Kiichi Kunimoto Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Zak Ottow Welterweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt	Jun 10, 2017
L	Neil Magny Welterweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R3	1:22	UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Thatch	Feb 14, 2015
W	Richard Walsh Welterweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Nelson	Sep 20, 2014
W	Daniel Sarafian Welterweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	2:52	UFC 174: Johnson vs. Bagautinov	Jun 14, 2014
W	Luiz Dutra Welterweight	DQ	Elbows to Back of Head by Dutra	R1	2:57	UFC Fight Night: Saffiedine vs. Lim	Jan 4, 2014

Outside the UFC

18-10-2, 1 NCacross 31 bouts · 10 promotions · wins by 2 KO · 9 sub · 7 decPancrase · RIZIN · Heat · Deep · Bellator +5

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Ibuki Shimada13-6	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	3:44	Deep	Mar 20, 2026
W	Yoichiro Sato25-16-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Deep	Sep 15, 2025
L	Diego Nunes25-10	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:15	Fire Cage FC 1	Feb 22, 2025
L	Keita Nakamura36-12-2	KO/TKO	Punches and Soccer Kick	R2	0:49	RIZIN	Apr 1, 2023
L	Daichi Abe14-11	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	RIZIN	Mar 20, 2022
W	Takahiro Kawanaka17-11	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	4:10	RIZIN	Nov 28, 2021
L	Jason Jackson20-6	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Bellator	Dec 21, 2019
L	Ed Ruth8-3	KO/TKO	Knee and Punches	R2	3:49	Bellator	Jul 12, 2019
W	Ryuichiro Sumimura27-8-1	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	4:59	RIZIN	Aug 12, 2018
W	Satoru Kitaoka45-29-10	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	RIZIN	Dec 29, 2017
W	Edward Faaloloto2-5	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:55	Heat	Jul 28, 2013
W	Fumitoshi Ishikawa9-5	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R5	1:59	Heat	Mar 31, 2013
W	Gyu Myung Lee3-1	Submission	Shoulder Choke	R1	4:40	Heat	Nov 18, 2012
W	Sung Won Son8-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Heat	Jun 23, 2012
L	Takenori Sato20-12-7	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Pancrase	Mar 11, 2012
W	Yushi Shiori7-3	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R2	0:40	Pancrase	Nov 27, 2011
W	Kengo Ura14-13-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Pancrase	May 3, 2011
D	Seiki Ryo9-9-3	Draw	Unanimous	R2	5:00	Pancrase	Aug 8, 2010
D	Tomoyoshi Iwamiya6-12-4	Draw	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Pancrase	Mar 22, 2010
W	Yoshifumi Dogaki5-14-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	0:39	Pancrase	Nov 8, 2009
W	Hiroki Tanaka15-12-3	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	Powergate	Apr 19, 2009
W	Shingo Suzuki13-15-2	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	3:00	Pancrase	Feb 1, 2009
L	Tomoyoshi Iwamiya6-12-4	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	Pancrase	Oct 26, 2008
NC	Hirotaka Yoshioka0-0	No Contest	Yoshioka Cut by Accidental Headbutt	R1	2:10	Pancrase	Sep 7, 2008
W	Yushi Shiori7-3	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	Pancrase	May 25, 2008
L	Sotaro Yamada14-7-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:42	Pancrase	Jan 30, 2008
W	Yuta Nakamura23-27-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:27	Pancrase	Sep 30, 2007
W	Mike O'Malley9-3	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	2:33	FCC 30	Sep 1, 2007
W	Tim Ager0-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:00	FCC 29	Aug 11, 2007
L	Masahiro Toryu9-8-9	Decision	Majority	R2	5:00	Pancrase	Feb 4, 2007
W	Arito Kishimoto0-1	Decision	Majority	R1	5:00	Double R	Apr 29, 2006

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.

