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Kennedy Nzechukwu

Chosen
14-6-1
34y·6' 5"·83" reach·Southpaw
2:40
Control / 15m
time on top
+0.38
Striking diff.
landed minus absorbed
80%
Finish rate
wins inside the distance
0.5
Power
knockdowns per 100 landed

Tells

Non-traditional predictors we've tested against the record. Only the ones that fire on this fighter show up here.

Chin Decay

Predictive

First KO loss November 2021. Fighters at the same age and mileage lose by KO in 11.3% of fights; after a first KO it runs 17.3%.

Fired again Aug 2023

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The Odometer

Backwards

Crossed into the heaviest third of head strikes eaten for their age in June 2021, 128 head strikes before that night. Never-yet-stopped fighters carrying that kind of mileage took a first KO in 11.0% of fights; the lightest third ran 15.6%.

Fired again Aug 2023

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Checked 3 tells for this fighter. 2 fired.

How they fight

Every significant strike they have landed across 16 recorded bouts, 627 in total. Target and position are two readings of the same strikes, so each adds to 100.

Target
Head 82%Body 17%Legs 1%
Position
Distance 76%Clinch 13%Ground 11%
And how often each lands
Head47%
Body71%
Legs67%
Distance44%
Clinch82%
Ground80%

How fights end

UFC bouts only, so these will not add up to the record above. Counts rather than rates: two knockouts in three wins is not a 67% finisher.

10Wins7 KO · 1 SUB · 2 DEC
6Losses2 KO · 2 SUB · 2 DEC

Control, bout by bout

Seconds spent controlling the opponent in each fight, oldest on the left. UFCStats records this per bout and never adds it up; this is what that looks like added up.

30%
Craig
0%
Stosic
1%
Ulberg
0%
Marques
0%
Jung
0%
Negumereanu
87%
Roberson
20%
Cutelaba
50%
Clark
0%
Jacoby
1%
Preux
0%
Barnett
1%
Brzeski
6%
Walker
24%
Buchecha
0%
Gaziev

As the fight goes on

Which measure to show

Significant strikes landed, per minute fought. Every round is measured against round one, except rounds reached by fewer than 3 bouts, which are dimmed and left uncompared.

Landed / minvs R1Bouts
R13.71100%16
R25.05136%10
R36.33171%7

Only fights that reached a round count towards it, so later rounds are a smaller sample.

Career numbers

Strikes landed / min4.96
Strikes absorbed / min4.58
Striking accuracyof everything thrown46%
Striking defenceof what comes back, missed51%
Takedowns / 15 min0.5
Takedown accuracyof attempts that land45%
Takedown defenceof attempts stuffed80%
Sub attempts / 15 min0.2
Pacestrikes landed and absorbed, added together9.54
Average bout lengthhow long their fights actually last, across 16 bouts8.4m

Earned Accuracy

How hard the opponents on this record were to hit at distance, and whether they beat it. Distance strikes only, so nobody gets credit for accuracy they picked up hammering someone already flat on the floor.

44.2%
Landed at range
1,069 thrown over 14 bouts
46.7%
Expected
against these opponents
−2.6pp
Gap
below expected
68.2%
Coverage
from real records
The fine print

Distance strikes only

Nothing thrown in the clinch or on the ground counts. Those land at about 72% and 71%, against 44% at distance, so a blended accuracy mostly measures where a fight happened. Rank the sport that way and its best strikers are all wrestlers.

One pass, not a rating

How much each opponent lets through is taken raw. It isn't adjusted for who they fought, so a fighter whose opponents all had soft schedules comes out looking better here than they are. Running it to convergence is a later job.

Coverage, and who gets ranked

Coverage is how much of the expected number came from the opponents' own records instead of the division average. Under 65% it's mostly the division talking, so the comparison gets hidden. Same for anyone under 5 qualifying bouts, or under 300 distance strikes of their own, which is where an accuracy still moves on a single exchange. Miss any of the three and you'll see what they landed, nothing else, and they stay out of any ranking.

Short records get pulled to the middle

An opponent who hasn't been shot at much gets dragged toward their division's average, and the drag fades as their record fills in. At 60 distance strikes faced, their own record and the division average count for the same.

