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Kamaru Usman
“Nigerian Nightmare”
Middleweight
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21WINS
5LOSSES
0DRAWS
9KO/TKO
1SUB
11DEC
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Tale of the tape
- Age
- 39 · born May 11, 1987 UFC.com
- Height
- 6′0″ 183 cm UFC.com
- Reach
- 76″ 193 cm UFC.com
- Leg reach
- 41″ 104 cm UFC.com
- Stance
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- Weight class
- Middleweight UFC.com
- Fighting style
- Freestyle UFC.com
- Team / gym
- Blackzilians - Boca Raton, FL UFC.com
- Born
- Auchi, Nigeria UFC.com
- Fights out of / flag
- Nigeria UFC.com
- UFC debut
- Jul. 12, 2015 UFC.com
- 1st-round finishes
- 3 UFC.com
UFC.com: UFC.com athlete profile (official) · checked 2026-10-22 · UFCStats: UFCStats.com fighter page (data via the public ufcstats.com mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18)
UFC career stats
51%Striking accuracy1503 of 2953 landed
19%Takedown accuracy28⚑ of 150 landed
4.13Sig. strikes landedper min
2.86Sig. strikes absorbedper min
55%Striking defense
2.6Takedownsper 15 min
90%Takedown defense
0.08Submission attemptsper 15 min
0.41Knockdownsper 15 min
18:12Average fight time
⚑ = UFC.com and UFCStats disagree on this number. We show the official UFC.com figure and have flagged it for review.
Source: UFC.com athlete profile (official) (UFC stats are for UFC bouts only) · checked 2026-10-22
UFC fight history 20 bouts
| Res | Opponent | Method | Rd | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Dricus Du Plessis | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | Jul 18, 2026 | ↗ |
| W | Joaquin Buckley | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | Jun 14, 2025 | ↗ |
| L | Khamzat Chimaev | Decision - Majority | 3 | Oct 21, 2023 | ↗ |
| L | Leon Edwards | Decision - Majority | 5 | Mar 18, 2023 | ↗ |
| L | Leon Edwards | KO/TKO | 5 | Aug 20, 2022 | ↗ |
| W | Colby Covington | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | Nov 6, 2021 | ↗ |
| W | Jorge Masvidal | KO/TKO | 2 | Apr 24, 2021 | ↗ |
| W | Gilbert Burns | KO/TKO | 3 | Feb 13, 2021 | ↗ |
| W | Jorge Masvidal | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | Jul 11, 2020 | ↗ |
| W | Colby Covington | KO/TKO | 5 | Dec 14, 2019 | ↗ |
| W | Tyron Woodley | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | Mar 2, 2019 | ↗ |
| W | Rafael Dos Anjos | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | Nov 30, 2018 | ↗ |
| W | Demian Maia | Decision - Unanimous | 5 | May 19, 2018 | ↗ |
| W | Emil Meek | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jan 14, 2018 | ↗ |
| W | Sergio Moraes | KO/TKO | 1 | Sep 16, 2017 | ↗ |
| W | Sean Strickland | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Apr 8, 2017 | ↗ |
| W | Warlley Alves | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Nov 19, 2016 | ↗ |
| W | Alexander Yakovlev | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Jul 23, 2016 | ↗ |
| W | Leon Edwards | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Dec 19, 2015 | ↗ |
| W | Hayder Hassan | Submission | 2 | Jul 12, 2015 | ↗ |
UFC bouts only. Source: UFCStats.com bout pages (via the public mirror, snapshot 2026-10-18) · checked 2026-10-22. Bouts outside the UFC aren’t listed because we only republish history we can trace to an official source.