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The Fight Brief

Kurtis CampbellW vs. Trevor Peek

UFC Fight Night · September 5, 2026 · Accor Arena · Main Card 3:00 PM ET

The brief

The result
Kurtis Campbell by Submission (rear-naked choke), R3
What kind of fight
Featherweight bounce-back battle
Finish likelihood
High
The line
Campbell -375 · Peek +285Consensus (multiple sportsbooks)
The stakes
Featherweight · Main Card

The result

Kurtis Campbell def. Trevor Peek — Submission (rear-naked choke), R3 3:07

Kurtis Campbell picked up the first win of his UFC career, submitting Trevor Peek with a rear-naked choke at 3:07 of round three.

Campbell dominated the grappling exchanges across all three rounds, landing a featherweight-record 13 takedowns before locking in the finish — the first time Peek has ever been stopped or submitted in his career.

The breakdown below was written before the fight.

The read

This is a hard fight to separate given both men's finishing instincts and recent skids.

Peek's move down in weight is the biggest variable — if the cut leaves him fresher and stronger, his knockout power becomes the deciding factor; if it saps him, Campbell's speed and volume should take over.

Expect a competitive, high-output striking battle with a finish live for either man.

The matchup

Kurtis Campbell
Aggressive Finisher
Contender Series alum · Heavy hands · Bounce-back spot
GrapplingStriking
Trevor Peek
Knockout Artist
Featherweight debut · Heavy hands · Never finished
GrapplingStriking

Both featherweights are trying to snap a two-fight skid, and both bring real knockout power to a fight where neither man has been finished by strikes.

Campbell is the younger, faster striker coming off his first professional loss, while Peek is a proven finisher making his featherweight debut after a career spent at lightweight.

The extra pound-and-a-half could favor whichever man's power translates better at the new weight.

Tale of the tape

8-1Record9-3
24Age31
5'9"Height5'9"
—Reach70"
—Stance—
United KingdomCountryUnited States
—TeamBang Muay Thai

The numbers

Career UFC averages. Red bar = statistical edge.

Kurtis CampbellTrevor Peek
—Sig. strikes landed / min (volume)—
—Striking accuracy (precision)—
—Sig. strikes absorbed / min (lower is better)—
—Striking defense (strikes avoided)—
—Takedowns / 15 min (wrestling offense)—
—Takedown accuracy—
—Takedown defense—
—Submission attempts / 15 min—

The fighters

Kurtis Campbell 8-1

“The Pink Panther”

Kurtis 'The Pink Panther' Campbell is a 24-year-old English featherweight from Liverpool who earned his UFC contract with a first-round finish on Dana White's Contender Series. A heavy betting favorite in his promotional debut on home soil in London, he suffered his first professional loss, a second-round TKO to Danny Silva, in March 2026. He now looks to get back in the win column against fellow featherweight Trevor Peek in Paris.

How they win
5 KO/TKO1 SUB2 DEC
How they lose
1 KO/TKO0 SUB0 DEC
Last 3 fights
  • LDanny Silva · KO/TKOUFC Fight Night · March 21, 2026

Full Campbell profile →

Trevor Peek 9-3

Trevor Peek is a 31-year-old American who relocated to train full-time under Duane Ludwig at Bang Muay Thai in Colorado, and has never been finished across a pro career that also includes one no-contest not reflected in his win-loss total, despite going 2-3 across his UFC lightweight run. Eight of his nine career wins have come by knockout. He moves down to featherweight for the first time to face fellow bounce-back candidate Kurtis Campbell in Paris.

How they win
8 KO/TKO0 SUB1 DEC
How they lose
0 KO/TKO0 SUB3 DEC
Last 3 fights

UFC debut — no prior UFC bouts.

Full Peek profile →