Rafa Garcia
“Gifted”
Lightweight
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19WINS
5LOSSES
0DRAWS
2KO/TKO
8SUB
9DEC
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Tale of the tape
- Age
- 32 · born Aug 5, 1994 UFC.com
- Height
- 5′7″ 170 cm UFC.com
- Reach
- 70″ 178 cm UFC.com
- Leg reach
- 37″ 94 cm UFC.com
- Stance
- Orthodox UFCStats
- Weight class
- Lightweight UFC.com
- Fighting style
- Boxer UFC.com
- Team / gym
- Bloodline Combat Sports UFC.com
- Born
- Brawley, United States UFC.com
- Fights out of / flag
- Mexico UFC.com
- UFC debut
- Mar. 13, 2021 UFC.com
- 1st-round finishes
- 6 UFC.com
UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)
UFC career stats
44%Striking accuracy710⚑ of 1628⚑ landed
15%Takedown accuracy12⚑ of 79 landed
4.33Sig. strikes landedper min
4.68Sig. strikes absorbedper min
61%Striking defense
3.02Takedownsper 15 min
77%Takedown defense
0.37Submission attemptsper 15 min
0.09Knockdownsper 15 min
13:40Average fight time
⚑ = UFC.com and UFCStats disagree on this number. We show the official UFC.com figure and have flagged it for review.
Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22
UFC fight history 13 bouts
| Res | Opponent | Method | Rd | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Rongzhu | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Sep 12, 2026 | ↗ |
| W | Alexander Hernandez | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Apr 25, 2026 | ↗ |
| W | Jared Gordon | KO/TKO | 3 | Sep 13, 2025 | ↗ |
| W | Vinc Pichel | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Mar 29, 2025 | ↗ |
| L | Grant Dawson | KO/TKO | 2 | Oct 12, 2024 | ↗ |
| W | Clay Guida | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Apr 15, 2023 | ↗ |
| W | Maheshate | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Dec 17, 2022 | ↗ |
| L | Drakkar Klose | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jul 30, 2022 | ↗ |
| W | Jesse Ronson | Submission | 2 | Apr 16, 2022 | ↗ |
| W | Natan Levy | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Nov 20, 2021 | ↗ |
| L | Chris Gruetzemacher | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jul 31, 2021 | ↗ |
| L | Nasrat Haqparast | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Mar 13, 2021 | ↗ |
| W | Jared Gordon | KO/TKO | 3 | ↗ |
UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.