Tetsuya Yamada
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
L1
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Yokosuka, Kanigawa
- Born
- Japan
- Weight class
- Welterweight
- Height
- 5'11" · 180 cm
Before the UFC
Tetsuya Yamada 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
587-401-103
.594 win rate
Winning-record opponents
26 of 33
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
42
33 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 42 bouts · 14 promotions · wins by 11 KO · 10 sub · 8 decZst · ONE · Grachan · Dacheng Wuyi · Pancrase +9
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Youta Hayashi12-9-1 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 2:01 | Grachan | Dec 21, 2025 |
| W | Toma Udo | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 3:11 | Grachan | Sep 15, 2024 |
| W | Kento Ueda2-6-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Grachan | May 26, 2024 |
| D | Yutaka Ueda13-10-2 | Draw | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Grachan | Aug 6, 2023 |
| L | Burenzorig Batmunkh16-19 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 4:59 | Grachan / Brave | Feb 12, 2023 |
| L | Jae Woong Kim16-8 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 4:39 | ONE | Dec 11, 2020 |
| L | Marat Gafurov20-4 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | ONE | May 3, 2019 |
| W | Rafael Nunes11-3 | KO/TKO | Doctor Stoppage | R2 | 4:05 | ONE | Jun 29, 2018 |
| W | Eric Kelly12-8 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 3:00 | ONE | May 12, 2018 |
| L | Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev | Submission | Armbar | R3 | 2:51 | ONE | Mar 24, 2018 |
| W | Turpal-Ali Astamirov | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:12 | Dacheng Wuyi | Nov 12, 2017 |
| W | Changzhao Yu20-13 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Dacheng Wuyi | Nov 11, 2017 |
| W | Kyle Rozewski16-7 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 1:56 | ONE | Sep 2, 2017 |
| W | Haotian Wu27-13-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Kunlun Fight | Jul 6, 2017 |
| W | Changzhao Yu20-13 | Submission | Armbar | R2 | 2:08 | Dacheng Wuyi | Jun 17, 2017 |
| W | Leandro Rodrigues Pontes30-16-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Fight Factory Gym | May 31, 2017 |
| W | Zhenyue Huang10-7 | Submission | Kneebar | R1 | — | Dacheng Wuyi | Apr 11, 2017 |
| L | Anton Kuivanen26-13 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Cage | Feb 18, 2017 |
| W | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Grachan | Dec 11, 2016 | |
| W | Yung Joon Jo | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 1:10 | Grandslam MMA 5 | Nov 3, 2016 |
| L | Eduard Folayang23-15 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | ONE | Jan 29, 2016 |
| W | Yoon Sung Choo | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 1:44 | Zst | Aug 1, 2015 |
| W | Atsushi Ueda17-23-7 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Zst | Feb 22, 2015 |
| W | Hisato Izawa | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:58 | Zst | Jun 29, 2014 |
| W | Koshi Matsumoto24-15-2 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | Heat | Apr 19, 2014 |
| W | Shinichi Taira27-22-12 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 4:55 | Zst | Nov 23, 2013 |
| W | Yutaka Kobayashi17-21-3 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:11 | Zst | Oct 12, 2013 |
| W | Masayuki Hamagishi17-4-7 | Decision | Unanimous | R5 | 5:00 | Zst 33 | Nov 23, 2012 |
| L | Masayuki Hamagishi17-4-7 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Zst | Mar 17, 2012 |
| W | Hiroyuki Ito5-11-4 | Submission | Kneebar | R1 | 2:15 | Zst | Nov 23, 2011 |
| W | Masayuki Hamagishi17-4-7 | KO/TKO | Doctor Stoppage | R2 | 0:21 | Zst | Sep 11, 2011 |
| W | Teppei Hori | KO/TKO | Corner Stoppage | R1 | 3:46 | Zst | Jul 17, 2011 |
| D | Hiroki Aoki16-14-2 | Draw | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Nov 3, 2010 |
| W | Yuki Yamamoto11-8-4 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 2:26 | Zst | Jul 3, 2010 |
| D | Shunichi Shimizu39-32-13 | Draw | Time Limit | R3 | 5:00 | Zst | Apr 18, 2010 |
| W | Takafumi Ito40-36-13 | KO/TKO | Upkick and Punches | R2 | 2:23 | Pancrase | Feb 7, 2010 |
| L | Maximo Blanco12-8-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 1:12 | Sengoku | Sep 23, 2009 |
| L | Ronnie Mann25-10-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Sengoku | Mar 20, 2009 |
| W | Makoto Toriumi | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 1:58 | Zst | Sep 7, 2008 |
| W | Hiroyuki Ota16-11-9 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 6:12 | Zst | May 18, 2008 |
| W | Takeaki Miyakawa7-7-3 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 0:44 | Zst 15 | Nov 23, 2007 |
| W | Hironori Takeuchi | Submission | Kimura | R1 | 5:53 | Zst | Sep 9, 2007 |
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.