Kenny Florian (14-6, 12) was born in Westwood, Massachusetts, U.S. on May 26, 1976. At the age of 26 years on January 25, 2003, he made his professional MMA debut against Jason Giroux, winning the fight via 1st-round KO.
On August 6, 2005, 29-year old Kenny Florian made his UFC debut on his 5th professional MMA fight at UFC Ultimate Fight Night against a 27-year old Alex Karalexis, winning the fight in the 2nd round via TKO.
Florian's last fight was a featherweight title fight against José Aldo for Aldo's UFC Championship title on October 8, 2011. He lost the fight via 5-round unanimous decision. He retired from the sport of MMA following this loss.
He has fought 14 times in the UFC, and has a record of 10 wins and 4 losses in the promotion.
Some of Kenny Florian's best fights have been against Alvin Robinson, Joe Stevenson, Alex Karalexis, Takanori Gomi, Din Thomas, Joe Lauzon and Sam Stout. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Kenny Florian".
Florian has 6 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Kenny Florian Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20  | Oct 8, 2011 35 years, 4 months 14-6 (12) | 25 years 19-1 (14) | UFC | FT | 5 | UD | Loss For UFC featherweight title |
19  | Jun 11, 2011 35 years 14-5 (12) | 28 years, 6 months 16-1 (11) | UFC | FT | 3 | UD | Win |
18  | Aug 28, 2010 34 years, 3 months 13-5 (12) | 31 years, 3 months 9-0 (2) | UFC | LT | 3 | UD | Loss |
17  | Mar 31, 2010 33 years, 10 months 13-4 (12) | 31 years, 6 months 31-5 (16) | UFC | LT | 3 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke |
16  | Dec 12, 2009 33 years, 6 months 12-4 (11) | 28 years 25-10 (16) | UFC | LT | 2 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke |
15  | Aug 8, 2009 33 years, 2 months 11-4 (10) | 30 years, 7 months 13-5-1 (10) | UFC | LT | 4 | SUB | Loss Rear-naked choke For UFC lightweight title |
14  | Nov 15, 2008 32 years, 5 months 11-3 (10) | 26 years, 5 months 29-8 (20) | UFC | LT | 1 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke |
13  | Aug 9, 2008 32 years, 2 months 10-3 (9) | 25 years, 2 months 20-1-1 (15) | UFC | LT | 3 | UD | Win |
12  | Apr 2, 2008 31 years, 10 months 9-3 (9) | 23 years, 10 months 16-3 (15) | UFC | LT | 2 | TKO | Win Punches and elbows |
11  | Sep 19, 2007 31 years, 3 months 8-3 (8) | 30 years, 11 months 23-6 (18) | UFC | LT | 1 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke |
10  | Jul 7, 2007 31 years, 1 months 7-3 (7) | 24 years, 11 months 8-1 (8) | UFC | LT | 1 | TKO | Win Submission to punches |
9  | Apr 5, 2007 30 years, 10 months 6-3 (6) | 34 years, 11 months 18-5-2 (10) | UFC | LT | 3 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke |
8  | Oct 14, 2006 30 years, 4 months 5-3 (5) | 33 years, 2 months 32-2-1 (21) | UFC | LT | 5 | UD | Loss For UFC lightweight title Vacant |
7  | Jun 24, 2006 30 years 5-2 (5) | 22 years, 2 months 9-1-1 (6) | TUF | LT | 1 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke |
6  | Nov 5, 2005 29 years, 5 months 4-2 (4) | 28 years, 7 months 2-2 (2) | TUF | WL | 2 | SUB | Win Rear-naked choke |
5  | Aug 6, 2005 29 years, 2 months 3-2 (3) | 27 years, 10 months 5-0 (3) | UFC | WL | 2 | TKO | Win Doctor stoppage |
4  | Apr 9, 2005 28 years, 10 months 2-2 (2) | 23 years, 3 months 11-0 (10) | TUF | MD | 1 | TKO | Loss Punches |
3  | Jul 10, 2004 28 years, 1 months 2-1 (2) | 24 years, 6 months 22-2 (16) | 3 | SD | Loss | ||
2 | Feb 21, 2004 27 years, 8 months 2-0 (2) | Bobby McAndrews | 1 | SUB | Win Kimura | ||
1 | Jan 25, 2003 26 years, 7 months 1-0 (1) | Jason Giroux | 1 | KO | Win Punch |
