Kennedy Nzechukwu
“Chosen”
Heavyweight
NigeriaUFC
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14WINS
7LOSSES
1DRAWS
10KO/TKO
1SUB
3DEC
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Tale of the tape
- Age
- 34 · born Jun 13, 1992 UFC.com
- Height
- 6′5″ 196 cm UFC.com
- Reach
- 83″ 211 cm UFC.com
- Leg reach
- 47″ 119 cm UFC.com
- Stance
- Southpaw UFCStats
- Weight class
- Heavyweight UFC.com
- Fighting style
- Wrestler UFC.com
- Team / gym
- War Room MMA UFC.com
- Born
- United States UFC.com
- Fights out of / flag
- Nigeria UFC.com
- UFC debut
- Aug. 22, 2017 UFC.com
- 1st-round finishes
- 4 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
47%Striking accuracy748⚑ of 1597⚑ landed
0%Takedown accuracy0⚑ of 11 landed
4.94Sig. strikes landedper min
4.55Sig. strikes absorbedper min
51%Striking defense
0.49Takedownsper 15 min
80%Takedown defense
0.2Submission attemptsper 15 min
0.4Knockdownsper 15 min
08:25Average 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 16 bouts
| Res | Opponent | Method | Rd | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Shamil Gaziev | KO/TKO | 1 | Aug 22, 2026 | ↗ |
| D | Marcus Buchecha | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Dec 13, 2025 | ↗ |
| L | Valter Walker | Submission | 1 | Jul 12, 2025 | ↗ |
| W | Lukasz Brzeski | KO/TKO | 1 | Dec 7, 2024 | ↗ |
| W | Chris Barnett | KO/TKO | 1 | Oct 26, 2024 | ↗ |
| L | Ovince Saint Preux | Decision - Split | 3 | Mar 16, 2024 | ↗ |
| L | Dustin Jacoby | KO/TKO | 1 | Aug 5, 2023 | ↗ |
| W | Devin Clark | Submission | 2 | May 6, 2023 | ↗ |
| W | Ion Cutelaba | KO/TKO | 2 | Nov 19, 2022 | ↗ |
| W | Karl Roberson | KO/TKO | 3 | Jul 9, 2022 | ↗ |
| L | Nicolae Negumereanu | Decision - Split | 3 | Mar 5, 2022 | ↗ |
| L | Da Woon Jung | KO/TKO | 1 | Nov 13, 2021 | ↗ |
| W | Danilo Marques | KO/TKO | 3 | Jun 26, 2021 | ↗ |
| W | Carlos Ulberg | KO/TKO | 2 | Mar 6, 2021 | ↗ |
| W | Darko Stosic | Decision - Unanimous | 3 | Aug 3, 2019 | ↗ |
| L | Paul Craig | Submission | 3 | Mar 30, 2019 | ↗ |
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.