Steve Garcia stats
Career striking and grappling numbers for Steve Garcia, with every tracked fight below.
Career totals
Across UFC
- Tracked bouts
- 12
- Strikes landed / min
- 5.41
- Strike accuracy
- 48%
- Strikes absorbed / min
- 2.19
- Takedowns / 15 min
- 0.83
- Control time
- 15%
- Average fight time
- 6:03
Rates are computed over the 12 bouts whose finish time we hold.
Where they rank
All-time boards where Steve Garcia sits in the top 25.
All MMA
- #1 Most knockdowns per 15 minutes, Featherweight2.7
- #2 Best significant strike defence, Featherweight68.6%
- #3 Shortest average fight time, Featherweight5:34
- #3 Most knockdowns in a round, Featherweight3
- #3 Best striking differential, Featherweight4.05
- #4 Most knockdowns in a fight, Featherweight3
- #7 Most knockdowns, Featherweight7
- #7 Most knockouts, Featherweight5
UFC
- #1 Most knockdowns per 15 minutes, Featherweight2.7
- #1 Best striking differential, Featherweight4.05
- #2 Shortest average fight time, Featherweight5:34
- #2 Best significant strike defence, Featherweight68.6%
- #3 Most knockdowns in a round, Featherweight3
- #4 Most knockdowns in a fight, Featherweight3
- #6 Most knockouts, Featherweight5
- #7 Most knockdowns, Featherweight7
Fight by fight
Every bout we hold official statistics for, newest first.
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result | Significant strikes | Opp. sig. strikes | Total strikes | Takedowns | Knockdowns | Submission attempts | Control time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2026 | UFC Freedom 250 | Diego Lopes | LOSS · TKO · R2 2:42 | 47 of 104 | 24 of 66 | 47 of 104 | 0 of 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 |
| Nov 1, 2025 | UFC Fight Night: Garcia vs Onama | David Onama | WIN · TKO · R1 3:34 | 33 of 62 | 2 of 16 | 43 of 72 | 0 of 0 | 1 | 0 | 0:04 |
| Jul 12, 2025 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs Teixeira | Calvin Kattar | WIN · UD · R3 5:00 | 85 of 250 | 26 of 123 | 85 of 250 | 0 of 0 | 1 | 0 | 0:03 |
| Sep 7, 2024 | UFC Fight Night: Burns vs Brady | Kyle Nelson | WIN · TKO · R1 3:59 | 22 of 37 | 1 of 2 | 39 of 62 | 0 of 0 | 0 | 0 | 1:36 |
| Jul 20, 2024 | UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs Jandiroba | SeungWoo Choi | WIN · TKO · R1 1:36 | 15 of 27 | 9 of 15 | 18 of 34 | 0 of 1 | 1 | 0 | 0:37 |
| Dec 9, 2023 | UFC Fight Night: Song vs Gutierrez | Melquizael Costa | WIN · TKO · R2 1:01 | 29 of 49 | 6 of 10 | 41 of 66 | 0 of 0 | 1 | 1 | 0:46 |
| Apr 8, 2023 | UFC 287: Pereira vs Adesanya 2 | Shayilan Nuerdanbieke | WIN · TKO · R2 0:36 | 17 of 40 | 18 of 35 | 50 of 77 | 0 of 0 | 1 | 0 | 0:15 |
| Oct 29, 2022 | UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs Allen | Chase Hooper | WIN · TKO · R1 1:32 | 29 of 44 | 10 of 30 | 31 of 46 | 0 of 0 | 3 | 0 | 0:17 |
| Jun 12, 2022 | UFC 275: Teixeira vs Prochazka | Maheshate | LOSS · TKO · R1 1:14 | 7 of 19 | 7 of 10 | 9 of 21 | 0 of 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:35 |
| Oct 9, 2021 | UFC Fight Night: Dern vs Rodriguez | Charlie Ontiveros | WIN · TKO · R2 1:51 | 34 of 49 | 7 of 23 | 70 of 87 | 3 of 5 | 0 | 0 | 5:55 |
| Feb 29, 2020 | UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs Figueiredo | Luis Pena | LOSS · UD · R3 5:00 | 21 of 39 | 27 of 42 | 98 of 153 | 1 of 1 | 0 | 1 | 0:13 |
| Aug 20, 2019 | Dana White's Contender Series 25 | Desmond Torres | WIN · TKO · R1 4:35 | 54 of 105 | 22 of 34 | 57 of 108 | 0 of 1 | 1 | 0 | 0:36 |
Strike Distribution
Strike target
- Head293 of 702
- Body62 of 82
- Leg38 of 41
Totals across 12 tracked fights.
Strike position
- Distance267 of 644
- Clinch30 of 41
- Ground96 of 140
Totals across 12 tracked fights.
As published elsewhere
Career averages exactly as each source publishes them. The totals above are ours, computed from every tracked bout.
UFC careerRecord: 19-6-0 · Source: UFCStats.com
- Significant strikes
- 5.46per min
- Sig. strike accuracy
- 48%
- SApM
- 2.22per min
- Str. Def.
- 59%
- Takedowns
- 0.77per 15 min
- Takedown accuracy
- 40%
- TD Def.
- 89%
- Submission attempts
- 0.4per 15 min
Top 9% in the UFC
Top 13% in the UFC
Top 45% in the UFC
Top 6% in the UFC
Percentiles compare this fighter with 1498 UFC fighters who have five or more tracked fights.