Kenji Yamamoto
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
L2
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Osaka, Osaka
- Born
- Japan
- Camp
- Shooto Gym Tokyo
- Weight class
- Bantamweight
- Height
- 5'6" · 168 cm
Before the UFC
Kenji Yamamoto 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
97-60-16
.618 win rate
Winning-record opponents
4 of 6
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
10
6 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 10 bouts · 2 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 2 decShooto · Vale Tudo Japan
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Yusaku Nakamura20-10-2 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | Vale Tudo Japan | Jun 28, 2014 |
| L | Yuta Sasaki24-10-2 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 0:11 | Shooto | Jul 27, 2013 |
| W | Manabu Inoue17-10-3 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Shooto | Mar 16, 2013 |
| D | Kota Onojima16-6-3 | Draw | Split | R3 | 5:00 | Shooto | Dec 15, 2012 |
| W | Kosuke Eda | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:42 | Shooto | Sep 23, 2012 |
| W | Takahiro Hosoi6-9-3 | KO/TKO | Corner Stoppage | R1 | 2:15 | Shooto | Apr 14, 2012 |
| L | Teruto Ishihara14-15-3 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 0:16 | Shooto | Sep 4, 2011 |
| W | Minoru Takeuchi | KO/TKO | Punch | R2 | 2:12 | Shooto | May 28, 2011 |
| W | Kenta Sakuma | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Shooto | Apr 1, 2011 |
| W | Toshiaki Hayasaka | KO/TKO | Doctor Stoppage | R1 | 1:28 | Shooto | Nov 19, 2010 |
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.