Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-09-07, pretty good mma bout: Kyle Nelson vs Steve Garcia gets three stars (UFC Performance of the Night – take a look at our ranking of the Best Mma Fights of 2024).Garcia vs Nelson is scheduled to take place Saturday, September 7th, at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas (Nevada, United States), in a 3-round featherweight (145 lbs, 66 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Gilbert Burns vs Sean Brady – UFC Vegas 97 (also known as UFC Fight Night 242 or UFC on ESPN+ 100). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Kyle Nelson record
Kyle Nelson entered this fight with a mma record of 16-5-1 (62% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.31 featherweight in the world.
He lost two consecutive bouts between 2020 and 2022, against Billy Quarantillo and Jai Herbert, but then he has collected one draw and three victories beating Fernando Padilla and Bill Algeo in his last two.
Steve Garcia record
His opponent, Steve Garcia, has an official record of 16-5-0 (81% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.37 in the featherweight division.
He was defeated by Maheshate Hayisaer in 2022 but then he has won four matches beating Melquizael Costa and Seung Woo Choi in his last two.
Fight card
Here is the UFC Vegas 97 full fight card (we are going to update it after the weigh-in):
MAIN CARD (live on ESPN+)
Gilbert Burns vs Sean Brady
Jessica Andrade vs Natalia Silva
Kyle Nelson vs Steve Garcia
Cody Durden vs Matt Schnell
Trevor Peek vs Yanal Ashmoz
PRELIMINARY CARD (live on ESPN+)
Zhu Rong vs Chris Padilla
Isaac Dulgarian vs Brendon Marotte
Andre Lima vs Felipe dos Santos
Zha Yi vs Gabriel Santos
Vanessa Demopoulos vs Jaqueline Amorim
Andre Petroski vs Dylan Budka
Zygimantas Ramaska vs Nathan Fletcher
Full fight video / highlights
Here we are going to post a selection of the best videos about the bout Kyle Nelson vs Steve Garcia as soon as the match ends. If you have seen the full fight you can rate it at the bottom of this post. (All videos are hosted on free video platforms such as Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook, etc. and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights.com)
Result
Who won Nelson vs Garcia fight?
Steve Garcia defeated Kyle Nelson via TKO at 3:59, round 1.
Post-fight interview
Listen the words of the winner or the two fighters after their bout, here is the UFC Vegas 97 post-fight octagon interview of Kyle Nelson and Steve Garcia.
