Kazuhiro Hamanaka
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
L1
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Hachinohe, Aomori
- Born
- Japan
- Camp
- Laughter7
- Weight class
- Light Heavyweight
- Height
- 5'7" · 170 cm
Before the UFC
Kazuhiro Hamanaka 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.
UFC debut
Aug 20, 2026
Pre-UFC opposition
StrongOpponents' combined record
175-118-10
.597 win rate
Winning-record opponents
10 of 13
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
13
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.
UFC fight history
No UFC bouts on record yet.
Outside the UFC
across 13 bouts · 9 promotions · wins by 1 KO · 2 sub · 1 decIFL · GCM · PRIDE · Pancrase · M-1 +4
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Shunsuke Inoue16-11-2 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:52 | Pancrase | Oct 25, 2009 |
| W | Alavutdin Gadjiev18-13-1 | Disqualification | Illegal Knee | R3 | 1:04 | GCM | Jul 12, 2009 |
| L | Karl Amoussou27-11-2 | KO/TKO | Flying Knee | R1 | 0:23 | M-1 | Apr 29, 2009 |
| L | Matt Horwich30-25-1 | KO/TKO | Head Kick | R1 | 2:07 | IFL | Jun 1, 2007 |
| L | Jeremy Williams7-2-1 | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 0:59 | IFL | Mar 17, 2007 |
| L | Alex Schoenauer15-10 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 1:04 | IFL | Sep 9, 2006 |
| W | Yoichi Babaguchi2-6-1 | Submission | Kimura | R1 | 1:22 | K-1 | May 3, 2006 |
| W | Wesley Correira21-16 | Submission | Kimura | R2 | 1:53 | ROTR 9 | Apr 21, 2006 |
| L | Wilson Gouveia14-8 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:39 | Euphoria | Nov 5, 2005 |
| D | Yukiya Naito15-6-2 | Draw | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | GCM | Sep 17, 2005 |
| W | KO/TKO | — | R2 | 0:40 | NJPW | Jun 26, 2004 | |
| L | Ryan Gracie5-2 | KO/TKO | Punch and Soccer Kick | R1 | 7:37 | PRIDE | Oct 5, 2003 |
| W | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | PRIDE | Jun 8, 2003 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.