Kenny Florian

Kenny Florian, July 2010

Kenny Florian demonstrates fighting techniques to American soldiers

Kenneth Alan Florian (born May 26, 1976 in Westwood ) is an American martial artist .

In his youth Florian trained tennis, martial arts and soccer. Originally his main focus was soccer, but after college, jiu jitsu became more important. He started to practice Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and took part in tournaments. In 2002 he played his first mixed martial arts fight and then began to practice wrestling. In 2003 he received the black belt in the BJJ. In 2004 he took up Muay Thai in his training and completed another MMA fight, during which Dana White , President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship , became aware of him and signed him for the first season of The Ultimate Fighter , where he was Diego Sanchez in the final was subject. At other UFC events he won against Alex Karalexis, Kit Cope and in 2006 in the lightweight class against Sam Stout. He lost his next fight to Sean Sherk , who thereby became UFC Lightweight Champion. After further victories, Florian lost to BJ Penn in August 2009 , again in the fight for the UFC Lightweight Championship title. In 2011 Florian switched to featherweight and lost to UFC 136 in the title fight against José Aldo . On May 31, 2012, he announced his resignation. His match record is 14 wins and six losses.

In addition, Kenny Florian works as a presenter for the program MMA Live on ESPN and was hired as a side commentator and analyst for the broadcast of UFC 83. In 2007 he visited American troops in Afghanistan.

Combat Statistics

result	Balance sheet	opponent	decision	event	date	Round	time	place	Remarks
defeat	14-6	Jose Aldo	on points	UFC 136 - Edgar vs. Maynard 3	October 8, 2011	5	5:00	Houston , USA	UFC Featherweight Championship
victory	14-5	Diego Nunes	on points	UFC 131 - Dos Santos vs. Carwin	June 11, 2011	3	5:00	Vancouver , Canada	Featherweight debut
defeat	13-5	Gray Maynard	on points	UFC 118 - Edgar vs. Penn 2	August 28, 2010	3	5:00	Boston , USA
victory	13-4	Takanori Gomi	task	UFC - UFC Fight Night 21	March 31, 2010	3	2:52	Charlotte , USA
victory	12-4	Clay guide	task	UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez	December 12, 2009	2	2:19	Memphis , USA
defeat	11-4	BJ Penn	task	UFC 101: Declaration	August 8, 2009	4th	3:45	Philadelphia , USA	UFC Lightweight Championship
victory	11-3	Joe Stevenson	task	UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar	October 15, 2008	1	4:03	Las Vegas , USA	# 1 Contender for Lightweight Title
victory	10-3	Roger Huerta	on points	UFC 87: Seek and Destroy	August 9, 2008	3	5:00	Minneapolis , USA
victory	9-3	Joe Lauzon	Technical KO	UFC Fight Night 13	April 2, 2008	2	3:28	Broomfield , USA	Fight of the Night
victory	8-3	Din Thomas	task	UFC Fight Night 11	September 19, 2007	1	4:30	Las Vegas, USA	Thomas injured his knee
victory	7-3	Alvin Robinson	task	UFC 73: Stacked	July 7, 2007	1	4:30	Las Vegas, USA
victory	6–3	Dokonjonosuke Mishima	task	UFC Fight Night 9	April 5, 2007	3	3:57	Las Vegas, USA
defeat	5-3	Sean Sherk	on points	UFC 64: Unstoppable	October 14, 2006	5	5:00	Las Vegas, USA	UFC Lightweight Championship
victory	5–2	Sam Stout	task	The Ultimate Fighter 3 Finale	June 24, 2006	1	1:46	Las Vegas, USA	First lightweight fight (155 lb)
victory	4-2	Kit Cope	task	The Ultimate Fighter 2 Finale	October 5, 2005	2	0:37	Las Vegas, USA	170 lb.
victory	3–2	Alex Karalexis	Technical KO	UFC Ultimate Fight Night	August 6, 2005	2	2:52	Las Vegas, USA	170 lb.
defeat	2–2	Diego Sanchez	Technical KO	The Ultimate Fighter 1 Finale	April 9, 2005	1	2:49	Las Vegas, USA	185 lb.
defeat	2–1	Drew Fickett	on points	Combat Zone 7: Gravel Pit	July 10, 2004	3	5:00	Revere , USA
victory	2–0	Bobby McAndrews	task	Mass Destruction 15	February 21, 2004	1	1:57	Boston , USA
victory	1–0	Jason Giroux	KO	Mass Destruction 10	January 25, 2003	1	0:07	Taunton , USA

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ boxing.nv.gov ( Memento of the original from July 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ http://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/2012/5/31/3055916/kenny-florian-announces-retirement-after-nine-year-career