Fighter Profile
USCountry
Kamaru Usman
“The Nigerian Nightmare”
#9 Welterweight
21-5-0Record
39Age
6′0″Height
76″Reach
OrthodoxStance
Sanford MMATeam
USCountryWelterweightDivision
Finish rate
KO/TKO
9 (43%)
Submission
1 (5%)
Decision
11 (52%)
21 wins — 5 losses, 0 draws.
Fight History
| Result | Opponent | Method | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Dricus du Plessis | Unanimous DecisionR5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night 281 - Du Plessis vs. Usman | Sat, July 18, 2026 |
| W | Joaquin Buckley | Unanimous DecisionR5 · 5:00 | UFC on ESPN 69 - Usman vs. Buckley | Sat, June 14, 2025 |
| L | Khamzat Chimaev | Majority DecisionR3 · 5:00 | UFC 294 - Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2 | Sat, October 21, 2023 |
| L | Leon Edwards | Majority DecisionR5 · 5:00 | UFC 286 - Edwards vs. Usman 3 | Sat, March 18, 2023 |
| L | Leon Edwards | KO/TKOR5 · 4:04 | UFC 278 - Usman vs. Edwards 2 | Sat, August 20, 2022 |
| W | Colby Covington | Unanimous DecisionR5 · 5:00 | UFC 268 | Sat, November 6, 2021 |
| W | Jorge Masvidal | KO/TKOR2 · 1:02 | UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal 2 | Sat, April 24, 2021 |
| W | Gilbert Burns | KO/TKOR3 · 0:34 | UFC 258 - Usman vs. Burns | Sat, February 13, 2021 |
| W | Jorge Masvidal | Unanimous DecisionR5 · 5:00 | UFC 251 - Usman vs. Masvidal | Sat, July 11, 2020 |
| W | Colby Covington | KO/TKOR5 · 4:10 | UFC 245 - Usman vs. Covington | Sat, December 14, 2019 |
| W | Tyron Woodley | Unanimous DecisionR5 · 5:00 | UFC 235 | Sat, March 2, 2019 |
| W | Rafael dos Anjos | Unanimous DecisionR5 · 5:00 | UFC - The Ultimate Fighter 28 Finale | Fri, November 30, 2018 |
| W | Demian Maia | Unanimous DecisionR5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night 129 - Maia vs. Usman | Sat, May 19, 2018 |
| W | Emil Meek | Unanimous DecisionR3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night 124 - Stephens vs. Choi | Sun, January 14, 2018 |
| W | Sergio Moraes | KO/TKOR1 · 2:48 | UFC Fight Night 116 - Rockhold vs. Branch | Sat, September 16, 2017 |
| W | Sean Strickland | Unanimous DecisionR3 · 5:00 | UFC 210 - Cormier vs. Johnson 2 | Sat, April 8, 2017 |
| W | Warlley Alves | Unanimous DecisionR3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night 99 - Mousasi vs. Hall 2 | Sat, November 19, 2016 |
| W | Alexander Yakovlev | Unanimous DecisionR3 · 5:00 | UFC on Fox 20 - Holm vs. Shevchenko | Sat, July 23, 2016 |
| W | Leon Edwards | Unanimous DecisionR3 · 5:00 | UFC on Fox 17 - Dos Anjos vs. Cerrone 2 | Sat, December 19, 2015 |
| W | Hayder Hassan | SubmissionR2 · 1:19 | UFC - The Ultimate Fighter 21 Finale | Sun, July 12, 2015 |
| W | Marcus Hicks | KO/TKOR2 · 5:00 | LFC 33 - Legacy Fighting Championship 33 | Fri, July 18, 2014 |
| W | Lenny Lovato | KO/TKOR3 · 1:04 | LFC 30 - Legacy Fighting Championship 30 | Fri, April 4, 2014 |
| W | Steven Rodriguez | KO/TKOR1 · 1:31 | LFC 27 - Legacy Fighting Championship 27 | Fri, January 31, 2014 |
| W | Rashid Abdullah | KO/TKOR1 · 3:49 | VFC - Victory Fighting Championship 41 | Sat, December 14, 2013 |
| L | Jose Caceres | SubmissionR1 · 3:47 | CFA 11 - Kyle vs. Wiuff | Fri, May 24, 2013 |
| W | David Glover | KO/TKOR2 · 4:50 | RFA 5 - Downing vs. Rinaldi | Fri, November 30, 2012 |
