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The Clinch

Canada “The Monster” 2018-2026 · 27 rounds on file

Kyle Nelson

5-7-1 W-L-D in this database

No photograph on file
Strike accuracy 413/902
Takedown accuracy 9/39
Sig. strikes / round 15.3
Control / round 0:52
Inside the distance 40% 2 of 5 wins
Height
5′11″180.3 cm
Reach
71″180.3 cm
Leg reach
--
Stance
Switch
Age
3520 APR 1991
Listed weight
155 lb70.3 kg
Well-Rounded Automatically assigned from data across 12 fights - 4.3 takedown attempts and 17% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Hybrid 6 2-3-1 vs 1520 avg
Well-Rounded 6 2-3-1
Striking 4 2-2-0 vs 1530 avg
Distance Striker 2 2-0-0
Pressure Striker 2 0-2-0
Grappling 2 1-1-0 vs 1553 avg
Positional Controller 2 1-1-0
-- Not classified 1 0-1-0 vs 1476 avg

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 6 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

08 DEC 2018 - lost to Diego Ferreira · Technical Knockout 04 MAY 2019 - lost to Matt Sayles · Submission 21 SEP 2019 - beat Marco Polo Reyes · Technical Knockout 12 SEP 2020 - lost to Billy Quarantillo · Technical Knockout 23 JUL 2022 - lost to Jai Herbert · Decision (Unanimous) 04 FEB 2023 - drew with Dooho Choi · Decision (Majority) 10 JUN 2023 - beat Blake Bilder · Decision (Unanimous) 16 SEP 2023 - beat Fernando Padilla · Decision (Unanimous) 30 MAR 2024 - beat Bill Algeo · Technical Knockout 07 SEP 2024 - lost to Steve Garcia · Technical Knockout 18 OCT 2025 - beat Matt Frevola · Decision (Unanimous) 28 MAR 2026 - lost to Terrance McKinney · Technical Knockout 17 OCT 2026 - lost to Cristian Perez · Knockout

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 27 rounds across 12 of 13 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 15.3
Sig. strikes absorbed 19.4
Takedowns landed 0.3
Knockdowns 0.0
Sub. attempts 0.1
Control time 0:52 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 46% 413/902
Takedowns 23% 9/39
Opponents’ accuracy 46% 525/1,137

Where the strikes land

Head 56% 231
Body 26% 108
Leg 18% 74

And from where

At distance 84% 346
In the clinch 13% 54
On the ground 3% 13

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 2 won Technical Knockout · 2-4 Knockout · 0-1
Submission 0 won Submission · 0-1
Decision 3 won Decision (Unanimous) · 3-1 Decision (Majority) · 0-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date Opponent Result Method End Struck Absorbed Event
17 OCT 2026 Cristian Perez Lost Knockout R1 0:27 -- -- UFC Fight Night: Buckley vs. Malott
28 MAR 2026 Terrance McKinney Lost Technical Knockout R1 0:24 1 13 UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer
18 OCT 2025 Matt Frevola Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 63 43 UFC Fight Night: De Ridder vs. Allen
07 SEP 2024 Steve Garcia Lost Technical Knockout R1 3:59 1 22 UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady
30 MAR 2024 Bill Algeo Won Technical Knockout R1 4:00 32 30 UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot
16 SEP 2023 Fernando Padilla Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 82 72 UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2
10 JUN 2023 Blake Bilder Won Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 59 45 UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana
04 FEB 2023 Dooho Choi No decision Decision (Majority) R3 5:00 20 50 UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac
23 JUL 2022 Jai Herbert Lost Decision (Unanimous) R3 5:00 41 36 UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall
12 SEP 2020 Billy Quarantillo Lost Technical Knockout R3 0:07 56 79 UFC Fight Night: Waterson vs. Hill
21 SEP 2019 Marco Polo Reyes Won Technical Knockout R1 1:36 12 6 UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Stephens
04 MAY 2019 Matt Sayles Lost Submission R3 3:16 26 75 UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy
08 DEC 2018 Diego Ferreira Lost Technical Knockout R2 1:23 20 54 UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega