Kamaru Usman
“The Nigerian Nightmare”
Welterweight#9Active
Career record
21–5–0
wins–losses–draws
UFC record
16–4–0
as stored in the database
Wins by
9KO1SUB11DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Losses by
1KO0SUB2DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Bio & physicals
- Date of birth
- 1987-05-11 · age 39
- Height
- 6′ 0″ (72 in)
- Reach
- 76 in
- Leg reach
- 41 in
- Stance
- Switch
- Country
- Nigeria
- Hometown
- Auchi, Nigeria
- Gym / team
- Blackzilians - Boca Raton, FL
- Octagon debut
- 2015-07-12
Striking & grappling
- Strikes landed per minute
- 4.13
- Striking accuracy
- 50%
- Strikes absorbed per minute
- 2.86
- Striking defence
- 54%
- Takedown average
- 2.60
- Takedown accuracy
- 42%
- Takedown defence
- 90%
- Submission average
- 0.10
Career averages as stored. A dash is a value the database does not hold; a zero is a recorded zero. Nothing on this page is computed from the bouts below.
Bout history
20 recorded · newest first| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Weight class | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-18 | Dricus Du Plessis | Loss | Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night: Du Plessis vs. Usman |
| 2025-06-14 | Joaquin Buckley | Win | Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley |
| 2023-10-21 | Khamzat Chimaev | Loss | Majority Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Middleweight | UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2 |
| 2023-03-18 | Leon Edwardstitle | Loss | Majority Decision · R5 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3 |
| 2022-08-20 | Leon Edwardstitle | Loss | TKO · R5 · 4:04 | Welterweight | UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards |
| 2021-11-06 | Colby Covingtontitle | Win | Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2 |
| 2021-04-24 | Jorge Masvidaltitle | Win | TKO · R2 · 1:02 | Welterweight | UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal 2 |
| 2021-02-13 | Gilbert Burnstitle | Win | TKO · R3 · 0:34 | Welterweight | UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns |
| 2020-07-11 | Jorge Masvidaltitle | Win | Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal |
| 2019-12-14 | Colby Covingtontitle | Win | TKO · R5 · 4:10 | Welterweight | UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington |
| 2019-03-02 | Tyron Woodleytitle | Win | Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith |
| 2018-11-30 | Rafael Dos Anjos | Win | Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 | Welterweight | The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters Finale |
| 2018-05-19 | Demian Maia | Win | Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Usman |
| 2018-01-14 | Emil Meek | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night: Stephens vs. Choi |
| 2017-09-16 | Sergio Moraes | Win | TKO · R1 · 2:48 | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Branch |
| 2017-04-08 | Sean Strickland | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC 210: Cormier vs. Johnson 2 |
| 2016-11-19 | Warlley Alves | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. Nogueira |
| 2016-07-23 | Alexander Yakovlev | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC on FOX: Holm vs. Shevchenko |
| 2015-12-19 | Leon Edwards | Win | Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 | Welterweight | UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2 |
| 2015-07-12 | Hayder Hassantitle | Win | Submission · R2 · 1:19 | Welterweight | The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Finale |
Bouts are matched to this fighter on ID, never on name — 20 rows in the archive list Kamaru Usman as one of the two fighters. The bout count here is a count of rows in this archive and will not always equal the career record above, which is a separate stored field. The database also holds an Elo rating for each fighter; it is a current rating that already contains the results below, so it is not published on this page.
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