Steve Garcia
“Mean Machine”
Steve Garcia is ranked 29th of 477 featherweights by the First Light Rating, and 10th in the UFC’s own featherweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,92629th of 477 · Featherweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.20Fame ahead of skill
▼ −0.06 in 30 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,933, 1 Nov 2025
- Record
- 19–6Pro
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: 2,000 careers simulated from today, fight by fight; the dashed line is the middle one.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Jun 2026 | Lost to Diego LopesUFC White House - Freedom 250: Topuria vs. Gaethje · KO (Punches), R2 | −3 |
| 1 Nov 2025 | Won vs David OnamaUFC Fight Night 263 - Garcia vs. Onama · TKO (Punches), R1 | +37 |
| 12 Jul 2025 | Won vs Calvin KattarUFC on ESPN 70 - Lewis vs. Teixeira · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +26 |
| 7 Sept 2024 | Won vs Kyle NelsonUFC Fight Night 242 - Burns vs. Brady · TKO (Elbows and Punches), R1 | +38 |
| 20 Jul 2024 | Won vs Seung Woo ChoiUFC on ESPN 60 - Lemos vs. Jandiroba · TKO (Punches), R1 | +29 |
| 9 Dec 2023 | Won vs Melquizael CostaUFC Fight Night 233 - Song vs. Gutierrez · KO (Elbows), R2 | +3 |
| 8 Apr 2023 | Won vs Nuerdanbieke ShayilanUFC 287 - Pereira vs. Adesanya 2 · KO (Body Kick and Punches), R2 | −6 |
| 29 Oct 2022 | Won vs Chase HooperUFC Fight Night 213 - Kattar vs. Allen · TKO (Punches), R1 | +46 |
| 12 Jun 2022 | Lost to Maheshate HayisaerUFC 275 - Teixeira vs. Prochazka · KO (Punch), R1 | −46 |
| 9 Oct 2021 | Won vs Charlie OntiverosUFC Fight Night 194 - Dern vs. Rodriguez · TKO (Punches), R2 | +1 |
| 29 Feb 2020 | Lost to Luis PenaUFC Fight Night 169 - Benavidez vs. Figueiredo · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −20 |
| 17 Jan 2020 | Won vs Jose MariscalLFA 80 - Garcia vs. Mariscal · TKO (Knee and Elbows), R2 | +46 |
FLR is what the fight did to their First Light Rating: the true measure of skill.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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