Hernandez vs Garcia

Who won Hernandez vs Garcia?

Javier Garcia beat Roberto Hernandez by split decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of Cage Warriors 173, on Friday 7th June 2024 at Sycuan Casino Resort in San Diego.

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

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Hernandez vs Garcia stats

Roberto Hernandez stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Javier Garcia made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws and 7 by submission.

This was Roberto Hernandez's 9th fight in Cage Warriors, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022. Javier Garcia marked his 1st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Roberto Hernandez's Cage Warriors record stood at 7-2-0, while Javier Garcia's came in at 1-0-0.

The stats suggested Hernandez had a large advantage in power over Garcia, boasting a 22% knock out percentage over Garcia's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Garcia had a massive advantage over Hernandez, boasting a 64% submission rate over Hernandez's 22%.

Roberto Hernandez was the younger man by 1 year, at 31 years old.

Garcia had a height advantage of 2 inches over Hernandez.

Hernandez was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 5 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 8 years and 3 months earlier than Garcia, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 14 less professional rounds, 31 to Garcia's 45.

Hernandez vs Garcia form

Hernandez had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges 3 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Liam Gittins at Cage Warriors 168 on 16th March 2024 by submission in the 5th round at BEC Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had won against Trevin Jones at Cage Warriors 165: Hernandez vs. Jones on 15th December 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Sycuan Casino Resort, San Diego, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Toby Misech at Cage Warriors 159 – San Diego on 8th September 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Sycuan Casino Resort, San Diego.

Before that, he had defeated Moses Diaz at Cage Warriors 155 on 2nd June 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Sycuan Casino Resort, San Diego.

He was victorious against John De Jesus at Cage Warriors 149 on 3rd March 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Sycuan Casino Resort, San Diego.

Javier Garcia had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Elijah Johns at LFA 163 on 21st July 2023 by submission in the 2nd round in their LFA Featherweight championship fight at Bell County Expo Center, Belton, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Leandro Gomes at LFA 137 on 29th July 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Commerce Casino, Commerce.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Chase Gibson at LFA 127 on 25th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Commerce Casino & Hotel, Commerce.

Before that, he had defeated Ryan Fillingame at LFA 118 on 12th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Los Angeles-Burbank Marriott Convention Center, Burbank.

He had been defeated by Bruno Souza at LFA 114 on 27th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their LFA Featherweight championship fight at The Factory at the District, St. Louis.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Roberto Hernandez had been fighting more than Javier Garcia.

Going to this contest, Roberto Hernandez had last fought 9 months and 5 days ago, while Javier Garcia's last outing had been 1 year and 5 months ago.

Hernandez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 9 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Garcia's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What time did Hernandez vs Garcia start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 2:40 AM UTC , which was 10:40 PM EST or 7:40 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 3:40 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Hernandez vs Garcia?

Roberto Hernandez was a 17/20 (-120) underdog going into the contest, while Javier Garcia made his way into the ring at 17/20 (-120) with oddsmakers.