Kenny Florian

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Kenny Florian

Nickname“KenFlo”

Record

14-6

Streak

L1

Age

50

Date of birth

May 26, 1976

Fighting out of: Westwood, Massachusetts
Born: United States
Camp: Florian Martial Arts Center
Weight class: Featherweight
Height: 5'10" · 178 cm
Reach: 74" · 188 cm
Stance: Southpaw
Last fight: Oct 8, 2011

UFC fight history

ResultOpponentMethodDetailEvent

Jose Aldo

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R5 · 5:00

UFC 136: Edgar vs. Maynard 3 · Oct 8, 2011

UFC 136: Edgar vs. Maynard 3

Diego Nunes

Featherweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 131: Dos Santos vs. Carwin · Jun 11, 2011

UFC 131: Dos Santos vs. Carwin

Gray Maynard

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 118: Edgar vs. Penn 2 · Aug 28, 2010

UFC 118: Edgar vs. Penn 2

Takanori Gomi

Lightweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R3 · 2:52

UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Gomi · Mar 31, 2010

Rear Naked Choke

UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Gomi

Clay Guida

Lightweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R2 · 2:19

UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez · Dec 12, 2009

Rear Naked Choke

UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez

BJ Penn

Lightweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R4 · 3:54

UFC 101: Declaration · Aug 8, 2009

Rear Naked Choke

UFC 101: Declaration

Joe Stevenson

Lightweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R1 · 4:03

UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar · Nov 15, 2008

Rear Naked Choke

UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar

Roger Huerta

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R3 · 5:00

UFC 87: Seek And Destroy · Aug 9, 2008

UFC 87: Seek And Destroy

Joe Lauzon

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Mount · R2 · 3:28

UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon · Apr 2, 2008

Punches to Head From Mount

UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon

Din Thomas

Lightweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R1 · 4:31

UFC Fight Night: Thomas vs. Florian · Sep 19, 2007

Rear Naked Choke

UFC Fight Night: Thomas vs. Florian

Alvin Robinson

Lightweight · KO/TKO · Elbows to Head From Mount Submission to Strikes · R1 · 4:30

UFC 73: Stacked · Jul 7, 2007

Elbows to Head From Mount Submission to Strikes

UFC 73: Stacked

Dokonjonosuke Mishima

Dokonjonosuke Mishima

Lightweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R3 · 3:57

UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs. Guillard · Apr 5, 2007

Rear Naked Choke

UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs. Guillard

Sean Sherk

Sean SherkTitle

Lightweight · Decision · Unanimous · R5 · 5:00

UFC 64: Unstoppable · Oct 14, 2006

UFC 64: Unstoppable

Sam Stout

Lightweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R1 · 1:46

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Ortiz vs. Team Shamrock Finale · Jun 24, 2006

Rear Naked Choke

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Ortiz vs. Team Shamrock Finale

Kit Cope

Welterweight · Submission · Rear Naked Choke · R2 · 0:37

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Franklin Finale · Nov 5, 2005

Rear Naked Choke

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Franklin Finale

Alex Karalexis

Welterweight · KO/TKO · Facial Cut · R2 · 2:52

UFC Fight Night 1 · Aug 6, 2005

UFC Fight Night 1

Diego Sanchez

Middleweight · KO/TKO · Punches to Head From Mount · R1 · 2:49

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Couture vs. Team Liddell Finale · Apr 9, 2005

Punches to Head From Mount

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Couture vs. Team Liddell Finale

Outside the UFC

2-1across 3 bouts · 3 promotions · wins by 1 KO · 1 subCZ 7 · MD 15 · MD 10

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Drew Fickett43-23	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	CZ 7	Jul 10, 2004
W	Bobby McAndrews1-3	Submission	Kimura	R1	1:57	MD 15	Feb 21, 2004
W	Jason Giroux4-9	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:07	MD 10	Jan 25, 2003

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

Career striking

OverallC54th

40%454 / 1,135

Striking accuracy

63%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.56 differential

Landed2.41

Absorbed1.85

62%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+3%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head65%32nd294
Body22%38th98
Leg14%31st62

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

Sig. strikes by position

48%Standing

Standing48%219
Clinch18%81
Ground34%154

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Kenny Florian

Kenny Florian

Landed per 15

Head

D

26th

23.5

26th

Body

D

31st

7.8

31st

Leg

D

26th

5.0

26th

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

A+

87th

19.3

87th

Body

A+

92nd

4.5

92nd

Leg

A

82nd

3.9

82nd

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	23.5	294	906	32%
Body	7.8	98	143	69%
Leg	5.0	62	86	72%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	19.3	241	775	31%
Body	4.5	56	106	53%
Leg	3.9	49	80	61%

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

Kenny Florian

Kenny Florian

17 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 188 min

111%

R3 pace · 8 bouts

Florian fades (-15% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Florian lifts to 111% of round-1 output by round 3 (8 bouts).

Kenny Florian

Florian ▼ FADESOutput / 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

Kenny Florian

Florianlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Kenny Florian

Florianattempts / min

Control time

Kenny Florian

Florian% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.2	2.7	1.7	0.49	26%	17
R2	4.8	2.8	1.4	0.35	23%	12
R3	4.3	2.1	2.4	0.35	27%	8
R4	4.1	1.0	3.1	0.79	17%	3
R5	2.5	1.5	1.4	0.20	9%	2

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

Kenny Florian

Kenny Florian

17 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

41/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

B

59th

36%

59th

Win quality

A

75th

48%

75th

Opponent quality distribution

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

2

2

3

2

5

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
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Title-fight challengerBout was for a title (no other rank signal)
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Top-5	1	0-1	0%
Ranked 6–15	1	1-0	100%
Cross-div ranked	2	1-1	50%
Title-fight challenger	2	0-2	0%
Established	3	3-0	100%
Building	2	2-0	100%
Unproven	5	5-0	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	Jose Aldo	Champion	83	Oct 8, 2011
W	Diego Nunes	Building	15	Jun 11, 2011
L	Gray Maynard	Top-5	65	Aug 28, 2010
W	Takanori Gomi	Unproven	8	Mar 31, 2010
W	Clay Guida	Cross-div ranked	40	Dec 12, 2009
L	BJ Penn	Title-fight challenger	50	Aug 8, 2009
W	Joe Stevenson	Established	30	Nov 15, 2008
W	Roger Huerta	Established	30	Aug 9, 2008
W	Joe Lauzon	Ranked 6–15	52	Apr 2, 2008
W	Din Thomas	Established	30	Sep 19, 2007
W	Alvin Robinson	Unproven	8	Jul 7, 2007
W	Dokonjonosuke Mishima	Unproven	8	Apr 5, 2007
L	Sean Sherk	Title-fight challenger	50	Oct 14, 2006
W	Sam Stout	Building	15	Jun 24, 2006
W	Kit Cope	Unproven	8	Nov 5, 2005
W	Alex Karalexis	Unproven	8	Aug 6, 2005
L	Diego Sanchez	Cross-div ranked	32	Apr 9, 2005

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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