Kennedy Nzechukwu

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Kennedy Nzechukwu

Nickname“American Savage”

Record

14-6-1

Streak

L1

Age

34

Date of birth

Jun 13, 1992

Fighting out of: Dallas, Texas
Born: United States
Camp: Fortis MMA
Weight class: Heavyweight
Height: 6'5" · 196 cm
Reach: 83" · 211 cm
Stance: Southpaw
Last fight: Aug 22, 2026
Cut risk: 29%

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Shamil Gaziev

#14Shamil Gaziev

Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 1:20

UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs Rodrigues · Aug 22, 2026

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs Rodrigues

Marcus Buchecha

Marcus Buchecha

Heavyweight · Draw · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape · Dec 13, 2025

UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape

Valter Walker

Heavyweight · Submission · Heel Hook After Drop to Ground · R1 · 0:54

UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira · Jul 12, 2025

Heel Hook After Drop to Ground

UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira

Lukasz Brzeski

Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 4:51

UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura · Dec 7, 2024

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura

Chris Barnett

Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Knee to Body At Distance · R1 · 4:27

UFC 308: Topuria vs. Holloway · Oct 26, 2024

Knee to Body At Distance

UFC 308: Topuria vs. Holloway

Ovince Saint Preux

#15Ovince Saint Preux

Light Heavyweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura · Mar 16, 2024

UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura

Dustin Jacoby

#15Dustin Jacoby

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R1 · 1:22

UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Font · Aug 5, 2023

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Font

Devin Clark

Light Heavyweight · Submission · Guillotine Choke Standing · R2 · 2:28

UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo · May 6, 2023

Guillotine Choke Standing

UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo

Ion Cutelaba

#15Ion Cutelaba

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Knee to Head At Distance · R2 · 1:02

UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba · Nov 19, 2022

Knee to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba

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

Elbows to Head From Back Control

UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev

Nicolae Negumereanu

Nicolae Negumereanu

Light Heavyweight · Decision · Split · R3 · 5:00

UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal · Mar 5, 2022

UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal

Da Woon Jung

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Elbows to Head In Clinch · R1 · 3:04

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez · Nov 13, 2021

Elbows to Head In Clinch

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez

Danilo Marques

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head At Distance · R3 · 0:20

UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov · Jun 26, 2021

Punches to Head At Distance

UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov

Carlos Ulberg

Light Heavyweight · KO/TKO · Punch to Head At Distance · R2 · 3:19

UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya · Mar 6, 2021

Punch to Head At Distance

UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya

Darko Stosic

Light Heavyweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Lawler · Aug 3, 2019

UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Lawler

Paul Craig

Light Heavyweight · Submission · Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard · R3 · 4:20

UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje · Mar 30, 2019

Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard

UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje

Dana White's Contender Series

2-0across 2 bouts · wins by 1 KO · 1 dec

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	Anton Berzin5-2	Decision	29–27, 28–29, 29–27	R3	5:00	Dana White's Contender Series	Aug 22, 2017

Dana White’s Contender Series — a UFC-adjacent proving ground, shown as its own tier. Excluded from Schedule Score and UFC-scoped metrics.

Outside the UFC

4-0across 4 bouts · 2 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 1 decXKO · LFA

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
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	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) — 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.

Career striking

OverallB61st

46%627 / 1,264

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%89th513
Body17%68th108
Leg1%28th6

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

Sig. strikes by position

76%Standing

Standing76%475
Clinch13%81
Ground11%71

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Kennedy Nzechukwu

Kennedy Nzechukwu

Landed per 15

Head

A+

92nd

57.1

92nd

Body

A

74th

12.0

74th

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

28th

41.4

28th

Body

F

24th

13.1

24th

Leg

F

16th

12.8

16th

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	57.1	513	1,103	47%
Body	12.0	108	152	71%
Leg	0.7	6	9	67%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	41.4	372	950	39%
Body	13.1	118	155	76%
Leg	12.8	115	135	85%

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

Pace & fade

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

UFC only

Kennedy Nzechukwu

Kennedy Nzechukwu

16 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 135 min

236%

R3 pace · 7 bouts

Nzechukwu builds (+23% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Nzechukwu lifts to 236% of round-1 output by round 3 (7 bouts).

Kennedy Nzechukwu

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

Kennedy Nzechukwu

Nzechukwulanded / min

Takedown attempts

Kennedy Nzechukwu

Nzechukwuattempts / min

Control time

Kennedy Nzechukwu

Nzechukwu% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.7	3.7	4.1	0.11	16%	16
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

Kennedy Nzechukwu

16 resolved UFC bouts · 4 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

39/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

B

58th

36%

58th

Win quality

C

57th

42%

57th

Opponent quality distribution

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

5

5

4

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Ranked 6–15Ranked #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%
Ranked 6–15	5	1-4	20%
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
L	Shamil Gaziev#14	Ranked 6–15	65	Aug 22, 2026
D	Marcus Buchecha	Unproven	8	Dec 13, 2025
L	Valter Walker	Ranked 6–15	51	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	Ranked 6–15	62	Aug 5, 2023
W	Devin Clark	Building	22	May 6, 2023
W	Ion Cutelaba#15	Ranked 6–15	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	Ranked 6–15	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.

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