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Kennedy Nzechukwu vs.
Devin Clark

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

8-6-1 Kennedy Nzechukwu · UFC
8-9-0 Devin Clark · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

8-6-1
UFC record
8-9-0
Light Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
34.1
AgeΔ 2.2 yrs
36.3
6'5"
HeightΔ 5"
6'0"
83"
ReachΔ 8"
75"
Southpaw
Stance
Orthodox
7.8
Layoff (months)Δ 22 mo
29.8
DLWWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Devin Clark hunts takedowns — 2.17 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.
Devin Clark owns the mat — in control 31% of cage time, vs a 16% Light Heavyweight norm.
Kennedy Nzechukwu outworks the Light Heavyweight division — 4.68 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.41 norm.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Kennedy Nzechukwu

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 106
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 30

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.3 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 21 documented bouts

In the UFC: 2-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.3 wins over .500

Devin Clark

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 89
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 41
Tier 3 — regional circuit 20

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.7 · 12 tier-1/2 wins · 5 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 5-5 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.5 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

6244.68/min · norm 3.41
Sig. strikes landed
5883.03/min · norm 3.41
6034.52/min · norm 3.35
Sig. strikes absorbed
6283.24/min · norm 3.35
49.6%norm 48.3%
Striking accuracy
54.2%norm 48.3%
51.2%norm 52.9%
Striking defense
44.0%norm 52.9%
30.34/15 · norm 0.40
Knockdowns
30.23/15 · norm 0.40

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Kennedy Nzechukwu

Distance 85.0% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 7.9% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 7.1% (norm 10.4%)

Devin Clark

Distance 67.8% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 21.3% (norm 8.6%) · Ground 10.9% (norm 10.4%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Kennedy Nzechukwu

Head 87.2% (norm 79.2%) · Body 12.1% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 0.7% (norm 9.7%)

Devin Clark

Head 70.7% (norm 79.2%) · Body 18.0% (norm 11.7%) · Legs 11.3% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Nzechukwu L/AAccLight Heavyweight med Clark L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 472 / 1069 44.2% 41.4% 306 / 736 41.6% 41.4%
In the clinch 81 / 99 81.8% 70.9% 182 / 231 78.8% 70.9%
On the ground 71 / 89 79.8% 72.3% 100 / 118 84.7% 72.3%
BY TARGET
To the head 510 / 1096 46.5% 38.9% 328 / 767 42.8% 38.9%
To the body 108 / 152 71.1% 71.9% 160 / 195 82.1% 71.9%
To the legs 6 / 9 too few to rate 81.8% 100 / 123 81.3% 81.8%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 93 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Nzechukwu L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med vs Clark L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 496 / 1080 45.9% 40.4% 269 / 656 41.0% 40.4%
In the clinch 79 / 114 69.3% 68.7% 242 / 311 77.8% 68.7%
On the ground 28 / 41 68.3% 70.4% 117 / 155 75.5% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 370 / 946 39.1% 37.5% 368 / 815 45.2% 37.5%
To the body 118 / 154 76.6% 72.3% 183 / 219 83.6% 72.3%
To the legs 115 / 135 85.2% 83.0% 77 / 88 87.5% 83.0%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

545.5% acc · 0.56/15 · norm 0.87
Takedowns landed
2832.9% acc · 2.17/15 · norm 0.87
6380.8% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
2058.8% def · norm 66.7%
24:0118.0% of cage time · norm 16.5%
Control time
59:4330.8% of cage time · norm 16.5%
26:573:01 per 15 · norm 2:48
Time under control
51:403:59 per 15 · norm 2:48
20.22/15 · norm 0.27
Submission attempts
10.08/15 · norm 0.27

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Clark has more cage time on record.

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