Steve Garcia vs.
Luis Pena
Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.
The men, measured.
Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.
What the numbers say.
Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.
Who did they actually beat?
Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.
Steve Garcia
| Competition tier | W | L |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin | 14 | 5 |
| Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) | 1 | 0 |
| Tier 3 — regional circuit | 4 | 1 |
Tier-weighted record quality: 1.58 · 15 tier-1/2 wins · 15 finish wins over 25 documented bouts
In the UFC: 3-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500
Luis Pena
Full career not yet synced for Luis Pena — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).
In the UFC: 1-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.8 wins over .500
The stand-up battle.
Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.
Significant strikes — landed & absorbed
Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)
Steve Garcia
Distance 78.5% (norm 85.7%) · Clinch 2.9% (norm 6.1%) · Ground 18.6% (norm 6.5%)
Luis Pena
Distance 74.8% (norm 82.8%) · Clinch 7.9% (norm 7.6%) · Ground 17.3% (norm 8.0%)
What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)
Steve Garcia
Head 85.3% (norm 77.4%) · Body 9.4% (norm 12.9%) · Legs 5.3% (norm 7.8%)
Luis Pena
Head 88.5% (norm 78.2%) · Body 9.2% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 2.2% (norm 7.9%)
Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone
Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.
| Zone | Garcia L/A | Acc | Featherweight med | Pena L/A | Acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 235 / 565 | 41.6% | 40.9% | 246 / 600 | 41.0% | 37.9% |
| In the clinch | 12 / 21 | too few to rate | 70.8% | 35 / 63 | 55.6% | 67.3% |
| On the ground | 92 / 134 | 68.7% | 69.2% | 95 / 139 | 68.3% | 69.1% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 254 / 614 | 41.4% | 37.2% | 313 / 710 | 44.1% | 35.0% |
| To the body | 50 / 68 | 73.5% | 68.2% | 47 / 74 | 63.5% | 69.1% |
| To the legs | 35 / 38 | 92.1% | 80.7% | 16 / 18 | too few to rate | 81.9% |
Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Featherweight: 126 fighters · Lightweight: 201 fighters).
What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man
Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.
| Zone | vs Garcia L/A | Opp acc | Featherweight med | vs Pena L/A | Opp acc | Lightweight med |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY POSITION | ||||||
| At distance | 92 / 304 | 30.3% | 39.2% | 279 / 592 | 47.1% | 38.9% |
| In the clinch | 8 / 12 | too few to rate | 70.3% | 23 / 35 | 65.7% | 68.6% |
| On the ground | 37 / 56 | 66.1% | 69.4% | 18 / 28 | 64.3% | 68.0% |
| BY TARGET | ||||||
| To the head | 110 / 330 | 33.3% | 35.9% | 147 / 439 | 33.5% | 35.1% |
| To the body | 14 / 29 | 48.3% | 67.9% | 73 / 113 | 64.6% | 68.1% |
| To the legs | 13 / 13 | too few to rate | 81.5% | 100 / 103 | 97.1% | 81.5% |
The ground war.
Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.
Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Garcia has more cage time on record.