Tsuyoshi Kurihara
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
L1
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Tsuchiura, Ibaraki
- Born
- Japan
- Camp
- Team Roken
- Weight class
- Light Heavyweight
- Height
- 5'10" · 178 cm
Before the UFC
Tsuyoshi Kurihara 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
ModerateOpponents' combined record
310-235-55
.569 win rate
Winning-record opponents
7 of 17
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
20
17 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 20 bouts · 8 promotions · wins by 2 KO · 7 sub · 1 decDeep · Pancrase · IGF · Gladiator · Real Rhythm +3
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Ryo Sakai15-15 | Decision | Unanimous | R1 | 5:00 | IGF | Dec 31, 2014 |
| W | Kaname Owaki0-3 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 1:19 | Gladiator | Jun 29, 2014 |
| W | Kyoshiro Kawata | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 3:38 | IGF | Apr 5, 2014 |
| W | Kaname Owaki0-3 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 3:06 | Gladiator 61 | Sep 29, 2013 |
| W | Junpei Hamada9-18 | Decision | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | Gladiator | Dec 16, 2012 |
| L | Constantin Ionut | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:00 | Deep | Jun 5, 2011 |
| W | Jury Night King | Submission | Kneebar | R1 | 0:58 | Deep | Mar 28, 2010 |
| W | Mu Jin Na9-4 | Submission | Armbar | R2 | 1:14 | Deep | Oct 10, 2006 |
| W | Claudio Silva2-2 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 2:13 | Deep | Jun 18, 2006 |
| W | Nobuyuki Shimakawa1-5-1 | Submission | — | R2 | 1:49 | Real Rhythm | Mar 4, 2006 |
| L | Gegard Mousasi49-9-2 | KO/TKO | Knee and Punches | R1 | 0:10 | Deep | Dec 2, 2005 |
| W | Soichi Nishida5-10-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:35 | Deep | Oct 30, 2005 |
| D | Yusuke Horimoto1-5-2 | Draw | Time Limit | R2 | 5:00 | Deep | Apr 10, 2005 |
| W | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 0:30 | Real Rhythm | Mar 6, 2005 | |
| L | Akihiro Gono38-24-8 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 2:15 | Pancrase | Jun 22, 2004 |
| L | Osami Shibuya38-34-17 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Dec 21, 2003 |
| L | Yukiya Naito15-6-2 | Submission | Kimura | R1 | 3:57 | GCM | Oct 25, 2003 |
| D | Keiichiro Yamamiya45-35-10 | Draw | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Apr 12, 2003 |
| L | Yuki Kondo67-41-9 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 4:49 | Pancrase | Dec 21, 2002 |
| L | Daisuke Ishii16-17-3 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Wolf Revolution | Aug 6, 2002 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.