Kamaru Usman

WelterweightGrappler
16 - 4

20 UFC Fights | 80% Win Rate | 5 Finishes (31%)

Height
6' 0"
Reach
76"
Weight
170 lbs.
Age
39
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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
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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.

  1. Loss vs Dricus Du Plessis · Decision - Unanimous · R5 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Du Plessis vs. Usman · Jul 2026
  2. Win vs Joaquin Buckley · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley · Jun 2025
  3. Loss vs Khamzat Chimaev · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2 · Oct 2023
  4. Loss vs Leon Edwards · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3 · Mar 2023
  5. Loss vs Leon Edwards · KO/TKO · R5 4:04 · UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards · Aug 2022

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
4.2
+1.6x ratio
Accuracy
52%
above avg
Knockdowns / Fight
0.53

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
2.7
0.8x avg
Strike Differential
+1.5
Opp. Accuracy Against
45%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
3.3
above avg
Takedown Accuracy
44%
Takedown Defense
90%
elite
Control Time / Fight
7:44
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.1

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
5% KO
0% Sub
R2
5% KO
5% Sub
R3+
11% KO
0% Sub

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.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LDricus Du PlessisDecision - UnanimousR5 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Du Plessis vs. Usman2026-07-18
WJoaquin BuckleyDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley2025-06-14
LKhamzat ChimaevDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 22023-10-21
L★Leon EdwardsDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 32023-03-18
L★Leon EdwardsKO/TKOR5 · 4:04UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards2022-08-20
W★Colby CovingtonDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 22021-11-06
W★Jorge MasvidalKO/TKOR2 · 1:02UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal 22021-04-24
W★Gilbert BurnsKO/TKOR3 · 0:34UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns2021-02-13
W★Jorge MasvidalDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal2020-07-11
W★Colby CovingtonKO/TKOR5 · 4:10UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington2019-12-14
W★Tyron WoodleyDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith2019-03-02
WRafael Dos AnjosDecisionR5 · 5:00The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters Finale2018-11-30
WDemian MaiaDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Usman2018-05-19
WEmil MeekDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Stephens vs. Choi2018-01-14
WSergio MoraesKO/TKOR1 · 2:48UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Branch2017-09-16
WSean StricklandDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 210: Cormier vs. Johnson 22017-04-08
WWarlley AlvesDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. Nogueira2016-11-19
WAlexander YakovlevDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC on FOX: Holm vs. Shevchenko2016-07-23
WLeon EdwardsDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC on FOX: Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 22015-12-19
W★Hayder HassanSubmissionR2 · 1:19The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Finale2015-07-12

How Usman Ranks at Welterweight

Percentile among the 280 welterweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume4.2 sig. strikes/min
78th percentile
Striking accuracy52%
85th percentile
Strikes absorbed2.7/min
68th percentile
Takedowns3.3/fight
98th percentile
Takedown defense90%
93rd percentile
Knockdown power0.53/fight
90th percentile

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