Hayato Sakurai Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Matt HughesTitle Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head From Mount	R4	3:01	UFC 36: Worlds Collide	Mar 22, 2002

Outside the UFC

38-12-2across 52 bouts · 12 promotions · wins by 12 KO · 10 sub · 16 decShooto · PRIDE · DREAM · GT · K-1 +7

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Wataru Sakata11-14	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	2:37	RIZIN	Dec 31, 2016
L	Jae Suk Lim17-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	5:21	Mach Dojo / Gladiator	Sep 29, 2013
W	Phil Baroni16-19	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	DREAM	Dec 31, 2012
W	Ryo Chonan22-13	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	DREAM	Dec 31, 2011
L	Jason High23-8	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	K-1	Dec 31, 2010
L	Nick Diaz26-10	Submission	Armbar	R1	3:54	DREAM	May 29, 2010
L	Akihiro Gono38-24-8	Submission	Armbar	R2	3:56	K-1	Dec 31, 2009
L	Marius Zaromskis23-11	KO/TKO	Head Kick and Punches	R1	4:03	DREAM	Jul 20, 2009
W	Shinya Aoki49-12	KO/TKO	Knees and Punches	R1	0:27	DREAM	Apr 5, 2009
W	Katsuyori Shibata4-11-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	7:01	K-1	Dec 31, 2008
W	Kuniyoshi Hironaka23-9	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	DREAM	Sep 23, 2008
L	David Baron17-4-1	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	4:50	Shooto	May 3, 2008
W	Hidetaka Monma18-11-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:12	DREAM	Mar 15, 2008
W	Hidehiko Hasegawa19-20-5	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	Yarennoka	Dec 31, 2007
W	Mac Danzig22-12-1	KO/TKO	Punch	R2	4:01	PRIDE	Feb 24, 2007
W	Luciano Azevedo17-9-1	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	6:36	PRIDE	Aug 26, 2006
W	Olaf Alfonso8-12	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	1:14	PRIDE	Jun 4, 2006
L	Takanori Gomi35-15	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:56	PRIDE	Dec 31, 2005
W	Joachim Hansen23-14-1	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	PRIDE	Sep 25, 2005
W	Jens Pulver27-19-1	KO/TKO	Knees and Punches	R1	8:56	PRIDE	Sep 25, 2005
W	Shinya Aoki49-12	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Shooto	Aug 20, 2005
W	Milton Vieira13-8-2	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	PRIDE	May 22, 2005
L	Crosley Gracie2-2	Submission	Armbar	R2	2:09	PRIDE	Oct 14, 2004
W	Brady Fink2-3	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	4:08	PRIDE	Jul 19, 2004
L	Rodrigo Gracie6-2-1	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	PRIDE	Feb 15, 2004
W	Daiju Takase12-15-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PRIDE	Dec 31, 2003
L	Ryo Chonan22-13	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R3	2:10	Deep	Sep 15, 2003
W	Dave Menne45-17-2	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R2	2:02	Deep	Jun 25, 2003
W	Ryuki Ueyama12-18-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Deep	Mar 4, 2003
L	Jake Shields33-11-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Shooto	Dec 14, 2002
W	Dan Gilbert8-11	Submission	Heel Hook	R1	1:52	Shooto	Dec 16, 2001
L	Anderson Silva34-11	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Shooto	Aug 26, 2001
W	Jean Louis Alberch6-2	Decision	—	R2	3:00	GT	Mar 1, 2001
W	Frank Trigg21-9	KO/TKO	Knees	R2	2:25	Shooto	Dec 17, 2000
W	Luiz Azeredo15-10	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Shooto	Aug 4, 2000
W	Tetsuji Kato20-10	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Shooto	Mar 17, 2000
W	Haroldo Bunn4-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	1:31	VTJ 1999	Dec 11, 1999
W	Brad Aird1-1-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:37	Shooto	Jul 16, 1999
W	Marcelo Aguiar2-3-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Shooto	May 29, 1999
W	Jean Louis Alberch6-2	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:33	GT	Mar 20, 1999
W	Damien Riccio8-14	Decision	—	R1	5:00	GT	Mar 20, 1999
W	James Schiavo4-2	Submission	Toe Hold	R1	0:26	GT	Mar 20, 1999
W	Ademir Oliveira0-1	KO/TKO	Flying Knee	R1	0:34	Shooto	Jan 15, 1999
W	Sergei Bytchkov14-6	Submission	Armbar	R1	4:59	VTJ 1998	Oct 25, 1998
W	Ronny Rivano13-13-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:10	Shooto	Jul 29, 1998
W	Jutaro Nakao26-21-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Shooto	May 13, 1998
D	Marcelo Aguiar2-3-1	Draw	—	R3	8:00	VTJ 1997	Nov 29, 1997
W	Alex Cook6-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:09	Shooto	Oct 12, 1997
W	Ali Elias10-2	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:23	Shooto	Aug 27, 1997
W	Hiroyuki Kojima4-4-1	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	Shooto	Jun 25, 1997
D	Takuya Kuwabara8-2-4	Draw	—	R3	3:00	Shooto	Jan 18, 1997
W	Caol Uno35-23-5	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:52	Shooto	Oct 4, 1996

