MatchWiz Scores

Kennedy Nzechukwu “African Savage”

14-6-1 · MatchWiz rating 1575

Age34Height6'5"Reach83"StanceSouthpawDivisionHeavyweightCampFortis MMACountryNigeria

Rating trend

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current 1575 · hover or touch the chart to trace each fight

Our Elo-style rating after each UFC fight — 1500 is average; champions live around 1700+ (full leaderboard). This is the backbone of our win probabilities.

Career rates

Sig. strikes landed / min5.1Sig. strikes absorbed / min4.8Takedowns / 15 min0.5Takedown defense80%Sub attempts / 15 min0.2Wins by finish80%

Fight history

DateOpponentResultEventΔ rating
Aug 23, 2026Shamil GazievupcomingUFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Rodrigues–
Dec 14, 2025Marcus BuchechaD · Draw R3UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape-4
Jul 12, 2025Valter WalkerL · Submission R1UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira-23
Dec 7, 2024Lukasz BrzeskiW · KO/TKO R1UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura+11
Oct 26, 2024Chris BarnettW · KO/TKO R1UFC 308: Topuria vs. Holloway+16
Mar 16, 2024Ovince Saint PreuxL · Decision - Split R3UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura-19
Aug 6, 2023Dustin JacobyL · KO/TKO R1UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Font-19
May 7, 2023Devin ClarkW · Submission R2UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo+16
Nov 19, 2022Ion CutelabaW · KO/TKO R2UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba+15
Jul 9, 2022Karl RobersonW · KO/TKO R3UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev+15
Mar 6, 2022Nicolae NegumereanuL · Decision - Split R3UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal-17
Nov 13, 2021Da Woon JungL · KO/TKO R1UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodriguez-19
Jun 26, 2021Danilo MarquesW · KO/TKO R3UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov+18
Mar 6, 2021Carlos UlbergW · KO/TKO R2UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya+38
Aug 3, 2019Darko StošićW · Decision - Unanimous R3UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Lawler+31
Mar 30, 2019Paul CraigL · Submission R3UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Gaethje-48
Aug 8, 2018Dennis BryantW · KO/TKO R1Dana White's Contender Series: Season 2, Week 8+35
Aug 23, 2017Anton BerzinW · Decision - Split R3Dana White's Contender Series: Season 1, Week 7+29

Record is career MMA (including pre-UFC fights); the history and rating cover UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 on. Back to the fight board →