Ikuhisa Minowa

Nickname“Minowaman”

Record

63-45-8

Streak

Age

Date of birth

Jan 12, 1976

Fighting out of: Hashima, Gifu
Born: United States
Camp: Freelance
Weight class: Middleweight
Height: 5'9" · 175 cm
Stance: Orthodox
Last fight: Apr 14, 2000

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
W	JS Joe Slick Middleweight	KO/TKO	Scalp Cut	R3	1:54	UFC 25: Ultimate Japan 3	Apr 14, 2000

Outside the UFC

62-45-8across 115 bouts · 27 promotions · wins by 10 KO · 42 sub · 10 decPancrase · PRIDE · DREAM · Deep · IGF +22

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Kiyoshi Kuwabara16-14	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:24	RIZIN	Nov 6, 2022
L	Tsuyoshi Kamiyama9-4	KO/TKO	Leg Kick and Punch	R1	3:19	RIZIN	Dec 31, 2020
L	Eiji Ishikawa31-26-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	Pancrase	Jun 30, 2019
W	Dong Sik Yoon9-10	KO/TKO	Finger Injury	R2	2:26	Road FC 42	Sep 23, 2017
L	Yuki Kondo67-41-9	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	Pancrase	Jul 2, 2017
W	Tetsuo Onuma2-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:31	CMA MMA	Apr 8, 2017
L	Yuya Shirai24-14-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Deep	Feb 27, 2016
L	Zilong Zhao10-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:13	Road FC 27	Dec 26, 2015
W	Tetsuo Kondo5-33	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:38	ACF 14th	Oct 25, 2015
L	Justin Morton10-4	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Vale Tudo Japan	Oct 3, 2015
W	Dae Sung Kim4-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Road FC 24	Jul 25, 2015
L	Oli Thompson23-19	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	IGF	Apr 11, 2015
L	Shinichi Suzukawa2-4	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R2	0:59	IGF	Aug 23, 2014
L	Jung Kyo Park4-11	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	4:42	Road FC 15	May 31, 2014
W	Goran Jettingstad0-1	Submission	Achilles Lock	R1	2:26	IGF	Apr 5, 2014
W	Atsushi Sawada0-2	KO/TKO	Punch and Soccer Kick	R1	3:47	IGF	Dec 31, 2013
W	Hoon Kim10-13-2	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	3:39	Road FC 13	Oct 12, 2013
L	Hye Seok Son4-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	0:55	Road FC 11	Apr 13, 2013
W	Bor Bratovz9-6	Submission	Heel Hook	R1	3:18	IGF	Dec 31, 2012
W	Jin Soo Yuk1-3	Submission	Kimura	R1	4:59	Road FC 9	Sep 15, 2012
L	Alexander Shlemenko67-17-1	KO/TKO	Knee and Punch to the Body	R1	2:20	SFL 2	Apr 7, 2012
W	Shigeki Tsuchiya1-10	Submission	Kimura	R1	1:16	Gladiator	Mar 11, 2012
W	Toshihiro Koyama0-1	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	1:49	Gladiator	Feb 19, 2012
L	Kendall Grove24-19	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	ProElite 3	Jan 21, 2012
W	Dev Kumar Ghimire0-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:20	Gladiator	Dec 18, 2011
W	Young Woo Yoo4-5	Submission	Kimura	R1	2:55	Gladiator	Oct 30, 2011
W	Baru Harn1-2	Submission	Scarf Hold Armlock	R1	4:39	DREAM	Sep 24, 2011
W	Jair Gomes0-1	Submission	Neck Crank	R1	0:49	Gladiator	Aug 14, 2011
W	Carlos Toyota9-10-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Heat	Jun 5, 2011
L	Hiroshi Izumi4-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	2:50	K-1	Dec 31, 2010
W	Chang Hee Kim1-7	Submission	Scarf Hold Armlock	R1	2:07	Deep	Oct 24, 2010
L	Satoshi Ishii25-13-1	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	DREAM	Sep 25, 2010
W	Imani Lee2-4	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	4:16	DREAM	May 29, 2010
W	Jimmy Ambriz17-21-1	Submission	Toe Hold	R2	2:42	DREAM	Mar 22, 2010
W	Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou19-18	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	3:29	K-1	Dec 31, 2009
W	Hong Man Choi4-5	Submission	Heel Hook	R2	1:27	DREAM	Oct 6, 2009
W	Bob Sapp12-20	Submission	Achilles Lock	R1	1:15	DREAM	May 26, 2009
L	Katsuyori Shibata4-11-1	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	DREAM	Apr 5, 2009
W	Errol Zimmerman1-2	Submission	Toe Hold	R1	1:01	K-1	Dec 31, 2008
L	Masakatsu Funaki39-13-2	Submission	Heel Hook	R1	0:52	DREAM	Sep 23, 2008
W	Don Frye20-9-1	Submission	Kneebar	R1	3:56	Deep	Aug 16, 2008
L	Taiei Kin6-3	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	DREAM	Apr 29, 2008
W	Kwan Bum Lee0-1	Submission	Kneebar	R1	1:25	DREAM	Mar 15, 2008
L	Wagner da Conceicao Martins12-12	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R3	2:13	K-1	Dec 31, 2007
L	Min Soo Kim3-7	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:46	K-1 HERO's	Oct 28, 2007
W	Kevin Casey9-6-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	0:42	K-1 HERO's	Sep 17, 2007
W	Seung Hyun Choi1-5	Submission	Reverse Kimura	R1	1:41	Heat	Aug 11, 2007
W	Min Suk Heo5-10	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R1	5:00	Deep	Jul 23, 2007
L	Kiyoshi Tamura32-13-3	KO/TKO	Soccer Kicks	R1	1:18	PRIDE	Dec 31, 2006
W	Mike Polchlopek1-1	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	PRIDE	Nov 5, 2006
W	Eric Esch15-10-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	4:26	PRIDE	Aug 26, 2006
W	Hyun Gab Park0-4	Submission	Achilles Lock	R1	0:17	Deep	May 24, 2006
