Tim Kennedy Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Kelvin Gastelum Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R3	2:45	UFC 206: Holloway vs. Pettis	Dec 10, 2016
L	#10Yoel Romero Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head In Clinch	R3	0:58	UFC 178: Johnson vs. Cariaso	Sep 27, 2014
W	#5Michael Bisping Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Kennedy	Apr 16, 2014
W	Rafael Natal Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R1	4:40	UFC Fight Night: Fight for the Troops 3	Nov 6, 2013
W	Roger Gracie Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 162: Silva vs. Weidman	Jul 6, 2013

Outside the UFC

15-4across 19 bouts · 8 promotions · wins by 7 KO · 6 sub · 2 decStrikeforce · IFL · EC 50 · HDNet Fights · FF 7 +3

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Trevor Smith15-10	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R3	1:36	Strikeforce	Jan 12, 2013
L	Luke Rockhold16-6	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Strikeforce	Jul 14, 2012
W	Robbie Lawler30-16	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Strikeforce	Jul 30, 2011
W	Melvin Manhoef32-17-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:41	Strikeforce	Mar 5, 2011
L	Ronaldo Souza26-10	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	Strikeforce	Aug 21, 2010
W	Trevor Prangley34-11-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:35	Strikeforce	Jun 16, 2010
W	Zak Cummings25-7	Submission	North-South Choke	R2	2:43	Strikeforce	Sep 25, 2009
W	Nick Thompson38-14-1	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R2	2:37	Strikeforce	Jun 19, 2009
W	Elias Rivera5-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:00	IFL	Dec 29, 2007
L	Jason Miller23-10	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	HDNet Fights	Dec 15, 2007
W	Ryan McGivern13-7	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	1:25	IFL	May 19, 2007
W	Dante Rivera16-7	KO/TKO	Submission to Punches	R2	2:29	IFL	Feb 23, 2007
W	Hector Urbina17-11-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:51	FF 7	Sep 23, 2006
W	Cruz Chacon13-18-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:21	EC 50	Feb 23, 2003
W	Jason Miller23-10	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	EC 50	Feb 23, 2003
W	Ryan Narte1-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:22	EC 50	Feb 23, 2003
W	Mack Brewer0-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:03	WEC	Oct 18, 2002
W	Jody Burke1-5	Submission	Forearm Choke	R1	0:44	IFC WC 16	Nov 9, 2001
L	Scott Smith18-11	KO/TKO	Cut	R1	2:53	IFC WC 15	Aug 31, 2001

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, 3 losses

W8

L3

Submission

6 wins, 0 losses

W6

L0

Decision

4 wins, 3 losses

W4

L3

Finishes

UFC KOs

1

Above avg · 15%Middleweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.20

Below avg · 0.24Middleweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 8%Middleweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.20

Below avg · 0.39Middleweight

KO history

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

Tim Kennedy

PowerChin

Knockout rate

20%

1 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

1

1.09 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

3

2.40 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 submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

1 scorecard on file

Tim Kennedy

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 1 of 1 round they disagreed on (100%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–0

Won – Lost

100% went their way

Unanimous1 decision · 100%

1W

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

OverallB64th

47%193 / 423

Striking accuracy

62%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.94 differential

Landed2.78

Absorbed1.84

66%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+9%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head48%42nd92
Body25%63rd48
Leg27%74th53

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

Sig. strikes by position

62%Standing

Standing62%119
Clinch25%49
Ground13%25

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Tim Kennedy

Landed per 15

Head

D

30th

20.2

30th

Body

B

65th

10.5

65th

Leg

A

82nd

11.6

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.

Absorbed per 15

Head

B

59th

27.4

59th

Body

A

78th

5.3

78th

Leg

A

75th

3.7

75th

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	20.2	92	270	34%
Body	10.5	48	86	56%
Leg	11.6	53	67	79%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	27.4	125	324	39%
Body	5.3	24	42	57%
Leg	3.7	17	25	68%

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

Tim Kennedy

34%

Takedown accuracy

44%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+3.4 min net

On top4.9

On bottom1.5

Offense

Takedowns

B

69th

2.2

69th

TD accuracy

C

45th

34%

45th

Sub attempts

C

50th

0.2

50th

Control

B

69th

4.9 min

69th

Defense

TD defense

D

28th

44%

28th

Controlled

1.5 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	10 / 29
Submission attempts	1
Control time	22:07

Defense

TDs defended	4 / 9
Control absorbed	6:45

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (68min 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

Tim Kennedy

5 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 68 min

106%

R3 pace · 4 bouts

Kennedy builds (+7% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Kennedy lifts to 106% of round-1 output by round 3 (4 bouts).

Kennedy ▲ BUILDSOutput / 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	4.8	2.4	1.8	0.36	34%	5
R2	6.1	3.5	2.5	0.50	27%	4
R3	5.6	2.8	3.6	0.36	43%	4
R4	4.4	2.6	2.8	0.40	15%	1
R5	5.8	2.6	1.6	0.60	36%	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

Tim Kennedy

5 resolved UFC bouts · 2 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

50/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

89th

65%

89th

Win quality

A

72nd

47%

72nd

Limited UFC sample (5 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

2

1

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

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	1-0	100%
Top-5	2	0-2	0%
Top-15	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	1	1-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Strong

Opponents' combined record

346-182-6

.655 win rate

Winning-record opponents

14 of 19

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

19

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	Kelvin Gastelum	Top-5	70	Dec 10, 2016
L	Yoel Romero#10	Top-5	82	Sep 27, 2014
W	Michael Bisping#5	Champion	92	Apr 16, 2014
W	Rafael Natal	Top-15	53	Nov 6, 2013
W	Roger Gracie	Unproven	8	Jul 6, 2013

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

5 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

2-1

3 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

0-1

1 bout

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

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

2-1

3 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

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

9y 6mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Tim Kennedy

Extended layoff

9y 6mosince last bout

vs Kelvin Gastelum · Dec 10, 2016

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 2-2As underdog 1-0

69.6

DK avg

87.1

Median

102.0

Ceiling

41.2

Floor

60%

Boom

20%

Bust

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