Joji Goto
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
L1
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Sapporo, Hokkaido
- Born
- Japan
- Camp
- Tribe Tokyo MMA
- Weight class
- Bantamweight
- Height
- 5'8" · 173 cm
Before the UFC
Joji Goto 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
245-209-34
.540 win rate
Winning-record opponents
13 of 19
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
28
19 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 · 7 promotions · wins by 9 KO · 4 sub · 6 decPancrase · Shooto · RIZIN · Deep · ONE +2
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Danny Sabatello18-4-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | RIZIN | Apr 12, 2026 |
| W | Jose Torres13-6-1 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | RIZIN | Dec 31, 2025 |
| W | Taichi Nakajima19-14 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 1:49 | RIZIN | Nov 3, 2025 |
| W | Jinnosuke Kashimura | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | RIZIN | Jun 14, 2025 |
| W | Daiki Gojima12-11-2 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 4:12 | Pancrase | Mar 9, 2025 |
| L | Mando Gutierrez11-5 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | Deep | Nov 23, 2024 |
| L | Ilyas Eziev | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R3 | 3:01 | ONE | May 3, 2024 |
| W | Junya Hibino | Submission | Twister | R2 | 2:00 | RIZIN | Oct 1, 2023 |
| W | Trent Girdham17-7-1 | Submission | Twister | R2 | 2:34 | RIZIN | Jun 24, 2023 |
| L | Takuma Sudo | Submission | Inverted Heel Hook | R2 | 2:01 | Shooto | Nov 27, 2022 |
| W | Kenji Kato | KO/TKO | Punch | R2 | 3:52 | Shooto | Sep 19, 2022 |
| W | Daiki Tsubota13-13-3 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Shooto | Mar 21, 2022 |
| L | Keita Ishibashi12-10-2 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | Shooto | Sep 20, 2021 |
| W | Mamoru Uoi26-17-4 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Shooto | Mar 20, 2021 |
| W | Kenta Hattori6-6-1 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 3:06 | Tribe Tokyo Fight | Dec 19, 2020 |
| L | Nobuki Fujii21-15-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Shooto | Sep 19, 2020 |
| W | Kazuma Sone23-21-1 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 3:58 | Shooto | Apr 17, 2020 |
| W | Rikiya Matsuzawa | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 4:24 | Pancrase | Feb 16, 2020 |
| W | Masashi Michibata | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 3:20 | Pancrase | Sep 23, 2019 |
| W | Junichi Hirata5-19 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:47 | Pancrase | Jul 21, 2019 |
| W | Seio Yamada6-16-13 | KO/TKO | Punch | R3 | 2:59 | Pancrase | May 26, 2019 |
| L | Chihaya Yoneyama9-2-1 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 1:40 | Pancrase | Dec 9, 2018 |
| W | Fumiya Sasaki10-21-2 | Decision | Split | R2 | 5:00 | GFG 1 | Jul 1, 2018 |
| L | Kohei Sugiyama16-10 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 2:42 | Pancrase | May 13, 2018 |
| W | Tatsuya Watanabe | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 3:00 | Pancrase | Dec 10, 2017 |
| W | Yu Kuwabara | KO/TKO | Punches | R3 | 1:30 | Pancrase | Oct 22, 2017 |
| W | Naoya Takeuchi3-2 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 2:08 | Pancrase | May 14, 2017 |
| L | Shigeki Iijima5-10 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 3:00 | Pancrase | Oct 16, 2016 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.
Amateur
2-0-1across 3 amateur bouts · 2 promotionsPancrase · JMMAF
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Masami Tomita1-3 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 2:01 | Pancrase | May 29, 2016 |
| D | Takaya Matsuura1-1-3 | Draw | Time Limit | R2 | 3:00 | Pancrase | Dec 6, 2015 |
| W | Shu Yokozeki2-1-1 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 2:50 | JMMAF | Nov 15, 2015 |
Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.