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Kennedy Nzechukwu
14-6-1tale of the tape = factsmetrics = our read

FightIQ’s profile

Built from Kennedy Nzechukwu’s own numbers — style, standout rate and current form. Not reported prose.

6'5" southpaw power striker with a 8-5 record, age 33. Standout metric: lands 5.1 significant strikes per minute; hits 46% of takedown attempts. Form: last 5: WLLWW · on a 2-fight win streak · 217 days off · Elo 1532.

Power striker
Assembled from the striking, grappling and form figures on this page, as of 2025-07-12. If a number isn’t in the data, it isn’t in this profile.

Tale of the tape facts

The facts, plainly — vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register. A field we can't source stays “pending”; it never shows a fake value.

NicknameAfrican Savage
NationalityUnited States
HometownDallas, Texas
Fighting out ofFortis MMA
Height6' 5"
Reach83.0"
StanceSouthpaw
Age34
Date of birthJun 13, 1992
Weight236 lbs.
Pro record14-6-1
Finish splitpending

FightIQ Metrics

Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against every fighter on record. Tap any i for what a score measures.

FightIQ's read — derived from the tape
Our read — derived, not official stats.
Striking74
Defence36
Grappling / TD28
Cardio93
Chin45
Fight IQ55

Our record on Kennedy Nzechukwu

The moat — every call we've made on this fighter, timestamped and graded in public. Nobody else can copy this.

FightIQ has picked Kennedy Nzechukwu 6×, 3 correct (3-3 — 50% right). The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.

DateOpponentCardWe saidResult
2025-07-12Valter WalkerUFC Fight Night: Matthews vs Njokuani53%Missed
2024-12-07Lukasz BrzeskiUFC: Pantoja vs Asakura72.8%Correct
2024-10-26Chris BarnettUFC Fight Night: Murphy vs Ige83.3%Correct
2024-03-16Ovince Saint PreuxUFC Fight Night: Filho vs Osbourne78.2%Missed
2023-08-05Dustin JacobyUFC Fight Night: Boser vs Camur62.5%Missed
2023-05-06Devin ClarkUFC Fight Night: Hawes vs Aliskerov69.9%Correct

Strike zones

Strike zones

Kennedy Nzechukwu

Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.

HEAD81.7%ACC 47%BODY17.3%ACC 71%LEGS1.0%FIELD 16%
FightIQ read Head-hunter 81.7% of everything he lands goes upstairs — +18.8 on the field average.
Share by zonevs field average
HEAD
81.7% acc 47%+18.8 vs field
BODY
17.3% acc 71%−3.5 vs field
LEGS
1.0%−15.3 vs field
Where the offence happens
DISTANCE 76%CLINCH 13%GROUND 11%

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do.

15 UFC fights · 624 landed

Recent form

Pro record: 14-6-1. Timeline below is the bouts FightIQ has tracked (most recent first).

L · vs Valter WalkerUFC Fight Night: Matthews vs Njokuani2025-07-12
W · vs Lukasz BrzeskiUFC: Pantoja vs Asakura2024-12-07
W · vs Chris BarnettUFC Fight Night: Murphy vs Ige2024-10-26
L · vs Ovince Saint PreuxUFC Fight Night: Filho vs Osbourne2024-03-16
L · vs Dustin JacobyUFC Fight Night: Boser vs Camur2023-08-05
W · vs Devin ClarkUFC Fight Night: Hawes vs Aliskerov2023-05-06
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