Steve Garcia made the most of his unexpected UFC on ESPN 60 co-main event opportunity.
Originally scheduled for the main card, Garcia (16-5 MMA, 5-2 UFC) vs. Seungwoo Choi (11-7 MMA, 4-6 UFC) slid into the co-headliner when Brad Tavares vs. Jun Yong Park was canceled after Friday’s weigh-ins. A little over 24 hours later, Garcia capitalized on the opportunity when he finished Choi with strikes at 1:36 of Round 1. The featherweight bout took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
A right hand initially appeared to hurt Choi, but three follow-up left hands were what put him down. Choi covered up and Garcia swarmed. With Choi unable to intelligently defend himself, referee Herb Dean stepped in and stopped the fight.
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With the win, Garcia now is atop the leaderboard of longest TKO/knockout streak in the UFC with four. Conversely, Choi falls to 1-4 in his most recent five.
The up-to-the-minute UFC on ESPN 60 results include:
- Steve Garcia def. Seungwoo Choi via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 1:36
- Kurt Holobaugh def. Kaynan Kruschewsky via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Bruno Silva def. Cody Durden via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 2:58
- Dooho Choi def. Bill Algeo via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 3:38
- Hyder Amil def. Jeong Yeong Lee via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 1:05
- Cody Gibson def. Brian Kelleher via submission (arm triangle choke) – Round 1, 3:58
- Miranda Maverick def. Dione Barbosa via unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
- Trey Ogden def. Loik Radzhabov via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
- Luana Carolina def. Lucie Pudilova via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
- Thomas Petersen def. Mohammed Usman via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
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