Kattar vs Garcia

When is Kattar vs Garcia?

Calvin Kattar will face Steve Garcia during the main card of UFC Fight Night Nashville, on Saturday 12th July 2025 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.

The fight will be contested over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which means the weight limit will be 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Kattar vs Garcia stats

Calvin Kattar steps into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Steve Garcia will make his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by knock out.

This will be Calvin Kattar's 14th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017. Steve Garcia will mark his 8th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Calvin Kattar's UFC record currently stands at 7-7-0, while Steve Garcia's comes in at 6-2-0.

The stats suggest Garcia has a massive power advantage over Kattar, boasting a 82% knock out percentage over Kattar's 48%.

If the fight goes to the ground, their records suggest Kattar will have a slight advantage over Garcia, with a 9% submission rate over Garcia's 0%.

Calvin Kattar is the older man by 5 years, at 37 years old.

Garcia has a height advantage of 1 inch over Kattar. This also extends to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Kattar is the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 5 years and 10 months earlier than Garcia, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He has fought 38 more professional rounds, 82 to Garcia's 44.

Kattar vs Garcia form

Calvin Kattar has beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight, he lost to Youssef Zalal at UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues on 15th February 2025 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Aljamain Sterling at UFC 300 on 13th April 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Arnold Allen at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen on 29th October 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had lost to Josh Emmett at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett on 18th June 2022 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Moody Center, Austin.

He had won against Giga Chikadze at UFC Fight Night on 15th January 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Steve Garcia has stopped all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight, he beat Kyle Nelson at UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady on 7th September 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Seung Woo Choi at UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Jandiroba on 20th July 2024 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he was victorious against Melquizael Costa at UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutierrez on 9th December 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had won against Yilan Sha at UFC 287 on 8th April 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Miami-Dade Arena, Miami.

He had beaten Chase Hooper at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen on 29th October 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of recent activity, Steve Garcia has been fighting more than Calvin Kattar.

Calvin Kattar last fought 2 months and 22 days ago, while Steve Garcia's last outing was 8 months ago.

Kattar's last 5 fights have come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 22 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 7 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Garcia's last 5 fights have come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 8 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 6 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

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