Steve Kennedy Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Richard Walsh Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 193: Rousey vs. Holm	Nov 14, 2015
L	Peter Sobotta Welterweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	2:57	UFC Fight Night: Jedrzejczyk vs. Penne	Jun 20, 2015

Outside the UFC

27-9across 36 bouts · 24 promotions · wins by 8 KO · 13 sub · 6 decK-Oz Entertainment · HFS · SA · TEKWISE · Shooto +19

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Ayub Gimbatov10-1	Submission	Kimura	R1	2:34	Rebel FC 10	Jan 11, 2020
L	Tarek Suleiman13-9	Submission	Short Choke	R2	1:15	UAE Warriors	Nov 29, 2019
W	Ben Alloway18-9	Submission	Kimura	R2	1:35	Eternal MMA 44	May 11, 2019
W	Gerhard Voigt6-9	Submission	Kimura	R2	4:16	HFS	Jul 21, 2018
L	E.J. Brooks14-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	ACB 88	Jun 16, 2018
W	Reza Almasi0-5	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	3:56	AFC 22	Apr 7, 2018
W	Ben Kelleher13-11	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R2	2:34	Sledgehammer Promotions	Jan 28, 2017
W	Brian Ebersole51-18-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	HFS 6	Jun 24, 2016
W	Callan Potter18-9	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:15	HFS	Mar 14, 2015
W	Ran Weathers18-26	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	HFS	Dec 6, 2014
W	Dominic McConnell7-11	Submission	Triangle Choke	R2	—	Pure Adrenaline Events	May 31, 2014
W	Daniel Way4-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	AFC 9	May 17, 2014
W	Manuel Rodriguez11-5	Submission	Kimura	R4	0:51	AFC 7	Dec 14, 2013
W	Cole Davids9-4	Submission	Armbar	R1	4:50	AFC 5	May 10, 2013
W	Dean Roberts3-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:55	K-Oz Entertainment	Feb 23, 2013
L	Jesse Taylor33-17	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	0:00	K-Oz Entertainment	Nov 16, 2012
W	Hale Vaa'sa9-9	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:13	SA	Jul 17, 2012
W	Ross Dallow5-10	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R2	5:00	K-Oz Entertainment	Jun 29, 2012
W	Sam Brown12-6-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	K-Oz Entertainment	Apr 24, 2012
W	Sam Fiamatai1-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:20	SA	Mar 23, 2012
L	Dave Mazany17-7	Submission	—	R1	0:00	K-Oz Entertainment	Jan 21, 2012
W	Stuart Dare9-10	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:19	SA	Oct 21, 2011
W	Fred Chahroura0-5	Submission	North South Choke	R1	4:10	TEKWISE	Oct 11, 2011
L	Jacques Marsters6-3-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	AFC	Jun 25, 2011
W	Rod Staader5-8	KO/TKO	—	R0	0:00	XMMA	Nov 5, 2010
W	Michael Morcombe4-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Shooto	Jun 11, 2010
W	Adam Foster0-3	KO/TKO	Retirement	R1	1:22	TEKWISE	May 29, 2010
W	Grant Nolan0-2	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	0:00	Ringside & Shamrock	Dec 6, 2009
W	Cameron Murcutt5-3	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	Shooto	Nov 6, 2009
L	Silvester Lidicky5-0	Submission	Anaconda Choke	R1	3:37	Shooto	Jul 10, 2009
W	Scott Mapley4-7	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:45	TEKWISE	Apr 25, 2009
W	Scott Mapley4-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	XFC	Mar 14, 2009
W	Ben Mortimer7-7	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	1:40	5SB	Jan 8, 2009
L	Eugene Bareman4-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R0	0:00	ETK	Dec 20, 2008
W	Rhodie Van Der Merwe0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:01	Battle Collossal 1	Jun 1, 2008
L	Brett Fitzpatrick1-0	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	—	X	Mar 28, 2008

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.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

8 wins, 2 losses

W8

L2

Submission

13 wins, 7 losses

W13

L7

Decision

6 wins, 2 losses

W6

L2

KO history

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

Steve Kennedy

PowerChin

Knockout rate

—

No UFC win on record

Knockdowns dealt

—

No UFC win on record

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

0

0.00 per 100 head

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

Never finished by strikesin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

1 scorecard on file

Steve Kennedy

Scorecard luck

Wrong end of the cards

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 0 of 1 round they disagreed on (0%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

0–1

Won – Lost

0% went their way

Unanimous1 decision · 100%

1L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallD30th

35%41 / 114

Striking accuracy

45%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-3.24 differential

Landed2.28

Absorbed5.52

23%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-20%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Steve Kennedy

Landed per 15

Head

C

50th

26.7

50th

Body

F

10th

2.5

10th

Leg

D

39th

5.0

39th

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

F

15th

50.1

15th

Body

D

28th

12.5

28th

Leg

F

5th

20.1

5th

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	26.7	32	99	32%
Body	2.5	3	8	38%
Leg	5.0	6	7	86%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	50.1	60	136	44%
Body	12.5	15	21	71%
Leg	20.1	24	26	92%

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

Steve Kennedy

33%

Takedown accuracy

0%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-0.8 min net

On top4.1

On bottom4.8

Offense

Takedowns

B

67th

2.5

67th

TD accuracy

C

47th

33%

47th

Sub attempts

B

59th

0.0

59th

Control

B

63rd

4.1 min

63rd

Defense

TD defense

0%

Controlled

4.8 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	3 / 9
Submission attempts	0
Control time	4:51

Defense

TDs defended	0 / 2
Control absorbed	5:48

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (18min 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

Steve Kennedy

2 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 18 min

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Kennedy hasn't reached the third round in enough UFC bouts to read a reliable pace pattern — most of their fights end early. The round-by-round pace below is shown for what rounds there are.

KennedyOutput / min

Faded points are drawn from a single bout that reached that round, so they’re less reliable than the solid points averaged over many fights.

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

Kennedylanded / min

Takedown attempts

Kennedyattempts / min

Control time

Kennedy% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.2	1.6	5.0	0.38	36%	2
R2	6.0	2.6	6.8	0.60	40%	1
R3	4.8	3.0	5.0	0.60	0%	1

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

Steve Kennedy

2 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

28/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

3rd

11%

3rd

Win quality

C

47th

39%

47th

Limited UFC sample (2 bouts). The headline Schedule Score is held toward a rookie baseline until a fighter has 6+ UFC bouts — a thin UFC résumé hasn’t yet proven a strong schedule. The component bars above are not down-weighted.

Opponent quality distribution

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

1

Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Building	1	0-1	0%
Unproven	1	0-1	0%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Moderate

Opponents' combined record

326-246-3

.570 win rate

Winning-record opponents

19 of 36

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

36

all opponents have records on file

A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Richard Walsh	Unproven	8	Nov 14, 2015
L	Peter Sobotta	Building	15	Jun 20, 2015

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

2 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

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

0-1

1 bout

Long layoff

> 180 days

—

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

0-1

1 bout

After a win

next bout after a win

—

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

6y 5mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Steve Kennedy

Extended layoff

6y 5mosince last bout

vs Ayub Gimbatov · Jan 11, 2020

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs underdog 0-2

22.4

DK avg

42.7

Median

42.7

Ceiling

2.1

Floor

0%

Boom

50%

Bust

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