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Valter Walker vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu

UFC 5-1-0 vs. 8-7-1

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
5-1-0
UFC record
8-7-1
Heavyweight
Division (benchmark)
Light Heavyweight
28
AgeΔ 6 yrs
34
6'6"
HeightΔ 1"
6'5"
78"
ReachΔ 5"
83"
Orthodox
Stance
Southpaw
2.9
Layoff (months)Δ 1 mo
1.9
WWWWW
Last 5 (newest first)
LDLWW

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Valter Walker is a submission threat — 3.59 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.16 Heavyweight norm.
Valter Walker hunts takedowns — 5.39 per 15 minutes, vs a 0.90 Heavyweight norm.
Kennedy Nzechukwu rarely shoots — 0.56 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.87 Light Heavyweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Valter Walker

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 51
Tier 3 — regional circuit 110

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.7 · 5 tier-1/2 wins · 12 finish wins over 17 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-0 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record -0.3 wins over .500

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 +0.2 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

481.92/min · norm 3.28
Sig. strikes landed
6274.65/min · norm 3.48
672.67/min · norm 3.19
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
6054.49/min · norm 3.37
52.7%norm 47.5%
Striking accuracy
49.6%norm 48.45%
43.2%norm 52.5%
Striking defense
51.2%norm 52.75%
00.00/15 · norm 0.29
Knockdowns
30.33/15 · norm 0.40

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

Valter Walker

Distance 75.8% (norm 79.2%) · Clinch 13.2% (norm 9.8%) · Ground 11.0% (norm 9.3%)

Kennedy Nzechukwu

Distance 85.1% (norm 80.5%) · Clinch 7.8% (norm 8.8%) · Ground 7.0% (norm 10.6%)

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

Valter Walker

Head 70.3% (norm 79.2%) · Body 12.1% (norm 11.5%) · Legs 17.6% (norm 7.6%)

Kennedy Nzechukwu

Head 87.3% (norm 78.5%) · Body 12.0% (norm 11.8%) · Legs 0.7% (norm 9.7%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Walker L/AAccHeavyweight med Nzechukwu L/AAccLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 34 / 69 49.3% 40.1% 475 / 1076 44.1% 41.5%
In the clinch 5 / 12 too few to rate 70.4% 81 / 99 81.8% 70.8%
On the ground 9 / 10 too few to rate 70.2% 71 / 89 79.8% 72.9%
BY TARGET
To the head 24 / 64 37.5% 39.0% 513 / 1103 46.5% 39.2%
To the body 9 / 11 too few to rate 77.0% 108 / 152 71.1% 72.0%
To the legs 15 / 16 too few to rate 87.8% 6 / 9 too few to rate 82.1%

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 (Heavyweight: 93 fighters · Light Heavyweight: 94 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 Walker L/AOpp accHeavyweight med vs Nzechukwu L/AOpp accLight Heavyweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 63 / 111 56.8% 40.7% 498 / 1085 45.9% 40.6%
In the clinch 4 / 7 too few to rate 70.6% 79 / 114 69.3% 68.8%
On the ground 0 / 0 too few to rate 72.2% 28 / 41 68.3% 70.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 33 / 81 40.7% 39.3% 372 / 950 39.2% 37.7%
To the body 17 / 20 too few to rate 75.1% 118 / 155 76.1% 72.9%
To the legs 17 / 17 too few to rate 84.4% 115 / 135 85.2% 83.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
969.2% acc · 5.39/15 · norm 0.90
Takedowns landed
545.5% acc · 0.56/15 · norm 0.87
1100.0% def · norm 63.2%
Takedowns stopped
6380.8% def · norm 66.7%
13:1953.2% of cage time · norm 17.2%
Control time
24:0117.8% of cage time · norm 17.1%
1:230:49 per 15 · norm 2:28
Time under control lower is better
26:572:59 per 15 · norm 2:50
63.59/15 · norm 0.16
Submission attempts
20.22/15 · norm 0.28

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