Mark De La Rosa vs.
Elias Garcia
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
What the numbers say.
Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.
Who did they actually beat?
Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.
Mark De La Rosa
Full career not yet synced for Mark De La Rosa — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.6 wins over .500
Elias Garcia
Full career not yet synced for Elias Garcia — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 0-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.5 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Mark De La Rosa
Distance 90.8% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 6.8% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 6.5%)
Elias Garcia
Distance 97.6% (norm 85.1%) · Clinch 2.4% (norm 6.0%) · Ground 0.0% (norm 7.3%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Mark De La Rosa
Head 79.8% (norm 77.4%) · Body 10.5% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 9.8% (norm 8.4%)
Elias Garcia
Head 81.1% (norm 75.9%) · Body 6.3% (norm 13.3%) · Legs 12.6% (norm 9.3%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Rosa L/A | Acc | Bantamweight med | Garcia L/A | Acc | Flyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 220 / 668 | 32.9% | 39.0% | 32 / 124 | 25.8% | 40.0% |
| In the clinch | 26 / 50 | 52.0% | 68.7% | 3 / 3 | too few to rate | 70.4% |
| On the ground | 15 / 18 | too few to rate | 70.2% | 0 / 0 | too few to rate | 69.7% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 159 / 587 | 27.1% | 34.9% | 19 / 103 | 18.4% | 37.6% |
| To the body | 52 / 77 | 67.5% | 66.8% | 4 / 8 | too few to rate | 68.5% |
| To the legs | 50 / 72 | 69.4% | 79.4% | 12 / 16 | too few to rate | 80.0% |
Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Flyweight: 73 fighters).
What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man
Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.
| Zone | vs Rosa L/A | Opp acc | Bantamweight med | vs Garcia L/A | Opp acc | Flyweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 294 / 655 | 44.9% | 39.3% | 50 / 116 | 43.1% | 40.1% |
| In the clinch | 56 / 69 | 81.2% | 70.4% | 3 / 5 | too few to rate | 68.8% |
| On the ground | 67 / 92 | 72.8% | 72.4% | 58 / 101 | 57.4% | 71.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 282 / 632 | 44.6% | 34.9% | 94 / 199 | 47.2% | 35.2% |
| To the body | 50 / 74 | 67.6% | 66.0% | 13 / 17 | too few to rate | 68.2% |
| To the legs | 85 / 110 | 77.3% | 79.1% | 4 / 6 | too few to rate | 80.3% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Rosa has more cage time on record.