L	Mirko Filipovic38-11-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:10	PRIDE	May 5, 2006
W	Paulo Cesar Silva2-6	KO/TKO	Knees	R1	2:23	PRIDE	Apr 2, 2006
W	Dave Legeno4-3	Submission	Achilles Lock	R1	2:21	Cage Rage 15	Feb 4, 2006
L	Kazushi Sakuraba26-17-1	Submission	Kimura	R1	9:59	PRIDE	Dec 31, 2005
L	Murilo Bustamante15-8-1	KO/TKO	Soccer Kicks	R1	9:51	PRIDE	Sep 25, 2005
W	Phil Baroni16-19	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	PRIDE	Sep 25, 2005
W	Kimo Leopoldo10-7-1	Submission	Achilles Lock	R1	3:11	PRIDE	Jul 17, 2005
L	Phil Baroni16-19	KO/TKO	Stomps	R2	2:04	PRIDE	May 22, 2005
W	Gilbert Yvel40-16-1	Submission	Toe Hold	R1	1:10	PRIDE	Apr 3, 2005
W	Stefan Leko0-3	Submission	Heel Hook	R1	0:27	PRIDE	Dec 31, 2004
W	Ryuki Ueyama12-18-5	Decision	Split	R2	5:00	PRIDE	Oct 14, 2004
W	Kenichi Yamamoto5-12-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:23	PRIDE	Jul 19, 2004
W	Eduard Churakov2-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:29	Gladiator FC	Jun 26, 2004
L	Ryan Gracie5-2	Decision	Split	R2	5:00	PRIDE	May 23, 2004
L	Wanderlei Silva35-14-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:09	PRIDE	Feb 15, 2004
L	Quinton Jackson38-14	KO/TKO	Knee	R2	1:05	PRIDE	Dec 31, 2003
W	Silmar Rodrigo15-6	Submission	Rolling Kneebar	R2	3:00	BSF	Sep 19, 2003
L	Ricardo Almeida13-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Pancrase	Feb 16, 2003
W	Yuki Sasaki25-22-2	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	Pancrase	Nov 30, 2002
L	Kiyoshi Tamura32-13-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Deep	Sep 7, 2002
L	Mitsuyoshi Sato5-9-3	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	Pancrase	May 28, 2002
D	Yoshinori Momose1-2-3	Draw	Majority	R2	5:00	Pancrase	Mar 25, 2002
W	Kazuki Okubo7-9	Submission	Armbar	R1	3:38	Deep	Dec 23, 2001
W	Hiroshi Shibata1-5	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	2:28	Pancrase	Dec 1, 2001
L	Sanae Kikuta31-9-3	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R2	4:30	Pancrase	Sep 30, 2001
W	Kenji Akiyama0-4-2	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R3	2:52	Pancrase	Jul 29, 2001
W	Yuki Sasaki25-22-2	Submission	Toe Hold	R3	0:25	Pancrase	May 13, 2001
L	Paulo Filho24-6-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Pancrase	Mar 31, 2001
D	Ricardo Liborio0-0-1	Draw	Time Limit	R3	5:00	Deep	Jan 8, 2001
W	Magomed Ismailov1-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:31	Pancrase	Dec 4, 2000
L	Keiichiro Yamamiya45-35-10	Decision	Unanimous	R2	3:00	Pancrase	Sep 24, 2000
W	Brian Gassaway29-21-2	Submission	Toe Hold	R1	5:00	Pancrase	Sep 24, 2000
W	Masaya Kojima4-6	Submission	Toe Hold	R1	1:43	Pancrase	Jul 23, 2000
W	Tony Ross4-6	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:32	Pancrase	Jul 23, 2000
W	Ichio Matsubara1-5-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:21	Pancrase	Feb 27, 2000
D	Chris Lytle31-18-5	Draw	Time Limit	R1	15:00	Pancrase	Dec 18, 1999
W	Adrian Serrano56-29-4	Submission	Heel Hook	R1	11:38	Pancrase	Oct 25, 1999
L	Semmy Schilt26-14-1	Decision	Unanimous	R1	10:00	Pancrase	Sep 18, 1999
W	Daisuke Watanabe19-30-5	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	4:28	Pancrase	Aug 1, 1999
W	Daiju Takase12-15-2	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	7:59	Pancrase	Aug 1, 1999
W	Minoru Toyonaga2-5	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:57	Pancrase	Aug 1, 1999
L	Jason DeLucia33-21-1	Decision	Unanimous	R1	10:00	Pancrase	Jun 11, 1999
D	Osami Shibuya38-34-17	Draw	Unanimous	R2	3:00	Pancrase	May 23, 1999
D	Susumu Yamazaki2-2-2	Draw	—	R1	15:00	Daidojuku	Apr 8, 1999
W	Kosei Kubota27-41-17	Decision	Unanimous	R1	10:00	Pancrase	Mar 9, 1999
W	Daisuke Ishii16-17-3	Decision	Majority	R1	10:00	Pancrase	Feb 11, 1999
W	Daisuke Watanabe19-30-5	Submission	Armbar	R1	3:18	Pancrase	Jan 19, 1999
W	Satoshi Hasegawa12-17-2	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:43	Pancrase	Nov 29, 1998
W	Daisuke Ishii16-17-3	Decision	Unanimous	R1	10:00	Pancrase	Oct 26, 1998
D	Travis Fulton255-54-10	Draw	Unanimous	R2	3:00	Pancrase	Oct 4, 1998
L	Evan Tanner32-8	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	4:05	Pancrase	Jul 7, 1998
D	Kosei Kubota27-41-17	Draw	Split	R2	3:00	Pancrase	Jun 21, 1998
W	Adrian Serrano56-29-4	Decision	Lost Points	R1	10:00	Pancrase	Jun 2, 1998
L	Satoshi Hasegawa12-17-2	Decision	Majority	R2	3:00	Pancrase	Apr 26, 1998
L	Satoshi Hasegawa12-17-2	Submission	Toe Hold	R2	1:10	Pancrase	Jan 16, 1998
L	Jason DeLucia33-21-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:47	Pancrase	Dec 20, 1997
L	Osami Shibuya38-34-17	Decision	Lost Points	R1	10:00	Pancrase	Nov 16, 1997
L	Takafumi Ito40-36-13	Submission	Toe Hold	R1	6:34	Pancrase	Oct 29, 1997
D	Kosei Kubota27-41-17	Draw	Majority	R1	10:00	Pancrase	Sep 6, 1997
L	Yuki Kondo67-41-9	Submission	Toe Hold	R1	5:13	Pancrase	Aug 9, 1997
L	Satoshi Hasegawa12-17-2	Decision	Unanimous	R2	3:00	Pancrase	Jul 20, 1997
W	Haygar Chin1-6	Submission	Kneebar	R1	2:24	Pancrase	Jul 20, 1997
L	Yuzo Tateishi1-4	Decision	—	R2	3:00	Lumax Cup	Mar 30, 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.

