Hardwick vs Garcia

Who won Hardwick vs Garcia?

Harry Hardwick beat Javier Garcia by unanimous decision in their 4 round contest during the main event of Cage Warriors 186, on Friday 21st March 2025 at Indigo at The O2 in London.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Harry Hardwick.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Hardwick vs Garcia stats

Harry Hardwick stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Javier Garcia made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws and 6 by submission.

This was Harry Hardwick's 8th fight in Cage Warriors, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021. Javier Garcia marked his 2nd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Harry Hardwick's Cage Warriors record stood at 7-0-1, while Javier Garcia's came in at 1-1-0.

The stats suggested Hardwick had a large advantage in power over Garcia, boasting a 25% knock out percentage over Garcia's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Garcia had a large advantage over Hardwick, boasting a 55% submission rate over Hardwick's 33%.

Harry Hardwick was the younger man by 32 years, at years old.

Hardwick's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Garcia's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in , 8 years and 8 months earlier than Garcia, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 8 less professional rounds, 44 to Garcia's 52.

Hardwick vs Garcia form

Hardwick had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Keweny Lopes at Cage Warriors 181: Hardwick vs. Lopes on 23rd November 2024 by knockout in the 4th round in their championship fight at Vertu Motors Arena, Newcastle, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beaten Orlando Wilson Prins at Cage Warriors 172: Hardwick vs. Prins on 25th May 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round in their championship fight at Vertu Motors Arena, Newcastle.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Vitor Estevam at Cage Warriors 157 on 21st July 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Indigo At The O2, London.

Before that, he was victorious against Steve Aimable at Cage Warriors 145 on 4th November 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Indigo at the O2, London.

He had drawn with Federico Pasquali at Cage Warriors 140 on 25th June 2022 by majority draw in their 3 round contest at SSE Arena, Belfast.

Javier Garcia had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Roberto Hernandez at Cage Warriors 173: Reis vs. Souza on 7th June 2024 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Sycuan Casino Resort, San Diego, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Elijah Johns at LFA 163 on 21st July 2023 by submission in the 2nd round in their LFA Featherweight championship fight at Bell County Expo Center, Belton.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Leandro Gomes at LFA 137 on 29th July 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Commerce Casino, Commerce.

Before that, he had lost to Chase Gibson at LFA 127 on 25th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Commerce Casino & Hotel, Commerce.

He was victorious against Ryan Fillingame at LFA 118 on 12th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Los Angeles-Burbank Marriott Convention Center, Burbank.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Harry Hardwick had been fighting more than Javier Garcia.

Going to this contest, Harry Hardwick had last fought 5 months and 16 days ago, while Javier Garcia's last outing had been 11 months and 2 days ago.

Hardwick's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Garcia's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Hardwick vs Garcia?

Harry Hardwick was a 1/10 (-1000) favourite going into the contest, while Javier Garcia made his way into the ring at 11/2 (+550) with oddsmakers.