Kamaru Usman

“The Nigerian Nightmare”

Kamaru Usman "The Nigerian Nightmare" is an active Middleweight fighter with a N/A Sherdog full record. CageVault tracks this fighter profile with career statistics, recent fight history, matchup context, AI predictions, betting odds, and DFS research.

Fighter Profile Overview

Kamaru Usman is an active Middleweight mixed martial artist. The profile data says career record is 15-3-0, UFC record is 14-3-0, stance is Switch, height is 6' 0", reach is 76". CageVault uses this page as a fighter research hub with career statistics, recent fight history, matchup context, AI prediction links, odds research, and DFS tools.

The most recent logged fight is a win against Joaquin Buckley at UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley on Jun. 14, 2025 by U-DEC. Across the latest 5 logged bouts, the recent form line is 2-3 with 1 finish.

The striking profile lists 4.16 significant strikes landed per minute, 2.67 significant strikes absorbed per minute, 51% striking accuracy, 55% striking defense. The grappling data lists 2.79 takedowns per 15 minutes, 44% takedown accuracy, 89% takedown defense, 0.1 submission attempts per 15 minutes. Those fields help separate striking pace, defensive reliability, takedown risk, and submission activity before a matchup is compared against betting lines.

The listed win mix includes 3 KO/TKO wins, 1 submission win, 12 decision wins. CageVault currently lists a 21.1% finish rate. The finish profile gives readers a quick way to compare knockout, submission, and decision paths when researching upcoming UFC matchups.

Full Record
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UFC Record
14-3-0
Weight Class
Middleweight
Nationality
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Team
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Career Statistics

Recent Fights

Result Opponent Method Event Date
WIN Joaquin Buckley U-DEC UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley Jun. 14, 2025
LOSS Khamzat Chimaev M-DEC UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2 Oct. 21, 2023
LOSS Leon Edwards M-DEC UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3 Mar. 18, 2023
LOSS Leon Edwards KO/TKO UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards Aug. 20, 2022
WIN Colby Covington U-DEC UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2 Nov. 06, 2021
WIN Jorge Masvidal KO/TKO UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal 2 Apr. 24, 2021
WIN Gilbert Burns KO/TKO UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns Feb. 13, 2021
WIN Jorge Masvidal U-DEC UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal Jul. 11, 2020
WIN Colby Covington DEC UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington Dec. 14, 2019
WIN Tyron Woodley U-DEC UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith Mar. 02, 2019

CageVault Research Notes

  • 19 logged professional fights in the profile data; the table below shows the 10 most recent entries.
  • Latest activity signal: Jun. 14, 2025 vs. Joaquin Buckley.
  • 6/6 core UFC-style stat fields are populated for search and matchup research.
  • UFC experience is detected from profile links, organization data, or logged fight events.
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