Rafa Garcia

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Rafa Garcia

Nickname“Gifted”

Record

19-4

Streak

W3

Age

32

Date of birth

Aug 5, 1994

Fighting out of: Mexicali, Baja California
Born: Mexico
Camps: Team Elevation·UFC Gym Costa Mesa
Weight class: Lightweight
Height: 5'7" · 170 cm
Reach: 70" · 178 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Apr 25, 2026

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Rongzhu

RongzhuUpcoming

Noche UFC: Rodriguez vs Silva · Sep 12, 2026

Noche UFC: Rodriguez vs Silva

Alexander Hernandez

#15Alexander Hernandez

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal · Apr 25, 2026

UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal

Jared Gordon

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Elbows to Head From Side Control · R3 · 2:27

UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs. Silva · Sep 13, 2025

Elbows to Head From Side Control

UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs. Silva

Vinc Pichel

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Erceg · Mar 29, 2025

UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Erceg

Grant Dawson

#10Grant Dawson

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Back Control · R2 · 1:42

UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira · Oct 12, 2024

Punches to Head From Back Control

UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira

Clay Guida

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen · Apr 15, 2023

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen

Maheshate

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland · Dec 17, 2022

UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland

Drakkar Klose

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2 · Jul 30, 2022

UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2

Jesse Ronson

Lightweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R2 · 4:50

UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad · Apr 16, 2022

Rear Naked Choke

UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad

Natan Levy

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs. Tate · Nov 20, 2021

UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs. Tate

Chris Gruetzemacher

Chris Gruetzemacher

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Strickland · Jul 31, 2021

UFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Strickland

Nasrat Haqparast

Nasrat Haqparast

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad · Mar 13, 2021

UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad

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) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

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%85th503
Body13%46th80
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

Rafa Garcia

Landed per 15

Head

A+

91st

50.6

91st

Body

C

44th

8.1

44th

Leg

D

39th

5.4

39th

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

29th

41.1

29th

Body

F

11th

18.2

11th

Leg

C

55th

6.9

55th

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.

Pace & fade

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

UFC only

Rafa Garcia

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).

Rafa Garcia

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

Rafa Garcia

Garcialanded / min

Takedown attempts

Rafa Garcia

Garciaattempts / min

Control time

Rafa Garcia

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

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

2

2

2

Ranked 6–15Ranked #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
Ranked 6–15	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	Ranked 6–15	64	Apr 25, 2026
W	Jared Gordon	Established	35	Sep 13, 2025
W	Vinc Pichel	Established	30	Mar 29, 2025
L	Grant Dawson#10	Ranked 6–15	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.

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