Ichiro Kanai
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
L4
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Ota, Tokyo
- Born
- Japan
- Camp
- Pancraseism
- Weight class
- Welterweight
- Height
- 5'8" · 173 cm
Before the UFC
Ichiro Kanai 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
525-409-104
.562 win rate
Winning-record opponents
14 of 22
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
28
22 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 28 bouts · 3 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 4 sub · 4 decPancrase · GCM · Deep
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Keiichiro Yamamiya45-35-10 | Decision | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Aug 7, 2011 |
| L | Eiji Ishikawa31-26-3 | Decision | Majority | R3 | 5:00 | Pancrase | May 3, 2011 |
| L | Sojiro Orui6-6-5 | Decision | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Aug 8, 2010 |
| L | Yuki Kondo67-41-9 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Apr 29, 2010 |
| W | Izuru Takeuchi25-11-7 | Decision | Majority | R3 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Dec 6, 2009 |
| W | Tenshin Matsumoto | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 0:53 | Pancrase | Oct 25, 2009 |
| L | Takenori Sato20-12-7 | Decision | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Apr 5, 2009 |
| W | Daijiro Matsui16-31-7 | Submission | Arm-Triangle Choke | R1 | 2:25 | Pancrase | Dec 7, 2008 |
| W | Hiromitsu Kanehara19-27-5 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Oct 1, 2008 |
| W | Kozo Urita17-21-2 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 3:50 | Pancrase | May 30, 2007 |
| L | Alavutdin Gadjiev18-13-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:05 | Pancrase | Mar 18, 2007 |
| W | Yuji Hisamatsu16-22-6 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Sep 16, 2006 |
| W | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 2:11 | Pancrase | Apr 9, 2006 | |
| W | Shunichi Akimoto | KO/TKO | Doctor Stoppage | R2 | 4:32 | Pancrase | Dec 4, 2005 |
| D | Hiroki Nagaoka29-28-13 | Draw | Time Limit | R2 | 5:00 | Deep | Oct 3, 2004 |
| L | Akihiro Yamazaki13-10-1 | Decision | Split | R2 | 5:00 | GCM | Aug 8, 2004 |
| L | Keita Nakamura36-12-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | GCM | May 21, 2004 |
| L | Katsuya Inoue19-9-4 | Decision | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Apr 23, 2004 |
| D | Keita Nakamura36-12-2 | Draw | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | GCM | Dec 27, 2003 |
| W | Ryoji Suzuki | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 4:03 | GCM | Oct 25, 2003 |
| W | Yutaro Miyamoto | Decision | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | GCM | Sep 23, 2003 |
| L | Yuichi Nakanishi9-9-3 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Jul 27, 2003 |
| D | Shinpei Sotoyama | Draw | Split | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Jun 7, 2003 |
| L | Katsuya Inoue19-9-4 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | GCM | May 1, 2003 |
| W | Akira Nitagai | Submission | Heel Hook | R2 | 1:31 | GCM | Feb 9, 2003 |
| L | Eiji Ishikawa31-26-3 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Jan 26, 2003 |
| L | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | GCM | Sep 8, 2002 | |
| L | Keiichiro Yamamiya45-35-10 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 3:51 | Pancrase | May 11, 2002 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.