Motohiro Takenawa
UFC DebutNickname“Crazy D / Mad Dog”
Record
Streak
W1
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Fukuyama, Hiroshima
- Born
- Japan
- Camp
- Burst
- Weight class
- Bantamweight
- Height
- 5'8" · 173 cm
Before the UFC
Motohiro Takenawa 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
97-93-18
.511 win rate
Winning-record opponents
4 of 7
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
18
7 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 18 bouts · 12 promotions · wins by 1 sub · 6 decShooto · Gladiator · Demolition Xigma · ROFC 14 · Demolition Project +7
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Masayuki Watanabe16-11-2 | Decision | Majority | R3 | 5:00 | ROFC 14 | Apr 6, 2013 |
| L | Yo Saito18-14-3 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 3:36 | Shooto | Jan 20, 2013 |
| W | Kotaro Tsuka | Decision | Split | R2 | 5:00 | Demolition Project | Jul 29, 2012 |
| L | Yuji Sato | KO/TKO | Doctor Stoppage | R2 | 0:58 | Gladiator | Apr 1, 2012 |
| L | Yasuhiro Kanayama7-6-5 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | Rising On 10 | Dec 18, 2011 |
| W | Tsuguaki Yamazaki | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Demolition Xigma | Dec 4, 2011 |
| L | Kotaro Tsuka | KO/TKO | Doctor Stoppage | R1 | 3:55 | Gladiator | Sep 3, 2011 |
| D | Tsuguaki Yamazaki | Draw | — | R2 | 5:00 | Demolition Xigma | Mar 6, 2011 |
| L | Taiki Hama | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 3:57 | Shooto | Dec 26, 2010 |
| L | Yuta Sasaki24-10-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Shooto | Sep 17, 2010 |
| W | Hiroaki Nakayama | Decision | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | Shooto | May 16, 2010 |
| W | Toshihiro Taguchi | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Rising On | Dec 29, 2009 |
| W | Naosuke Mizoguchi | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 4:15 | Shooto | Mar 22, 2009 |
| L | Takayoshi Ono8-21-1 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 0:29 | Powergate | Dec 7, 2008 |
| W | Toshihiro Taguchi | Decision | Split | R2 | 5:00 | GCM | Nov 25, 2007 |
| L | Hidenobu Koike12-18-4 | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 0:55 | Pancrase | Sep 3, 2005 |
| L | Shunsuke Tomonaga | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R2 | 0:00 | KF 8 | Feb 27, 2005 |
| L | Kazuya Satomoto12-13-1 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 2:02 | Deep | Mar 20, 2004 |
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.