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Born July 14, 1979 in Plainview, he played football for
Plainview High School. Garcia is a retired American mixed martial artist
who most recently competed in the Featherweight division of the Legacy
Fighting Championship, and is the former Legacy FC Featherweight
Champion. After making his professional debut in 1999, Garcia competed
in WEC and in the UFC.
Raised on his grandparent's farm in Hale
County with help from his uncles, Garcia attended Plainview High School, where he was a talented football
player and was also involved in martial arts and boxing.
Garcia was planning to join the Texas Tech football team, when he was
involved in a physical altercation with a recently released felon at a
local restaurant. The man had a knife and stabbed Garcia eight times,
twice puncturing his lungs, causing them to collapse. Not long after the
incident Garcia, who would not be able to continue his football career
because of his wounds, found a dojo and discovered his new passion for
fighting.
In March 2008, Garcia was arrested as part of an
alleged cocaine ring, which put his career on hold. According to Garcia,
"I had a buddy, a really good friend of mine in Lubbock, and he was into
things that weren't good," he said. "I knew about what the guy was up to
but he was a friend of mine. The law says even if he's your friend, you
are required to report on the guy. The other 11 guys, I didn't know any
of them." Three months later, he was exonerated.
Garcia first appeared in bare knuckle at BKFC 4 USA vs
Mexico where he won the lightweight title by defeating Julian Lane by
2nd-round TKO. Garcia later faced Jim Alers in a bare-knuckle boxing
match at BKFC 7 on August 10, 2019, losing by technical knockout in the
first round. On March 16, 2021, in Biloxi, MS,
Garcia headlined BKFC 16 opposite Joe Elmore. The two fighters went the
distance in an exciting 5 round battle. Garcia won via unanimous
decision. After the fight, which was the last of a three bout contract,
Garcia retired in front of the Biloxi Civic Center crowd. |
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