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Kamaru Usman
“The Nigerian Nightmare”
United StatesWelterweightActiveage 39
21-4
84% win rate
W1 streak
Peak Vertex
2021-04-24 → 2021-04-2496held 4 bouts-88 vs current
Bouts at peak
- Wvs · KO · 2021-04-24
Eased since the peak
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
- Win
- Loss
- Draw / No contest
- Title
16 wins3 losseslast 5: W L L L Wdrag to scroll · 1993–2025
Key stats
Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.
Striking heatmap
Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.
Round-by-round averages
Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.
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Metrics
| Metric | R1(19) | R2(18) | R3(16) | R4(9) | R5(9) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 16.2 | 23.1 | 27.7 | 24.2 | 20.4 |
| Sig Str absorbed | 13.3 | 15.3 | 11.5 | 15.2 | 13.5 |
| Takedowns landed | 1.00 | 0.71 | 1.38 | 0.78 | 0.56 |
| Takedowns absorbed | 0.16 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Control time | 2:08 | 2:05 | 2:18 | 2:01 | 2:08 |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley2025-06-14W·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 22023-10-21L·M-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 32023-03-18L·M-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards2022-08-20L·KO·R5 · 4:04
- UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 22021-11-06W·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal 22021-04-24W·KO·R2 · 1:02
- UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns2021-02-13W·KO·R3 · 0:34
- UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal2020-07-11W·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington2019-12-14W·KO·R5 · 4:10
- UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith2019-03-02W·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- W·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Usman2018-05-19W·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Stephens vs. Choi2018-01-14W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Branch2017-09-16W·KO·R1 · 2:48
- UFC 210: Cormier vs. Johnson 22017-04-08W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. Nogueira2016-11-19W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC on FOX: Holm vs. Shevchenko2016-07-23W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 22015-12-19W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- W·Sub·R2 · 1:19
In the news
Recent MMA headlines that mention this fighter.
- MMA Fighting
Dricus du Plessis says his next opponent has agreed to fight him, but contract delays are holding up the official announcement.
- MMA Fighting
Brendan Allen took aim at Dricus du Plessis this week, blaming the former middleweight champion for a fight that never materialised despite being reportedly agreed in January.
Similar fighters
Closest stylistic matches by inverse-Euclidean similarity over striking and grappling rates.
