Kana Watanabe
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
L3
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Tokyo, Tokyo
- Born
- Japan
- Camp
- Fighter's Flow
- Weight class
- Flyweight
- Height
- 5'6" · 168 cm
Before the UFC
Kana Watanabe 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
192-81-4
.703 win rate
Winning-record opponents
13 of 13
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
19
13 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 19 bouts · 4 promotions · wins by 3 KO · 4 sub · 6 decBellator · Deep · PFL · RIZIN
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | KO/TKO | Elbows | R2 | 3:15 | PFL | Apr 11, 2026 | |
| L | Jena Bishop11-3 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | PFL | Apr 11, 2025 |
| L | Liz Carmouche25-8 | Submission | Armbar | R3 | 4:52 | PFL | Jun 13, 2024 |
| W | Shanna Young11-9 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | PFL | Apr 4, 2024 |
| W | Veta Arteaga7-6 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Bellator | Jul 29, 2023 |
| L | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | Bellator | Apr 22, 2023 | |
| W | Denise Kielholtz | Submission | Triangle Choke | R2 | 3:03 | Bellator | May 13, 2022 |
| L | Liz Carmouche25-8 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:35 | Bellator | Jun 25, 2021 |
| W | Alejandra Lara12-10 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | Bellator | Apr 2, 2021 |
| W | Ilara Joanne13-11 | KO/TKO | Punches | R3 | 4:39 | Bellator | Dec 29, 2019 |
| W | Hee Eun Kang | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 1:48 | Deep | Oct 22, 2019 |
| W | Justyna Haba | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | RIZIN | Apr 21, 2019 |
| W | Soo Min Kang | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 4:33 | Deep | Mar 8, 2019 |
| W | Shizuka Sugiyama24-8-1 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 0:11 | RIZIN | Dec 31, 2018 |
| W | Asami Nakai | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 4:20 | Deep | Aug 26, 2018 |
| W | Yukari Nabe10-3-1 | Decision | Majority | R3 | 5:00 | Deep | Jun 9, 2018 |
| D | Yukari Nabe10-3-1 | Draw | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | Deep | Mar 10, 2018 |
| W | Shizuka Sugiyama24-8-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | RIZIN | Dec 29, 2017 |
| W | Hikari Sato | Submission | Armbar | R2 | 1:32 | Deep | Dec 3, 2017 |
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.