Steve Garcia Still Looks to Face Damir Hadzovic after UFC 275

Steve Garcia feels he has some unfinished business with Damir Hadzovic and plans to settle it as soon as possible. Garcia (12-4, 1-1 UFC) was supposed to face Hadzovic at UFC 275 before his opponent pulled out of their scheduled 155-pound tilt and was replaced by Maheshate Hayisaer. The Dana White’s Contender Series alum has won five of his past six bouts, including a second-round stoppage against Charlie Ontiveros at UFC Fight Night 194 in October. Now, the Jackson-Wink MMA representative hopes to add another victory to his record on Saturday. While “Mean Machine” isn’t overlooking his upcoming opponent, he is also thinking about a way to get inside the Octagon with Hadzovic.

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(00:00) Intro
(00:25) Introducing his son
(00:53) The origin of his nickname, “Mean Machine”
(01:55) Stopping Ontiveros
(03:55) Losing to Luis Pena
(06:00) Working as an assistant accountant at the time of his UFC debut
(08:17) Competing outside the United States
(09:18) His training partners
(10:23) Commenting on Hadzovic pulling out of the fight
(11:50) Calling out Hadzovic
(12:23) Commenting on Holly Holm’s loss
(14:03) Picking Glover Teixeira vs. Jiri Prochazka
(14:50) Predicting his fight
(15:08) His walkout song
(15:45) Outro

Tudor Leonte started writing about mixed martial arts in 2013 for Italian media outlets. His journey with Sherdog began in 2018 and he now covers One Championship and countless European shows. You can follow him on Twitter @MrTudorLeonte.