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 13th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2019.

Kennedy Nzechukwu's UFC record stood at 8-5-0, 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 2 years, at 32 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 14 more professional rounds, 40 to Roberson's 26.

Nzechukwu vs Roberson form

Kennedy Nzechukwu had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Ion Cutelaba at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak on 19th November 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten 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.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Nick Negumereanu at UFC 272 on 5th March 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Da Un Jung at UFC Vegas 42 on 13th November 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Danilo Marques at UFC Vegas 30 on 26th June 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, 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 2 years, 1 month and 21 days ago, while Karl Roberson's last outing had been 2 years, 9 months and 28 days ago.

Nzechukwu's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 14 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

Roberson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 11 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 12 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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