Aaron Pico vs Steve Garcia — Compare

Compare any two UFC fighters

Aaron Pico

14-5Featherweight

Jackson-Wink MMA

Anchored to Featherweight

Steve Garcia

19-5Featherweight

4oz. Fight Club

Data current through Jun 20, 2026

Tale of the Tape

The biometric deltas where one side genuinely has an edge.

Aaron PicovsSteve Garcia

Age

younger

5'8"

173cm

Height

taller

6'0"

183cm

70"

178cm

Reach

reach

75"

191cm

Edge sizeSlightNotableMajor

Activity & layoff

The recency dimension Tale of the Tape doesn't carry. How active each fighter has been, and how that compares to active peers in their division.

Time since last UFC bout

Aaron2 months

Steve1 week

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Aaron Pico

Active

2 monthssince last bout

vs Patricio Pitbull · Apr 11, 2026

Steve Garcia

Active

1 weeksince last bout

vs Diego Lopes · Jun 14, 2026

Shared training affiliations

Camps both fighters currently affiliate with. The strongest signal first; secondary ties follow.

Primary teammates

Jackson-Wink MMA

Albuquerque, United States

Elite

Roster

Aaron Pico and Steve Garcia are primary teammates at Jackson-Wink MMA.

Aaron PicoPrimarySteve GarciaPrimary

Current affiliations only. Past camps the fighters may have shared (and since left) aren’t tracked in our schema yet, so absence below doesn’t rule out historical teammate ties.

Division context

Division percentiles below rank both fighters against the Featherweight roster (348 fighters).

Recent form

Last five pro bouts (non-UFC fights dashed + tagged), current trajectory, and the level of opposition going into this matchup.

Aaron Pico

Steve Garcia

Pico — last 5

recent → old

WPFL

KO R1

Corrales

Feb ’24

WBELLATOR

KO R1

Carvalho

Sep ’23

WBELLATOR

DEC

Gonzalez

Apr ’23

Garcia — last 5

recent → old

Last 5 record

4-1

Even

4-1

Current streak

Ranked opps

2 of 5

3 of 5

Layoff

2 mo

10 d

Schedule Score

Who they've faced × what they've done. Composite + components compared head-to-head, percentile-ranked against every UFC fighter w/ ≥3 resolved bouts.

UFC only

Aaron Pico

Schedule Score

Steve Garcia

Schedule Score

UFC experienceTotal octagon time + bouts

18 min

2 bouts

Octagon time

50 min

68 min

11 bouts

Schedule strength

73%

43%

Win quality

37%

62%

Ranked opponents

Title-holder bouts

Even

Opponent quality distribution

every UFC bout, bucketed by who the opponent was at the time

Aaron Pico

2 bouts

Steve Garcia

11 bouts

Top-5

Top-15

Cross-div ranked

Contender-level

Established

Building

Unproven

Pre-UFC opposition

non-UFC slate for Aaron Pico, from opponents’ full pro records

Aaron Pico

Strong

Opponents' combined record

137-70-1

.662 win rate

Winning-record opponents

9 of 10

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

10 opponents with records on file

A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.

Per-tier records + bout-by-bout

Per-tier records

Tier	Aaron Pico	Steve Garcia
Top-5	0-1	1-1
Top-15	1-0	1-0
Cross-div ranked	—	1-0
Contender-level	—	1-0
Established	—	0-1
Building	—	2-0
Unproven	—	2-1

Aaron Pico — bouts

Steve Garcia — bouts

All figures are 0–100 ratings (shown as %), not percentages of anything literal. Schedule strength = the average quality of every UFC opponent faced (win or lose). Win quality = the average quality of the opponents actually beaten. The composite Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) with win quality (35%). Per-bout opponent quality is scored on rank-at-time-of-fight (champion 100, ranks 1–5 = 90→78, ranks 6–15 = 75→60), with cross-division and P4P signals layered on, falling back to opponent UFC record-at-time for unranked opponents. For fighters with limited UFC experience the headline is held toward a rookie baseline, so debut / low-sample fighters read lower than established names. UFC ranking data is sparse before December 2018, so legacy-era fighters score from record-at-time when ranks are missing.

Striking matchup

Each fighter's offense mapped against the other's defense — where one attacks meets where the other gets hit, across head, body, and leg. Per 15 minutes of UFC fight time.

UFC only

Overall Striking

Striking

61st

+18

79th

Garcia has the striking edge (+18).

Each lane: the attacker’s strike rate (offense) vs the other’s rate absorbed (defense), graded on the division. The bar leans toward whoever wins the exchange — longer + greener = a bigger, higher-quality edge.

Pico’s offensevsGarcia’s defense

Head

81st

43.9

+16

65th

28.8

Body

60th

11.6

+23

82nd

6.6

Leg

58th

8.8

+13

71st

5.2

Garcia’s offensevsPico’s defense

Head

A+

86th

46.9

+35

51st

33.0

Body

57th

11.0

+22

35th

12.6

Leg

52nd

8.1

Even

48th

7.9

Full breakdown — all zones, both views

Zone	Fighter	Landed / 15	Accuracy	Absorbed / 15	Career landed
Head	Aaron Pico	top 19% of division43.9	48%	around division average33.0	86
Head	Steve Garcia	top 14% of division46.9	41%	above division average28.8	254
Body	Aaron Pico	above division average11.6	80%	below division average12.6	16
Body	Steve Garcia	above division average11.0	74%	top 18% of division6.6	50
Leg	Aaron Pico	above division average8.8	100%	around division average7.9	11
Leg	Steve Garcia	around division average8.1	92%	top 29% of division5.2	35

Per-15-minute rates are sourced from UFCStats fight totals across each fighter’s UFC career. Division percentile is computed against every UFC fighter who has competed in this weight class with at least two recorded bouts. Lower “absorbed” values are better — the percentile is inverted so “top of division” always means better outcome.

