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Age 39
Gender Male
Height 5' 11"
Weight Class Lightweight

Yuta Watanabe is a MMA fighter with a professional fight record of 17 wins, 11 losses and 2 draws

Professional Career Statistics

Pro Record 17-11-2 (Win-Loss-Draw)
Career Length 17 years, 1 month, 9 days
Rounds Fought 45.3
Avg. Fights/Year 1.8
Longest Layoff 1 year, 8 months, 21 days
Quickest Turnaround 2 months, 3 days

Record BreakDown

- KO/TKO SUB DEC
Wins 8 3 6
Losses 5 2 4
Finish Rate 64.7%
Finished Rate 63.6%
Win by Decision Rate 35.3%
Loss by Decision Rate 36.4%
Win by KO Rate 47.1%
Loss by KO Rate 45.5%
Win by SUB Rate 17.6%
Loss by SUB Rate 18.2%
Win Method
Loss Method

Current Streak

3 Losses

Quick Hits

Fastest Win 01:01
Fastest KO 01:01
Fastest SUB 01:58
Ave. Rounds (Ws) 1.5
Ave. Length of Fight (Ws) 07:41
Ave. Rounds (Ls) 1.4
Ave. Length of Fight (Ls) 06:52
Finish Rounds
Finished Rounds

Official Professional Fight Record

Date Opponent Weightclass Method Round Time
NSF 12/12/2021 L
(17-10-2)
Sho Kogane
(12-4-1)
LW Decision (Split Decision)
Deep - 105th Impact
3 05:00
NSF 10/31/2020 L
(17-9-2)
Daichi Abe
(7-4-0)
TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage from Strikes)
Deep - 98th Impact
1 05:00
NSF 03/01/2020 L
(17-8-2)
Ryuichiro Sumimura
(13-6-1)
Decision (Unanimous Decision)
Deep - 94th Impact
3 05:00
NSF 06/29/2019 W
(16-8-2)
Yoichiro Sato
(18-8-2)
Decision (Unanimous Decision)
Deep - 90th Impact
3 05:00
NSF 03/09/2019 W
(15-8-2)
Yoshitomo Watanabe
(12-12-1)
Decision (Split Decision)
Deep - 88th Impact
3 05:00
NSF 10/27/2018 W
(14-8-2)
Koji Shikuwa
(4-3-0)
Decision (Unanimous Decision)
Deep - 86th Impact
2 05:00
NSF 06/30/2018 L
(14-7-2)
Takahiro Kawanaka
(10-5-0)
WW Decision (Unanimous Decision)
Deep - 84th Impact
2 05:00
NSF 10/09/2016 L
(14-6-2)
Ryuichiro Sumimura
(8-4-1)
Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Deep - Cage Impact Osaka 2016
2 02:34
NSF 04/17/2016 L
(14-5-2)
Hisaki Kato
(5-2-0)
TKO/RSC
Rizin Fight Federation 1
1 05:00
NSF 07/20/2015 L
(14-4-2)
Keita Nakamura
(27-6-2)
Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Deep - Cage Impact 2015
1 02:00
NSF 12/21/2014 W
(13-4-2)
Yuya Shirai
(22-13-1)
WW TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage from Strikes)
Deep - 70th Impact
3 05:00
NSF 04/29/2014 W
(12-4-2)
Taisuke Okuno
(10-5-1)
TKO/RSC (Corner Stoppage)
Deep - 66th Impact
3 00:26
NSF 08/25/2013 W
(11-4-2)
Shigetoshi Iwase
(10-15-3)
TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage from Strikes)
DEEP - 63rd Impact
2 00:24
NSF 02/16/2013 W
(10-4-2)
Naoki Samukawa
(3-2-0)
TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage from Strikes)
DEEP - 61st Impact
1 04:01
NSF 08/18/2012 W
(9-4-2)
Yoshitomo Watanabe
(9-10-1)
Decision (Unanimous Decision)
Deep - 59th Impact
2 05:00
NSF 04/24/2011 W
(8-4-2)
Go Sato
(0-1-0)
TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage from Strikes)
Deep: Club Deep in Diana
1 01:01
NSF 12/11/2010 L
(8-3-2)
Yusaku Tsukumo
(3-4-1)
Decision (Majority Decision)
Deep - 51st Impact
2 05:00
NSF 02/28/2010 W
(7-3-2)
Yasushi Kitazaki
(6-4-1)
Decision (Unanimous Decision)
Deep - 46 Impact
2 05:00
NSF 12/10/2008 L
(7-2-2)
Yukiya Naito
(14-4-2)
TKO/RSC (Referee Stoppage from Strikes)
Deep - 39 Impact
1 01:25
NSF 07/17/2008 L
(7-1-2)
Jason Jones
(11-7-1)
TKO/RSC
M-1 Challenge 5 Japan
2 02:03
NSF 04/03/2008 W
(6-1-2)
Ansar Chalangov
(10-4-0)
Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
M-1 Global - M-1 Challenge 2
1 05:00
NSF 12/12/2007 W
(5-1-2)
Min Suk Heo
(1-3-0)
Decision (Majority Decision)
Deep - 33rd Impact
2 05:00
NSF 09/23/2007 W
(4-1-2)
Yuya Aikawa
(0-0-0)
TKO/RSC
DEEP: Club DEEP - Yamaguchi
1 02:54
NSF 06/24/2007 W
(3-1-2)
Carlos Toyota
(0-1-1)
TKO/RSC
DEEP - DEEP in Yamagata
1 03:49
NSF 07/08/2006 W
(2-1-2)
Junpei Hamada
(2-7-0)
Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Deep: Club Deep
1 01:58
NSF 04/02/2006 L
(2-0-2)
Ryo Kawamura
(2-0-1)
KO (Punch)
Pancrase: 2006 Neo Blood Tournament, Semi-Final
1 02:35
NSF 01/26/2006 D
(2-0-1)
Ryo Kawamura
(2-0-0)
Draw
Pancrase: 2006 Blow-Out Tour 1
2 05:00
NSF 11/23/2005 D
(2-0-0)
Sojiro Ohrui
(0-0-0)
Draw
ZST: The Battle Field 8
2 05:00
NSF 05/03/2005 W
(1-0-0)
Yusuke Masuda
(0-0-0)
KO (Knee)
ZST: The Battle Field 7
1 01:33
NSF 11/03/2004 W
(0-0-0)
Hidehisa Matsuda
(1-2-0)
Submission (Arm Bar)
ZST: Grand Prix 2 Tournament
2 04:46
* Bouts marked with an 'Official' logo denote results which have been verified by an ABC-recognized athletic commission
* Bouts marked with an (*) are considered exhibition bouts and do not count towards the fighter's record
* Weights marked with an (*) denote those over the limit for the weight class

