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Featherweight
3 Rounds
Max Holloway won · S-DEC R3
Elo1352
Leonard Garcia
Elo1517
Max Holloway editorial illustration

Leonard GarciavsMax HollowayUFC Prediction Result

UFC 155: Dos Santos vs Velasquez II · Saturday, December 29, 2012Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Official fight result

Max Holloway won

S-DEC · Round 3 · 5:00

Model Prediction: Max Holloway wins(70.2%)

Actual result: Max Holloway wins · Model version: ufc_v6_2_pure_lightgbm_20260715_055615

Correct

Hypothetical $100 stake on the replay pick

Max Holloway at -430 American odds

+$23 profit

$123 total returned

Scouting Report

Auto-generated signals worth knowing before you read the deep stats below.

  • Leonard Garcia enters on a 4-fight losing streak.
  • Max Holloway has 39pp better takedown defense — controls where the fight happens.

Tale of the Tape

Leonard Garcia
Red Corner
VS
Max Holloway
Blue Corner
+380
(21%)
Vegas Odds
-430
(81%)
1352
Elo
1517
47
Age
34
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
5'10"
Height
5'11"
172.72 cm
Reach
175.26 cm

Recent Form

Last 5 fights for each fighter — most recent on the right. Hover any result for the matchup.

Leonard GarciaL4 streak
oldest →
W
vs Nam Phan · Dec 10
L
SUBvs Chan Sung Jung · Mar 11
L
vs Nam Phan · Oct 11
L
vs Matt Grice · Jun 12
L
vs Cody McKenzie · Apr 13
latest
Max Holloway
oldest →
W
KOvs Justin Gaethje · Apr 24
L
KOvs Ilia Topuria · Oct 24
W
vs Dustin Poirier · Jul 25
L
vs Charles Oliveira · Mar 26
W
KOvs Conor McGregor · Jul 26
latest

Output & Defense Comparison

Rate-normalized career statistics. Bold side has the edge per metric.

Leonard GarciaMetricMax Holloway
2.77
Strikes / min
6.91
4.79
Strikes absorbed / min
4.61
52%
Strike defense
58%
0.30
TDs / 15 min
0.23
42%
Takedown defense
81%
0.50
Sub atts / 15 min
0.30
Net striking (SLpM − SApM)
-2.02Δ 4.32 — meaningful gap+2.30

Statistical Profile

Career averages · bigger area = stronger across dimensions

Elo1466 vs 1519Strikes32.9 vs 52.7Takedowns0.3 vs 0.0Sub Atts0.43 vs 0.00Form-0.8 vs 0.5
Leonard GarciaMax Holloway

Recent Elo Trajectory

Last 10 fights for each fighter, aligned right (most recent on the right).

14901500151015201530← oldermost recent →
Leonard Garcia(6 fights)Max Holloway(10 fights)

Model Feature Differentials

Red − Blue for each engineered feature. Bar leans toward the stronger fighter.Hover a label to see what it measures.

ELO Rating
Red -165.4|Blue +165.4
Recent Form
Red -1.3|Blue +1.3
Striker Score
Red +0.1|Blue -0.1
Grappler Score
Red +0.2|Blue -0.2
Layoff
Red +64.0|Blue -64.0
Red Corner advantageBlue Corner advantage

Strike Breakdown

Where the strikes landed. Head accuracy is the single strongest predictor of fight outcomes.

Leonard GarciaTargetMax Holloway

By target zone

64
20% acc · 72%
Head
68
35% acc · 57%
10
42% acc · 11%
Body
38
62% acc · 32%
15
100% acc · 17%
Leg
14
93% acc · 12%

By position

82
24% acc · 92%
Distance
114
44% acc · 95%
7
58% acc · 8%
Clinch
6
86% acc · 5%
0
0% acc
Ground
0
0% acc

Round-by-Round Scoring (Model)

Statistical round-winner heuristic based on strikes, takedowns, control time, and knockdowns. Not the official judges' scorecard.

0
Leonard Garcia rounds
0
even
3
Max Holloway rounds
Round 1Max Holloway edged it
Sig. strikes25
Takedowns0
Control0:00
Knockdowns0
32Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:00Control
1Knockdowns
Round 2Max Holloway edged it
Sig. strikes25
Takedowns1
Control0:40
37Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:00Control
Round 3Max Holloway edged it
Sig. strikes39
Takedowns1
Control0:57
51Sig. strikes
0Takedowns
0:08Control
Statistical round count agrees with the official result.

Fight Stats

Totals

0
KD
1
89 / 359
Sig Strikes
120 / 269
24.3%
Sig Str %
44%
92 / 367
Total Strikes
122 / 273
2 / 4
TDs
0 / 0
50%
TD %
0
Sub Att
0
0
Rev
0
1:37
Ctrl Time
0:08

Round-by-Round

RoundFighterSig StrTotal StrTDSub
1Max Holloway32 / 7832 / 780 / 00
1Leonard Garcia25 / 10425 / 1040 / 00
2Max Holloway37 / 9038 / 910 / 00
2Leonard Garcia25 / 10426 / 1061 / 20
3Max Holloway51 / 10152 / 1040 / 00
3Leonard Garcia39 / 15141 / 1571 / 20

Leonard Garcia

StanceOrthodox
Height70.0"
Reach68.0"
Fights6

Max Holloway

StanceOrthodox
Height71.0"
Reach69.0"
Fights33