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.

Kennedy Nzechukwu's UFC record stood at 6-5-0, 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 31 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 12 more professional rounds, 38 to Roberson's 26.

Nzechukwu vs Roberson form

Nzechukwu had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this 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, United States.

Previous to 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.

Going into that contest, he had won against Danilo Marques at UFC Vegas 30 on 26th June 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Darko Sto i at UFC on ESPN 5 on 3rd August 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Prudential Center, Newark.

He had been defeated by Paul Craig at UFC on ESPN 2 on 30th March 2019 by submission in the 3rd round at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia.

Activity check

Nzechukwu's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Nzechukwu vs Roberson?

Sorry, we couldn’t find any historical odds for Nzechukwu vs Roberson.