Amateur Career Statistics

Amateur Record 1-2-1 (Win-Loss-Draw)
Career Length 8 months, 1 day
Rounds Fought 2.2
Avg. Fights/Year 6.0
Longest Layoff 3 months, 24 days
Quickest Turnaround 1 month, 29 days

Record BreakDown

- KO/TKO SUB DEC
Wins 0 1 0
Losses 1 1 0
Finish Rate 100.0%
Finished Rate 100.0%
Win by Decision Rate 0.0%
Loss by Decision Rate 0.0%
Win by KO Rate 0.0%
Loss by KO Rate 50.0%
Win by SUB Rate 100.0%
Loss by SUB Rate 50.0%
Win Method
Loss Method

Current Streak

2 Losses

Quick Hits

Fastest Win 00:13
Fastest KO -
Fastest SUB 00:13
Ave. Rounds (Ws) 0.1
Ave. Length of Fight (Ws) 00:13
Ave. Rounds (Ls) 1.1
Ave. Length of Fight (Ls) 03:14
Finish Rounds
Finished Rounds

Official Amateur Fight Record

Date Opponent Weightclass Method Round Time
NSF 09/12/2004 L
(1-1-1)
Sumio Koyano
(0-0-0)
TKO/RSC
ZST: The Battle Field 6
1 01:36
NSF 07/04/2004 L
(1-0-1)
Tomoki Kanuka
(0-0-0)
Submission (Arm Bar)
ZST: Battle Hazard 1
1 04:53
NSF 05/05/2004 W
(0-0-1)
Kyousuke Nishikawa
(0-0-0)
Submission (Arm Bar)
ZST: The Battle Field 5
1 00:13
NSF 01/11/2004 D
(0-0-0)
Yoshimichi Takino
(0-0-0)
Draw
ZST: Grand Prix Tournament: Final Round
1 05:00
* Bouts marked with an 'Official' logo denote results which have been verified by an ABC-recognized athletic commission
* Bouts marked with an (*) are considered exhibition bouts and do not count towards the fighter's record
* Weights marked with an (*) denote those over the limit for the weight class