Maheshate vs Garcia

Who won Maheshate vs Garcia?

Maheshate beat Steve Garcia by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC 275, on Saturday 11th June 2022 at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Maheshate vs Garcia stats

Maheshate stepped into the octagon with a record of 6 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Steve Garcia made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out.

This was Maheshate's 5th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022. Steve Garcia marked his 8th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2020.

Maheshate's UFC record stood at 2-3-0, while Steve Garcia's came in at 6-2-0.

The stats suggested Garcia had a large advantage in power over Maheshate, boasting a 75% knock out percentage over Maheshate's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Maheshate and Garcia would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Maheshate was the younger man by 8 years, at 25 years old.

Garcia had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Maheshate was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2019, 6 years and 3 months later than Garcia, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 10 less professional rounds, 34 to Garcia's 44.

Maheshate vs Garcia form

Steve Garcia had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Yilan Sha at UFC 287 on 8th April 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Miami-Dade Arena, Miami, United States.

Previous to that, 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.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Maheshate at UFC 275 on 11th June 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Before that, he had defeated Charlie Ontiveros at UFC Vegas 39 on 9th October 2021 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

He was victorious against Jose Mariscal at LFA 80 on 17th January 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at Route 66 Casino Hotel, Albuquerque.

Activity check

Garcia's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 5 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

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