Nigeria UFC fighters
2 ranked or featured fighters from Nigeria across welterweight and middleweight, sorted champion first, then by rank. Each one's top next-opponent pick is a model estimate.
| 9 | Kamaru Usman Welterweight · #9 21-5-0 · Nigeria · next: Belal Muhammad 20% |
| 9 | Israel Adesanya Middleweight · #9 24-6-0 · Nigeria · next: Retires or steps away first 15% |
Country is the citizenship shown on each fighter's ESPN profile, checked against their UFC.com place of birth (1 Oct 2026). Ranks are UFC.com Media Panel ranks within each division, so a #4 welterweight and a #4 lightweight sit side by side. Ranks 16–30 are unofficial NextSmash ranks, not UFC rankings.