Hiromitsu Kanehara
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
L2
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Owariasahi, Aichi
- Born
- Japan
- Camp
- UKR
- Weight class
- Middleweight
- Height
- 5'10" · 178 cm
Before the UFC
Hiromitsu Kanehara 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.
UFC debut
Aug 20, 2026
Pre-UFC opposition
StrongOpponents' combined record
1208-718-94
.627 win rate
Winning-record opponents
36 of 49
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
51
49 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 51 bouts · 14 promotions · wins by 7 KO · 4 sub · 8 decRings · Deep · Pancrase · PRIDE · Rings USA +9
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Yuki Kondo67-41-9 | Decision | 4-1 Points | R1 | 20:00 | U-Spirits | Mar 9, 2013 |
| L | Ryuta Sakurai30-28-6 | Submission | Arm-Triangle Choke | R3 | 0:46 | Deep | Dec 22, 2012 |
| D | Yuki Sasaki25-22-2 | Draw | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Grabaka | Oct 27, 2012 |
| L | Yusuke Sakashita12-5 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Deep | Apr 7, 2012 |
| D | Daijiro Matsui16-31-7 | Draw | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | Deep | Feb 18, 2012 |
| L | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Deep | Jun 24, 2011 | |
| W | Hiroki Sato6-7-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Deep | Dec 11, 2010 |
| D | Young Choi23-12-3 | Draw | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Deep | Aug 27, 2010 |
| L | Riki Fukuda24-9 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Deep | Feb 28, 2010 |
| W | Makoto Miyazawa | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:25 | Deep | Oct 10, 2009 |
| D | Ryuta Sakurai30-28-6 | Draw | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | Deep | Jun 30, 2009 |
| W | Kenji Nagai7-14-2 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 3:02 | Deep | Apr 16, 2009 |
| L | Ichiro Kanai11-14-3 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Oct 1, 2008 |
| L | Keiichiro Yamamiya45-35-10 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Jun 1, 2008 |
| L | Izuru Takeuchi25-11-7 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Mar 26, 2008 |
| L | Ryo Kawamura19-11-4 | KO/TKO | Punches | R3 | 1:36 | Pancrase | Mar 18, 2007 |
| L | Marcelo Brito13-8 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 0:49 | MARS 5 | Oct 28, 2006 |
| W | Ruslan Abdulkhamidov | Submission | Heel Hook | R1 | 2:02 | Kokoro | Aug 15, 2006 |
| L | Kestutis Arbocius8-5-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Apr 9, 2006 |
| L | Chalid Arrab7-3 | Decision | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | K-1 HERO's | Nov 5, 2005 |
| L | Yuki Kondo67-41-9 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Oct 2, 2005 |
| L | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 0:00 | Rings Russia | Aug 20, 2005 | |
| L | Mauricio Rua27-14-1 | KO/TKO | Punches and Soccer Kicks | R1 | 1:40 | PRIDE | Feb 20, 2005 |
| L | Alistair Overeem47-19 | KO/TKO | Doctor Stoppage | R2 | 3:52 | PRIDE | Oct 31, 2004 |
| L | Mirko Filipovic38-11-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | PRIDE | May 23, 2004 |
| L | Wanderlei Silva35-14-1 | KO/TKO | Corner Stoppage | R1 | 3:31 | PRIDE | Nov 24, 2002 |
| D | Mikhail Ilyukhin30-11-1 | Draw | — | R3 | 5:00 | Rings | Feb 15, 2002 |
| W | Paul Cahoon13-12 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | Rings | Dec 21, 2001 |
| W | Kelly Jacobs6-8 | KO/TKO | Lost Points | R2 | 1:51 | Rings | Oct 20, 2001 |
| L | Matt Hughes45-9 | Decision | Majority | R3 | 5:00 | Rings | Aug 11, 2001 |
| L | Ricardo Arona14-5 | Submission | Kneebar | R2 | 0:53 | Rings | Jun 15, 2001 |
| L | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira34-10-1 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 0:27 | Rings | Feb 24, 2001 |
| W | Dave Menne45-17-2 | KO/TKO | Punches | R3 | 3:24 | Rings | Feb 24, 2001 |
| W | Tommy Sauer25-12 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 4:14 | Rings | Dec 22, 2000 |
| W | Submission | Kimura | R2 | 2:45 | Rings | Dec 22, 2000 | |
| W | Josh Hall1-3 | Decision | Split | R2 | 5:00 | Rings USA | Jul 22, 2000 |
| W | Adrian Serrano56-29-4 | Submission | Armlock | R1 | 2:07 | Rings USA | Jul 22, 2000 |
| L | Renato Sobral37-12 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Rings | Jun 15, 2000 |
| L | Mario Sperry13-4 | Decision | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | C2K | May 26, 2000 |
| W | Valentijn Overeem30-32 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 4:14 | Rings Holland | Feb 6, 2000 |
| L | Dan Henderson32-15 | Decision | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | Rings | Oct 28, 1999 |
| W | Jeremy Horn92-22-5 | Decision | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | Rings | Oct 28, 1999 |
| W | Wataru Sakata11-14 | Decision | Points | R3 | 5:00 | Rings | Aug 19, 1999 |
| W | Masayuki Naruse6-14 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 10:00 | Rings | Jun 24, 1999 |
| L | Valentijn Overeem30-32 | KO/TKO | Corner Stoppage | R1 | 4:35 | Rings | May 22, 1999 |
| L | Kiyoshi Tamura32-13-3 | Submission | Armbar | R3 | 0:14 | Rings | Mar 20, 1999 |
| L | Ricardo Morais10-4-1 | Decision | — | R5 | 5:00 | Rings | Feb 21, 1999 |
| W | Hans Nijman9-7 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 9:04 | Rings | Dec 23, 1998 |
| W | Lee Hasdell9-14-1 | Decision | — | R1 | 15:00 | NOTS 2 | Oct 11, 1998 |
| W | Sander MacKilljan8-7 | Decision | — | R1 | 3:26 | Rings | Jun 27, 1998 |
| W | Lee Hasdell9-14-1 | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 30:00 | Rings | May 29, 1998 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.