Steve Garcia Jr. gets Short Notice Call, Faces Luis Pena at UFC on ESPN+ 27

Steve Garcia Jr. LFA 80 Photo by Rob Gutierrez

On five days’ notice Steve Garcia Jr. will make his UFC debut in Norfolk, Virginia.

Alex Munoz is injured and with Luis Pena needing an opponent the “Mean Machine” has opened the door when opportunity knocked.

Less then two weeks ago LFA announced that Steve Garcia Jr. (11-3) would face Justin Gonzales for the vacant LFA featherweight title. The Jacksonwink fighter is on a four-fight win streak coming off a second round TKO win over Jose Mariscal in the main event of LFA 80. Garcia Jr. has scored all eight of his stoppages by knockout.

Pena (7-2) went 2-1 in 2019. In March “Violent Bob Ross” defeated Steven Peterson by decision. In June the AKA fighter stopped veteran Matt Wiman by third round TKO. Now “Violent Bob Ross” comes in looking to rebound from a controversial, split decision loss to Matt Frevola. Pena has six stoppage victories four by way of submission.

The event is UFC on ESPN+ 27 at the Chartway Arena in Norfolk, Virginia, and streaming on ESPN+.

Main Card

  • Vacant Flyweight Title Bout: Joseph Benavidez (28-5) vs. Deiveson Figueiredo (17-1)
  • Women’s Featherweight Bout: Felicia Spencer (7-1) vs. Zarah Faim (6-3)
  • Light-Heavyweight Bout: Ion Cutelaba (15-4) vs. Magomed Ankalaev (12-1)
  • Women’s Featherweight Bout: Megan Anderson (9-4) vs. Norma Dumont (4-0)
  • Featherweight Bout: Grant Dawson (14-1) vs. Darrick Miner (24-10)
  • Bantamweight Bout: Gabriel Silva (7-1) vs. Kyler Phillips (6-1)

Prelims

  • Middleweight Bout: Brendan Allen (13-3) vs. Tom Breese (11-1)
  • Lightweight Bout: Luis Pena (7-2) vs. Steve Garcia Jr. (11-3)
  • Heavyweight Bout: Marcin Tybura (17-6) vs. Sergey Spivak (10-1)
  • Featherweight Bout: TJ Brown (14-6) vs. Jordan Griffin (17-7)
  • Featherweight Bout: Aaron Cruz (8-2) vs. Spike Carlyle (8-1)
  • Welterweight Bout: Ismail Naurdiev (19-3) vs. Sean Brady (11-0)

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