Taiga Iwasaki
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
W2
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Niigata, Niigata
- Born
- Japan
- Weight class
- Middleweight
- Height
- 6'1" · 185 cm
Before the UFC
Taiga Iwasaki 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
DevelopmentalOpponents' combined record
39-64-1
.379 win rate
Winning-record opponents
3 of 12
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
12
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.
UFC fight history
No UFC bouts on record yet.
Dana White's Contender Series
across 1 bout
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Yousri Belgaroui10-3 | KO/TKO | punches | R3 | 2:34 | Dana White's Contender Series |
Dana White’s Contender Series — a UFC-adjacent proving ground, shown as its own tier. Excluded from Schedule Score and UFC-scoped metrics.
Outside the UFC
across 12 bouts · 5 promotions · wins by 4 KO · 4 sub · 3 decShooto · LDH Martial Arts · Tribe Tokyo Fight · IGF · Pancrase
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Wycolt Henry0-1 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R3 | 4:29 | Shooto | Mar 29, 2026 |
| W | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 2:43 | Shooto | Sep 21, 2025 | |
| W | Eun Soo Kim8-7 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Shooto | Sep 24, 2023 |
| L | Submission | Kimura | R1 | 2:10 | IGF | Dec 28, 2022 | |
| W | Dong Joo Lim3-8 | KO/TKO | Doctor Stoppage | R1 | 5:00 | Shooto | Jul 17, 2022 |
| W | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 3:49 | LDH Martial Arts | Apr 24, 2022 | |
| W | KO/TKO | Head Kick and Punches | R1 | 1:11 | LDH Martial Arts | Feb 27, 2022 | |
| W | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 3:13 | Shooto | Nov 6, 2021 | |
| W | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 4:13 | Shooto | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| W | KO/TKO | Head Kick | R2 | 4:04 | Tribe Tokyo Fight | Dec 19, 2020 | |
| W | Makoto Kawawa3-12-1 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 1:47 | Pancrase | Oct 25, 2020 |
| W | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Tribe Tokyo Fight | Jun 27, 2020 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.