Kamaru Usman
20 UFC Fights | 80% Win Rate | 5 Finishes (31%)
Kamaru Usman UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Kamaru Usman is 16-4 in the UFC across 20 fights, with 4 wins by knockout, 1 by submission and 11 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 21-5, 5-1 of it outside the UFC. Usman competes at welterweight as a switch grappler, standing 6'0" with a 76" reach at 39 years old. The last bout was a loss to Dricus Du Plessis by unanimous decision in Jul 2026.
Best attribute: takedown offense (takedowns landed per fight) — 98th percentile among 280 welterweight fighters (3.3/fight).
Kamaru Usman's UFC win rate is 80% (16 of 20 fights), and 31% of those wins came by finish. Usman averages 3.3 takedowns per fight at 44% accuracy and stops 90% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 21-5
- UFC Record
- 16-4
- Height
- 6'0"
- Reach
- 76"
- Age
- 39
- Stance
- Switch
- Last Fight
- L vs Dricus Du Plessis · Decision - Unanimous · Jul 2026
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Kamaru Usman's Last 5 Fights
Usman is 1-4 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Dricus Du Plessis · Decision - Unanimous · R5 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Du Plessis vs. Usman · Jul 2026
- Win vs Joaquin Buckley · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley · Jun 2025
- Loss vs Khamzat Chimaev · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2 · Oct 2023
- Loss vs Leon Edwards · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3 · Mar 2023
- Loss vs Leon Edwards · KO/TKO · R5 4:04 · UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards · Aug 2022
Striking
Fighter Profile
Offensive Output
Defensive
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Grappling
Takedowns & Control
Win Methods
Finish Probability by Round
Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Kamaru Usman vs Average
Kamaru Usman lands 15.6 strikes in R1 but 21.6 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Kamaru Usman's UFC Fight History
20 UFC fights on record (16-4), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Dricus Du Plessis | Decision - Unanimous | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Du Plessis vs. Usman | 2026-07-18 |
| W | Joaquin Buckley | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley | 2025-06-14 |
| L | Khamzat Chimaev | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2 | 2023-10-21 |
| L★ | Leon Edwards | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3 | 2023-03-18 |
| L★ | Leon Edwards | KO/TKO | R5 · 4:04 | UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards | 2022-08-20 |
| W★ | Colby Covington | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2 | 2021-11-06 |
| W★ | Jorge Masvidal | KO/TKO | R2 · 1:02 | UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal 2 | 2021-04-24 |
| W★ | Gilbert Burns | KO/TKO | R3 · 0:34 | UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns | 2021-02-13 |
| W★ | Jorge Masvidal | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal | 2020-07-11 |
| W★ | Colby Covington | KO/TKO | R5 · 4:10 | UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington | 2019-12-14 |
| W★ | Tyron Woodley | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith | 2019-03-02 |
| W | Rafael Dos Anjos | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters Finale | 2018-11-30 |
| W | Demian Maia | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Usman | 2018-05-19 |
| W | Emil Meek | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Stephens vs. Choi | 2018-01-14 |
| W | Sergio Moraes | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:48 | UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Branch | 2017-09-16 |
| W | Sean Strickland | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 210: Cormier vs. Johnson 2 | 2017-04-08 |
| W | Warlley Alves | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. Nogueira | 2016-11-19 |
| W | Alexander Yakovlev | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FOX: Holm vs. Shevchenko | 2016-07-23 |
| W | Leon Edwards | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2 | 2015-12-19 |
| W★ | Hayder Hassan | Submission | R2 · 1:19 | The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Finale | 2015-07-12 |
How Usman Ranks at Welterweight
Percentile among the 280 welterweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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