Rafa Garcia
Garcia
Mexico flag
Nov 20 2021
Saturday

UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States

Prelim
3 rounds contest @ Lightweight
Natan Levy
Levy
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11-2-0
UD 3
UD 3
6-0-0

The tape

29
Age
32
5' 7" / 170 cm
Height
5' 9" / 175 cm
68.1" / 173 cm
Reach
72" / 183 cm

Tape record

UDUDUDUDSUB
Form
SUBMDUDUDSUB
11
Wins
6
1
By KO
0
9
KO%
0
7
By SUB
3
64
SUB%
50
2
Loses
0
0
Stopped
0
0
Tapped
0
0
Draws
0
2014
Debut
2018
13
Bouts
6
27
Rounds
14
1 hours, 51 minutes
Fight Time
57 minutes, 51 seconds

Tape rankings @ Lightweight

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UFC
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Rafa Garcia vs Natan Levy report

Who won Garcia vs Levy?

Rafa Garcia beat Natan Levy by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Vegas 43, on Saturday 20th November 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced 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 Levy stats

Rafa Garcia stepped into the octagon with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 7 by submission.

Natan Levy made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 6 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws and 3 by submission.

Rafa Garcia's UFC record stood at 3-3-0, while Natan Levy's came in at 2-2-0.

The stats suggested Garcia had a slight advantage in power over Levy, with a 9% knock out percentage over Levy's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Garcia had an advantage over Levy, with a 64% submission rate over Levy's 50%.

Rafa Garcia was the younger man by 3 years, at 29 years old.

Levy had a height advantage of 2 inches over Garcia. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Garcia was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 3 years and 5 months earlier than Levy, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 13 more professional rounds, 38 to Levy's 25.

Garcia vs Levy form

Natan Levy had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Genaro Valdez at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Holland on 3rd December 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Amway Center, Orlando, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Mike Breeden at UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera on 30th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Rafa Garcia at UFC Vegas 43 on 20th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Ben Lugo at LFA 88 on 21st August 2020 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at Sanford Pentagon, Sioux Falls.

He was victorious against Nick Badis at LFA 69 on 7th June 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, Cabazon.

Activity check

Levy's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 10 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Garcia vs Levy?

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