Akira Maeda
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
L1
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Osaka, Osaka
- Born
- Japan
- Camp
- Rings Japan
- Weight class
- Heavyweight
- Height
- 6'3" · 191 cm
Before the UFC
Akira Maeda makes their UFC debut
Our striking, grappling, and schedule metrics are measured from UFC fights, so they come online after this bout. Here is the career they bring in — and how live the opposition has been.
Pre-UFC opposition
StrongOpponents' combined record
143-100-7
.588 win rate
Winning-record opponents
6 of 10
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
12
10 opponents with records on file
A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.
UFC fight history
No UFC bouts on record yet.
Outside the UFC
across 12 bouts · 2 promotions · wins by 4 subRings · Rings Holland
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Alexander Karelin1-0 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Rings | Feb 21, 1999 |
| W | Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov21-8-1 | Submission | — | R1 | 4:24 | Rings | Jan 21, 1998 |
| L | Kiyoshi Tamura32-13-3 | N/A | — | R0 | 0:00 | Rings | Jan 21, 1998 |
| W | N/A | — | R0 | 0:00 | Rings | Jan 21, 1998 | |
| W | Nikolai Zouev | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 5:17 | Rings | Oct 25, 1997 |
| W | Andrei Kopylov6-11 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 8:32 | Rings | Sep 26, 1997 |
| L | Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov21-8-1 | Submission | Leg Lock | R1 | 8:47 | Rings | Apr 22, 1997 |
| W | Maurice Smith12-14 | N/A | — | R0 | 0:00 | Rings | Jan 22, 1997 |
| W | Yoshihisa Yamamoto14-25-1 | Submission | — | R0 | 0:00 | Rings | Jan 24, 1996 |
| W | Dick Vrij7-7 | N/A | — | R0 | 0:00 | Rings | Oct 21, 1995 |
| L | Chris Dolman | Submission | Armbar | R2 | 4:07 | Rings Holland | Feb 19, 1995 |
| L | Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov21-8-1 | Submission | — | R0 | 0:00 | Rings | Jan 25, 1995 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.