Rafa Garcia
"Gifted"
18-4-0
VS
2026-09-12
UFC Fight Night: Elliott vs. Chairez
Lightweight
Rongzhu
27-6-0
WITH ODDS · XGBOOST PREDICTION
Rafa Garcia 'Gifted'
55.8% CONFIDENCE
ACTUAL RESULT — MODEL WAS WRONG
Rongzhu won
Decision · Round 3 · 5:00
How It Ends
60%
Decision
25%
KO / TKO
15%
Submission
Decision59.6%
KO / TKO25.0%
Submission15.4%
If it's a finish, which round
Round 141.0%
Round 233.3%
Round 3+25.7%
A separate model trained only on how fights end (not who wins) — 40% estimated chance this fight is finished rather than going to a decision.
Why XGBoost leans this way
Rafa Garcia
Rongzhu
Experience edge (total fights)
Matchup
9%
Market line movement diff
Matchup
8%
Strikes absorbed/min
Rafa Garcia
7%
Market opening prob diff
Matchup
6%
Age
Rongzhu
6%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Rafa Garcia
5%
Sub attempts/fight
Rongzhu
4%
Avg takedowns attempted
Rafa Garcia
4%
Net striking dominance
Matchup
4%
Strike rate delta r1 to r3
Rongzhu
4%
Body strikes absorbed per min
Rafa Garcia
3%
Strikes absorbed/min
Rongzhu
3%
Avg takedowns attempted
Rongzhu
3%
Age edge (significant gap)
Matchup
3%
← pushes toward Rafa Garcia pushes toward Rongzhu →
Bars show each factor's SHAP contribution to this specific prediction — how much it pushed the win probability toward one fighter, given everything else the model knows. Percentages are each factor's share of the total push across the top 30 factors.

Rafa Garcia

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
L DEC
W DEC
W KO
W DEC
L KO
Height: 170 cm
Weight: 155 lbs
Reach: 178 cm
Stance: Orthodox

Rongzhu

Win Streak
N/A
Finish Rate
N/A%
Avg Duration
N/Am
Last 5 fights (most recent first)
W DEC
W DEC
W DEC
L KO
L SUB
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 155 lbs
Reach: 180 cm
Stance: Orthodox