Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Featherweight sluggers Steve Garcia vs. David Onama will clash TONIGHT (Sat., Nov. 1, 2025) inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada for UFC Vegas 110.
Ignore the (justified) complaints about this uninspiring UFC Vegas 110 fight card for a brief moment. Or, in the inspiring words of UFC CEO, Dana White, just shut the f**k up!
Nevertheless, this is a great fight between excellent up-and-coming Featherweight contenders. Garcia has won six in a row since rejoining the 145-pound division, scoring five knockouts in the process. Onama, meanwhile, has won six of his seven Featherweight bouts, securing a pair of blistering knockouts and a “Fight of the Night” bonus in that span. Both men are athletic, violent, and eager to punch their ticket into the divisional Top 10.
Plain and simple, it’s going to be a very fun fight, so disregard the strange main event status and be sure to still enjoy the contest for its merits. Now, let’s take a closer look at the betting odds and strategic keys for each athlete:
Garcia vs. Onama Betting Odds
How Garcia Wins
Garcia is a wood chipper. “Mean Machine” really excels at working on the front foot, pressuring his opponents with a blend of strikes and takedowns. He attacks at all ranges, from blasting power kicks to shifting combinations to aggressive clinch striking. 14 of his 18 wins come via knockout, and Garcia hasn’t lost a Featherweight bout since June 2018.
Garcia is the sharper striker here, but I’m not sure he’s the more powerful one. Onama can absolutely crack, so Garcia has to keep his volume and aggression under control in the early goings of the fight. He doesn’t need to take huge chances early, not when he’s more likely to build momentum as the fight wears on. I’m not saying he should be passive, but there’s no need to jump into the fray needlessly at the first bell.
Instead, Garcia should look to win the distance battle. He’s actually the slightly longer and taller striker, and he can take advantage of those traits with straight punches and power kicks. Garcia may be less explosive than Onama, but he’s better at building combinations and shifting into big swings. If he keeps an extra step between them for the first round or two, he’ll be able to gain a read on Onama’s speed a little more easily while still landing his own offense.
How Onama Wins
Onama is a physical force at 145 pounds. Nearly as tall and long as Garcia, but quite a bit more muscled, Onama has proven himself hard to stop both on the feet and the canvas. He’s not a perfect technician in any area — “Silent Assassin” has only been a professional since 2019 compared to Garcia’s 2013 — but he’s definitely a quick learner with plenty of talent.
Onama has to knockout — or at least badly hurt — Garcia to win this fight. There’s a line of thinking that argues he can wrestle Garcia like he did to Giga Chikadze, but that’s an idea likely to backfire. Garcia is not a kickboxer transitioning to mixed martial arts (MMA) — he knows how to cage wreste and scramble well enough that Onama would more than likely fatigue himself trying to hold down “Mean Machine.”
Instead, Onama has to capitalize in his quickness in the pocket. He should be looking to put the pressure fighter on his back foot and try to draw offense out of Garcia. If he can convince Garcia to open up with wide swings, Onama can make him pay with tighter shots on the inside. A few hard counter connections can go a long way in halting Garcia’s momentum and allowing Onama to control the flow of the fight.
Garcia vs. Onama Prediction
This is likely to be a competitive fight. Both men have their advantages in the “Experience vs. Explosiveness” equation, which are both valuable traits in a fire fight. On the whole, however, I favor the more battle-tested man in Garcia. He’s putting together his offense at a really high-level right now, and he has the skills to punish Onama if the Ugandan standout tries to wrestle.
More than anything else, Garcia and his style feel built for five rounds. If Onama can’t stop him early, Garcia’s success is likely to snowball as the fight wears on.
Prediction: Garcia via knockout
UFC FIGHT NIGHT RETURNS TO SIN CITY! Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns to action on Sat., Nov. 1, 2025, with an exciting main event set to headline UFC Vegas 110 from inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. In UFC Vegas 110’s main event, Featherweight contenders Steve Garcia vs. David Onama clash in a high-stakes, five-round bout. UFC Vegas 110’s co-main event features a Heavyweight showdown between Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Ante Delija. UFC Vegas 110 will also showcase a women’s Bantamweight clash between Ketlen Vieira vs. Norma Dumont, a Welterweight bout pitting Jeremiah Wells vs. Themba Gorimbo, a Featherweight matchup featuring Isaac Dulgarian vs. Yadier Del Valle, and much more! UFC Vegas 110’s start time is scheduled for 4 p.m. ET (“Prelims” undercard), and 7 p.m. ET (main card).
Remember that MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC Vegas 110 fight card, starting with the ESPN+ “Prelims” matches online, which are scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. ET, before the main card start time at 7 p.m. ET (also on ESPN+).
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