Kyle Nelson
CanadaKyle Nelson, “The Monster”, is a Lightweight from Canada with an official record of 17-7-1. Cage Brothers holds 22 of those bouts: 14 wins, 7 losses and 1 no contest, the wins coming 5 by knockout, 4 by submission and 5 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a first-round knockout loss to Terrance McKinney at UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer on 28 March 2026.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 2026 | Cristian Pérez | Upcoming | — | — | UFC Fight Night: Buckley vs. Malott |
| Mar 28, 2026 | Terrance McKinney | LOSS | KOPunches | R1 · 0:24 | UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer |
| Oct 18, 2025 | Matt Frevola | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: de Ridder vs. Allen |
| Sep 7, 2024 | Steve Garcia | LOSS | KOElbows | R1 · 3:59 | UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady |
| Mar 30, 2024 | Bill Algeo | WIN | KOPunches | R1 · 4:00 | UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot |
| Sep 16, 2023 | Fernando Padilla | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | Noche UFC: Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2 |
| Jun 10, 2023 | Blake Bilder | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana |
| Feb 5, 2023 | Dooho Choi | NC | Draw | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac |
| Jul 23, 2022 | Jai Herbert | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall |
| Sep 12, 2020 | Billy Quarantillo | LOSS | KOPunch | R3 · 0:07 | UFC Fight Night: Waterson vs. Hill |
| Sep 21, 2019 | Polo Reyes | WIN | KOPunch | R1 · 1:36 | UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Stephens |
| May 4, 2019 | Matt Sayles | LOSS | SUBArm Triangle | R3 · 3:16 | UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy |
| Dec 9, 2018 | Diego Ferreira | LOSS | KOPunches | R2 · 1:23 | UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega |
| Nov 19, 2018 | Morteza Rezaei | WIN | KOTKO | R1 · 4:57 | RXF MMA 32: Konecke vs. Negumereanu |
| May 27, 2017 | Khama Worthy | WIN | KOKO | R1 | BTC 1: Genesis |
| Apr 25, 2017 | Gabriel Manuca | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R1 | RXF 26: Brasov |
| Oct 28, 2016 | Jonathan Brookins | WIN | DECDecision - Split | R3 · 5:00 | Z Promotions - Fight Night 3: Medicine Hat |
| Jun 6, 2016 | Zoltan Turai | WIN | SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke) | R3 | RXF 23: Judgment Day |
| Apr 23, 2016 | Justin Bourgeois | WIN | KOTKO | R1 | Elite 1: Meltdown |
| May 30, 2014 | Ainsley Robinson | WIN | SUBSubmission (Guillotine) | R1 · 0:42 | SCC: Substance Cage Combat 2.0 |
| Mar 8, 2014 | Alexander Halkias | WIN | DECDecision - Unanimous | R3 | PFC 2: Provincial Fighting Championships 2 |
| Jun 29, 2013 | Neelan Hordatt-Reece | WIN | DECDecision - Split | R3 | SCC 1: Substance Cage Combat |
| Oct 19, 2012 | Jo Petahtegoose | WIN | SUBSubmission (Armbar) | R1 | SFS 6: Score Fighting Series 6 |
Wins, losses and draws are Kyle Nelson’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 21 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.
Kyle Nelson’s record, in numbers
Kyle Nelson’s official record is 17-7-1. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 22 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 14 wins, 7 losses and 1 no contest — because 3 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 14 wins break down as 5 by knockout, 4 by submission and 5 by decision — 9 of 14 inside the distance, a finish rate of 64%. Across all 22 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 7 minutes 45 seconds.
Kyle Nelson has been stopped 5 times in the 22 bouts on file — 4 by knockout and 1 by submission — which is 23% of them.
Of the 22 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 1 was for a title and 1 was the main event of the card. Two of them have come since September 2024.
Set against the 623 Lightweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Kyle Nelson has a finish rate above 44% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 28% of them and a two-year bout count above 75% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
Kyle Nelson is listed at 5ft 11in with a reach of 71in, switches stance and is 35, born 19 April 1991.
These figures are recomputed from Kyle Nelson’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.