Kenny Florian
17 UFC Fights | 71% Win Rate | 10 Finishes (83%)
Kenny Florian UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Kenny Florian is 12-5 in the UFC across 17 fights, with 3 wins by knockout, 7 by submission and 2 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 14-6, 2-1 of it outside the UFC. Florian competes at lightweight as a southpaw submission artist, standing 5'10" with a 74" reach at 50 years old. The last bout was a loss to Jose Aldo by decision in Oct 2011.
Best attribute: striking defense (fewest significant strikes absorbed per minute) — 88th percentile among 300 lightweight fighters (1.8/min).
Kenny Florian's UFC win rate is 71% (12 of 17 fights), and 83% of those wins came by finish. Florian averages 1.5 takedowns per fight at 32% accuracy and stops 59% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 14-6
- UFC Record
- 12-5
- Height
- 5'10"
- Reach
- 74"
- Age
- 50
- Stance
- Southpaw
- Last Fight
- L vs Jose Aldo · Decision · Oct 2011
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Kenny Florian's Last 5 Fights
Florian is 3-2 in the last five UFC fights.
- Loss vs Jose Aldo · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 136: Edgar vs Maynard 3 · Oct 2011
- Win vs Diego Nunes · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 131: Dos Santos vs Carwin · Jun 2011
- Loss vs Gray Maynard · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 118: Edgar vs Penn 2 · Aug 2010
- Win vs Takanori Gomi · Submission · R3 2:52 · UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Gomi · Mar 2010
- Win vs Clay Guida · Submission · R2 2:19 · UFC 107: Penn vs Sanchez · Dec 2009
Striking
Fighter Profile
Offensive Output
Defensive
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Position Breakdown
Grappling
Takedowns & Control
Win Methods
Finish Probability by Round
Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Kenny Florian vs Average
Kenny Florian's UFC Fight History
17 UFC fights on record (12-5), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L★ | Jose Aldo | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 136: Edgar vs Maynard 3 | 2011-10-08 |
| W | Diego Nunes | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 131: Dos Santos vs Carwin | 2011-06-11 |
| L | Gray Maynard | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 118: Edgar vs Penn 2 | 2010-08-28 |
| W | Takanori Gomi | Submission | R3 · 2:52 | UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Gomi | 2010-03-31 |
| W | Clay Guida | Submission | R2 · 2:19 | UFC 107: Penn vs Sanchez | 2009-12-12 |
| L★ | BJ Penn | Submission | R4 · 3:54 | UFC 101: Declaration | 2009-08-08 |
| W | Joe Stevenson | Submission | R1 · 4:03 | UFC 91: Couture vs Lesnar | 2008-11-15 |
| W | Roger Huerta | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 87: Seek And Destroy | 2008-08-09 |
| W | Joe Lauzon | KO/TKO | R2 · 3:28 | UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Lauzon | 2008-04-02 |
| W | Din Thomas | Submission | R1 · 4:31 | UFC Fight Night: Thomas vs Florian | 2007-09-19 |
| W | Alvin Robinson | KO/TKO | R1 · 4:30 | UFC 73: Stacked | 2007-07-07 |
| W | Dokonjonosuke Mishima | Submission | R3 · 3:57 | UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs Guillard | 2007-04-05 |
| L★ | Sean Sherk | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 64: Unstoppable | 2006-10-14 |
| W | Sam Stout | Submission | R1 · 1:46 | The Ultimate Fighter: Team Ortiz vs. Team Shamrock Finale | 2006-06-24 |
| W | Kit Cope | Submission | R2 · 0:37 | The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Franklin Finale | 2005-11-05 |
| W | Alex Karalexis | KO/TKO | R2 · 2:52 | UFC Fight Night 1 | 2005-08-06 |
| L★ | Diego Sanchez | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:49 | The Ultimate Fighter: Team Couture vs. Team Liddell Finale | 2005-04-09 |
How Florian Ranks at Lightweight
Percentile among the 300 lightweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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