Honggang Yao
UFC DebutNickname“The Master”
Record
Streak
W4
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Beijing
- Born
- China
- Camp
- China Top Team
- Weight class
- Featherweight
- Height
- 5'7" · 170 cm
Before the UFC
Honggang Yao 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
ModerateOpponents' combined record
191-144-13
.570 win rate
Winning-record opponents
12 of 18
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
35
18 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 35 bouts · 23 promotions · wins by 8 KO · 12 sub · 7 decBFFC · Legend FC · WLF · BFFC / Kunlun Fight · CKF +18
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Tianjin Wu1-5 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 3:24 | WLF | Apr 30, 2021 |
| W | Longyun Jiang6-4-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Huya FC / FightBRO | Jan 4, 2020 |
| W | Jumabieke Tuerxun23-11-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | BFFC / Kunlun Fight | Jun 20, 2019 |
| W | Elman Shakhramanov | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 4:05 | WLF | Jan 3, 2019 |
| L | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | — | The King FC | Feb 19, 2018 | |
| W | Farkhod Farkhod | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 1:35 | BFFC / Kunlun Fight | Oct 2, 2017 |
| L | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | LKC | Aug 26, 2017 | |
| W | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | — | CKF | Aug 10, 2017 | |
| W | Farhan Siddique2-4 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 3:09 | CKF | Jul 7, 2017 |
| W | Takayoshi Ono8-21-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | BFFC | May 20, 2017 |
| W | Marvin Wolff | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 2:08 | CWM MMA | Sep 25, 2016 |
| W | Ken Kawamura | KO/TKO | Knee and Punches | R3 | 3:21 | BFFC | May 21, 2016 |
| W | Daulet Userbay | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | — | Superstar Fight 2 | Apr 16, 2016 |
| W | Koji Takeuchi9-21-5 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | BFFC | Jan 16, 2016 |
| W | Takehito Nishizuka | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | — | WMA | Jan 8, 2016 |
| W | Apai Apai | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 1:20 | BFFC | Jan 1, 2016 |
| W | Kazuki Date | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 4:58 | BFFC | Oct 6, 2015 |
| W | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | — | M-1 | Jul 25, 2015 | |
| W | Arlan Yelubay | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | — | W.I.N. FC | Jul 18, 2015 |
| L | Submission | Heel Hook | R2 | 3:00 | Rebel FC 3 | Jun 27, 2015 | |
| D | Nikita Chistyakov16-13-1 | Draw | Majority | R3 | 5:00 | M-1 | Nov 25, 2014 |
| W | Daisaku Tanaka | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 0:47 | Kunlun Fight 9 | Aug 31, 2014 |
| W | Jadambaa Munkhbayar | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 0:45 | Kunlun Fight 7 | Jul 27, 2014 |
| W | Diemerson Hatta | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Real | Oct 20, 2013 |
| L | Dave LaChapelle | Decision | Unanimous | R5 | 5:00 | WCMMA 1 | Sep 15, 2012 |
| W | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 1:38 | Legend FC | Jun 16, 2012 | |
| L | Jumabieke Tuerxun23-11-1 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | Legend FC | Feb 11, 2012 |
| W | Nam Jin Jo10-8-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Legend FC | Jul 16, 2011 |
| W | Michael Mortimer16-4 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Legend FC | Jan 27, 2011 |
| L | Longyun Jiang6-4-1 | KO/TKO | Doctor Stoppage | R1 | 5:00 | ZZC | Sep 24, 2010 |
| W | Nai Shui Zhang | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:08 | CTT | Jun 14, 2010 |
| W | Ming Long Li | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 0:52 | BXC | May 8, 2010 |
| W | Huiguo Park | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R4 | 1:13 | THF | May 1, 2010 |
| W | Xiaolong Bian | Submission | Armbar | R2 | 2:51 | Xian Sports University | Jan 9, 2010 |
| L | Jumabieke Tuerxun23-11-1 | KO/TKO | Doctor Stoppage | R2 | 5:00 | Xian Sports University | Jun 15, 2009 |
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.