Kengo Watanabe
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
W1
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Koshigaya, Saitama
- Born
- Japan
- Camp
- Pancraseism
- Weight class
- Heavyweight
- Height
- 6'4" · 193 cm
Before the UFC
Kengo 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
ModerateOpponents' combined record
224-198-32
.531 win rate
Winning-record opponents
10 of 21
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
25
21 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 25 bouts · 6 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 2 sub · 2 decPancrase · Deep · GCM · KOTC · NJPW +1
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Yoichi Babaguchi2-6-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:20 | GCM | Feb 17, 2007 |
| L | Yuji Sakuragi16-25-2 | KO/TKO | Head Kick | R3 | 0:06 | Pancrase | Feb 4, 2005 |
| L | James Lee15-3 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 0:55 | Pancrase | Dec 21, 2004 |
| L | Alex Roberts | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Sep 24, 2004 |
| D | Tadahiro Hosaka | Draw | Split | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Apr 23, 2004 |
| L | Wade Shipp12-5 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 3:42 | KOTC | Nov 2, 2003 |
| L | Lyoto Machida26-12 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | NJPW | May 2, 2003 |
| W | Koji Okuyama | Decision | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Feb 16, 2003 |
| L | Jun Ishii8-6 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Dec 21, 2002 |
| L | Ron Waterman16-6-2 | Submission | Keylock | R1 | 2:33 | Pancrase | Sep 29, 2002 |
| W | Terrance Crampton | Submission | Straight Armbar | R1 | 2:31 | Pancrase | Jul 28, 2002 |
| W | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 4:17 | Pancrase | May 11, 2002 | |
| W | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 3:52 | Deep | Mar 30, 2002 | |
| L | KO/TKO | Broken Arm | R1 | 0:50 | Deep | Aug 18, 2001 | |
| NC | Jason Drexel0-1 | No Contest | Cut | R1 | 3:36 | Zero1 | Jun 14, 2001 |
| L | Tim Lajcik7-6-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 3:23 | Pancrase | Mar 31, 2001 |
| W | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:22 | Deep | Jan 8, 2001 | |
| W | Ramaz Kikalishvili0-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 8:58 | Pancrase | Dec 4, 2000 |
| W | Joe Charles6-13 | Decision | Unanimous | R1 | 10:00 | Pancrase | Sep 24, 2000 |
| D | Bob Stines3-1-1 | Draw | Time Limit | R1 | 15:00 | Pancrase | Apr 18, 1999 |
| L | Kosei Kubota27-41-17 | Decision | Unanimous | R1 | 10:00 | Pancrase | Feb 11, 1999 |
| D | John Lober5-9-4 | Draw | Time Limit | R1 | 15:00 | Pancrase | Dec 19, 1998 |
| L | Katsuomi Inagaki18-23-3 | Decision | Majority | R1 | 10:00 | Pancrase | Nov 29, 1998 |
| L | Jason Godsey16-16 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 1:28 | Pancrase | Oct 4, 1998 |
| L | Bas Rutten28-4-1 | KO/TKO | Palm Strikes | R1 | 2:58 | Pancrase | Sep 14, 1998 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.