UFC UFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Strickland Final

Chris Gruetzemacher vs Rafa Garcia

Chris Gruetzemacher
United States

Chris Gruetzemacher

“Gritz”

15-5

Winner

VS
Rafa Garcia
Mexico

Rafa Garcia

“Gifted”

19-5

Winner

Chris Gruetzemacher

Decision - Unanimous · Round 3 — 5:00

31 July 2021 · UFC Apex, Las Vegas, USA

Key takeaways

  • Chris Gruetzemacher beat Rafa Garcia by unanimous decision after three rounds.
  • Chris Gruetzemacher landed 176 of 268 total strikes and 0 of 1 takedowns, with 0:03 of control time.
  • The judges scored it 29-28, 29-28, 29-28.

Tale of the tape

Chris GruetzemacherRafa Garcia
15-5Record19-5
35Age on fight night26
5′8″ (173 cm)Height5′7″ (170 cm)
68″ (173 cm)Reach70″ (178 cm)
155 lb (70.3 kg)Weight155 lb (70.3 kg)
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox
2 Knuckle Sports MMA AcademyTeamTeam Elevation
Page, Arizona, United StatesFromBrawley, California, United States

Fight statistics

176of 268 · 66%Total strikes landed90of 166 · 54%
112of 201Head strikes71of 143
48of 49Body strikes9of 10
16of 18Leg strikes10of 13
0of 1Takedowns5of 12
0Submission attempts1
0:03Control time6:26

Counts are total strikes thrown and landed — the source does not separate significant strikes.

Round by round

Chris GruetzemacherRoundRafa Garcia
57/90strikes0/1TD0KD0:01controlR138/68strikes2/4TD0KD1:27control
46/77strikes0/0TD0KD0:02controlR225/49strikes1/5TD0KD1:53control
73/101strikes0/0TD0KD0:00controlR327/49strikes2/3TD0KD3:06control

Judges’ scorecards

Dave Hagen

9R11010R2910R39

29total28

Rick Winter

9R11010R2910R39

29total28

Ron McCarthy

9R11010R2910R39

29total28

Form going into the fight

Chris Gruetzemacher

  1. LAlexander HernandezKO/TKO R1 1:462020
  2. WJoe Lauzon2018
  3. LDavi Ramossubmission R3 0:502017
  4. LChas Skellysubmission R2 2:012017
  5. WRyan DiazTKO - doctor's stoppage R1 5:002010

Rafa Garcia

  1. LNasrat Haqparastunanimous decision2021

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