Garcia vs Pichel

Who won Garcia vs Pichel?

Rafa Garcia beat Vinc Pichel by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 29th March 2025 at Arena CDMX in Mexico City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Rafa Garcia.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Garcia vs Pichel stats

Rafa Garcia stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Vinc Pichel made his way to the cage with a record of 14 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Rafa Garcia's 9th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021. Vinc Pichel marked his 12th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2012.

Rafa Garcia's UFC record stood at 5-4-0, while Vinc Pichel's came in at 7-5-0.

The stats suggested Pichel had a massive power advantage over Garcia, boasting a 57% knock out percentage over Garcia's 6%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Garcia had a massive advantage over Pichel, boasting a 50% submission rate over Pichel's 0%.

Rafa Garcia was the younger man by 12 years, at 30 years old.

Pichel had a height advantage of 3 inches over Garcia. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Garcia was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 5 years and 2 months later than Pichel, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 2 more professional rounds, 46 to Pichel's 44.

Garcia vs Pichel form

Rafa Garcia had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Grant Dawson at UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Taira on 12th October 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Clay Guida at UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Allen on 15th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Center, Kansas City.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Maheshate at UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland on 17th December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Drakkar Klose at UFC 277 on 30th July 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Madison Square Garden, New York City.

He had defeated Jesse Ronson at UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad 2 on 16th April 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Vinc Pichel had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had been defeated by Ismael Bonfim at UFC 301 on 4th May 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Previous to that, he had lost to Mark O Madsen at UFC 273 on 9th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Austin Hubbard at UFC Vegas 34 on 21st August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

Before that, he had won against Roosevelt Roberts at UFC on ESPN 3 on 29th June 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Target Center, Minneapolis.

He had been beaten by Gregor Gillespie at UFC Fight Night 131 on 1st June 2018 by submission in the 2nd round at Adirondack Bank Center, Utica.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Rafa Garcia had been fighting more than Vinc Pichel.

Going to this contest, Rafa Garcia had last fought 6 months and 20 days ago, while Vinc Pichel's last outing had been 11 months and 28 days ago.

Garcia's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Pichel's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 11 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What time did Garcia vs Pichel start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 8:50 PM UTC , which was 4:50 PM EST or 1:50 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 8:50 PM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Garcia vs Pichel?

Rafa Garcia was a 1/4 (-400) favourite going into the contest, while Vinc Pichel made his way into the ring at 3/1 (+300) with oddsmakers.