Kyle Nelson

FeatherweightOutfighter
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12 UFC Fights | 42% Win Rate | 2 Finishes (40%)

Height
5' 11"
Reach
71"
Weight
155 lbs.
Age
35
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Kyle Nelson UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Kyle Nelson is 5-6-1 in the UFC across 12 fights, with 2 wins by knockout and 3 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 17-7-1, 12-1 of it outside the UFC. Nelson competes at featherweight as a switch outfighter, standing 5'11" with a 71" reach at 35 years old. The last bout was a loss to Terrance McKinney by knockout in Mar 2026.

Best attribute: striking volume (significant strikes landed per minute) — 66th percentile among 191 featherweight fighters (3.9 sig. strikes/min).

Kyle Nelson's UFC win rate is 42% (5 of 12 fights), and 40% of those wins came by finish. Nelson averages 0.4 takedowns per fight at 14% accuracy and stops 67% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
17-7-1
UFC Record
5-6-1
Height
5'11"
Reach
71"
Age
35
Stance
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Last Fight
L vs Terrance McKinney · KO/TKO · Mar 2026

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Kyle Nelson's Last 5 Fights

Nelson is 3-2 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Loss vs Terrance McKinney · KO/TKO · R1 0:24 · UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer · Mar 2026
  2. Win vs Matt Frevola · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: De Ridder vs. Allen · Oct 2025
  3. Loss vs Steve Garcia · KO/TKO · R1 3:59 · UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady · Sep 2024
  4. Win vs Bill Algeo · KO/TKO · R1 4:00 · UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot · Mar 2024
  5. Win vs Fernando Padilla · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2 · Sep 2023

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
3.9
Accuracy
47%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.09

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
4.8
Strike Differential
+-0.8
Opp. Accuracy Against
45%

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
0.4
Takedown Accuracy
14%
Takedown Defense
67%
Control Time / Fight
1:38
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.4

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
18% KO
0% Sub
R2
0% KO
0% Sub
R3+
0% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Kyle Nelson vs Average

Kyle Nelson's UFC Fight History

12 UFC fights on record (5-6-1), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
LTerrance McKinneyKO/TKOR1 · 0:24UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer2026-03-28
WMatt FrevolaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: De Ridder vs. Allen2025-10-18
LSteve GarciaKO/TKOR1 · 3:59UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady2024-09-07
WBill AlgeoKO/TKOR1 · 4:00UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot2024-03-30
WFernando PadillaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Shevchenko 22023-09-16
WBlake BilderDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana2023-06-10
D/NCDooho ChoiDrawR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac2023-02-04
LJai HerbertDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall2022-07-23
LBilly QuarantilloKO/TKOR3 · 0:07UFC Fight Night: Waterson vs. Hill2020-09-12
WMarco Polo ReyesKO/TKOR1 · 1:36UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Stephens2019-09-21
LMatt SaylesSubmissionR3 · 3:16UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy2019-05-04
LDiego FerreiraKO/TKOR2 · 1:23UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega2018-12-08

How Nelson Ranks at Featherweight

Percentile among the 191 featherweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume3.9 sig. strikes/min
66th percentile
Striking accuracy47%
58th percentile
Strikes absorbed4.8/min
17th percentile
Takedowns0.4/fight
25th percentile
Takedown defense67%
59th percentile
Knockdown power0.09/fight
38th percentile

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