Rafa Garcia Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
W	#15Alexander Hernandez Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal	Apr 25, 2026
W	Jared Gordon Lightweight	KO/TKO	Elbows to Head From Side Control	R3	2:27	UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs. Silva	Sep 13, 2025
W	Vinc Pichel Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Erceg	Mar 29, 2025
L	#10Grant Dawson Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Back Control	R2	1:42	UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira	Oct 12, 2024
W	Clay Guida Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen	Apr 15, 2023
W	Maheshate Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland	Dec 17, 2022
L	Drakkar Klose Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2	Jul 30, 2022
W	Jesse Ronson Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	4:50	UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad	Apr 16, 2022
W	Natan Levy Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs. Tate	Nov 20, 2021
L	Chris Gruetzemacher Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Strickland	Jul 31, 2021
L	Nasrat Haqparast Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad	Mar 13, 2021

Outside the UFC

12-0across 12 bouts · 8 promotions · wins by 1 KO · 7 sub · 3 decCombate Americas · Combate Americas 55 · Combate 39 · Combate 30 · WCF 8 +3

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Humberto Bandenay27-10	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Combate Americas 55	Feb 21, 2020
W	Erick Gonzalez14-8	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Combate Americas	Sep 20, 2019
W	Estevan Payan17-14	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:50	Combate 39	Jun 7, 2019
W	Edgar Escarrega13-6-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:07	Combate 30	Feb 8, 2019
W	LaRue Burley11-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:26	Combate Americas	Sep 14, 2018
W	Chase Gibson14-8	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	Combate Americas	Apr 13, 2018
W	Marcos Bonilla5-9	Submission	Armbar	R2	1:07	Combate Americas	Sep 15, 2017
W	Raul Najera Ocampo5-3	Submission	Heel Hook	R1	1:04	Combate Americas	Jan 19, 2017
W	Jovany Amador0-2	Submission	Armbar	R1	3:21	WCF 8	Dec 3, 2016
W	Antonio Barajas12-8-1	Other	—	R0	0:00	SMF	Aug 1, 2015
W	Mike Sandoval0-5	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:14	WCF 6	Jul 18, 2015
W	Dante Ramos0-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:06	EFC 4	Oct 18, 2014

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

2 wins, 1 loss

W2

L1

Submission

8 wins, 0 losses

W8

L0

Decision

8 wins, 3 losses

W8

L3

Other

1 win, 0 losses

Disqualifications and other results

W1

L0

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Below avg · 11%Lightweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.09

Below avg · 0.21Lightweight

UFC submissions

1

Above avg · 6%Lightweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.36

Below avg · 0.44Lightweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Rafa Garcia

PowerChin

Knockout rate

9%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

1

0.20 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

0

0.00 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

8 scorecards on file

Rafa Garcia

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 2 of 3 rounds they disagreed on (67%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

2–1

Won – Lost

67% went their way

Unanimous8 decisions · 100%

5W3L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallC52nd

44%637 / 1,439

Striking accuracy

61%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.14 differential

Landed4.28

Absorbed4.42

69%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+5%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head79%86th503
Body13%47th80
Leg8%45th54

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

85%Standing

Standing85%542
Clinch10%61
Ground5%34

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Rafa Garcia

Landed per 15

Head

A+

91st

50.6

91st

Body

C

45th

8.1

45th

Leg

D

40th

5.4

40th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

D

28th

41.1

28th

Body

F

10th

18.2

10th

Leg

C

54th

6.9

54th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	50.6	503	1,264	40%
Body	8.1	80	112	71%
Leg	5.4	54	63	86%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	41.1	408	1,360	30%
Body	18.2	181	262	69%
Leg	6.9	69	84	82%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Rafa Garcia

46%

Takedown accuracy

77%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+2.4 min net

On top3.3

On bottom0.8

Offense

Takedowns

A

85th

3.2

85th

TD accuracy

B

69th

46%

69th

Sub attempts

C

55th

0.4

55th

Control

B

59th

3.3 min

59th

Defense

TD defense

A

73rd

77%

73rd

Controlled

0.8 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	32 / 70
Submission attempts	4
Control time	32:31

Defense

TDs defended	27 / 35
Control absorbed	8:17

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (149min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Rafa Garcia

11 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 149 min

145%

R3 pace · 9 bouts

Garcia builds (+21% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Garcia lifts to 145% of round-1 output by round 3 (9 bouts).

Garcia ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Garcialanded / min

Takedown attempts

Garciaattempts / min

Control time

Garcia% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.2	3.7	3.9	0.35	13%	11
R2	6.7	4.3	4.6	0.47	26%	11
R3	8.0	5.0	4.9	0.64	29%	9

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Rafa Garcia

11 resolved UFC bouts · 2 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

43/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

B

63rd

38%

63rd

Win quality

A

82nd

52%

82nd

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

2

1

2

Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-15	2	1-1	50%
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Contender-level	2	0-2	0%
Established	2	2-0	100%
Building	2	1-1	50%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
W	Alexander Hernandez#15	Top-15	64	Apr 25, 2026
W	Jared Gordon	Established	35	Sep 13, 2025
W	Vinc Pichel	Established	30	Mar 29, 2025
L	Grant Dawson#10	Top-15	68	Oct 12, 2024
W	Clay Guida	Cross-div ranked	45	Apr 15, 2023
W	Maheshate	Unproven	8	Dec 17, 2022
L	Drakkar Klose	Contender-level	40	Jul 30, 2022
W	Jesse Ronson	Unproven	8	Apr 16, 2022
W	Natan Levy	Building	15	Nov 20, 2021
L	Chris Gruetzemacher	Building	18	Jul 31, 2021
L	Nasrat Haqparast	Contender-level	36	Mar 13, 2021

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

11 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

6-2

8 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

1-1

2 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

0-1

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

3-1

4 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

4-2

6 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

2 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Rafa Garcia

Active

2 monthssince last bout

vs Alexander Hernandez · Apr 25, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 4-1As underdog 3-3

72.7

DK avg

80.9

Median

113.2

Ceiling

43.6

Floor

55%

Boom

9%

Bust

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