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Kyle Nelson

“The Monster”

Lightweight

Canada2-fight losing streak

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17WINS

8LOSSES

1DRAWS

6KO/TKO

4SUB

7DEC

Pro MMA recordSource: UFC.com athlete profile (official)Checked 2026-10-22

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Tale of the tape

Age: 35 · born Apr 20, 1991 UFC.com
Height: 5′11″ 180 cm UFC.com
Reach: 71″ 180 cm UFC.com
Leg reach: 41″ 104 cm UFC.com
Stance: Switch UFCStats
Weight class: Lightweight UFC.com
Fighting style: Jiu-Jitsu UFC.com
Team / gym: Niagara Top Team UFC.com
Born: Huntsville, Canada UFC.com
Fights out of / flag: Canada UFC.com
UFC debut: Dec. 8, 2018 UFC.com
1st-round finishes: 8 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

46%Striking accuracy418⚑ of 909⚑ landed

5%Takedown accuracy2⚑ of 39 landed

3.63Sig. strikes landedper min

4.64Sig. strikes absorbedper min

54%Striking defense

1.17Takedownsper 15 min

67%Takedown defense

0.52Submission attemptsper 15 min

0.13Knockdownsper 15 min

08:52Average fight time

Sig. strikes by position

Standing351 84%

Clinch54 13%

Ground13 3%

Sig. strikes by target

Head235 56%

Body109 26%

Leg74 18%

⚑ = 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 14 bouts

Res	Opponent	Method	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Cristian Perez	KO/TKO	1	0:27	UFC Fight Night: Buckley vs. Malott	Oct 17, 2026	↗
L	Terrance McKinney	KO/TKO	1	0:24	UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer	Mar 28, 2026	↗
W	Matt Frevola	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: De Ridder vs. Allen	Oct 18, 2025	↗
L	Steve Garcia	KO/TKO	1	3:59	UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady	Sep 7, 2024	↗
W	Bill Algeo	KO/TKO	1	4:00	UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot	Mar 30, 2024	↗
W	Fernando Padilla	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	Noche UFC: Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2	Sep 16, 2023	↗
W	Blake Bilder	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana	Jun 10, 2023	↗
D	Dooho Choi	Decision - Majority	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac	Feb 4, 2023	↗
L	Jai Herbert	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall	Jul 23, 2022	↗
L	Billy Quarantillo	KO/TKO	3	0:07	UFC Fight Night: Waterson vs. Hill	Sep 12, 2020	↗
W	Marco Polo Reyes	KO/TKO	1	1:36	UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Stephens	Sep 21, 2019	↗
L	Matt Sayles	Submission	3	3:16	UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy	May 4, 2019	↗
L	Diego Ferreira	KO/TKO	2	1:23	UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega	Dec 8, 2018	↗
W	Fernando Padilla	Decision - Unanimous	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2		↗

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.