Kennedy Nzechukwu

🇳🇬 ︎

(1992-06-13)

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 (#424)

Peak Elo: 2932 (2023-05-06) (#541)

Avg Opponent Elo: 2673 (#1099)

Bonuses: 4 (1 FOTN, 3 Performance)

Avg Fight Time: 8m 53s

Total Fight Time: 2h 13m 26s (#404)

Avg Time Between Fights: 136 days

Avg Card Slot: 7.4 (#1198)

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)

🇳🇬 ︎

LWWLL • 8-6
Elo: 2722 (65%)
29

HEAVYWEIGHT
DRAW
R3
5:00
🤖

🇧🇷 ︎

Marcus Buchecha (35)
0-1 • L
Elo: 2614 (35%)
28

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

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

⭐ Valter Walker (27)

🇧🇷 ︎

🇷🇺 ︎

LWW • 2-1
Elo: 2748 (36%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
SUB
R1
0:54

🇳🇬 ︎

Kennedy Nzechukwu (33)
8-5 • WWLLW
Elo: 2850 (64%)

Bridgestone Arena
Nashville, Tennessee
United States🇺🇸 ︎

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

⭐ Kennedy Nzechukwu (32)

🇳🇬 ︎

WLLWW • 7-5
Elo: 2806 (78%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R1
4:51

🇵🇱 ︎

Lukasz Brzeski (32)
1-4 • LLLWL
Elo: 2586 (22%)

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

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

Kennedy Nzechukwu (32)

🇳🇬 ︎

LLWWW • 6-5
Elo: 2729 (61%)

HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R1
4:27

🇺🇸 ︎

Chris Barnett (38)
2-2 • LWLW
Elo: 2648 (39%)

Etihad Arena
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates🇦🇪 ︎

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

Ovince Saint Preux (40)

🇭🇹 ︎

🇺🇸 ︎

WLLWL • 14-12
Elo: 2619 (25%)
30

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00
🤖

🇳🇬 ︎

Kennedy Nzechukwu (31)
6-4 • LWWWL
Elo: 2814 (75%)
27

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

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

⭐ Dustin Jacoby (35)

🇺🇸 ︎

WWWLL • 6-4-1
UFC rank: #15 • Elo: 2869 (42%)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R1
1:22

🇳🇬 ︎

Kennedy Nzechukwu (31)
6-3 • WWWLL
Elo: 2932 (58%)

Bridgestone Arena
Nashville, Tennessee
United States🇺🇸 ︎

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

Kennedy Nzechukwu (30)

🇳🇬 ︎

WWLLW • 5-3
Elo: 2819 (43%)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
SUB
R2
2:28

🇺🇸 ︎

Devin Clark (33)
8-7 • LLWLW
Elo: 2864 (57%)

Prudential Center
Newark, New Jersey
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2022-11-19
UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cuțelaba

⭐ Kennedy Nzechukwu (30)

🇳🇬 ︎

WLLWW • 4-3
Elo: 2733 (56%)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R2
1:02

🇲🇩 ︎

Ion Cutelaba (28)
5-7-1 • LDWLL
Elo: 2686 (44%)

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

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

Kennedy Nzechukwu (30)

🇳🇬 ︎

LLWWW • 3-3
Elo: 2644 (55%)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R3
2:19

🇺🇸 ︎

Karl Roberson (31)
4-5 • WWLLL
Elo: 2604 (45%)

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

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

Nicolae Negumereanu (27)

🇷🇴 ︎

LWW • 2-1
Elo: 2609 (37%)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇳🇬 ︎

Kennedy Nzechukwu (29)
3-2 • LWWWL
Elo: 2705 (63%)

T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

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

Da Woon Jung (27)

🇰🇷 ︎

WWDW • 3-0-1
Elo: 2860 (61%)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
KO
R1
3:04

🇳🇬 ︎

Kennedy Nzechukwu (29)
3-1 • WWWL
Elo: 2784 (39%)

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

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

⭐ Kennedy Nzechukwu (29)

🇳🇬 ︎

WWL • 2-1
Elo: 2697 (56%)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
TKO
R3
0:20

🇧🇷 ︎

Danilo Marques (35)
2-0 • WW
Elo: 2650 (44%)

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

2021-03-06
UFC 259: Błachowicz vs. Adesanya

Kennedy Nzechukwu (28)

🇳🇬 ︎

WL • 1-1
Elo: 2617 (60%)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

⭐KO⭐

R2
3:19

🇳🇿 ︎

🇼🇸 ︎

Carlos Ulberg (30)
🔰 Debut
Elo: 2546 (40%)

UFC Apex
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States🇺🇸 ︎

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

Kennedy Nzechukwu (27)

🇳🇬 ︎

L • 0-1
Elo: 2486 (34%)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
DEC
R3
5:00

🇷🇸 ︎

Darko Stosic (27)
1-1 • WL
Elo: 2599 (66%)

Prudential Center
Newark, New Jersey
United States🇺🇸 ︎

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

⭐ Paul Craig (31)

🇬🇧 ︎

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ︎

WLLWL • 2-3
Elo: 2606 (55%)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
SUB
R3
4:20

🇳🇬 ︎

Kennedy Nzechukwu (26)
🔰 Debut
Elo: 2578 (45%)

Wells Fargo Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
United States🇺🇸 ︎