Mohammed Usman
Skill profile
138 MMA anchors Striking, Wrestling, Grappling · his tags and claims adjust Accuracy, Durability, TD Defense · stats alone on Striking D, Control.
Built on 80 minutes of tracked cage time across 6 statted fights — every axis is held down until there is more tape, so read this as a sketch rather than a verdict.
Career rates — the raw numbers behind the chart
Insider info
vs Valter Walker lean UFC Fight Night Oliveira vs Gamrot Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown · October 6, 2025
He raises a concrete risk that over-eagerness for the heel hook could cost Walker the fight itself, then re-affirms the pick anyway, closing on 'going to take Walker'.
Decent striker leaning mainly on a jab and raw power with little else, and he does not react well to being hit. Good grappler who uses standout physical strength to push opponents to the cage and hold them there; that cage-control path (rather than a finish) looks like his clearest route to a decision.
vs Hamdy Abdelwahab clear UFC Fight Night: Hill vs Rountree Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown · June 17, 2025 · 1 read since
Gives Abdelwahab's leg-kick/volume path, says he will 'outpoint' Usman, and settles plainly on him ('give me Hammy') despite expecting some cage-pressure moments against him.
A physical specimen and natural athlete built around cage pressure rather than finesse. His striking is decent but unremarkable: real power when he commits, but mostly a lead jab and single shots with little volume. His grappling features decent takedowns, but his main asset is a strong, grinding cage game. His path to winning this fight is pinning Abdelwahab against the fence and holding him there.
vs Thomas Petersen lean UFC Fight Night Lemos vs Jandiroba Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown (UFC Vegas 94) · July 15, 2024 · 2 reads since
He commits plainly to Usman, with a stated mechanism (cage push, wear Petersen down), but twice tells viewers to skip this one from a betting standpoint and says he rates neither man highly. That pass-on-this advice is wager caution (price/interest), not outcome doubt, but combined with his low opinion of both fighters it caps this below a clean clear.
A heavyweight he calls a "freak athlete" with decent, heavy-handed but low-volume striking and a wrestling-forward gameplan built on cage pressure. The analyst's stated path to victory for him is grinding Petersen against the cage rather than finishing him.
vs Mick Parkin clear UFC Fight Night Ribas vs Namajunas Full Card Analysis, Prediction & Breakdown (UFC Vegas 89) · March 19, 2024 · 3 reads since
Explicit named pick, decision, round-by-round reasoning (cage control via strength); hedge is on which rounds, not on the win itself.
Mohammed Usman is read as a limited but physically dominant heavyweight: a decent striker whose game is almost entirely his power, backed by pretty good wrestling and a strong cage push. The analyst frames him as a 'super athlete' whose strength lets him control positioning even without refined technique, and expects that control to carry a decision.
vs Junior Tafa coinflip UFC Fight Night Pavlovich vs Blaydes Predictions And Full Card Breakdown UFC Vegas 71 · April 18, 2023 · 4 reads since
He picks Tafa mainly because he finds him entertaining, after admitting his initial lean was the other man, states plainly that he has zero conviction in the choice, warns viewers off the bet twice, and adds he isn't sure Tafa avoids getting caught. The most hedged pick on the card.
Decent but low-volume striking carrying unusual power -- called a freak athlete who can end a fight with one shot. Decent wrestling and takedowns, not great, are judged enough to control Tafa given Tafa's own takedown-defense questions, with a cage-and-grind path to a decision floated as realistic.
Striking trend
Fight history
W Hamdy Abdelwahab 6-0 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Hill vs. Rountree Jr. · June 21, 2025
L Thomas Petersen 0-1 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Jandiroba · July 20, 2024
L Mick Parkin 8-0 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Ribas vs. Namajunas · March 23, 2024
W Jake Collier 13-9 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Fiziev vs. Gamrot · September 23, 2023
W Junior Tafa 4-0 walk-in Decision - Unanimous · R3 5:00 — UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes · April 22, 2023
W Zac Pauga 0-0 walk-in KO/TKO · R2 0:36 — UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill · August 6, 2022
Walk-in records count UFC bouts in this database. For the pre-UFC career, see the record breakdown below or the Tapology button up top.
Record breakdown
Wins by method
Losses by method
Fights by organization
Showing UFC fights only — this fighter's full pre-UFC career hasn't been synced yet. It will fill in as the weekly career backfill reaches them.
Division context
Headshot of Mohammed Usman by UFC · Official UFC athlete photo (copyright UFC; not freely licensed) · Wikimedia Commons · flattened onto dark background, cropped/resized