Bout log

LShamil GazievAug 2026KO R10:00 ctrl3 str0 td
Significant strikes
3 of 7 · 43%
Total strikes
3 of 7 · 43%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:20
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
DMarcus BuchechaDec 2025U-DEC3:37 ctrl24 str0 td
Significant strikes
24 of 48 · 50%
Total strikes
58 of 87 · 67%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
3:37
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 88%Body 13%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 54%Clinch 8%Ground 38%
This fight on UFCStats
LValter WalkerJul 2025SUB R10:03 ctrl0 str0 td
Significant strikes
0 of 0
Total strikes
0 of 0
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:03
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R1 0:54
Heel Hook After Drop to Ground
This fight on UFCStats
WLukasz BrzeskiDec 2024KO R10:04 ctrl29 str0 td
Significant strikes
29 of 70 · 41%
Total strikes
29 of 70 · 41%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:04
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:51
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 66%Body 34%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 90%Clinch 0%Ground 10%
This fight on UFCStats
WChris BarnettOct 2024KO R10:00 ctrl51 str0 td
Significant strikes
51 of 74 · 69%
Total strikes
51 of 74 · 69%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 4:27
Knee to Body At Distance
Target
Head 55%Body 43%Legs 2%
Position
Distance 98%Clinch 0%Ground 2%
This fight on UFCStats
LOvince Saint PreuxMar 2024S-DEC0:08 ctrl106 str0 td
Significant strikes
106 of 250 · 42%
Total strikes
106 of 250 · 42%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:08
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 80%Body 18%Legs 2%
Position
Distance 88%Clinch 12%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LDustin JacobyAug 2023KO R10:00 ctrl4 str0 td
Significant strikes
4 of 18 · 22%
Total strikes
4 of 18 · 22%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 1:22
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 75%Body 0%Legs 25%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WDevin ClarkMay 2023SUB R23:42 ctrl62 str0 td
Significant strikes
62 of 81 · 77%
Total strikes
79 of 98 · 81%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
3:42
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R2 2:28
Guillotine Choke Standing
Target
Head 71%Body 29%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 15%Clinch 85%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WIon CutelabaNov 2022KO R21:14 ctrl24 str0 td
Significant strikes
24 of 42 · 57%
Total strikes
24 of 42 · 57%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
1:14
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 1:02
Knee to Head At Distance
Target
Head 92%Body 8%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 63%Clinch 0%Ground 38%
This fight on UFCStats
WKarl RobersonJul 2022KO R310:46 ctrl20 str5 td
Significant strikes
20 of 43 · 47%
Total strikes
64 of 114 · 56%
Takedowns
5 of 7 · 71%
Control
10:46
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
1
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 2:19
Elbows to Head From Back Control
Target
Head 90%Body 10%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 15%Clinch 0%Ground 85%
This fight on UFCStats
LNicolae NegumereanuMar 2022S-DEC0:00 ctrl95 str0 td
Significant strikes
95 of 190 · 50%
Total strikes
97 of 192 · 51%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Split decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 88%Body 12%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 97%Clinch 3%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
LDa Woon JungNov 2021KO R10:00 ctrl6 str0 td
Significant strikes
6 of 18 · 33%
Total strikes
6 of 18 · 33%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R1 3:04
Elbows to Head In Clinch
Target
Head 100%Body 0%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WDanilo MarquesJun 2021KO R30:00 ctrl31 str0 td
Significant strikes
31 of 80 · 39%
Total strikes
31 of 80 · 39%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R3 0:20
Punches to Head At Distance
Target
Head 90%Body 10%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 100%Clinch 0%Ground 0%
This fight on UFCStats
WCarlos UlbergMar 2021KO R20:05 ctrl82 str0 td
Significant strikes
82 of 148 · 55%
Total strikes
84 of 150 · 56%
Takedowns
0 of 1 · 0%
Control
0:05
Knockdowns
1
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
KO / TKO, R2 3:19
Punch to Head At Distance
Target
Head 99%Body 1%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 88%Clinch 4%Ground 9%
This fight on UFCStats
WDarko StosicAug 2019U-DEC0:00 ctrl50 str0 td
Significant strikes
50 of 123 · 41%
Total strikes
50 of 123 · 41%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
0:00
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Unanimous decision, 3 rounds
Target
Head 76%Body 20%Legs 4%
Position
Distance 94%Clinch 0%Ground 6%
This fight on UFCStats
LPaul CraigMar 2019SUB R34:22 ctrl40 str0 td
Significant strikes
40 of 72 · 56%
Total strikes
47 of 80 · 59%
Takedowns
0 of 0
Control
4:22
Knockdowns
0
Sub attempts
0
Reversals
0
Ended
Submission, R3 4:20
Triangle Choke From Bottom Guard
Target
Head 83%Body 18%Legs 0%
Position
Distance 28%Clinch 18%Ground 55%
This fight on UFCStats

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Numbers from UFCStats. Control time and strike placement are summed from each bout, everything else is as published.