Amateur

1-1across 2 amateur bouts · 1 promotionPancrase

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Teruyoshi Aoyama1-2	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R2	2:58	Pancrase	Oct 1, 2006
L	Masahiro Toryu9-8-9	KO/TKO	Head Kick	R1	0:05	Pancrase	Mar 19, 2006

Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

2 wins, 3 losses

W2

L3

Submission

10 wins, 3 losses

W10

L3

Decision

8 wins, 6 losses

W8

L6

Other

1 win, 0 losses

Disqualifications and other results

W1

L0

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 13%Welterweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.24Welterweight

UFC submissions

1

Above avg · 7%Welterweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.20

Below avg · 0.39Welterweight

KO history

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

Kiichi Kunimoto

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

2

1.80 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 strikesin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

1 scorecard on file

Kiichi Kunimoto

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

Won 1 of 1 coin-flip decision — the kind of close calls that have tended to fall their way. Judges have given them 1 of 1 round they disagreed on (100%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

1–0

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–0

Won – Lost

100% went their way

Unanimous

None

Split1 decision · 100%

1W

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

None scoredno 10-8 rounds in this fighter’s decisions

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallD26th

44%88 / 200

Striking accuracy

41%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-2.05 differential

Landed1.87

Absorbed3.92

35%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-15%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head48%32nd42
Body19%42nd17
Leg33%63rd29

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

66%Standing

Standing66%58
Clinch26%23
Ground8%7

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Kiichi Kunimoto

Landed per 15

Head

F

13th

13.4

13th

Body

D

27th

5.4

27th

Leg

B

65th

9.2

65th

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

D

38th

35.3

38th

Body

F

23rd

13.7

23rd

Leg

D

28th

9.9

28th

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	13.4	42	145	29%
Body	5.4	17	20	85%
Leg	9.2	29	35	83%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	35.3	111	221	50%
Body	13.7	43	61	70%
Leg	9.9	31	33	94%

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

Kiichi Kunimoto

20%

Takedown accuracy

29%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+2.5 min net

On top6.1

On bottom3.5

Offense

Takedowns

B

63rd

1.6

63rd

TD accuracy

D

25th

20%

25th

Sub attempts

B

59th

0.3

59th

Control

A

75th

6.1 min

75th

Defense

TD defense

29%

Controlled

3.5 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	5 / 25
Submission attempts	1
Control time	19:06

Defense

TDs defended	2 / 7
Control absorbed	11:05

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (47min 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

Kiichi Kunimoto

5 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 47 min

131%

R3 pace · 3 bouts

Kunimoto builds (+3% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Kunimoto lifts to 131% of round-1 output by round 3 (3 bouts).

Kunimoto — HOLDSOutput / min

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

Kunimotolanded / min

Takedown attempts

Kunimotoattempts / min

Control time

Kunimoto% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.4	2.3	4.4	0.62	31%	5
R2	4.2	1.2	4.4	0.53	36%	3
R3	5.7	2.0	2.4	0.35	65%	3

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

Kiichi Kunimoto

5 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

31/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

19th

20%

19th

Win quality

C

47th

39%

47th

Limited UFC sample (5 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

3

Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Top-5	1	0-1	0%
Building	1	0-1	0%
Unproven	3	3-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Strong

Opponents' combined record

409-282-61

.592 win rate

Winning-record opponents

21 of 31

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

31

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	Zak Ottow	Building	15	Jun 10, 2017
L	Neil Magny	Top-5	61	Feb 14, 2015
W	Richard Walsh	Unproven	8	Sep 20, 2014
W	Daniel Sarafian	Unproven	8	Jun 14, 2014
W	Luiz Dutra	Unproven	8	Jan 4, 2014

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

5 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

1-0

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

1-1

2 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

0-1

1 bout

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

0-1

1 bout

After a win

next bout after a win

2-1

3 bouts

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

—

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

3 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Kiichi Kunimoto

Active

3 monthssince last bout

vs Ibuki Shimada · Mar 20, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 1-0As underdog 2-2

53.9

DK avg

49.4

Median

65.6

Ceiling

36.5

Floor

20%

Boom

20%

Bust

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