MatchWiz

Kennedy Nzechukwu “African Savage”

14-7-1 · MatchWiz rating 1556

Age34Height6'5"Reach83"StanceSouthpawDivisionHeavyweightCampFortis MMACountryNigeria

Rating trend

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current 1556 · 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

Where he stands

Kennedy Nzechukwu is 10-7 across 18 fights on our tape. Our rating has him at 1556 — it moves with every result and weights who he beat, so a win over a ranked opponent counts for far more than one over a debutant. A record on its own says very little in this sport — two fighters at 12-3 can have faced completely different opposition, which is exactly the gap the rating is built to close.

He ends fights

80% of Kennedy's wins have come inside the distance. That's a real trait and a volatile one: a finisher's floor is lower than his highlight reel suggests, because the same aggression that ends fights early loses them early. He absorbs 4.5 significant strikes a minute, which is the number to watch — a high finish rate paired with heavy absorption is a career that tends to be short and loud.

How the model reads him

Kennedy's number is a matchup output — rating against rating, then style against style, plus age and layoff — graded on the fight board like every other call. Our tape covers UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 on, and one punch can settle a fight the better fighter was winning.

The full method is on the fight board, and every published call is graded on the report card.

Kennedy Nzechukwu — FAQ

What is Kennedy Nzechukwu's record?

10-7 across 18 fights on our tape, which covers UFC and Contender Series bouts from 2015 to the present. Our rating has him at 1556 — it weights who he beat, not just how often he won.

What kind of fighter is Kennedy Nzechukwu?

He lands 4.8 significant strikes a minute and absorbs 4.5, with 0.5 takedowns per 15 minutes and 80% takedown defense. Those rates decide where his fights happen, which decides most of the rest.

Fight history

DateOpponentResultEventΔ rating
Aug 22, 2026Shamil GazievL · KO/TKO R1UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Rodrigues-19
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 →