Naoyuki Kotani Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Kajan Johnson Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs. Nelson	Sep 26, 2015
L	Yan Cabral Lightweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R2	3:06	UFC 179: Aldo vs. Mendes 2	Oct 25, 2014
L	Norman Parke Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R2	3:41	UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Brandao	Jul 19, 2014
L	Dennis Siver Lightweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head At Distance	R2	2:04	UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion	Sep 8, 2007
L	Thiago Tavares Lightweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs. Guillard	Apr 5, 2007

Outside the UFC

37-15-7across 59 bouts · 20 promotions · wins by 6 KO · 27 sub · 4 decZst · Rings · Grachan · Shooto · Vale Tudo Japan +15

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Shunsuke Kusawake4-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:13	Grachan	Dec 22, 2024
L	Youta Hayashi12-9-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	0:30	Grachan	Oct 15, 2023
L	Shin Haraguchi11-3	KO/TKO	Elbows and Punches	R1	3:57	Grachan / Brave	Feb 12, 2023
W	Yutaka Ueda13-10-2	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	Grachan	Sep 20, 2020
L	Koshi Matsumoto24-15-2	KO/TKO	Knee and Punches	R4	0:57	Shooto	May 6, 2019
W	Shutaro Debana11-8	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	0:51	Shooto	Nov 17, 2018
W	Akihito Mamiya9-4	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:33	Grachan	Jul 16, 2018
L	Marif Piraev27-4-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	WFCA 44	Dec 17, 2017
L	Yuki Kawana18-12-5	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	Shooto	Oct 15, 2017
W	Yoichi Fukumoto19-11-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:10	Shooto	Apr 23, 2017
L	Dmytro Parubchenko16-2	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:17	RFC	Jun 12, 2016
W	Yoshihiro Koyama23-14-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Vale Tudo Japan	Feb 23, 2014
W	Daisuke Hoshino12-13-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	3:57	Vale Tudo Japan	Oct 5, 2013
W	Vitali Krat5-1	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:47	Rings	Jun 9, 2013
W	Jung Min Kang8-10-2	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	2:54	Zst	Apr 7, 2013
W	Koji Mori13-7-2	Submission	Kneebar	R1	1:40	Zst 33	Nov 23, 2012
W	Shinichi Taira27-22-12	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	Zst 33	Nov 23, 2012
W	Darius Minkevicius6-8	Submission	Kimura	R1	2:42	Zst	Sep 17, 2012
W	Ryuki Ueyama12-18-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:32	Rings	Mar 9, 2012
W	Daisuke Hanazawa16-15-5	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	4:03	Rings	Jan 22, 2012
W	Katsuya Inoue19-9-4	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:44	Pancrase	Sep 4, 2011
W	Ryo Asami12-15	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	1:00	Rings	Jul 17, 2011
W	Keigo Hirayama18-17-7	Submission	Guillotine Choke	R1	1:44	Zst	Feb 6, 2011
W	Eriya Matsuda9-10	Submission	Heel Hook	R1	1:04	Zst	Sep 26, 2010
L	Jorge Masvidal35-17	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	Astra	Apr 25, 2010
D	Kenichi Ito12-13-6	Draw	Time Limit	R2	5:00	Zst	Feb 20, 2010
W	Daisuke Nakamura35-29-1	Submission	Leg Scissor Choke	R1	1:37	Zst	Nov 23, 2009
W	Yojiro Uchimura18-15-1	Submission	Ankle Lock	R1	1:25	Zst	Sep 21, 2009
L	Kuniyoshi Hironaka23-9	Submission	Crucifix	R2	1:43	Zst	May 24, 2009
W	Katsuhiko Nagata6-7-3	Submission	Heel Hook	R2	4:38	Zst 18	Nov 23, 2008
L	Koji Oishi25-10-10	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Pancrase	Oct 1, 2008
D	Masanori Kanehara29-14-5	Draw	Time Limit	R2	5:00	Zst 15	Nov 23, 2007
W	Masayuki Okude14-10-6	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:48	Zst	Feb 12, 2007
D	Erikas Petraitis20-10-2	Draw	Time Limit	R2	5:00	Zst	Nov 23, 2006
W	Shinya Sato10-15-7	Submission	Straight Armbar	R1	2:09	Zst	May 27, 2006
D	Darius Skliaudys7-1-3	Draw	Time Limit	R2	5:00	Zst	Feb 18, 2006
W	Vito Woods3-4	Submission	Armbar	R1	1:23	XFO	Dec 10, 2005
L	Luiz Azeredo15-10	KO/TKO	Knees and Punches	R1	0:11	PRIDE	Sep 25, 2005
D	Darius Skliaudys7-1-3	Draw	Time Limit	R3	3:00	Zst	Jan 23, 2005
L	Roger Huerta24-14-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:29	XFO 4	Dec 3, 2004
L	Yves Edwards42-22-1	KO/TKO	Head Kick and Punches	R1	3:10	Euphoria	Oct 15, 2004
W	Hideo Tokoro36-34-1	Submission	Heel Hook	R1	1:44	Zst	Sep 12, 2004
W	Remigijus Morkevicius16-5	Submission	Armbar	R1	2:07	Zst	Jul 4, 2004
L	Marcus Aurelio22-10	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R2	3:34	Zst	May 5, 2004
L	Rich Clementi45-23-1	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	Zst	Jan 11, 2004
W	Mindaugas Smirnovas9-9-4	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:49	Zst	Nov 23, 2003
W	Mindaugas Smirnovas9-9-4	Submission	Heel Hook	R1	1:36	Zst	Sep 7, 2003
D	Mindaugas Smirnovas9-9-4	Draw	—	R3	3:00	Rings Lithuania	Apr 5, 2003
W	Antoine Skinner19-6-1	Submission	Toe Hold	R1	1:35	Zst	Mar 9, 2003
W	Mindaugas Laurinaitis0-3	Submission	Triangle Choke	R1	2:16	Zst	Nov 23, 2002
W	Kenichi Serizawa10-6-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	0:20	GCM	Sep 8, 2002
W	Masaya Takita17-26-4	Submission	Triangle Armbar	R1	2:32	GCM	Jun 16, 2002
W	Yoshinobu Ota4-6-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:41	Rings	Feb 15, 2002
W	Takahito Iida11-8-2	Submission	Armbar	R1	3:02	Rings	Dec 21, 2001
W	Hideo Tokoro36-34-1	Decision	Majority	R3	5:00	Rings	Sep 21, 2001
D	Jiro Wakabayashi0-0-1	Draw	—	R3	5:00	Rings	Apr 20, 2001
W	Curtis Brigham11-5	Submission	Kimura	R2	1:59	Rings USA	Mar 17, 2001
W	Tashiro Nishiuchi17-9-13	Submission	Armbar	R1	0:32	Rings	Sep 5, 2000
W	Kiyohito Sugata0-1	KO/TKO	Cut	R1	0:42	Rings	Sep 5, 2000

