 10.9 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
Garcia69.9%65.0%+4.9-212
Nelson30.1%35.0%−4.9+173
By method
Garcia by KO/TKO15.7%46.8%−31.1-130
Garcia by submission18.7%6.5%+12.2+1179
Garcia by decision35.5%8.7%+26.8+849
Nelson by KO/TKO6.8%21.0%−14.2+294
Nelson by submission8.0%8.0%±0.0+937
Nelson by decision15.3%9.1%+6.2+810
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds81.9%41.0%+40.9+129
Over 2.5 rds61.5%25.1%+36.4+272
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision50.8%19.3%+31.5+386

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
73.8Striking58.6
Garcia +15.2
64.7Grappling43.1
Garcia +21.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GarciaNelson
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1575
Pound-for-pound
1544
1576
Divisional
1566
Striking offense
Striking defense
1502
Grappling offense
1483
1509
Grappling defense
1496
Physical
32 yrs
Age
33 yrs
6'0"
Height
5'11"
75"
Reach
71"
Southpaw
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
4.02
Strikes landed / min
3.65
57%
Strike accuracy
46%
2.22
Strikes absorbed / min
4.69
49%
Strike defense
52%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.59
Takedowns / 15 min
1.10
57%
Takedown accuracy
21%
79%
Takedown defense
73%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.6
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
50%
+4
Win/loss streak
+3
80%
Last-5 win rate
60%
100%
Finish rate
50%
Recent opp. quality
49
Days since last fight
161
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Steve Garcia
  • WSeungWoo ChoiKO/TKO R1
    Close -17949d before
  • WMelquizael CostaKO/TKO R2
    Close +2469mo before
  • WShayilan NuerdanbiekeKO/TKO R2
    Close +1501y 5mo before
  • WChase HooperKO/TKO R1
    Close +2571y 10mo before
  • LMaheshate MaheshateKO/TKO R1
    Close -2002y 3mo before
Kyle Nelson
  • WBill AlgeoKO/TKO R1
    Close +2175mo before
  • WFernando PadillaU-DEC R3
    Close +2101y before
  • WBlake BilderU-DEC R3
    Close +2231y 3mo before
  • DDooho ChoiM-DEC R3
    Close +1551y 7mo before
  • LJai HerbertU-DEC R3
    Close +2262y 2mo before
Garcia — win / loss by method
Record: 16-5-0

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
13 wins, 1 loss
W
81% of wins
L
20% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 1 loss
W
0% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
3 wins, 3 losses
W
19% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
5win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (100%)KO/TKO(50%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
0 (0%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
11win3loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
8 (73%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(33%) 1
3 (27%)Decision(67%) 2
Nelson — win / loss by method
Record: 16-5-1

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
6 wins, 2 losses
W
38% of wins
L
40% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 1 loss
W
25% of wins
L
20% of losses
Decision
6 wins, 2 losses
W
38% of wins
L
40% of losses
UFC
4win4loss1draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (50%)KO/TKO(50%) 2
0 (0%)Submission(25%) 1
2 (50%)Decision(25%) 1
Non-UFC
12win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (33%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
4 (33%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (33%)Decision(100%) 1

Profiles

Experience
Garcia
Nelson
7
UFC fights
9
37.8 min · 5.4 avg
Octagon time
95.4 min · 10.6 avg
13y 3m
Career length
14y 4m
UFC schedule strength

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

Garcia
Nelson
107W–34L · 75.9%
Overall
100W–27L · 78.7%
92W–31L · 74.8%
Wins
55W–17L · 76.4%
15W–3L · 83.3%
Losses
45W–10L · 81.8%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Garcia
Nelson
95W–27L · 77.9%
Overall
62W–27L · 69.7%
71W–19L · 78.9%
Wins
58W–27L · 68.2%
24W–8L · 75.0%
Losses
4W–0L · 100.0%
Distance striking
Garcia
Nelson
12.03
Landed / min
5.89
47.8%
Accuracy
43.5%
56.2%
Defense
56.9%
2.38
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.00
16.5%
Time at distance
53.1%
Grappling & control
Garcia
Nelson
1.59
Takedowns / 15 min
1.10
57.1%
Takedown accuracy
20.6%
78.6%
Takedown defense
73.3%
0.79
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.63
27.8%
Control share
44.6%
Strike target map
Garcia
  • Head80%(121)div 63%
  • Body12%(18)div 20%
  • Legs9%(13)div 16%
Nelson
  • Head55%(190)div 63%
  • Body27%(94)div 20%
  • Legs18%(64)div 16%

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

Steve Garcia
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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

Kyle Nelson
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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