Grappling matchup

Takedowns, submission threat, and control. Per 15 minutes of UFC fight time, with takedown defense as a percentage of opponent attempts stopped.

UFC only

Aaron Pico

Steve Garcia

Each metric graded on the division — the bar leans toward whoever wins that part of the grappling exchange (longer + greener = a bigger edge).

Overall Grappling

Grappling

69th

+10

58th

Pico has the grappling edge (+10).

Takedowns

84th

6.5

+37

47th

0.9

Takedown accuracy

68th

50%

8/16

57%

4/7

Takedown defense

—

74th

80%

12/15

Submission threat

57th

0.0

Even

62nd

0.4

Control time

66th

4.4 min

+15

51st

2.3 min

Full breakdown — career grappling totals

Metric	Aaron Pico	Steve Garcia
Takedowns landed / 15career takedowns	6.58	0.94
Takedown accuracycareer landed / attempted	50%8 / 16	57%4 / 7
Takedown defensecareer stopped / faced	—0 / 0	80%12 / 15
Submission attempts / 15career attempts	0.00	0.42
Control time / 15 (min)career total	4.4 min5:26	2.3 min10:21
Time controlled by opponent / 15 (min)career total	0.0 min0:00	5.5 min25:04

All rates computed from UFCStats fight totals across each fighter’s UFC career. Takedown defense = opponent attempts stopped ÷ opponent total attempts. Control time figures are minutes the fighter spent in a dominant position per 15 minutes of fight time. Accuracy under 8 career attempts is shown raw and ungraded — too small a sample to rate against the division.

Finishing & durability

How often each fighter ends fights early — and how often they get put away. Outcomes view, not per-minute output.

Aaron Pico

Steve Garcia

When their fights end

every pro finish on the fight clock

Pico11W–5L by finish · 64% in round 1

Garcia14W–3L by finish

0:00

5:00

10:00

15:00

Win(above)Loss(below)KO / TKOSubmissionPosition = when the fight ended

Finish & durability rates

Full professional career

Finish rate

Even

percent of wins ending by KO or submission

Even

62nd

79%

Even

62nd

79%

Goes the distance

Both finishers

percent of resolved bouts going to a decision (style read, not quality)

Both finishers

16%

29%

KO durability

↑17%·Garcia

percent of resolved bouts ending in a KO/TKO loss

↑17%·Garcia

8th

21%

+60

68th

Submission defense

Even

percent of resolved bouts ending by submission loss

Even

47th

Even

52nd

Full method breakdown

Outcome	Aaron Pico	Steve Garcia
Wins
by KO / TKO	9(64%)	15(79%)
by submission	2(14%)	0(0%)
by decision	3(21%)	4(21%)
Losses
by KO / TKO	4(80%)	1(20%)
by submission	1(20%)	1(20%)
by decision	0(0%)	3(60%)

Full professional career method splits, graded against the full-pro division distribution. Career KO losses are the total — clean knockouts and cut/injury stoppages can’t be separated outside the UFC corpus. Finish-time pace is UFC-only.

KO history

UFC fights only — knockout power and chin durability, head-to-head, then when the last finish landed, and on whom.

Aaron Pico

Steve Garcia

0 KO/TKO in 2 bouts

Knockout rate

67%

8 KO/TKO in 12 bouts

0.0 / 100 head

Knockdowns dealt

3.1 / 100 head

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Clean KO losses

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

3.1 / 100 head

Knockdowns absorbed

5.5 / 100 head

Chin bars use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Aaron PicoFinish timeline

Last time KO'd
vs Lerone Murphy10 months ago
UFC 319: Du Plessis vs. Chimaev · Aug 16, 2025 · R1 · 3:21
Last time submitted
Never submitted in the UFC

Steve GarciaFinish timeline

Last time KO'd
vs Diego Lopes10 days ago
UFC Freedom 250 · Jun 14, 2026 · R2 · 2:42
Last time submitted
Never submitted in the UFC

Pace & fade

How each fighter's work rate holds up as a fight wears on — round-by-round output (striking, takedown attempts, and control time combined), and whether they fade. The fade % compares round-3 output to round 1 over bouts that reached the third round.

UFC only

Aaron Pico

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Steve Garcia

81%

R3 vs R1 · 2 bouts reaching R3

Garcia drops to 81% of round-1 output by round 3 (within fights reaching round 3). Pico hasn't reached the third round in enough UFC bouts to read a pace pattern yet.

Pico

Garcia ▼ FADESOutput / min

Faded points are drawn from a single bout that reached that round, so they’re less reliable than the solid points averaged over many fights.

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown — both fighters

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs. Splitting them out shows whether a fighter’s work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control — and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Pico

Garcialanded / min

Takedown attempts

Pico

Garciaattempts / min

Control time

Pico

Garcia% of round

Round	Fighter	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	Aaron Pico	8.0	4.2	3.0	0.84	34%	2
R1	Steve Garcia	5.7	4.5	2.1	0.14	19%	11
R2	Aaron Pico	12.7	9.8	3.8	0.80	14%	1
R2	Steve Garcia	8.0	7.2	2.1	0.06	15%	6
R3	Aaron Pico	10.4	5.8	2.6	1.00	39%	1
R3	Steve Garcia	3.3	3.3	1.3	0.00	1%	2

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length — a 2:30 stoppage counts as 2.5 minutes, not five — so an early finish doesn’t distort the per-minute pace.

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