Kennedy Nzechukwu Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
◆	Shamil GazievUpcoming Heavyweight	—	—	—	—	UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs Rodrigues	Aug 22, 2026
D	Marcus Buchecha Heavyweight	Draw	—	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape	Dec 13, 2025
L	Valter Walker Heavyweight	Submission	Heel Hook After Drop to Ground	R1	0:54	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira	Jul 12, 2025
W	Lukasz Brzeski Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	4:51	UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura	Dec 7, 2024
W	Chris Barnett Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Knee to Body At Distance	R1	4:27	UFC 308: Topuria vs. Holloway	Oct 26, 2024
L	#15Ovince Saint Preux Light Heavyweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura	Mar 16, 2024
L	#15Dustin Jacoby Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	1:22	UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Font	Aug 5, 2023
W	Devin Clark Light Heavyweight	Submission	Guillotine Choke Standing	R2	2:28	UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo	May 6, 2023
W	#15Ion Cutelaba Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Knee to Head At Distance	R2	1:02	UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba	Nov 19, 2022
W	Karl Roberson Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Elbows to Head From Back Control	R3	2:19	UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev	Jul 9, 2022
L	Nicolae Negumereanu Light Heavyweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal	Mar 5, 2022
L	Da Woon Jung Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Elbows to Head In Clinch	R1	3:04	UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez	Nov 13, 2021
W	Danilo Marques Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R3	0:20	UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov	Jun 26, 2021
W	Carlos Ulberg Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	3:19	UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya	Mar 6, 2021
W	Darko Stosic Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Lawler	Aug 3, 2019
L	Paul Craig Light Heavyweight	Submission	Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard	R3	4:20	UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje	Mar 30, 2019

Outside the UFC

6-0across 6 bouts · 3 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 2 decXKO · Dana White's Contender Series · LFA

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Dennis Bryant5-2	KO/TKO	head kick and punches	R1	1:48	Dana White's Contender Series	Aug 7, 2018
W	Corey Johnson0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:18	LFA	May 25, 2018
W	Andre Kavanaugh7-14	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:40	XKO	Mar 10, 2018
W	Anton Berzin5-2	Decision	29–27, 28–29, 29–27	R3	5:00	Dana White's Contender Series	Aug 22, 2017
W	Thai Walwyn0-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	XKO	Jan 28, 2017
W	Matt Foster9-14	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:06	XKO	Nov 5, 2016

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Amateur

1-0across 1 amateur bout · 1 promotionUSACA

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Anthony Salinas0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:59	USACA	Nov 20, 2015

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

10 wins, 2 losses

W10

L2

Submission

1 win, 2 losses

W1

L2

Decision

3 wins, 2 losses

W3

L2

Finishes

UFC KOs

6

Above avg · 18%Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.20

Below avg · 0.24Heavyweight

UFC submissions

1

Below avg · 8%Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.13

Below avg · 0.25Heavyweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Kennedy Nzechukwu

PowerChin

Knockout rate

41%

7 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

3

0.59 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

3

0.81 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

3 scorecards on file

Kennedy Nzechukwu

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

Won just 0 of 2 coin-flip decisions — repeatedly on the wrong end of close calls. Judges have given them 3 of 5 rounds they disagreed on (60%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

0–2

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

3–2

Won – Lost

60% went their way

Unanimous1 decision · 33%

1W

Split2 decisions · 67%

2L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

5 rounds total

5

Won

0

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB61st

46%624 / 1,257

Striking accuracy

51%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.38 differential

Landed4.96

Absorbed4.58

66%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-3%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head82%88th510
Body17%69th108
Leg1%28th6

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

76%Standing

Standing76%472
Clinch13%81
Ground11%71

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Kennedy Nzechukwu

Landed per 15

Head

A+

92nd

57.3

92nd

Body

A

75th

12.1

75th

Leg

F

14th

0.7

14th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

D

27th

41.6

27th

Body

F

23rd

13.3

23rd

Leg

F

15th

12.9

15th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	57.3	510	1,096	47%
Body	12.1	108	152	71%
Leg	0.7	6	9	67%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	41.6	370	946	39%
Body	13.3	118	154	77%
Leg	12.9	115	135	85%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Kennedy Nzechukwu

45%

Takedown accuracy

81%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-0.3 min net

On top2.7

On bottom3.0

Offense

Takedowns

C

48th

0.6

48th

TD accuracy

B

62nd

45%

62nd

Sub attempts

B

60th

0.2

60th

Control

C

55th

2.7 min

55th

Defense

TD defense

A

77th

81%

77th

Controlled

3.0 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	5 / 11
Submission attempts	2
Control time	24:01

Defense

TDs defended	63 / 78
Control absorbed	26:57

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (133min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Kennedy Nzechukwu

15 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 133 min

236%

R3 pace · 7 bouts

Nzechukwu builds (+22% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Nzechukwu lifts to 236% of round-1 output by round 3 (7 bouts).

Nzechukwu ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Nzechukwulanded / min

Takedown attempts

Nzechukwuattempts / min

Control time

Nzechukwu% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.7	3.7	4.2	0.11	16%	15
R2	5.9	5.0	4.9	0.07	17%	10
R3	7.4	6.3	4.7	0.04	24%	7

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Kennedy Nzechukwu

15 resolved UFC bouts · 3 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

38/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

C

48th

31%

48th

Win quality

B

70th

46%

70th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

4

5

4

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	1-0	100%
Top-5	1	0-1	0%
Top-15	4	1-3	25%
Building	5	3-2	60%
Unproven	4	3-0-1	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
D	Marcus Buchecha	Unproven	8	Dec 13, 2025
L	Valter Walker	Top-15	48	Jul 12, 2025
W	Lukasz Brzeski	Unproven	8	Dec 7, 2024
W	Chris Barnett	Unproven	12	Oct 26, 2024
L	Ovince Saint Preux#15	Top-5	72	Mar 16, 2024
L	Dustin Jacoby#15	Top-15	62	Aug 5, 2023
W	Devin Clark	Building	22	May 6, 2023
W	Ion Cutelaba#15	Top-15	60	Nov 19, 2022
W	Karl Roberson	Building	18	Jul 9, 2022
L	Nicolae Negumereanu	Building	18	Mar 5, 2022
L	Da Woon Jung	Building	18	Nov 13, 2021
W	Danilo Marques	Building	15	Jun 26, 2021
W	Carlos Ulberg	Champion	68	Mar 6, 2021
W	Darko Stosic	Unproven	8	Aug 3, 2019
L	Paul Craig	Top-15	53	Mar 30, 2019

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

14 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

1-1

2 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

5-2

7 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

2-2

4 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

0-1

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

3-2

5 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

5-3

8 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

6 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Kennedy Nzechukwu

Within a year

6 monthssince last bout

vs Marcus Buchecha · Dec 13, 2025

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 6-5As underdog 2-1

58.6

DK avg

50.0

Median

110.4

Ceiling

2.4

Floor

40%

Boom

20%

Bust

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