Ground game
30 DThin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain.
- 0.77 takedowns / 15 at 40% accuracy
- 0.39 submission attempts / 15 · 0 career sub wins
Featherweight
“Mean Machine”
19-6
SLpM
5.46
SApM
2.69
Str Acc
55%
Str Def
57%
TD Avg
0.77
TD Acc
40%
TD Def
82%
Sub Avg
0.39
Volume pressure striker — southpaw
Fight IQ
Thin sample — 0 loaded UFC rows, 25 career fights for Steve Garcia. Reaction and agility are wider intervals.
IQ
Ground
Defense
Counter
Reaction
proxy
Agility
proxy
TD react
Chin
Durability
Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win.
Punching agility
Enough snap to score and to threaten. Not a blur, but the volume is organized.
Ground game
Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain.
Counter punching
This is a first-strike, pressure profile more than a counter. Wins come from owning the center, not waiting.
Fight IQ
Predictable under stress. When the first look fails, the tape shows the same entry again.
Steve Garcia “Mean Machine” is a 34-year-old Southpaw featherweight out of USA, camped at Jackson-Wink MMA. The tape read: volume pressure striker — southpaw. Career mark 19-6-0 — 0 by KO/TKO, 0 by submission, 19 by decision. Fight IQ grades C (58).
What works. Durability is the standout at 85 (A). Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win. Ground game D on 0.77 TD/15 and 0.39 sub attempts. Striking defense B at 57% / 2.69 SApM. Counter punching C; punching agility B (output × accuracy × age curve). Takedown reaction C+ on 82% TD defense. These are tape proxies — not lab reaction times — built from FightMetric rates, finish shares, and 0 loaded UFC rows.
Where it breaks. Ground game is the soft spot (30, D). Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain. Opponents who force wrestling and keep the fight on the fence have historically been the ones who make this résumé leak. Losses lean decision more often than a highlight — the issue is usually control of minutes, not a glass jaw.
The book has no per-fight UFC rows for Garcia yet. This scouting card is carried by career FightMetric rates and the win-method split — treat the reaction and agility marks as wider intervals.
Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain.
Serviceable pocket defense. Can be found, but rarely walks into the same shot twice.
This is a first-strike, pressure profile more than a counter. Wins come from owning the center, not waiting.
Average-plus reactions. Gets touched, but rarely frozen in place when the shot or the shot-to-takedown comes.
Enough snap to score and to threaten. Not a blur, but the volume is organized.
Hips arrive late. A committed wrestler will get them down; the question is what happens next.
Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win.
| Date | Opponent | Res | Method | Rnd | Sig |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No UFC tape loaded for this fighter yet. | |||||