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

12 wins, 5 losses

W12

L5

Submission

10 wins, 4 losses

W10

L4

Decision

16 wins, 4 losses

W16

L4

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 12%Welterweight

Knockdowns / fight

1.00

Above avg · 0.24Welterweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 7%Welterweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.39Welterweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Hayato Sakurai

PowerChin

Knockout rate

—

No UFC win on record

Knockdowns dealt

—

No UFC win on record

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

0

0.00 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never submittedin the UFC

Career striking

OverallC58th

49%5 / 12

Striking accuracy

59%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+0.51 differential

Landed2.45

Absorbed1.94

58%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+8%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Hayato Sakurai

Landed per 15

Head

F

2nd

3.3

2nd

Body

F

1st

0.0

1st

Leg

F

5th

0.8

5th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

C

54th

28.3

54th

Body

A+

96th

1.7

96th

Leg

A+

99th

0.0

99th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	3.3	4	11	36%
Body	0.0	0	0	—
Leg	0.8	1	1	100%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	28.3	34	56	61%
Body	1.7	2	2	100%
Leg	0.0	0	0	—

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Hayato Sakurai

—

Takedown accuracy

18%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-13.2 min net

On top0.0

On bottom13.2

Offense

Takedowns

C

48th

0.0

48th

TD accuracy

—

Sub attempts

B

59th

0.0

59th

Control

C

44th

0.0 min

44th

Defense

TD defense

F

14th

18%

14th

Controlled

13.2 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	0 / 0
Submission attempts	0
Control time	0:00

Defense

TDs defended	2 / 11
Control absorbed	15:52

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (18min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Hayato Sakurai

1 UFC bout (per‑round) · 18 min

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Sakurai hasn't reached the third round in enough UFC bouts to read a reliable pace pattern — most of their fights end early. The round-by-round pace below is shown for what rounds there are.

SakuraiOutput / min

Faded points are drawn from a single bout that reached that round, so they’re less reliable than the solid points averaged over many fights.

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Sakurailanded / min

Takedown attempts

Sakuraiattempts / min

Control time

Sakurai% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	Control	Bouts
R1	0.4	0.4	0.8	0%	1
R2	0.4	0.4	1.4	0%	1
R3	0.2	0.2	1.8	0%	1
R4	0.0	0.0	5.3	0%	1

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Hayato Sakurai

1 resolved UFC bout

Schedule Score

29/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

86th

60%

86th

Win quality

F

1st

0%

1st

Limited UFC sample (1 bout). The headline Schedule Score is held toward a rookie baseline until a fighter has 6+ UFC bouts — a thin UFC résumé hasn’t yet proven a strong schedule. The component bars above are not down-weighted.

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

1

Title-fight eliteTitle fight where opp had an elite UFC record at the time

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Title-fight elite	1	0-1	0%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

L
Matt Hughes
Mar 22, 2002 · Welterweight
60
quality

Pre-UFC opposition

Strong

Opponents' combined record

881-515-56

.631 win rate

Winning-record opponents

34 of 52

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

52

all opponents have records on file

A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Matt Hughes	Title-fight elite	60	Mar 22, 2002

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

1 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

—

Long layoff

> 180 days

—

UFC debut

first UFC bout

0-1

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

—

After a win

next bout after a win

—

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

0-1

1 bout

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

0-1

1 bout

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last bout

9y 6mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Hayato Sakurai

Extended layoff

9y 6mosince last bout

vs Wataru Sakata · Dec 31, 2016

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFS

13.8

DK avg

13.8

Median

13.8

Ceiling

13.8

Floor

0%

Boom

100%

Bust

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