Cody Steven McKenzie (born December 16, 1987) is an American mixed martial artist.
[6] Prior to joining the Ultimate Fighting Championship, McKenzie recorded ten successive submission victories, nine of which were by guillotine choke.
McKenzie began his professional mixed martial arts career with a TKO victory over Brett Held in British Columbia, Canada.
[8] After taking almost a year away from competition, McKenzie returned to face Benny Mawson, once again in British Columbia, Canada.
McKenzie also fought in Bahrain on one occasion, taking just four minutes to defeat his opponent with a guillotine choke.
Prior to the fight, Georges St-Pierre predicted a guillotine choke submission victory for McKenzie.
This proved to be correct as McKenzie forced a technical submission victory over Khillah in the opening round.
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.
[15] After a back and forth battle that saw both men in control, McKenzie lost the fight via rear naked choke submission in the second round.
McKenzie was expected to face Bart Palaszewski on May 28, 2011, at UFC 130,[16] but was forced off the card with an injury and was replaced by Gleison Tibau.
[19] McKenzie was expected to face Aaron Riley on May 15, 2012, at UFC on Fuel TV: The Korean Zombie vs.
McKenzie faced Sam Stout in a lightweight bout on December 14, 2013, at UFC on Fox 9.
[30] On October 3, 2014, McKenzie faced Brock Larson in the opening round of the BattleGrounds MMA one-night welterweight tournament.
On October 14, 2017, McKenzie fought for Venator, losing by first-round TKO to Stefano Paterno.
[35] Cody Mckenzie fought in a bare-knuckle boxing fight with the United Kingdom's BKB-Bare Knuckle Boxing organization, debuting against its most recognized star fighter, undefeated Middleweight Champion Jimmy "Celtic Warrior" Sweeney for the BKB Middleweight World Championship at BKB 4.