Takashi Sato Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
L	Themba Gorimbo Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill	May 20, 2023
L	Bryan Battle Welterweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance	R1	0:44	UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Hill	Aug 6, 2022
L	#12Gunnar Nelson Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall	Mar 19, 2022
L	Miguel Baeza Welterweight	Submission	Arm Triangle From Side Control	R2	4:28	UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Clark	Nov 28, 2020
W	Jason Witt Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R1	0:48	UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Hooker	Jun 27, 2020
L	Belal Muhammad Welterweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R3	1:55	UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier	Sep 7, 2019
W	Ben Saunders Welterweight	KO/TKO	Elbows to Head From Guard	R2	1:18	UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Hermansson	Apr 27, 2019

Outside the UFC

14-4across 18 bouts · 6 promotions · wins by 9 KO · 2 sub · 3 decPancrase · Deep · Xtreme Fighting Championships · ZFN · Grandslam MMA 7 +1

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
L	Christopher Alvidrez7-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:56	Xtreme Fighting Championships	Apr 30, 2025
L	Yun Seong Jang8-2	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	ZFN	Dec 14, 2024
W	Matt Vaile15-6	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	3:37	Pancrase	Oct 21, 2018
L	Glaico Franca25-8	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R4	1:15	Pancrase	Jul 1, 2018
W	Masayuki Hamagishi17-4-7	KO/TKO	Elbows and Punches	R1	0:52	Grandslam MMA 7	Mar 25, 2018
W	Akihiro Murayama25-15-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:15	Pancrase	Dec 10, 2017
W	Kenta Takagi17-21	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:57	Pancrase	Aug 20, 2017
W	Anton Radman14-9	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:43	Pancrase	Apr 23, 2017
W	Eric Michael Fought3-5-2	Decision	Split	R3	3:00	Pancrase	Dec 13, 2015
L	Kenta Takagi17-21	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	2:27	Pancrase	Aug 9, 2015
W	Yusaku Tsukumo14-6-3	KO/TKO	Doctor Stoppage	R1	2:09	Deep	May 16, 2015
W	Vyron Phillips8-5-1	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	Pancrase	Mar 15, 2015
W	Hidetora Matsuoka9-10-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:21	Deep	Dec 31, 2014
W	Yasuaki Miura5-10	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	0:29	Tribe Tokyo Fight	Nov 3, 2014
W	Genpei Hayashi13-13-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	2:51	Pancrase	Aug 10, 2014
W	Makoto Kawawa3-12-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R3	2:36	Pancrase	May 11, 2014
W	Joe Proctor2-1-1	Submission	Arm-Triangle Choke	R1	2:31	Pancrase	Dec 31, 2013
W	Shotaro Yabe2-4	Decision	Unanimous	R2	5:00	Deep	Oct 20, 2013

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

11 wins, 3 losses

W11

L3

Submission

2 wins, 3 losses

W2

L3

Decision

3 wins, 3 losses

W3

L3

Finishes

UFC KOs

2

Above avg · 13%Welterweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.29

Above avg · 0.24Welterweight

UFC submissions

0

Below avg · 7%Welterweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.00

Below avg · 0.39Welterweight

KO history

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

Takashi Sato

PowerChin

Knockout rate

29%

2 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

2

1.98 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

1

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

2

1.59 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

2 scorecards on file

Takashi Sato

Unanimous2 decisions · 100%

2L

Split

None

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

3 rounds total

0

Won

3

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallD40th

41%131 / 315

Striking accuracy

44%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min-1.52 differential

Landed2.21

Absorbed3.73

52%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

-15%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head77%51st101
Body18%42nd23
Leg5%36th7

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

Sig. strikes by position

58%Standing

Standing58%76
Clinch13%17
Ground29%38

Striking zones

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

UFC only

Takashi Sato

Landed per 15

Head

C

46th

25.6

46th

Body

D

30th

5.8

30th

Leg

F

12th

1.8

12th

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

45th

31.9

45th

Body

F

13th

18.0

13th

Leg

C

56th

6.1

56th

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	25.6	101	271	37%
Body	5.8	23	35	66%
Leg	1.8	7	9	78%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	31.9	126	267	47%
Body	18.0	71	102	70%
Leg	6.1	24	26	92%

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

Takashi Sato

38%

Takedown accuracy

61%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min-5.1 min net

On top0.9

On bottom6.0

Offense

Takedowns

C

48th

0.8

48th

TD accuracy

C

52nd

38%

52nd

Sub attempts

C

47th

0.0

47th

Control

D

35th

0.9 min

35th

Defense

TD defense

C

49th

61%

49th

Controlled

6.0 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	3 / 8
Submission attempts	0
Control time	3:29

Defense

TDs defended	14 / 23
Control absorbed	23:30

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (59min 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

Takashi Sato

7 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 59 min

132%

R3 pace · 3 bouts

Sato fades (-6% per round through round 3). Within fights that reached round 3, Sato lifts to 132% of round-1 output by round 3 (3 bouts).

Sato ▼ FADESOutput / 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

Satolanded / min

Takedown attempts

Satoattempts / min

Control time

Sato% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	2.4	2.1	4.4	0.08	3%	7
R2	3.8	2.5	3.8	0.29	10%	5
R3	2.1	1.9	2.1	0.00	5%	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

Takashi Sato

7 resolved UFC bouts · 1 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

33/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

C

47th

31%

47th

Win quality

F

14th

26%

14th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

1

3

1

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	1	0-1	0%
Top-15	1	0-1	0%
Established	1	0-1	0%
Building	3	1-2	33%
Unproven	1	1-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

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

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
L	Themba Gorimbo	Building	15	May 20, 2023
L	Bryan Battle	Established	22	Aug 6, 2022
L	Gunnar Nelson#12	Top-15	69	Mar 19, 2022
L	Miguel Baeza	Building	15	Nov 28, 2020
W	Jason Witt	Unproven	8	Jun 27, 2020
L	Belal Muhammad	Champion	76	Sep 7, 2019
W	Ben Saunders	Building	22	Apr 27, 2019

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

7 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

—

Typical camp

100–180 days

0-3

3 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

1-2

3 bouts

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

1-3

4 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

0-2

2 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

1y 2mo

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Takashi Sato

Layoff

1y 2mosince last bout

vs Christopher Alvidrez · Apr 30, 2025

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 2-0As underdog 0-5

41.8

DK avg

18.7

Median

92.7

Ceiling

5.0

Floor

29%

Boom

57%

Bust

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