Rafa Garcia vs. Maheshate – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC Vegas 66: Cannonier vs. Strickland is scheduled to take place on Saturday, December 17, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Rafa “Gifted” Garcia will take on Maheshate in the Lightweight Bout. You can view the full UFC Vegas 66 card.

In this post, we will break down Rafa Garcia vs. Maheshate matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats, and more below ⤵

The 29-year-old, Rafa Garcia is coming in with a 14-3-0 record. Garcia will be fighting for the first time since a loss via U-DEC against Drakkar Klose at UFC 277: Pena vs. Nunes 2 in July.

Maheshate, meanwhile, is coming off a KO/TKO win against Steve Garcia on July 30, 2022 at UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka and holds a 9-1 record.

Rafa Garcia has an orthodox fighting stance with a 70″ reach. The 24-year-old, Maheshate is an orthodox fighter with a 71″ reach. An orthodox fighter stands with their left side forward and jabs with their left hand, the southpaw fighter is the opposite, southpaw stands with their right side forward and jabs with their right hand. In most cases, orthodox fighters are right-handed, if you are left-handed, then you fight southpaw.

Rafa Garcia:
→ Garcia’s striking accuracy is 38%.
→ Garcia lands 3.26 significant strikes per minute.
→ Garcia’s takedown accuracy is 42%.
→ Garcia’s takedown average is 3.87 per 15 minutes.
→ Garcia’s takedown defense is 76%.

Garcia comes in with 38% striking accuracy, typically landing about 3.26 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Maheshate fires at 31% accuracy, landing about 3.45 significant strikes per minute. Rafa Garcia also has a 42% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 3.87 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Maheshate’s 0 takedowns and 0% takedown accuracy.

Maheshate:
→ Maheshate’s striking accuracy is 31%.
→ Maheshate lands 3.45 significant strikes per minute.
→ Maheshate’s takedown accuracy is 0%.
→ Maheshate’s takedown average is 0 per 15 minutes.
→ Maheshate’s takedown defense is 0%.

spent on average 8:07 minutes in the Octagon and Rafa has an average fight time of 13:58 minutes.

This looks like an exciting matchup, at least on paper. UFC Vegas 66 is live in , who do you think will win, Rafa or ? Sound off in the comments.

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