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UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Jandiroba
Steve Garcia
Steve Garcia
15-5 · USA
VS
SeungWoo Choi
SeungWoo Choi
11-6 · KOR
July 20, 2024 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Featherweight · 3 rounds
Steve Garcia def. SeungWoo Choi by KO/TKO (Punch), R1 1:36
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1 · 1:36
Garcia15/270/110:37
Choi9/150/000:00
Total
Garcia15/270/110:37
Choi9/150/000:00

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
GarciaWin probabilityChoi
62.0%38.0%
KO / TKO
40%
Submission
15%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 10.1 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 Choi. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Garcia62%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO29%47%39%
Submission9%15%9%
Decision24%38%11%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes44 (1860)act 15
Takedowns0.9 (0.03.2)act 0
Choi38%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO11%28%27%
Submission5%15%4%
Decision22%57%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes39 (1653)act 9
Takedowns0.6 (0.02.3)act 0
Combined totals~83 sig strikes~1.4 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R126%
R220%
R38%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 1.1%
Garcia
52.9%-115
Choi
+11546.0%
Most takedownstie 39.1%
Garcia
37.2%-157
Choi
+15723.7%
Significant strikes — over/under
Garcia
Expected: 43.9
44
Over 44
39.1%
+153
Exactly 44
1.1%
push
Under 44
59.8%
-153
055110
Choi
Expected: 39.3
39.5
Over 39.5
39.5%
+153
Under 39.5
60.5%
-153
05099
Takedowns — over/under
Garcia
Expected: 0.9
1
Over 1
30.2%
+177
Exactly 1
16.3%
push
Under 1
53.4%
-177
035
Choi
Expected: 0.6
0.5
Over 0.5
34.1%
+193
Under 0.5
65.9%
-193
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 10.1 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
Garcia62.0%61.4%+0.6-180
Choi38.0%38.6%−0.6+148
By method
Garcia by KO/TKO24.6%39.4%−14.8+111
Garcia by submission9.0%8.5%+0.5+879
Garcia by decision28.3%10.9%+17.4+666
Choi by KO/TKO15.1%27.4%−12.3+204
Choi by submission5.6%4.3%+1.3+1816
Choi by decision17.4%9.4%+8.0+785
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds74.0%42.7%+31.3+119
Over 2.5 rds54.2%26.0%+28.2+259
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision45.7%21.9%+23.8+327

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
73.9Striking60.0
Garcia +13.9
65.5Grappling48.5
Garcia +16.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
GarciaChoi
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1562
Pound-for-pound
1509
1562
Divisional
1507
1539
Striking offense
1503
1480
Striking defense
1503
1502
Grappling offense
1483
1508
Grappling defense
1508
Physical
32 yrs
Age
31 yrs
6'0"
Height
6'0"
75"
Reach
74"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
3.78
Strikes landed / min
3.48
57%
Strike accuracy
39%
2.07
Strikes absorbed / min
3.02
50%
Strike defense
47%
Grappling (UFC career)
1.66
Takedowns / 15 min
0.87
67%
Takedown accuracy
55%
79%
Takedown defense
70%
0.8
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.0
Form & résumé
67%
UFC win rate
44%
+3
Win/loss streak
+1
80%
Last-5 win rate
40%
100%
Finish rate
25%
Recent opp. quality
224
Days since last fight
329
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Steve Garcia
  • WMelquizael CostaKO/TKO R2
    Close +2467mo before
  • WShayilan NuerdanbiekeKO/TKO R2
    Close +1501y 3mo before
  • WChase HooperKO/TKO R1
    Close +2571y 9mo before
  • LMaheshate MaheshateKO/TKO R1
    Close -2002y 1mo before
  • WCharlie OntiverosKO/TKO R2
    Close -3312y 9mo before
SeungWoo Choi
  • WJarno ErrensU-DEC R3
    Close -15711mo before
  • LMichael TrizanoKO/TKO R1
    Close -1911y 8mo before
  • LJosh CulibaoS-DEC R3
    Close -2252y 1mo before
  • LAlex CaceresSUB R2
    Close -2712y 9mo before
  • WJulian ErosaKO/TKO R1
    Close -1543y 1mo before
Garcia — 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
12 wins, 1 loss
W
80% 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
20% of wins
L
60% of losses
UFC
4win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (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
Choi — win / loss by method
Record: 11-6-0

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, 2 losses
W
55% of wins
L
33% of losses
Submission
0 wins, 2 losses
W
0% of wins
L
33% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 2 losses
W
45% of wins
L
33% of losses
UFC
4win5loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (25%)KO/TKO(20%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(40%) 2
3 (75%)Decision(40%) 2
Non-UFC
7win1loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (71%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
2 (29%)Decision(0%) 0

Profiles

Experience
Garcia
Choi
6
UFC fights
9
36.2 min · 6.0 avg
Octagon time
103.3 min · 11.5 avg
13y 3m
Career length
10y 11m
UFC schedule strength

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

Garcia
Choi
96W–28L · 77.4%
Overall
112W–33L · 77.2%
81W–25L · 76.4%
Wins
56W–16L · 77.8%
15W–3L · 83.3%
Losses
56W–17L · 76.7%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Garcia
Choi
95W–27L · 77.9%
Overall
30W–11L · 73.2%
71W–19L · 78.9%
Wins
25W–9L · 73.5%
24W–8L · 75.0%
Losses
5W–2L · 71.4%
Distance striking
Garcia
Choi
12.44
Landed / min
4.75
47.8%
Accuracy
32.4%
58.9%
Defense
54.0%
2.07
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.73
14.6%
Time at distance
50.0%
Grappling & control
Garcia
Choi
1.66
Takedowns / 15 min
0.87
66.7%
Takedown accuracy
54.5%
78.6%
Takedown defense
69.8%
0.83
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.00
26.3%
Control share
42.7%
Strike target map
Garcia
  • Head81%(111)div 63%
  • Body12%(16)div 20%
  • Legs7%(10)div 16%
Choi
  • Head61%(219)div 63%
  • Body23%(83)div 20%
  • Legs16%(57)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.

SeungWoo Choi
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

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