Rafa Garcia

LightweightOutfighter
7 - 5

12 UFC Fights | 58% Win Rate | 2 Finishes (29%)

Height
5' 7"
Reach
70"
Weight
155 lbs.
Age
32
Orthodox

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.

  1. Loss vs Rongzhu · Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 · Noche UFC: Silva vs. Delgado · Sep 2026
  2. Win vs Alexander Hernandez · Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal · Apr 2026
  3. Win vs Jared Gordon · KO/TKO · R3 2:27 · UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs. Silva · Sep 2025
  4. Win vs Vinc Pichel · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Erceg · Mar 2025
  5. Loss vs Grant Dawson · KO/TKO · R2 1:42 · UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira · Oct 2024

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
4.3
Accuracy
46%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.10

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
4.5
Strike Differential
+-0.2
Opp. Accuracy Against
39%
hard to hit

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
2.8
above avg
Takedown Accuracy
44%
Takedown Defense
77%
Control Time / Fight
3:04
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.4

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
0% KO
0% Sub
R2
0% KO
10% Sub
R3+
10% KO
0% Sub

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.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LRongzhuDecision - UnanimousR3 · 5:00Noche UFC: Silva vs. Delgado2026-09-12
WAlexander HernandezDecision - UnanimousR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal2026-04-25
WJared GordonKO/TKOR3 · 2:27UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs. Silva2025-09-13
WVinc PichelDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Erceg2025-03-29
LGrant DawsonKO/TKOR2 · 1:42UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira2024-10-12
WClay GuidaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen2023-04-15
WMaheshateDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland2022-12-17
LDrakkar KloseDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 22022-07-30
WJesse RonsonSubmissionR2 · 4:50UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad2022-04-16
WNatan LevyDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs. Tate2021-11-20
LChris GruetzemacherDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Strickland2021-07-31
LNasrat HaqparastDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad2021-03-13

How Garcia Ranks at Lightweight

Percentile among the 300 lightweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume4.3 sig. strikes/min
79th percentile
Striking accuracy46%
60th percentile
Strikes absorbed4.5/min
17th percentile
Takedowns2.8/fight
96th percentile
Takedown defense77%
77th percentile
Knockdown power0.10/fight
39th percentile

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