Amateur

1-0across 1 amateur bout · 1 promotionGladiator

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Yuichiro Ono2-7	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R2	—	Gladiator	Mar 1, 2015

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Career striking

OverallD40th

40%3 / 19

Striking accuracy

49%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.78 differential

Landed0.88

Absorbed1.66

27%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-11%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Ikuhisa Minowa

Landed per 15

Head

2nd

3.8

2nd

Body

1st

0.0

1st

Leg

3rd

0.0

3rd

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

A+

98th

7.6

98th

Body

A+

94th

2.5

94th

Leg

A+

98th

0.0

98th

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	3.8	3	19	16%
Body	0.0	0	0	—
Leg	0.0	0	0	—

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	7.6	6	14	43%
Body	2.5	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.

Pace & fade

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

UFC only

Ikuhisa Minowa

1 UFC bout (per‑round) · 12 min

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Minowa 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.

MinowaOutput / 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

Minowalanded / min

Takedown attempts

Minowaattempts / min

Control time

Minowa% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	4.5	0.2	0.4	0.60	63%	1
R2	5.3	0.2	0.6	0.60	82%	1
R3	4.1	0.5	1.6	1.05	11%	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

Ikuhisa Minowa

1 resolved UFC bout

Schedule Score

28/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

0th

Win quality

A+

89th

58%

89th

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.

UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Unproven	1	1-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

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

W
Joe Slick
Apr 14, 2000 · Middleweight
8
quality

Pre-UFC opposition

Moderate

Opponents' combined record

2027-1496-239

.575 win rate

Winning-record opponents

52 of 115

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

115

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
W	Joe Slick	Unproven	8	Apr 14, 2000

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.

Takedowns	3 / 8
Submission attempts	0
Control time	7:27

TDs defended	0 / 0
Control absorbed	2:16

Ikuhisa Minowa

UFC fight history

Outside the UFC

Amateur

Method of victory & defeat

Finishes

KO history

Career striking

Striking zones

Grappling

Pace & fade

What drives the pace · per round

Schedule Score

Career cohorts

Activity & layoff

DraftKings fantasy scoring