Kazushi Sakuraba Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
W	Marcus SilveiraTitle Heavyweight	Submission	Armbar From Side Control	R1	3:44	UFC - Ultimate Japan	Dec 21, 1997
NC	Marcus Silveira Heavyweight	No Contest	—	R1	1:51	UFC - Ultimate Japan	Dec 21, 1997

Outside the UFC

25-17-1, 1 NCacross 44 bouts · 6 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 18 sub · 3 decPRIDE · DREAM · K-1 · K-1 HERO's · RIZIN +1

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Shinya Aoki49-12	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R1	5:56	RIZIN	Dec 29, 2015
L	Yan Cabral15-3	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R2	2:42	DREAM	Sep 24, 2011
L	Marius Zaromskis23-11	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	2:16	K-1	Dec 31, 2010
L	Jason Miller23-10	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	2:09	DREAM	Sep 25, 2010
L	Ralek Gracie3-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	DREAM	May 29, 2010
W	Zelg Galesic11-9	Submission	Kneebar	R1	1:40	DREAM	Oct 25, 2009
W	Rubin Williams0-1	Submission	Kimura	R1	2:53	DREAM	Oct 6, 2009
L	Kiyoshi Tamura32-13-3	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	K-1	Dec 31, 2008
L	Melvin Manhoef32-17-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:30	DREAM	Jun 15, 2008
W	Andrews Nakahara5-4-2	Submission	Neck Crank	R1	8:29	DREAM	Apr 29, 2008
W	Masakatsu Funaki39-13-2	Submission	Kimura	R1	6:25	K-1	Dec 31, 2007
W	Katsuyori Shibata4-11-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	6:20	K-1 HERO's	Sep 17, 2007
L	Royce Gracie15-2-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	K-1 HERO's	Jun 2, 2007
W	Yuriy Kyselov6-7	Submission	Triangle Armbar	R1	1:26	K-1	Mar 12, 2007
NC	Yoshihiro Akiyama16-7	No Contest	—	R1	5:37	K-1	Dec 31, 2006
W	Kestutis Smirnovas24-8-2	Submission	Armbar	R1	6:41	K-1	Aug 5, 2006
W	Ikuhisa Minowa63-45-8	Submission	Kimura	R1	9:59	PRIDE	Dec 31, 2005
W	Ken Shamrock28-17-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:27	PRIDE	Oct 23, 2005
L	Ricardo Arona14-5	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R2	5:00	PRIDE	Jun 26, 2005
W	Dong Sik Yoon9-10	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:38	PRIDE	Apr 23, 2005
W	Antonio Schembri5-5	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PRIDE	Jun 20, 2004
L	Antonio Rogerio Nogueira23-10	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	PRIDE	Dec 31, 2003
W	Kevin Randleman17-16	Submission	Armbar	R3	2:36	PRIDE	Nov 9, 2003
L	Wanderlei Silva35-14-1	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	5:01	PRIDE	Aug 10, 2003
L	Antonio Schembri5-5	KO/TKO	Knees and Soccer Kicks	R1	6:07	PRIDE	Mar 16, 2003
W	Gilles Arsene1-1	Submission	Armbar	R3	2:08	PRIDE	Nov 24, 2002
L	Mirko Filipovic38-11-2	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R2	5:00	PRIDE	Aug 28, 2002
L	Wanderlei Silva35-14-1	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	10:00	PRIDE	Nov 3, 2001
W	Quinton Jackson38-14	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	5:41	PRIDE	Jul 29, 2001
L	Wanderlei Silva35-14-1	KO/TKO	Knees and Soccer Kicks	R1	1:38	PRIDE	Mar 25, 2001
W	Ryan Gracie5-2	Decision	Unanimous	R1	10:00	PRIDE	Dec 23, 2000
W	Shannon Ritch58-88	Submission	Achilles Lock	R1	1:08	PRIDE	Oct 31, 2000
W	Renzo Gracie14-7-1	Submission	Kimura	R2	9:43	PRIDE	Aug 27, 2000
L	Igor Vovchanchyn56-10	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R1	15:00	PRIDE	May 1, 2000
W	Royce Gracie15-2-3	KO/TKO	Corner Stoppage	R6	15:00	PRIDE	May 1, 2000
W	Guy Mezger30-13-2	KO/TKO	Retirement	R1	15:00	PRIDE	Jan 30, 2000
W	Royler Gracie5-5-1	Submission	Kimura	R2	13:16	PRIDE	Nov 21, 1999
W	Anthony Macias26-18	Submission	Armbar	R2	2:30	PRIDE	Sep 12, 1999
W	Ebenezer Fontes Braga13-7-2	Submission	Armbar	R1	9:23	PRIDE	Jul 4, 1999
W	Vitor Belfort26-14	Decision	Unanimous	R2	10:00	PRIDE	Apr 29, 1999
D	Allan Goes10-5-2	Draw	Time Limit	R3	10:00	PRIDE	Oct 11, 1998
W	Carlos Newton16-14	Submission	Kneebar	R2	5:19	PRIDE	Jun 24, 1998
W	Vernon White26-33-2	Submission	Armbar	R3	6:53	PRIDE	Mar 15, 1998
L	Kimo Leopoldo10-7-1	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	4:20	Shoot Boxing	Jul 14, 1996

