Kyle Nelson stats
Career striking and grappling numbers for Kyle Nelson, with every tracked fight below.
Career totals
Across UFC
- Tracked bouts
- 12
- Strikes landed / min
- 3.60
- Strike accuracy
- 46%
- Strikes absorbed / min
- 4.58
- Takedowns / 15 min
- 1.18
- Control time
- 20%
- Average fight time
- 9:34
Rates are computed over the 12 bouts whose finish time we hold.
Fight by fight
Every bout we hold official statistics for, newest first.
| Date | Event | Opponent | Result | Significant strikes | Opp. sig. strikes | Total strikes | Takedowns | Knockdowns | Submission attempts | Control time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2026 | UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs Pyfer | Terrance McKinney | LOSS · TKO · R1 0:24 | 1 of 3 | 13 of 27 | 1 of 3 | 0 of 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 |
| Oct 18, 2025 | UFC Vancouver: De Ridder vs Hernandez | Matt Frevola | WIN · UD · R3 5:00 | 63 of 135 | 43 of 136 | 92 of 170 | 2 of 5 | 1 | 0 | 3:11 |
| Sep 7, 2024 | UFC Fight Night: Burns vs Brady | Steve Garcia | LOSS · TKO · R1 3:59 | 1 of 2 | 22 of 37 | 31 of 36 | 0 of 0 | 0 | 0 | 2:13 |
| Mar 30, 2024 | UFC Atlantic City | Bill Algeo | WIN · TKO · R1 4:00 | 32 of 59 | 30 of 58 | 40 of 68 | 0 of 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:48 |
| Sep 16, 2023 | UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs Shevchenko 2 | Fernando Padilla | WIN · UD · R3 5:00 | 82 of 184 | 72 of 208 | 83 of 185 | 0 of 3 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 |
| Jun 10, 2023 | UFC 289: Nunes vs Aldana | Blake Bilder | WIN · UD · R3 5:00 | 59 of 126 | 45 of 120 | 83 of 150 | 0 of 1 | 0 | 0 | 2:21 |
| Feb 4, 2023 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs Spivac | Dooho Choi | DRAW · MD · R3 5:00 | 20 of 58 | 50 of 78 | 39 of 80 | 5 of 10 | 0 | 0 | 5:34 |
| Jul 23, 2022 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs Aspinall | Jai Herbert | LOSS · UD · R3 5:00 | 41 of 62 | 36 of 64 | 55 of 77 | 0 of 4 | 0 | 0 | 3:06 |
| Sep 12, 2020 | UFC Fight Night: Waterson vs Hill | Billy Quarantillo | LOSS · TKO · R3 0:07 | 56 of 114 | 79 of 150 | 62 of 120 | 0 of 4 | 0 | 0 | 1:27 |
| Sep 21, 2019 | UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs Stephens | Marco Polo Reyes | WIN · TKO · R1 1:36 | 12 of 16 | 6 of 10 | 12 of 16 | 0 of 2 | 0 | 0 | 0:50 |
| May 4, 2019 | UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs Cowboy | Matt Sayles | LOSS · SUB · R3 3:16 | 26 of 93 | 75 of 147 | 32 of 103 | 2 of 10 | 0 | 4 | 3:47 |
| Dec 8, 2018 | UFC 231: Holloway vs Ortega | Diego Ferreira | LOSS · TKO · R2 1:23 | 20 of 50 | 54 of 102 | 20 of 50 | 0 of 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:14 |
Strike Distribution
Strike target
- Head231 of 667
- Body108 of 150
- Leg74 of 85
Totals across 12 tracked fights.
Strike position
- Distance346 of 796
- Clinch54 of 86
- Ground13 of 20
Totals across 12 tracked fights.
As published elsewhere
Career averages exactly as each source publishes them. The totals above are ours, computed from every tracked bout.
UFC careerRecord: 17-7-1 · Source: UFCStats.com
- Significant strikes
- 3.60per min
- Sig. strike accuracy
- 45%
- SApM
- 4.58per min
- Str. Def.
- 53%
- Takedowns
- 1.18per 15 min
- Takedown accuracy
- 23%
- TD Def.
- 66%
- Submission attempts
- 0.5per 15 min
Top 44% in the UFC
Top 45% in the UFC
Top 46% in the UFC
Percentiles compare this fighter with 1497 UFC fighters who have five or more tracked fights.