Who won Newson vs Garcia?
Journey Newson beat Fernie Garcia by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC 274, on Saturday 7th May 2022 at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro.
The scorecards were announced as in favor of winner Journey Newson.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).
Newson vs Garcia stats
Journey Newson stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.
Fernie Garcia made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws and 3 by submission.
The stats suggested Newson had a massive power advantage over Garcia, boasting at 33% knock out percentage over Garcia's 0%.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Garcia had a slight advantage over Newson, with a 38% submission rate over Newson's 33%.
Journey Newson was the older man by 3 years, at 35 years old.
Garcia had a height advantage of 2 inches over Newson. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.
Newson's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Garcia's, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 2 months earlier than Garcia, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 2 less professional rounds, 35 to Garcia's 37.
Newson vs Garcia form
Fernie Garcia had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Brady Hiestand at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak on 19th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.
Previous to that, he had been beaten by Journey Newson at UFC 274 on 7th May 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Going into that contest, he had beat Ryan Hayes at LFA 94 on 30th October 2020 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Hartman Arena, Park City, United States.
Before that, he had won against Jay Viola at LFA 83 on 6th March 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Bomb Factory, Dallas.
He had lost to Cody Freeman at LFA 62 on 22nd March 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at The Bomb Factory, Dallas.
Activity check
Garcia's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 5 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 Newson vs Garcia?
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