Featherweights on opposing streaks will meet at UFC
Nashville.
Calvin
Kattar (23-9) will trade leather with Steve
Garcia (17-5) at the upcoming UFC Fight Night card on July 12
at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The matchup was
first reported by
MMAJunkie and subsequently confirmed by Garcia on Instagram. The two
will tangle on a show that currently has no main event scheduled,
nor a current broadcasting destination be it ESPN+, on the ESPN
airwaves or the ABC network.
Former perennial contender Kattar slid out of the rankings thanks
to four consecutive defeats from 2022 to February 2025. The
Massachusetts native outdueled Giga
Chikadze at the beginning of 2022, and has since lost three
decisions while also injuring his knee against Arnold
Allen. Before this career-long skid, “The Boston Finisher”
racked up wins over names like Dan Ige,
Ricardo
Lamas and Jeremy
Stephens.
Meanwhile, streaking prospect Garcia will get his first shot
against ranked opposition after winning five straight in the
Octagon. “Mean Machine” came to the UFC in 2020 and lost two of his
first three before carving a destructive path that has seen him
knock out five straight adversaries. As he cruised through the
featherweight division on this current run, Garcia has not needed
more than six minutes and one second to get his hand raised.