Steve Garcia Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	#2Diego Lopes Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Guard	R2	2:42	UFC Freedom 250	Jun 14, 2026
W	#13David Onama Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	3:34	UFC Fight Night: Garcia vs. Onama	Nov 1, 2025
W	#14Calvin Kattar Featherweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira	Jul 12, 2025
W	Kyle Nelson Featherweight	KO/TKO	Elbows to Head From Half Guard	R1	3:59	UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady	Sep 7, 2024
W	SeungWoo Choi Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:36	UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Jandiroba	Jul 20, 2024
W	Melquizael Costa Lightweight	KO/TKO	Elbows to Head From Mount	R2	1:01	UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez	Dec 9, 2023
W	Shayilan Nuerdanbieke Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Body At Distance	R2	0:36	UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2	Apr 8, 2023
W	Chase Hooper Featherweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	1:32	UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen	Oct 29, 2022
L	Maheshate Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:14	UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka	Jun 11, 2022
W	Charlie Ontiveros Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Mount	R2	1:51	UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Rodriguez	Oct 9, 2021
L	Luis Pena Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo	Feb 29, 2020

Outside the UFC

11-3across 14 bouts · 6 promotions · wins by 8 KO · 3 decBellator · Fresquez Productions · LFA · Dana White's Contender Series · Triple A MMA 4 +1

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Jose Mariscal18-7	KO/TKO	Knee and Elbows	R2	2:27	LFA	Jan 17, 2020
W	Desmond Torres7-3	KO/TKO	punches and elbows	R1	4:35	Dana White's Contender Series	Aug 20, 2019
W	Andrew Whitney16-11	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:27	Fresquez Productions	May 10, 2019
W	Abel Cullum21-7	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Fresquez Productions	Nov 30, 2018
L	Aalon Cruz11-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:47	Fresquez Productions	Jun 2, 2018
L	Joe Warren15-8	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Bellator	Jul 14, 2017
W	Ronnie Lawrence8-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Bellator	Oct 21, 2016
L	Ricky Turcios12-6	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Bellator	Mar 4, 2016
W	Eduardo Bustillos5-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:59	Bellator	Sep 25, 2015
W	Kin Moy12-4	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Bellator	Sep 5, 2014
W	Cody Walker9-8	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:39	Bellator	Jun 6, 2014
W	Klay Guy0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:14	Triple A MMA 4	Jan 16, 2014
W	Shawn Bunch11-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	3:29	Bellator	Oct 25, 2013
W	Alan Lerma1-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:52	Triple A MMA 1	Apr 28, 2013

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

3-0across 3 amateur bouts · 3 promotionsFresquez Productions · RITC 133 · ROF 22

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Josey Boatright0-1	KO/TKO	Head Kick	R1	0:16	Fresquez Productions	Mar 4, 2011
W	JB Chavez0-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:50	RITC 133	Aug 15, 2009
W	Allan Ryan0-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	ROF 22	Mar 25, 2006

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

15 wins, 1 loss

W15

L1

Submission

0 wins, 1 loss

W0

L1

Decision

4 wins, 3 losses

W4

L3

Finishes

UFC KOs

7

Above avg · 11%Featherweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.73

Above avg · 0.23Featherweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 7%Featherweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.18

Below avg · 0.40Featherweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Steve Garcia

PowerChin

Knockout rate

67%

8 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

8

3.15 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

6

5.45 per 100 head

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

Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

2 scorecards on file

Steve Garcia

Unanimous2 decisions · 100%

1W1L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallA79th

49%339 / 720

Striking accuracy

59%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+3.27 differential

Landed5.39

Absorbed2.12

74%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+8%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head75%86th254
Body15%57th50
Leg10%53rd35

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

69%Standing

Standing69%235
Clinch4%12
Ground27%92

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Steve Garcia

Landed per 15

Head

A+

91st

56.0

91st

Body

C

58th

11.0

58th

Leg

C

49th

7.7

49th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

A

77th

24.2

77th

Body

A+

97th

3.1

97th

Leg

A+

88th

2.9

88th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	56.0	254	614	41%
Body	11.0	50	68	74%
Leg	7.7	35	38	92%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	24.2	110	330	33%
Body	3.1	14	29	48%
Leg	2.9	13	13	100%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Steve Garcia

57%

Takedown accuracy

80%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-3.2 min net

On top2.3

On bottom5.5

Offense

Takedowns

C

47th

0.9

47th

TD accuracy

57%

Sub attempts

B

61st

0.4

61st

Control

C

50th

2.3 min

50th

Defense

TD defense

A

74th

80%

74th

Controlled

5.5 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	4 / 7
Submission attempts	2
Control time	10:21

Defense

TDs defended	12 / 15
Control absorbed	25:04

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (68min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Steve Garcia

11 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 68 min

81%

R3 pace · 2 bouts

Garcia fades (-21% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Garcia drops to 81% of round-1 output by round 3 (2 bouts).

Garcia ▼ FADESOutput / min

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

What drives the pace · per round

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

Sig. strikes landed

Garcialanded / min

Takedown attempts

Garciaattempts / min

Control time

Garcia% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.7	4.5	2.1	0.14	19%	11
R2	8.0	7.2	2.1	0.06	15%	6
R3	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.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Steve Garcia

11 resolved UFC bouts · 3 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

49/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A

71st

43%

71st

Win quality

A+

92nd

62%

92nd

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

2

1

2

3

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Contender-level8+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.55 win rate
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	2	1-1	50%
Top-15	1	1-0	100%
Cross-div ranked	1	1-0	100%
Contender-level	1	1-0	100%
Established	1	0-1	0%
Building	2	2-0	100%
Unproven	3	2-1	67%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Diego Lopes#2	Top-5	87	Jun 14, 2026
W	David Onama#13	Top-15	63	Nov 1, 2025
W	Calvin Kattar#14	Top-5	74	Jul 12, 2025
W	Kyle Nelson	Building	18	Sep 7, 2024
W	SeungWoo Choi	Unproven	12	Jul 20, 2024
W	Melquizael Costa	Cross-div ranked	32	Dec 9, 2023
W	Shayilan Nuerdanbieke	Building	18	Apr 8, 2023
W	Chase Hooper	Contender-level	36	Oct 29, 2022
L	Maheshate	Unproven	8	Jun 11, 2022
W	Charlie Ontiveros	Unproven	8	Oct 9, 2021
L	Luis Pena	Established	26	Feb 29, 2020

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

11 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

1-0

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

3-0

3 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

4-2

6 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

0-1

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

2-0

2 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

6-2

8 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

4 weeks

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Steve Garcia

Active

4 weekssince last bout

vs Diego Lopes · Jun 14, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 5-1As underdog 3-2

81.6

DK avg

95.4

Median

116.5

Ceiling

29.2

Floor

64%

Boom

18%

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