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Kyle Nelson
“The Monster”
CanadaLightweightActiveage 35
17-8-1
68% win rate
L2 streak
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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- Draw / No contest
- Title
5 wins7 losses1 drawlast 5: L L W L 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(13) | R2(8) | R3(7) | R4 | R5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 22.5 | 18.1 | 23.3 | — | — |
| Sig Str absorbed | 42.9 | 25.3 | 31.6 | — | — |
| Takedowns landed | 0.08 | 0.25 | 0.86 | — | — |
| Takedowns absorbed | 0.23 | 0.58 | 0.14 | — | — |
| Control time | 1:00 | 0:34 | 1:15 | — | — |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- UFC Edmonton2026-10-17L·KO·R1 · 0:27
- UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer2026-03-28L·KO·R1 · 0:24
- UFC Fight Night: De Ridder vs. Allen2025-10-18W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady2024-09-07L·KO·R1 · 3:59
- UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot2024-03-30W·KO·R1 · 4:00
- UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Shevchenko 22023-09-16W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana2023-06-10W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac2023-02-04D·M-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall2022-07-23L·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Waterson vs. Hill2020-09-12L·KO·R3 · 0:07
- UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Stephens2019-09-21W·KO·R1 · 1:36
- UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy2019-05-04L·Sub·R3 · 3:16
- UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega2018-12-08L·KO·R2 · 1:23
Similar fighters
Closest stylistic matches by inverse-Euclidean similarity over striking and grappling rates.
