Cody Steven McKenzie was born on December 16,1987 and is an American mixed martial artist.
36 Facts About Cody McKenzie
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Cody McKenzie was born in Cordova, Alaska and currently trains in Spokane, Washington.
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Cody McKenzie saw his first MMA fight when he was a sophomore at Selkirk High School and knew from then on that he wanted to be an MMA fighter.
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Cody McKenzie is a member of the "Fancy Pants Fight Team", named after Lyle Beerbohm.
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Cody McKenzie began his professional mixed martial arts career with a TKO victory over Brett Held in British Columbia, Canada.
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Less than a month later, Cody McKenzie faced Abe Jones, defeating him via triangle choke in the first round.
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Cody McKenzie fought in Bahrain on one occasion, taking just four minutes to defeat his opponent with a guillotine choke.
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Cody McKenzie signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship to appear on The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs Team Koscheck.
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Cody McKenzie competed on the debut episode against Amir Khillah, to get into the house.
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Cody McKenzie was next picked to face Koscheck's number one pick Marc Stevens.
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Cody McKenzie lost the fight via TKO in the second round after Phan dropped him with a combo to the body.
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Cody McKenzie made his UFC debut at The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs Team Koscheck Finale against Aaron Wilkinson.
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Cody McKenzie went on to defeat Wilkinson via submission at 2:03 of round one.
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Cody McKenzie earned the Submission of the Night award for his performance.
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Cody 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.
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Cody McKenzie was expected to face Bart Palaszewski on May 28,2011, at UFC 130, but was forced off the card with an injury and was replaced by Gleison Tibau.
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Cody McKenzie faced Vagner Rocha on September 17,2011, at UFC Fight Night 25.
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Cody McKenzie lost the fight via submission in the second round.
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Cody McKenzie was expected to face Michael Johnson on January 28,2012, at UFC on Fox 2.
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However, Cody McKenzie was forced out of the bout with an injury and was replaced by Shane Roller.
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Cody McKenzie was expected to face Aaron Riley on May 15,2012, at UFC on Fuel TV: The Korean Zombie vs Poirier.
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Cody McKenzie won the fight via submission in the first round.
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Cody McKenzie dropped to featherweight and faced Chad Mendes on July 7,2012, at UFC 148.
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Cody McKenzie was expected to face Leonard Garcia on December 29,2012, at UFC 155.
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However, Cody McKenzie pulled out of the bout, citing an injury, and was replaced by Max Holloway.
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Cody McKenzie won the fight via unanimous decision, the first decision win of his career.
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Cody McKenzie faced Sam Stout in a lightweight bout on December 14,2013, at UFC on Fox 9.
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Cody McKenzie fought at a 180 pound catchweight on April 12,2014, against Mark Dobie at Battle for the Border 3.
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On October 3,2014, Cody McKenzie faced Brock Larson in the opening round of the BattleGrounds MMA one-night welterweight tournament.
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On December 18,2014, Cody McKenzie announced his retirement from mixed martial arts.
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Two months after announcing his first retirement, it was announced on February 3,2015, that Cody McKenzie had signed with WSOF.
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Cody McKenzie faced Andrew McInnes at World Series of Fighting 18: Moraes vs Hill on February 12,2015.
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Cody McKenzie lost the fight via disqualification, after a headbutt from McKenzie rendered McInnes unable to continue.
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On October 14,2017, Cody McKenzie fought for Venator, losing by first round TKO to Stefano Paterno.
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Cody McKenzie was later suspended by the Italian MMA commission for refusing to provide a sample to anti-doping officers.
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Cody McKenzie was featured in the mixed martial arts documentary Fight Life.