Menu
Γ—
Current Roster Former Roster
Weight Classes
Heavyweight Light Heavyweight Middleweight Welterweight Lightweight Featherweight Bantamweight Flyweight Women's Bantamweight Women's Flyweight Women's Strawweight
Events Predict Log Fight Log AI Judge Support 🎲

Kennedy Nzechukwu

πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬

Statistics

UFC Record: 8-6-1

By Method:

  • KO/TKO: 6-2
  • Submission: 1-2
  • Decision: 1-2-1

By Elo:

  • As Favorite: 6-4-1
  • As Underdog: 2-2

By Weight Class:

  • Light Heavyweight: 6-5
  • Heavyweight: 2-1-1

By Round:

  • Round 1: 2-3
  • Round 2: 3-0
  • Round 3: 3-3-1

By Type:

  • Main Event: 1-0
  • Ranked Opponent: 0-1

UFC Roster Status: Active

Last 5: LWWLD

Elo: 2691 (#421)

Peak Elo: 2932 (2023-05-06) (#542)

Avg Opponent Elo: 2673 (#1098)

Bonuses: 4 (1 FOTN, 3 Performance)

Avg Fight Time: 8m 53s

Total Fight Time: 2h 13m 26s (#406)

Avg Time Between Fights: 136 days

Avg Card Slot: 7.4 (#1200)

Avg Age: 30.4 years

Avg Opp Age: 32.3 years

Peak Rankings:

#15 Light Heavyweight
#14 Heavyweight

Elo Rating

UFC Rankings

Bout History


2025-12-13
UFC on ESPN: Royval vs. Kape

Kennedy Nzechukwu (33)
πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬

LWWLL β€’ 8-6
Elo: 2722 (65%)
29
HEAVYWEIGHT
DRAW
R3
5:00
πŸ€–

πŸ‡§πŸ‡·
Marcus Buchecha (35)
0-1 β€’ L
Elo: 2614 (35%)
28

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United StatesπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

2025-07-12
UFC on ESPN: Lewis vs. Teixeira

⭐ Valter Walker (27)
πŸ‡§πŸ‡·
πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί

LWW β€’ 2-1
Elo: 2748 (36%)
HEAVYWEIGHT
SUB
R1
0:54

πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬
Kennedy Nzechukwu (33)
8-5 β€’ WWLLW
Elo: 2850 (64%)

Bridgestone Arena
Nashville, Tennessee
United StatesπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

2024-12-07
UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura

⭐ Kennedy Nzechukwu (32)
πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬

WLLWW β€’ 7-5
Elo: 2806 (78%)
HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R1
4:51

πŸ‡΅πŸ‡±
Lukasz Brzeski (32)
1-4 β€’ LLLWL
Elo: 2586 (22%)

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United StatesπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

2024-10-26
UFC 308: Topuria vs. Holloway

Kennedy Nzechukwu (32)
πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬

LLWWW β€’ 6-5
Elo: 2729 (61%)
HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R1
4:27

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
Chris Barnett (38)
2-2 β€’ LWLW
Elo: 2648 (39%)

Etihad Arena
Abu Dhabi
United Arab EmiratesπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ͺ

2024-03-16
UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura

Ovince Saint Preux (40)
πŸ‡­πŸ‡Ή
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

WLLWL β€’ 14-12
Elo: 2619 (25%)
30
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00
πŸ€–

πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬
Kennedy Nzechukwu (31)
6-4 β€’ LWWWL
Elo: 2814 (75%)
27

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United StatesπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

2023-08-05
UFC on ESPN: Sandhagen vs. Font

⭐ Dustin Jacoby (35)
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

WWWLL β€’ 6-4-1
UFC rank: #15 β€’ Elo: 2869 (42%)
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R1
1:22

πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬
Kennedy Nzechukwu (31)
6-3 β€’ WWWLL
Elo: 2932 (58%)

Bridgestone Arena
Nashville, Tennessee
United StatesπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

2023-05-06
UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo

Kennedy Nzechukwu (30)
πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬

WWLLW β€’ 5-3
Elo: 2819 (43%)
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
SUB
R2
2:28

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
Devin Clark (33)
8-7 β€’ LLWLW
Elo: 2864 (57%)

Prudential Center
Newark, New Jersey
United StatesπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

2022-11-19
UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. CuΘ›elaba

⭐ Kennedy Nzechukwu (30)
πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬

WLLWW β€’ 4-3
Elo: 2733 (56%)
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R2
1:02

πŸ‡²πŸ‡©
Ion Cutelaba (28)
5-7-1 β€’ LDWLL
Elo: 2686 (44%)

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United StatesπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

2022-07-09
UFC on ESPN: dos Anjos vs. Fiziev

Kennedy Nzechukwu (30)
πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬

LLWWW β€’ 3-3
Elo: 2644 (55%)
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R3
2:19

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
Karl Roberson (31)
4-5 β€’ WWLLL
Elo: 2604 (45%)

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United StatesπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

2022-03-05
UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal

Nicolae Negumereanu (27)
πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄

LWW β€’ 2-1
Elo: 2609 (37%)
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬
Kennedy Nzechukwu (29)
3-2 β€’ LWWWL
Elo: 2705 (63%)

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United StatesπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

2021-11-13
UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. RodrΓ­guez

Da Woon Jung (27)
πŸ‡°πŸ‡·

WWDW β€’ 3-0-1
Elo: 2860 (61%)
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
KO
R1
3:04

πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬
Kennedy Nzechukwu (29)
3-1 β€’ WWWL
Elo: 2784 (39%)

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United StatesπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

2021-06-26
UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov

⭐ Kennedy Nzechukwu (29)
πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬

WWL β€’ 2-1
Elo: 2697 (56%)
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R3
0:20

πŸ‡§πŸ‡·
Danilo Marques (35)
2-0 β€’ WW
Elo: 2650 (44%)

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United StatesπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

2021-03-06
UFC 259: BΕ‚achowicz vs. Adesanya

Kennedy Nzechukwu (28)
πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬

WL β€’ 1-1
Elo: 2617 (60%)
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
⭐KO⭐
R2
3:19

πŸ‡³πŸ‡Ώ
πŸ‡ΌπŸ‡Έ
Carlos Ulberg (30)
πŸ”° Debut
Elo: 2546 (40%)

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United StatesπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

2019-08-03
UFC on ESPN: Covington vs. Lawler

Kennedy Nzechukwu (27)
πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬

L β€’ 0-1
Elo: 2486 (34%)
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

πŸ‡·πŸ‡Έ
Darko Stosic (27)
1-1 β€’ WL
Elo: 2599 (66%)

Prudential Center
Newark, New Jersey
United StatesπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

2019-03-30
UFC on ESPN: Barboza vs. Gaethje

⭐ Paul Craig (31)
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§
🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

WLLWL β€’ 2-3
Elo: 2606 (55%)
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
SUB
R3
4:20

πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬
Kennedy Nzechukwu (26)
πŸ”° Debut
Elo: 2578 (45%)

Wells Fargo Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
United StatesπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