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

4 wins, 10 losses

W4

L10

Submission

19 wins, 3 losses

W19

L3

Decision

3 wins, 4 losses

W3

L4

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 19%Heavyweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.24Heavyweight

UFC submissions

1

Above avg · 8%Heavyweight

Submission attempts / fight

2.00

Above avg · 0.24Heavyweight

KO history

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

Kazushi Sakuraba

PowerChin

Knockout rate

0%

0 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

0

0.00 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

0

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

0

0.00 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 finished by strikes · Never submittedin the UFC

Career striking

OverallC49th

41%1 / 2

Striking accuracy

51%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-0.77 differential

Landed1.26

Absorbed2.03

50%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-8%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Kazushi Sakuraba

Landed per 15

Head

F

2nd

4.0

2nd

Body

F

2nd

0.0

2nd

Leg

F

6th

0.0

6th

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

A+

99th

4.0

99th

Body

A+

98th

0.0

98th

Leg

A+

98th

0.0

98th

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	4.0	1	2	50%
Body	0.0	0	0	—
Leg	0.0	0	0	—

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	4.0	1	2	50%
Body	0.0	0	0	—
Leg	0.0	0	0	—

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

Kazushi Sakuraba

100%

Takedown accuracy

0%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+0.0 min net

On top0.0

On bottom0.0

Offense

Takedowns

B

66th

4.0

66th

TD accuracy

100%

Sub attempts

A

82nd

8.0

82nd

Control

C

56th

0.0 min

56th

Defense

TD defense

0%

Controlled

0.0 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	1 / 1
Submission attempts	2
Control time	0:00

Defense

TDs defended	0 / 1
Control absorbed	0:00

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (4min 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

Kazushi Sakuraba

1 UFC bout (per‑round) · 4 min

—

< 2 bouts to R3

Sakuraba 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.

Not enough rounds with per-round data to plot a pace curve — this fighter rarely sees the later rounds.

Full per-round breakdown

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.27	0%	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

Kazushi Sakuraba

2 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

32/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

C

42nd

29%

42nd

Win quality

A+

97th

75%

97th

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

Title-fight challengerBout was for a title (no other rank signal)
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Title-fight challenger	1	1-0	100%
Unproven	1	0-0, 1 NC	—

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Strong

Opponents' combined record

953-535-43

.640 win rate

Winning-record opponents

34 of 44

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

44

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
W	Marcus Silveira	Title-fight challenger	50	Dec 21, 1997
NC	Marcus Silveira	Unproven	8	Dec 21, 1997

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

1 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

—

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

—

After a win

next bout after a win

—

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

1-0

1 bout

As champion

defending the belt

—

As challenger

fighting for the belt

1-0

1 bout

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 bout

10y 6mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Kazushi Sakuraba

Extended layoff

10y 6mosince last bout

vs Shinya Aoki · Dec 29, 2015

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFS

95.6

DK avg

95.6

Median

95.6

Ceiling

95.6

Floor

100%

Boom

0%

Bust

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