Nzechukwu vs Roberson

Who won Nzechukwu vs Roberson?

Kennedy Nzechukwu beat Karl Roberson by knockout in the 3rd round during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 9th July 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Light Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 205 pounds (14.6 stone or 93 KG).

Nzechukwu vs Roberson stats

Kennedy Nzechukwu stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Karl Roberson made his way to the cage with a record of 9 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Kennedy Nzechukwu's 14th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

Kennedy Nzechukwu's UFC record stood at 8-6-0, while Karl Roberson's came in at 4-6-0.

The stats suggested Roberson had a large advantage in power over Nzechukwu, boasting a 22% knock out percentage over Nzechukwu's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Roberson had a massive advantage over Nzechukwu, boasting a 44% submission rate over Nzechukwu's 0%.

Kennedy Nzechukwu was the younger man by 1 year, at 33 years old.

Nzechukwu had a height advantage of 4 inches over Roberson. That also extended to a 9-inch reach advantage.

Nzechukwu was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 12 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 1 year and 5 months later than Roberson, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 15 more professional rounds, 41 to Roberson's 26.

Nzechukwu vs Roberson form

Nzechukwu had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Dustin Jacoby at UFC Fight Night – Sandhagen vs. Font on 5th August 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Devin Clark at UFC 288 on 6th May 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at Prudential Center, Newark.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Ion Cutelaba at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak on 19th November 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Karl Roberson at UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev on 9th July 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Nick Negumereanu at UFC 272 on 5th March 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Karl Roberson had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Khalil Rountree at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Brendan Allen at UFC 261 on 24th April 2021 by submission in the 1st round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Marvin Vettori at UFC Vegas 2 on 13th June 2020 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he was victorious against Wellington Turman at UFC on ESPN+ 13 on 13th July 2019 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Golden1 Center, Sacramento.

He had been defeated by Glover Teixeira at UFC on ESPN+ 1 on 19th January 2019 by submission in the 1st round at Barclays Center, Brooklyn.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Kennedy Nzechukwu had been fighting more than Karl Roberson.

Going to this contest, Kennedy Nzechukwu had last fought 1 year, 11 months and 9 days ago, while Karl Roberson's last outing had been 3 years, 4 months and 2 days ago.

Nzechukwu's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 4 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

Roberson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

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