Steve Garcia

FeatherweightGrappler
8 - 3

11 UFC Fights | 73% Win Rate | 7 Finishes (88%)

Height
6' 0"
Reach
75"
Weight
145 lbs.
Age
34
Southpaw

Steve Garcia UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Steve Garcia is 8-3 in the UFC across 11 fights, with 7 wins by knockout and 1 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 19-6, 11-3 of it outside the UFC. Garcia competes at featherweight as a southpaw grappler, standing 6'0" with a 75" reach at 34 years old. The last bout was a loss to Diego Lopes by knockout in Jun 2026.

Best attribute: knockdown power (knockdowns scored per fight) — 95th percentile among 191 featherweight fighters (0.73/fight).

Steve Garcia's UFC win rate is 73% (8 of 11 fights), and 88% of those wins came by finish. Garcia averages 0.4 takedowns per fight at 57% accuracy and stops 80% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
19-6
UFC Record
8-3
Height
6'0"
Reach
75"
Age
34
Stance
Southpaw
Last Fight
L vs Diego Lopes · KO/TKO · Jun 2026

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Steve Garcia's Last 5 Fights

Garcia is 4-1 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Diego Lopes · KO/TKO · R2 2:42 · UFC Freedom 250 · Jun 2026
  2. Win vs David Onama · KO/TKO · R1 3:34 · UFC Fight Night: Garcia vs. Onama · Nov 2025
  3. Win vs Calvin Kattar · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira · Jul 2025
  4. Win vs Kyle Nelson · KO/TKO · R1 3:59 · UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady · Sep 2024
  5. Win vs SeungWoo Choi · KO/TKO · R1 1:36 · UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Jandiroba · Jul 2024

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
5.0
+2.5x ratio
Accuracy
47%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.73

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
2.0
0.6x avg
Strike Differential
+3.0
Opp. Accuracy Against
37%
hard to hit

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
0.4
Takedown Accuracy
57%
Takedown Defense
80%
Control Time / Fight
0:57
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.2

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
36% KO
0% Sub
R2
27% KO
0% Sub
R3+
0% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Steve Garcia vs Average

Steve Garcia's UFC Fight History

11 UFC fights on record (8-3), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LDiego LopesKO/TKOR2 · 2:42UFC Freedom 2502026-06-14
WDavid OnamaKO/TKOR1 · 3:34UFC Fight Night: Garcia vs. Onama2025-11-01
WCalvin KattarDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira2025-07-12
WKyle NelsonKO/TKOR1 · 3:59UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady2024-09-07
WSeungWoo ChoiKO/TKOR1 · 1:36UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Jandiroba2024-07-20
WMelquizael CostaKO/TKOR2 · 1:01UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez2023-12-09
WShayilan NuerdanbiekeKO/TKOR2 · 0:36UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 22023-04-08
WChase HooperKO/TKOR1 · 1:32UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen2022-10-29
LMaheshateKO/TKOR1 · 1:14UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka2022-06-11
WCharlie OntiverosKO/TKOR2 · 1:51UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Rodriguez2021-10-09
LLuis PenaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo2020-02-29

How Garcia Ranks at Featherweight

Percentile among the 191 featherweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume5.0 sig. strikes/min
86th percentile
Striking accuracy47%
62nd percentile
Strikes absorbed2.0/min
93rd percentile
Takedowns0.4/fight
25th percentile
Takedown defense80%
83rd percentile
Knockdown power0.73/fight
95th percentile

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