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Kennedy Nzechukwu

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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: L W W L D

Elo: 2692

Peak Elo: 2932 (2023-05-06)

Avg Opponent Elo: 2686 (#974)

Bonuses: 4 (1 FOTN, 3 Performance)

Avg Fight Time: 8m 54s

Total Fight Time: 2h 13m 26s

Avg Time Between Fights: 136 days

Avg Card Placement: 7.4

Peak Rankings:

#15 Light Heavyweight
#14 Heavyweight

Elo Rating & UFC Rankings

Bout History


2026-03-14
UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Vallejos

Kennedy Nzechukwu (33) πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬
D L W W L β€’ 8-6-1
Elo: 2692
HEAVYWEIGHT


πŸ‡§πŸ‡· Vitor Petrino (28)
6-2 β€’ W L L W W
Elo: 2869

Meta Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

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

Kennedy Nzechukwu (33) πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬
L W W L L β€’ 8-6
Elo: 2721
29
HEAVYWEIGHT
DRAW
R3
5:00
πŸ€–

πŸ‡§πŸ‡· Marcus Buchecha (35)
0-1 β€’ L
Elo: 2616
28

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

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

⭐ Valter Walker (27) πŸ‡§πŸ‡· πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί
L W W β€’ 2-1
Elo: 2746
HEAVYWEIGHT
SUB
R1
0:54

πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬ Kennedy Nzechukwu (33)
8-5 β€’ W W L L W
Elo: 2850

Bridgestone Arena
Nashville, Tennessee
United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

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

⭐ Kennedy Nzechukwu (32) πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬
W L L W W β€’ 7-5
Elo: 2806
HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R1
4:51

πŸ‡΅πŸ‡± Lukasz Brzeski (32)
1-4 β€’ L L L W L
Elo: 2584

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

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

Kennedy Nzechukwu (32) πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬
L L W W W β€’ 6-5
Elo: 2730
HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R1
4:27

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Chris Barnett (38)
2-2 β€’ L W L W
Elo: 2648

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

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

Ovince Saint Preux (40) πŸ‡­πŸ‡Ή πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
W L L W L β€’ 14-12
Elo: 2619
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬ Kennedy Nzechukwu (31)
6-4 β€’ L W W W L
Elo: 2815

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

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

⭐ Dustin Jacoby (35) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
W W W L L β€’ 6-4-1
UFC rank: #15 β€’ Elo: 2870
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R1
1:22

πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬ Kennedy Nzechukwu (31)
6-3 β€’ W W W L L
Elo: 2932

Bridgestone Arena
Nashville, Tennessee
United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

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

Kennedy Nzechukwu (30) πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬
W W L L W β€’ 5-3
Elo: 2820
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
SUB
R2
2:28

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Devin Clark (33)
8-7 β€’ L L W L W
Elo: 2864

Prudential Center
Newark, New Jersey
United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

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

⭐ Kennedy Nzechukwu (30) πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬
W L L W W β€’ 4-3
Elo: 2733
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R2
1:02

πŸ‡²πŸ‡© Ion Cutelaba (28)
5-7-1 β€’ L D W L L
Elo: 2686

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

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

Kennedy Nzechukwu (30) πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬
L L W W W β€’ 3-3
Elo: 2645
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R3
2:19

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Karl Roberson (31)
4-5 β€’ W W L L L
Elo: 2604

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

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

Nicolae Negumereanu (27) πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄
L W W β€’ 2-1
Elo: 2610
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬ Kennedy Nzechukwu (29)
3-2 β€’ L W W W L
Elo: 2705

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

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

Da Woon Jung (27) πŸ‡°πŸ‡·
W W D W β€’ 3-0-1
Elo: 2860
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
KO
R1
3:04

πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬ Kennedy Nzechukwu (29)
3-1 β€’ W W W L
Elo: 2784

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

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

⭐ Kennedy Nzechukwu (29) πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬
W W L β€’ 2-1
Elo: 2698
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R3
0:20

πŸ‡§πŸ‡· Danilo Marques (35)
2-0 β€’ W W
Elo: 2651

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

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

Kennedy Nzechukwu (28) πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬
W L β€’ 1-1
Elo: 2618
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
⭐KO⭐
R2
3:19

πŸ‡³πŸ‡Ώ πŸ‡ΌπŸ‡Έ Carlos Ulberg (30)
πŸ”° Debut
Elo: 2547

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

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

Kennedy Nzechukwu (27) πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬
L β€’ 0-1
Elo: 2486
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

πŸ‡·πŸ‡Έ Darko Stosic (27)
1-1 β€’ W L
Elo: 2599

Prudential Center
Newark, New Jersey
United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

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

⭐ Paul Craig (31) πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
W L L W L β€’ 2-3
Elo: 2607
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
SUB
R3
4:20

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

Wells Fargo Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