Kazuhiro Nakamura Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou Light Heavyweight	KO/TKO	to Leg Injury	R1	5:00	UFC 84: Ill Will	May 24, 2008
L	Lyoto Machida Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 76: Knockout	Sep 22, 2007

Outside the UFC

21-11across 32 bouts · 6 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 3 sub · 13 decPRIDE · Deep · Sengoku · DREAM · King Kaz Fight +1

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Yoshiyuki Nakanishi16-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Deep	Dec 21, 2014
W	Seigo Mizuguchi18-27	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R2	3:25	Deep	Jul 21, 2014
L	Ken Hasegawa18-6-1	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Deep	Mar 22, 2014
W	Yuji Sakuragi16-25-2	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R3	2:49	Deep	Nov 24, 2013
W	Henry Miller6-16	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	4:42	Deep	Aug 25, 2013
W	Daijiro Matsui16-31-7	KO/TKO	Knee and Punches	R1	1:30	King Kaz Fight	Jun 30, 2013
W	Young Choi23-12-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Deep	Feb 16, 2013
W	Ryuta Sakurai30-28-6	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	Deep	Oct 19, 2012
L	Gerald Harris26-8-1	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	DREAM	Sep 24, 2011
W	Karl Amoussou27-11-2	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	DREAM	Jul 10, 2010
W	Hidehiko Yoshida9-8-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Astra	Apr 25, 2010
L	Kazuo Misaki25-11-2	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	3:03	Sengoku	Aug 2, 2009
L	Jorge Santiago25-12	KO/TKO	Punches	R3	0:49	Sengoku	Nov 1, 2008
W	Yuki Sasaki25-22-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Sengoku	Nov 1, 2008
W	Paul Cahoon13-12	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Sengoku	Sep 28, 2008
L	Mauricio Rua27-14-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PRIDE	Dec 31, 2006
W	Travis Galbraith18-7	KO/TKO	Knee to the Body and Punches	R2	1:16	PRIDE	Oct 21, 2006
W	Yoshihiro Nakao9-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PRIDE	Sep 10, 2006
W	Evangelista Cyborg dos Santos21-18	Submission	Keylock	R1	4:49	PRIDE	Jul 1, 2006
L	Josh Barnett35-8	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	8:10	PRIDE	Feb 26, 2006
W	Yuki Kondo67-41-9	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PRIDE	Dec 31, 2005
W	Igor Vovchanchyn56-10	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	PRIDE	Aug 28, 2005
L	Wanderlei Silva35-14-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	5:24	PRIDE	Jun 26, 2005
W	Kevin Randleman17-16	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PRIDE	Apr 23, 2005
W	Stefan Leko0-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:54	PRIDE	Feb 20, 2005
L	Dan Henderson32-15	KO/TKO	Shoulder Injury	R1	1:15	PRIDE	Oct 31, 2004
W	Murilo Bustamante15-8-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PRIDE	Aug 15, 2004
L	Antonio Rogerio Nogueira23-10	Decision	Split	R2	5:00	PRIDE	Jul 19, 2004
W	Chalid Arrab7-3	Submission	Armbar	R1	4:45	PRIDE	May 23, 2004
W	Alberto Rodriguez9-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PRIDE	Feb 1, 2004
W	Daniel Gracie5-4-1	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	PRIDE	Oct 5, 2003
L	Antonio Rogerio Nogueira23-10	Submission	Armbar	R2	3:30	PRIDE	Mar 16, 2003

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.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

5 wins, 4 losses

W5

L4

Submission

3 wins, 3 losses

W3

L3

Decision

13 wins, 6 losses

W13

L6

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Kazuhiro Nakamura

PowerChin

Knockout rate

—

No UFC win on record

Knockdowns dealt

—

No UFC win on record

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

1

2.33 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never submittedin the UFC

Career striking

OverallC45th

37%21 / 54

Striking accuracy

59%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.27 differential

Landed1.56

Absorbed1.83

51%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-4%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Kazuhiro Nakamura

Landed per 15

Head

F

3rd

5.3

3rd

Body

C

44th

7.5

44th

Leg

F

19th

3.0

19th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

C

46th

32.3

46th

Body

F

3rd

24.0

3rd

Leg

F

5th

15.8

5th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	5.3	7	39	18%
Body	7.5	10	11	91%
Leg	3.0	4	4	100%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	32.3	43	80	54%
Body	24.0	32	33	97%
Leg	15.8	21	22	95%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Kazuhiro Nakamura

20%

Takedown accuracy

33%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-5.6 min net

On top1.3

On bottom6.9

Offense

Takedowns

C

58th

1.5

58th

TD accuracy

D

28th

20%

28th

Sub attempts

C

55th

0.0

55th

Control

C

45th

1.3 min

45th

Defense

TD defense

33%

Controlled

6.9 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	2 / 10
Submission attempts	0
Control time	1:46

Defense

TDs defended	1 / 3
Control absorbed	9:13

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (20min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Kazuhiro Nakamura

2 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 20 min

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< 2 bouts to R3

Nakamura hasn't reached the third round in enough UFC bouts to read a reliable pace pattern — most of their fights end early. The round-by-round pace below is shown for what rounds there are.

NakamuraOutput / min

Faded points are drawn from a single bout that reached that round, so they’re less reliable than the solid points averaged over many fights.

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Nakamuralanded / min

Takedown attempts

Nakamuraattempts / min

Control time

Nakamura% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	2.4	1.4	5.0	0.30	2%	2
R2	3.7	0.6	4.2	0.80	18%	1
R3	3.2	0.8	5.0	0.60	14%	1

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Kazuhiro Nakamura

2 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

29/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

C

51st

33%

51st

Win quality

F

4th

15%

4th

Limited UFC sample (2 bouts). The headline Schedule Score is held toward a rookie baseline until a fighter has 6+ UFC bouts — a thin UFC résumé hasn’t yet proven a strong schedule. The component bars above are not down-weighted.

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

1

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	1	0-1	0%
Unproven	1	0-1	0%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

Pre-UFC opposition

Strong

Opponents' combined record

692-424-40

.620 win rate

Winning-record opponents

27 of 32

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

32

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.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou	Unproven	8	May 24, 2008
L	Lyoto Machida	Top-5	61	Sep 22, 2007

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

2 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

—

Long layoff

> 180 days

0-1

1 bout

UFC debut

first UFC bout

0-1

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

0-1

1 bout

After a win

next bout after a win

—

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

—

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

—

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

—

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

—

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

—

Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

11y 6mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Kazuhiro Nakamura

Extended layoff

11y 6mosince last bout

vs Yoshiyuki Nakanishi · Dec 21, 2014

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs underdog 0-1

12.0

DK avg

21.6

Median

21.6

Ceiling

2.4

Floor

0%

Boom

50%

Bust

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