Kaneaki Watanabe
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
W2
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Tainai, Niigata
- Born
- Japan
- Camp
- Paraestra Tokyo
- Weight class
- Bantamweight
- Height
- 5'9" · 175 cm
Before the UFC
Kaneaki 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
77-40-3
.658 win rate
Winning-record opponents
6 of 7
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
20
7 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 20 bouts · 3 promotions · wins by 1 KO · 8 decPancrase · Tribe Tokyo Fight · Grandslam MMA 4
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Kaito Kimoto | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Jul 26, 2026 |
| W | Daishin Nakamura | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Pancrase | May 25, 2024 |
| L | Naoki Hirata | Submission | Arm-Triangle Choke | R1 | 2:18 | Pancrase | Apr 30, 2023 |
| L | Ryo Takagi | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Apr 29, 2022 |
| W | Goki Nakano | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Sep 12, 2021 |
| L | Yuki Takahashi8-2-1 | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 1:40 | Pancrase | Dec 11, 2019 |
| W | Yasutaka Kato5-10 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 1:25 | Pancrase | May 26, 2019 |
| L | Michio Ito | Decision | Split | R3 | 3:00 | Pancrase | Dec 9, 2018 |
| L | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 3:00 | Pancrase | Aug 5, 2018 | |
| W | Takuya Saito | Decision | Split | R3 | 3:00 | Pancrase | Feb 4, 2018 |
| L | Ryoji Kudo11-6-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 0:44 | Tribe Tokyo Fight | Oct 9, 2017 |
| W | Yuta Ueyama | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 3:00 | Pancrase | Jul 16, 2017 |
| L | Yoshinori Horie15-6 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 3:00 | Pancrase | Dec 18, 2016 |
| W | Takeshi Ogane | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Tribe Tokyo Fight | Sep 19, 2016 |
| W | Takuya Saito | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 3:00 | Pancrase | Jun 12, 2016 |
| L | Takanori Muratsu | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Grandslam MMA 4 | Mar 19, 2016 |
| W | Junpei Sasagawa | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Tribe Tokyo Fight | Sep 23, 2015 |
| L | Yoshiki Nakahara18-8 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 3:00 | Pancrase | Mar 15, 2015 |
| L | Tatsuya Ando16-5-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 4:05 | Tribe Tokyo Fight | Sep 13, 2014 |
| L | Yutaka Shimamura | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 3:00 | Pancrase | May 11, 2014 |
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
1-1across 2 amateur bouts · 2 promotionsPancrase · JML
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:59 | Pancrase | Sep 1, 2013 | |
| W | Satoshi Yamasu12-9 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 3:00 | JML | Oct 14, 2012 |
Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.