Cody McKenzie | |
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Born | Cody McKenzie December 16, 1987 Cordova, Alaska, United States |
Other names | AK Kid |
Nationality | American |
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight | 154 lb (69.9 kg; 11.0 st) |
Division | Lightweight Featherweight (formerly)[1] |
Reach | 74 in (188 cm) |
Style | Freestyle fighting, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Kickboxing |
Fighting out of | Spokane, Washington, United States |
Team | Fancy Pants Fight Team |
Rank | purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
Years active | 2007 - present |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 14 |
Wins | 12 |
By knockout | 1 |
By submission | 11 |
By decision | 0 |
Losses | 2 |
By knockout | 0 |
By submission | 2 |
By decision | 0 |
Draws | 0 |
Other information | |
Website | www.theMcKenzietine.com |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog |
Cody McKenzie (born December 16, 1987) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, McKenzie mostly competed in his regional circuit, before signing with the Ultimate Fighting Championship to appear on The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck.[2]
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McKenzie was born in Cordova, Alaska and currently trains in Spokane, Washington. McKenzie is a member of the "Fancy Pants Fight Team", named after Lyle Beerbohm.[3] Prior to joining the Ultimate Fighting Championship, McKenzie recorded ten successive submission victories, nine of which were by guillotine choke.[3]
McKenzie also utilizes his own variation of the guillotine choke which he names "The McKenzietine". McKenzie flips his shoulder a different way to the standard guillotine choke, before arching his shoulder.[2] According to Sherdog.com, McKenzie has the third-most guillotine choke victories in the world[2][4] behind only two fighters who have each had over 50 fights in their respective careers, one being Travis Fulton, the front-runner, who despite having had over 300 fights has only two more guillotine victories than McKenzie.
McKenzie walks around at 150 lbs, but competes at lightweight. McKenzie has previously competed at featherweight.[1]
McKenzie began his professional mixed martial arts career with a TKO victory over Brett Held in British Columbia, Canada. This was his only fight to go to a second round in his career prior to the UFC. Under a month later, McKenzie faced Abe Jones, defeating him via triangle choke after little over two minutes.[5]
After taking almost a year away from competition, McKenzie returned to face Benny Mawson, once again in B.C., Canada. After 100 seconds, McKenzie caught his opponent in a guillotine choke, taking his record to 3–0.[5] This began his long stretch of victories via guillotine choke. During this near-record setting span, McKenzie fought several times in B.C. and in various locations in Washington. McKenzie also fought in Bahrain on one occasion, taking just four minutes to defeat his opponent with a guillotine choke. Before signing with the UFC, McKenzie had a record of 11–0, with nine successive first-round guillotine choke finishes.[5]
McKenzie then signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship to appear on The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck.[2]
McKenzie competed on the debut episode against Amir Khillah, to get into the house. Prior to the fight, Georges St-Pierre predicted a guillotine choke victory for McKenzie. This proved to be correct as McKenzie forced a technical submission victory over Khillah in the opening round.[6]
In the second episode, the team picks were made. Georges St-Pierre picked McKenzie as his sixth pick (twelfth overall).[7]
After getting under coach Koscheck's skin for two weeks, McKenzie was picked to face Marc Stevens; Koscheck's number one pick. Stevens went for an early takedown, but was caught in a guillotine choke. With just 17 seconds gone on the clock, Stevens passed out and McKenzie was declared the winner.[8]
In the quarter-finals, McKenzie faced Nam Phan of Team Koscheck. In the second round Phan dropped him with a combo to the body, causing a TKO loss for McKenzie.[9]
McKenzie made his UFC debut at The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck Finale against Aaron Wilkinson. He went on to defeat Wilkinson via submission (a guillotine choke applied to Wilkinson's jaw) at 2:03 of round one. McKenzie earned the Submission of the Night award for his performance.
McKenzie made a quick return to the octagon as he replaced Melvin Guillard to face Yves Edwards at UFC: Fight For The Troops 2 on January 22, 2011.[10] After a back and forth battle that saw both men in control, McKenzie lost via rear naked choke in the second round.
McKenzie was expected to face Bart Palaszewski on May 28, 2011 at UFC 130,[11] but was forced off the card with an injury and replaced by Gleison Tibau.[12]
McKenzie fought Vagner Rocha on September 17, 2011 at UFC Fight Night 25. He lost by submission in the second round.[13]
McKenzie was expected to face Michael Johnson on January 28, 2012 at UFC on Fox 2. However, McKenzie was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by Shane Roller.[14]
Professional record breakdown | ||
14 matches | 12 wins | 2 losses |
By knockout | 1 | 0 |
By submission | 11 | 2 |
By decision | 0 | 0 |
Result | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
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Loss | 12–2 | Vagner Rocha | Submission (rear-naked choke) | UFC Fight Night: Shields vs. Ellenberger | September 17, 2011 | 2 | 3:49 | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | |
Loss | 12–1 | Yves Edwards | Submission (rear-naked choke) | UFC: Fight For The Troops 2 | January 22, 2011 | 2 | 4:33 | Fort Hood, Texas, United States | Fight of the Night |
Win | 12–0 | Aaron Wilkinson | Submission (guillotine choke) | The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale | December 4, 2010 | 1 | 2:03 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Submission of the Night |
Win | 11–0 | Brandon MacArthur | Submission (guillotine choke) | AM Ford: Fight Night 2010 | April 17, 2010 | 1 | 2:00 | Trail, British Columbia, Canada | |
Win | 10–0 | Len Bentley | Submission (guillotine choke) | Rumble on the Ridge 6: Regeneration | January 9, 2010 | 1 | 3:04 | Snoqualmie, Washington, United States | |
Win | 9–0 | Ryan Farhat | Submission (guillotine choke) | Raw Power: MMA | December 10, 2009 | 1 | 4:00 | Sanabis, Bahrain | |
Win | 8–0 | Bobby Sanchez | Submission (guillotine choke) | Conquest of the Cage 6 | September 16, 2009 | 1 | 0:30 | Spokane, Washington, United States | |
Win | 7–0 | Casey Hobson | Submission (guillotine choke) | AM Ford: Fight Night 2009 | April 18, 2009 | 1 | 2:52 | Trail, British Columbia, Canada | |
Win | 6–0 | Jeremy Burnett | Submission (guillotine choke) | CageSport MMA | November 29, 2008 | 1 | 2:16 | Tacoma, Washington, United States | |
Win | 5–0 | Rob Roy | Submission (guillotine choke) | Caged Rage 2 | October 4, 2008 | 1 | 0:44 | Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada | |
Win | 4–0 | Dennis Parks | Submission (guillotine choke) | EWC: Vancouver Cage Fights | September 6, 2008 | 1 | 1:37 | Ridgefield, Washington, United States | |
Win | 3–0 | Benny Mawson | Submission (guillotine choke) | GFS: Ford Fight Night | April 19, 2008 | 1 | 1:40 | Trail, British Columbia, Canada | |
Win | 2–0 | Abe Jones | Submission (triangle choke) | PFA: Ultimate Cage Fighting | May 17, 2007 | 1 | 2:09 | Spokane, Washington, United States | |
Win | 1–0 | Brett Held | TKO (punches) | GFS: Helter Smelter | April 21, 2007 | 2 | 1:15 | Trail, British Columbia, Canada |
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