Steve
Garcia (16-5) will look to further raise his stock with a quick
turnaround.
Garcia steps up to fight Kyle Nelson
(16-5) at UFC
Fight Night 242 at the promotion’s Apex in Las Vegas on Sept.
7, replacing Calvin
Kattar (23-8), who pulled out due to undisclosed reasons. The
change was first reported by MMA media member Robert Tellez and
subsequently confirmed by multiple outlets.
This will mark a decently quick turnaround for Garcia, who comes
off a first-round knockout win over Seung Woo
Choi last month. The win put “Mean Machine” on a four-fight
knockout streak, bettering his overall promotional record to 5-2 —
with all of his wins coming via finish.
Meanwhile, Nelson comes off a first-round knockout win over
featherweight veteran Bill Algeo
this past March. Currently riding a three-fight winning streak, the
Canadian is 4-4-1 in the UFC so far.