Rafa Garcia
12 UFC Fights | 58% Win Rate | 2 Finishes (29%)
Rafa Garcia UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Rafa Garcia is 7-5 in the UFC across 12 fights, with 1 win by knockout, 1 by submission and 5 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 19-5, 12-0 of it outside the UFC. Garcia competes at lightweight as an orthodox outfighter, standing 5'7" with a 70" reach at 32 years old. The last bout was a loss to Rongzhu by unanimous decision in Sep 2026.
Best attribute: takedown offense (takedowns landed per fight) — 96th percentile among 300 lightweight fighters (2.8/fight).
Rafa Garcia's UFC win rate is 58% (7 of 12 fights), and 29% of those wins came by finish. Garcia averages 2.8 takedowns per fight at 44% accuracy and stops 77% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 19-5
- UFC Record
- 7-5
- Height
- 5'7"
- Reach
- 70"
- Age
- 32
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- L vs Rongzhu · Decision - Unanimous · Sep 2026
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Rafa Garcia's Last 5 Fights
Garcia is 3-2 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Rongzhu · Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 · Noche UFC: Silva vs. Delgado · Sep 2026
- Win vs Alexander Hernandez · Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal · Apr 2026
- Win vs Jared Gordon · KO/TKO · R3 2:27 · UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs. Silva · Sep 2025
- Win vs Vinc Pichel · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Erceg · Mar 2025
- Loss vs Grant Dawson · KO/TKO · R2 1:42 · UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira · Oct 2024
Striking
Fighter Profile
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Defensive
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Grappling
Takedowns & Control
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Rafa Garcia vs Average
Rafa Garcia lands 19.3 strikes in R1 but 22.9 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Rafa Garcia's UFC Fight History
12 UFC fights on record (7-5), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Rongzhu | Decision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | Noche UFC: Silva vs. Delgado | 2026-09-12 |
| W | Alexander Hernandez | Decision - Unanimous | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal | 2026-04-25 |
| W | Jared Gordon | KO/TKO | R3 · 2:27 | UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs. Silva | 2025-09-13 |
| W | Vinc Pichel | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Erceg | 2025-03-29 |
| L | Grant Dawson | KO/TKO | R2 · 1:42 | UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira | 2024-10-12 |
| W | Clay Guida | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen | 2023-04-15 |
| W | Maheshate | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland | 2022-12-17 |
| L | Drakkar Klose | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2 | 2022-07-30 |
| W | Jesse Ronson | Submission | R2 · 4:50 | UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad | 2022-04-16 |
| W | Natan Levy | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs. Tate | 2021-11-20 |
| L | Chris Gruetzemacher | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Strickland | 2021-07-31 |
| L | Nasrat Haqparast | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad | 2021-03-13 |
How Garcia Ranks at Lightweight
Percentile among the 300 lightweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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