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Kennedy Nzechukwu
“Chosen”
NigeriaHeavyweightActiveage 34
14-7-1
67% win rate
L2 streak
Peak Vertex
2021-06-26 → 2021-06-2627held 6 bouts-27 vs current
Bouts at peak
- Wvs · KO · 2021-06-26
EndedLvs · KO · 2021-11-13 · score → 12
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
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- Loss
- Draw / No contest
- Title
8 wins7 losses1 drawlast 5: L D L W Wdrag to scroll · 1993–2026
Key stats
Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.
Striking heatmap
Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.
Round-by-round averages
Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.
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Metrics
| Metric | R1(16) | R2(10) | R3(7) | R4 | R5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 17.2 | 33.9 | 57.1 | — | — |
| Sig Str absorbed | 20.9 | 26.4 | 20.8 | — | — |
| Takedowns landed | 0.13 | 0.20 | 0.31 | — | — |
| Takedowns absorbed | 0.78 | 0.40 | 0.43 | — | — |
| Control time | 0:40 | 0:53 | 1:15 | — | — |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- UFC Sacramento2026-08-22L·KO·R1 · 1:20
- UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape2025-12-13D·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira2025-07-12L·Sub·R1 · 0:54
- UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura2024-12-07W·KO·R1 · 4:51
- UFC 308: Topuria vs. Holloway2024-10-26W·KO·R1 · 4:27
- UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura2024-03-16L·S-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Font2023-08-05L·KO·R1 · 1:22
- UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo2023-05-06W·Sub·R2 · 2:28
- UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba2022-11-19W·KO·R2 · 1:02
- UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev2022-07-09W·KO·R3 · 2:19
- UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal2022-03-05L·S-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez2021-11-13L·KO·R1 · 3:04
- UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov2021-06-26W·KO·R3 · 0:20
- UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya2021-03-06W·KO·R2 · 3:19
- UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Lawler2019-08-03W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje2019-03-30L·Sub·R3 · 4:20
In the news
Recent MMA headlines that mention this fighter.
- MMA Fighting
Shamil Gaziev made quick work of Kennedy Nzechukwu at UFC Sacramento, stopping the heavyweight in just 80 seconds with a straight right hand knockout.
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Closest stylistic matches by inverse-Euclidean similarity over striking and grappling rates.
