Leonard Garcia
| Leonard Garcia | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 14, 1979 Plainview, Texas, United States |
| Other names | Bad Boy |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Weight | 145 lb (66 kg; 10.4 st) |
| Division |
Featherweight Lightweight |
| Reach | 69.5 in (177 cm) |
| Fighting out of | Lubbock, Texas, United States |
| Team | Jackson's Submission Fighting, Team Alpha Male |
| Rank | Brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Years active | 1999–2003; 2006–2014 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 32 |
| Wins | 18 |
| By knockout | 5 |
| By submission | 10 |
| By decision | 3 |
| Losses | 13 |
| By submission | 4 |
| By decision | 9 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Leonard Garcia (born July 14, 1979 in Plainview, Texas) 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.
Garcia was born and raised in Plainview, Texas. His mother gave birth to him when she was only 17 years old, and doctors had to inject steroids into Garcia's lungs because of a rare illness. Garcia was raised in his grandparent's home, who had a farm and, along with his uncles, helped raise the young Garcia. Garcia later attended Plainview High School, where he was a talented football player and had also been involved in martial arts and boxing. Garcia had been planning to walk-on to 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. Had it not been for the steroid injections when he was an infant, Garcia believes that he would have died. Not long after the incident Garcia, who would not be able to continue his football career because of his wounds, found a dojo and found his new passion in fighting.
Garcia began his career in 1999, competing on the regional circuit in the Western United States. Garcia competed in the first WEC event back in 2001 at WEC 1. After compiling an impressive 8–1 beginning to his professional career, Garcia took a three-year hiatus from competition.
Returning to action in 2006, Garcia was tabbed as a short notice replacement against high ranking contender Roger Huerta at UFC 69 where he lost a very one-sided unanimous decision.
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