Kyle Prepolec
Vitals
Height, reach, and career background.
- Age
- 36
- Height
- 5′10″1.78 m
- Reach
- 70″178 cm
- Stance StanceWhich side a fighter leads from — a striking term, not a religious one. Orthodox: right-handed, left foot and hand forward (the common default). Southpaw: the mirror image, right side forward (usually a left-hander). Switch: changes between the two during a fight.
- Southpaw
- Weight class
- Lightweight
- Nationality
- Canada
- Team
- Maximum Training Centre · Windsor
- Active
- 2008-present
Record
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LossRecord after fight: 18-11-0TKO
Rebecki closed the distance quickly and took Prepolec to the mat. From there, he controlled Prepolec’s legs and held top position. Rebecki kept working from top position. He landed unanswered strikes. Unanswered ground strikes brought the stoppage at 4:41 of round one.
Key moments
- Rebecki closed distance early and took Prepolec down.
- Rebecki controlled Prepolec’s legs and maintained top position.
- Unanswered ground strikes ended the fight at 4:41 of round one.
LossRecord after fight: 18-10-0TKO
UFC Fight Night 262: de Ridder vs. Allen
18 Oct 2025
18 Oct 2025
Prepolec led through two rounds, out-jabbing Dober and dropping him late in the second, before Dober rallied in the third to force a stoppage. The bout earned Fight of the Night.
Key moments
- Prepolec controlled the early boxing exchanges behind a longer jab and split open Dober's shin by checking low kicks.
- A groin kick early in round three stalled the fight for roughly five minutes and cost Dober a point.
- Dober exploded on the restart, swarming with clinch knees and left hands until the referee waved it off at 1:16 of round three.
- Both fighters were awarded Fight of the Night.
LossRecord after fight: 18-9-0SUB
UFC 315: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena
10 May 2025
10 May 2025
Called in on ten days' notice as a replacement for Joel Álvarez, Prepolec survived a grappling-heavy opening round before Saint Denis finished him with an arm-triangle in the second.
Key moments
- Saint Denis landed a takedown in the opening seconds of round one.
- Prepolec defended with a kimura grip while Saint Denis worked to take his back.
- Saint Denis nearly closed a standing rear-naked choke late in the first; Prepolec was saved by the bell.
- Prepolec opened round two with a left hand before Saint Denis backed him to the fence behind elbows and knees.
- Saint Denis took him down again and finished with the arm-triangle at 2:35 of round two.
8 Jun 2024
23 Apr 2023
22 Oct 2022
4 Mar 2022
WinRecord after fight: 15-7-0DEC
Opponent: Michael DufortsplitR5 5:00
Samourai MMA 1
19 Nov 2021
19 Nov 2021
Prepolec won the inaugural Samourai MMA lightweight title with a five-round split decision over Michael Dufort in November 2021.
Key moments
- The bout was for the inaugural Samourai MMA lightweight title.
- It went the full five rounds.
- Prepolec took it on a split decision.
LossRecord after fight: 14-7-0DEC
Opponent: Austin HubbardunanimousR3 5:00
UFC Fight Night 158: Cowboy vs. Gaethje
14 Sep 2019
14 Sep 2019
Prepolec's second UFC bout came back at lightweight in September 2019 and ended in a unanimous-decision loss to Austin Hubbard. He was released the following March.
Key moments
- The bout returned Prepolec to lightweight after his welterweight debut.
- Hubbard took a unanimous decision over three rounds.
- It was Prepolec's second UFC loss; he was released in March 2020.
LossRecord after fight: 14-6-0DEC
Opponent: Nordine TalebunanimousR3 5:00
UFC Fight Night 151: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy
4 May 2019
4 May 2019
Prepolec took his UFC debut on short notice in May 2019 at welterweight, a division above his own, and lost a unanimous decision to Nordine Taleb.
Key moments
- The bout was Prepolec's UFC debut, taken on short notice.
- He fought at welterweight, a division above his usual lightweight.
- Taleb took a unanimous decision over three rounds.
9 Mar 2019
23 Jun 2018
5 Aug 2017
13 Jan 2017
20 Feb 2016
30 May 2015
18 Oct 2014
8 Mar 2014
26 Oct 2013
13 Apr 2013
12 Oct 2012
25 Aug 2012
6 Apr 2012
28 Oct 2011
1 Oct 2011
14 May 2011
30 May 2009
18 Feb 2009
18 Oct 2008
The Read
Style, strengths, and defining traits.
Kyle "Killshot" Prepolec is a Canadian lightweight from Windsor, Ontario, born 30 August 1989. He fights southpaw out of Maximum Training Centre in his home city, stands 5 ft 10 in with a 70-inch reach, and has been competing professionally since October 2008 — a seventeen-year career that has run almost entirely through the Ontario and Michigan regional circuit.
The head kick is a recurring weapon — he closed both Marco Antonio Elpidio in 2022 and Josh Henry in 2023 with kicks upstairs inside a single round. In November 2021 he won the inaugural Samourai MMA lightweight title with a five-round split decision over Michael Dufort.
The UFC portion of that record is 0-5, and it deserves to be stated plainly. He debuted on short notice in May 2019 at welterweight — a division above his own — and lost a unanimous decision to Nordine Taleb, then dropped a second unanimous decision to Austin Hubbard back at lightweight that September. He was released in March 2020. A second call came in May 2025, again on short notice, and Benoît Saint Denis submitted him with an arm-triangle. In October 2025 he was ahead of Drew Dober through two rounds in Vancouver, including a late second-round knockdown, before Dober's third-round surge ended it; both men took Fight of the Night.
His most recent outing was the UFC Fight Night card at Belgrade Arena on 1 August 2026, where Mateusz Rebecki took him down and stopped him with ground strikes late in the first.
Fight footage
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