Kai Puolakka
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
L3
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Helsinki
- Born
- Finland
- Camps
- Primus Fight Team·GB Gym
- Weight class
- Welterweight
- Height
- 6'0" · 183 cm
Before the UFC
Kai Puolakka 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
StrongOpponents' combined record
178-110-7
.618 win rate
Winning-record opponents
10 of 14
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
17
14 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 17 bouts · 17 promotions · wins by 1 KO · 6 sub · 4 decCage · Fight Night Finland · Cage 25 · Cage 23 · Cage 22 +12
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Emil Meek10-6 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R3 | 2:20 | Cage | Oct 23, 2015 |
| L | Davy Gallon24-10-2 | Submission | Kneebar | R2 | — | Fight Night Finland | Jun 14, 2014 |
| L | Glenn Sparv22-7 | Decision | Majority | R3 | 5:00 | Cage 25 | Feb 15, 2014 |
| W | Domingos Mestre12-7 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 4:48 | Cage 23 | Sep 21, 2013 |
| W | Mickael Lebout24-13-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Cage 22 | May 11, 2013 |
| W | Evgeni Fomenko18-14 | Submission | Triangle Choke | R2 | 2:48 | Cage 21 | Feb 2, 2013 |
| W | Johan Vanttinen12-5-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Cage 19 | Nov 3, 2012 |
| L | Nicholas Musoke16-5 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R3 | 1:39 | Cage 18 | Mar 3, 2012 |
| W | Gary Kono11-15 | Submission | Flying Triangle Choke | R1 | 1:00 | Cage 17 | Nov 5, 2011 |
| W | Tadas Aleksonis5-6-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Apollo Fight Club | Sep 17, 2011 |
| W | Sergei Bigisev | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Cage 15 | Apr 29, 2011 |
| W | Raimondas Sinica4-11 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 3:04 | Cage 14 | Nov 20, 2010 |
| L | Olli Jaakko Uitto9-4-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | BP 9 | Oct 9, 2010 |
| L | Jonatan Westin11-4 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 2:45 | Vision FC 1 | Aug 28, 2010 |
| W | Jani Ketolainen | Submission | Flying Triangle Choke | R2 | 2:25 | FF | Jun 16, 2010 |
| W | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 2:19 | Cage 13 | May 8, 2010 | |
| W | Lauri Tonteri | Submission | Triangle Choke | R2 | 4:42 | Cage 12 | Feb 28, 2010 |
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.