Taro Obata
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
L4
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Chofu, Tokyo
- Born
- Japan
- Weight class
- Middleweight
- Height
- 5'10" · 178 cm
Before the UFC
Taro Obata 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
StrongOpponents' combined record
53-34-8
.609 win rate
Winning-record opponents
3 of 3
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
5
3 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 5 bouts · 5 promotionsPancrase · Lumax Cup · JECVTO · SB 3 · KP X WK
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Chris Lytle31-18-5 | Submission | Arm-Triangle Choke | R1 | 2:56 | Pancrase | Jul 23, 2000 |
| L | Shunsuke Hayashi | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 3:00 | Lumax Cup | Dec 20, 1997 |
| L | Martijn de Jong8-7-3 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 2:27 | JECVTO | May 28, 1997 |
| L | Ray Cooper14-9 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:16 | SB 3 | Jan 17, 1997 |
| D | Ichiei Abe | Draw | — | R1 | 20:00 | KP X WK | Nov 30, 1996 |
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.