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

6 wins, 11 losses

W6

L11

Submission

27 wins, 2 losses

W27

L2

Decision

4 wins, 7 losses

W4

L7

Finishes

UFC KOs

0

Below avg · 11%Lightweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.21Lightweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 6%Lightweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.60

Above avg · 0.44Lightweight

KO history

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

Naoyuki Kotani

PowerChin

Knockout rate

—

No UFC win on record

Knockdowns dealt

—

No UFC win on record

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

2

1.63 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Decision behavior

Judging

1 scorecard on file

Naoyuki Kotani

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

No split or majority decisions on file — this read comes from contested rounds alone. Judges have given them 1 of 1 round they disagreed on (100%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

None on file

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

1–0

Won – Lost

100% went their way

Unanimous1 decision · 100%

1L

Split

None

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

OverallD35th

31%55 / 176

Striking accuracy

50%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-1.87 differential

Landed1.02

Absorbed2.89

48%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-19%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head55%24th30
Body7%23rd4
Leg38%50th21

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

Sig. strikes by position

73%Standing

Standing73%40
Clinch7%4
Ground20%11

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Naoyuki Kotani

Landed per 15

Head

F

6th

8.4

6th

Body

F

3rd

1.1

3rd

Leg

C

42nd

5.8

42nd

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

C

43rd

34.3

43rd

Body

A

81st

5.6

81st

Leg

A+

90th

2.2

90th

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	8.4	30	124	24%
Body	1.1	4	16	25%
Leg	5.8	21	36	58%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	34.3	123	262	47%
Body	5.6	20	26	77%
Leg	2.2	8	17	47%

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

Naoyuki Kotani

17%

Takedown accuracy

47%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-2.0 min net

On top3.0

On bottom5.0

Offense

Takedowns

C

50th

0.8

50th

TD accuracy

F

24th

17%

24th

Sub attempts

B

70th

0.8

70th

Control

C

56th

3.0 min

56th

Defense

TD defense

D

31st

47%

31st

Controlled

5.0 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	3 / 18
Submission attempts	3
Control time	10:51

Defense

TDs defended	7 / 15
Control absorbed	17:58

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (54min 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

Naoyuki Kotani

5 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 54 min

464%

R3 pace · 2 bouts

Kotani builds (+52% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Kotani lifts to 464% of round-1 output by round 3 (2 bouts).

Kotani ▲ BUILDSOutput / 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

Kotanilanded / min

Takedown attempts

Kotaniattempts / min

Control time

Kotani% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	2.1	0.6	2.2	0.32	15%	5
R2	2.3	1.1	3.9	0.27	10%	5
R3	5.6	2.0	2.1	0.50	53%	2

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

Naoyuki Kotani

5 resolved UFC bouts

Schedule Score

28/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

F

17th

19%

17th

Win quality

F

14th

26%

14th

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.

2

1

2

Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Cross-div ranked	2	0-2	0%
Established	1	0-1	0%
Building	2	0-2	0%

Highest-quality opponents

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

Pre-UFC opposition

Strong

Opponents' combined record

940-644-144

.593 win rate

Winning-record opponents

41 of 59

carried winning pro records

Pro bouts faced

59

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	Kajan Johnson	Building	15	Sep 26, 2015
L	Yan Cabral	Building	15	Oct 25, 2014
L	Norman Parke	Established	26	Jul 19, 2014
L	Dennis Siver	Cross-div ranked	32	Sep 8, 2007
L	Thiago Tavares	Cross-div ranked	32	Apr 5, 2007

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

0-1

1 bout

Typical camp

100–180 days

0-1

1 bout

Long layoff

> 180 days

0-2

2 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

0-1

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

0-4

4 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

—

First UFC bout

no precedent

0-1

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

1y 6mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Naoyuki Kotani

Extended layoff

1y 6mosince last bout

vs Shunsuke Kusawake · Dec 22, 2024

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs underdog 0-3

19.1

DK avg

10.7

Median

26.3

Ceiling

6.6

Floor

0%

Boom

60%

Bust

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