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Rafa Garcia vs. Vinc Pichel

UFC 7-5-0 vs. 7-5-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
7-5-0
UFC record
7-5-0
Lightweight
Division (benchmark)
Lightweight
32
AgeΔ 11 yrs
43
5'7"
HeightΔ 3"
5'10"
70"
ReachΔ 2"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
1.2
Layoff (months)Δ 17.5 mo
18.7
LWWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Rafa Garcia hunts takedowns — 3.02 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.
Vinc Pichel hunts takedowns — 2.50 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.34 Lightweight norm.
Vinc Pichel's takedown defense leaks — 32% stopped, vs a 64% Lightweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Rafa Garcia

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 74
Tier 3 — regional circuit 110

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.29 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 10 finish wins over 22 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.8 wins over .500

Vinc Pichel

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 75
Tier 3 — regional circuit 70

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.13 · 7 tier-1/2 wins · 8 finish wins over 19 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.7 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

7104.33/min · norm 3.44
Sig. strikes landed
5673.78/min · norm 3.44
7674.68/min · norm 3.38
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
4753.17/min · norm 3.38
43.6%norm 43.65%
Striking accuracy
46.1%norm 43.65%
60.7%norm 56.3%
Striking defense
54.8%norm 56.3%
10.09/15 · norm 0.25
Knockdowns
10.10/15 · norm 0.25

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Rafa Garcia

Distance 90.8% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 5.7% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 3.5% (norm 8.0%)

Vinc Pichel

Distance 80.0% (norm 83.1%) · Clinch 10.0% (norm 7.3%) · Ground 10.0% (norm 8.0%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Rafa Garcia

Head 88.6% (norm 78.0%) · Body 7.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 4.2% (norm 8.0%)

Vinc Pichel

Head 67.2% (norm 78.0%) · Body 16.8% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 16.0% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Garcia L/AAccLightweight med Pichel L/AAccLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 602 / 1478 40.7% 38.3% 379 / 984 38.5% 38.3%
In the clinch 73 / 93 78.5% 67.5% 103 / 123 83.7% 67.5%
On the ground 35 / 57 61.4% 68.8% 85 / 123 69.1% 68.8%
BY TARGET
To the head 567 / 1442 39.3% 35.1% 259 / 826 31.4% 35.1%
To the body 84 / 118 71.2% 69.1% 144 / 207 69.6% 69.1%
To the legs 59 / 68 86.8% 81.8% 164 / 197 83.2% 81.8%

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 (Lightweight: 204 fighters · Lightweight: 204 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 Garcia L/AOpp accLightweight med vs Pichel L/AOpp accLightweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 665 / 1808 36.8% 38.8% 382 / 924 41.3% 38.8%
In the clinch 56 / 70 80.0% 68.6% 51 / 70 72.9% 68.6%
On the ground 46 / 75 61.3% 68.0% 42 / 57 73.7% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 486 / 1570 31.0% 35.2% 314 / 841 37.3% 35.2%
To the body 190 / 275 69.1% 68.2% 94 / 135 69.6% 68.2%
To the legs 91 / 108 84.3% 81.5% 67 / 75 89.3% 81.5%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
3341.8% acc · 3.02/15 · norm 1.34
Takedowns landed
2551.0% acc · 2.50/15 · norm 1.34
2777.1% def · norm 63.7%
Takedowns stopped
1231.6% def · norm 63.7%
33:4620.6% of cage time · norm 18.95%
Control time
36:4024.4% of cage time · norm 18.95%
8:170:45 per 15 · norm 2:50
Time under control lower is better
28:072:48 per 15 · norm 2:50
40.37/15 · norm 0.48
Submission attempts
20.20/15 · norm 0.48

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Garcia has more cage time on record.