Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.
James Ballard (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) and Steven Nelson (20-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.
James Ballard vs Steven Nelson — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Steven Nelson leads 1–0- Steven Nelson wonNelson vs BallardDec 10, 2022 · KO · R1
The Numbers
- 0-3
- Record
- 20-2 (edge)
- 0%
- Win %
- 90.9% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 16 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 80%
- —
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 80%
- 2
- Times stopped
- 1 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 0.7
- Bouts per year
- 2.3 (edge)
- 3
- Bouts tracked
- 22
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Height
- 5′10″ (178 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 76″ (192 cm)
- —
- Age
- 38
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJames Ballard · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Steven Nelson · 20 wins
KO/TKO
16
Decision
4
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (3 and 22 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.
Current Form
James Ballard
LLL
L3 streak · last fought Dec 10, 2022
Steven Nelson
LLWWW
L2 streak · last fought Sep 13, 2025
Common Questions
- Have James Ballard and Steven Nelson ever fought each other?
- Yes. James Ballard and Steven Nelson met once on December 10, 2022, and Steven Nelson won by KO in round 1.
- Who has the better record, James Ballard or Steven Nelson?
- James Ballard is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Steven Nelson is 20-2. Steven Nelson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, James Ballard or Steven Nelson?
- James Ballard has 0 knockout wins and Steven Nelson has 16. Steven Nelson has more.
- Do James Ballard and Steven Nelson have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both James Ballard and Steven Nelson have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on James Ballard and Steven Nelson?
- This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for James Ballard and 22 bouts tracked for Steven Nelson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.