Garcia vs Guida

Who won Garcia vs Guida?

Rafa Garcia beat Clay Guida by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Allen, on Saturday 15th April 2023 at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 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 Guida stats

Rafa Garcia stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Clay Guida made his way to the cage with a record of 38 wins, 22 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 14 by submission.

This was Rafa Garcia's 9th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021. Clay Guida marked his 37th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2006.

Rafa Garcia's UFC record stood at 5-4-0, while Clay Guida's came in at 18-19-0.

The stats suggested Guida had an advantage in power over Garcia, with a 18% knock out percentage over Garcia's 7%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Garcia had an advantage over Guida, with a 57% submission rate over Guida's 37%.

Rafa Garcia was the younger man by 13 years, at 30 years old.

Guida had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Garcia was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 43 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 11 years and 2 months later than Guida, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 92 less professional rounds, 46 to Guida's 138.

Garcia vs Guida form

Clay Guida had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Claudio Puelles at UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade on 23rd April 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Leonardo Santos at UFC Fight Night on 4th December 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Mark O Madsen at UFC Vegas 34 on 21st August 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

Before that, he had beaten Michael Johnson at UFC Vegas 18 on 6th February 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been defeated by Jim Miller at UFC on ESPN 5 on 3rd August 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Prudential Center, Newark.

Activity check

Guida's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Garcia vs Guida?

Rafa Garcia was a 9/25 (-280) favourite going into the contest, while Clay Guida made his way into the ring at 11/5 (+220) with oddsmakers.