Yoichiro Sato
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
L3
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Ogata, Akita
- Born
- Japan
- Camp
- Katana Gym
- Weight class
- Welterweight
- Height
- 5'10" · 178 cm
Before the UFC
Yoichiro Sato 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
590-411-77
.589 win rate
Winning-record opponents
24 of 36
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
44
36 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 44 bouts · 10 promotions · wins by 5 KO · 7 sub · 13 decDeep · Shooto · Pancrase · Heat · AFC 40 +5
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Jun Hee Moon13-8 | Submission | Shoulder Choke | R2 | 4:30 | AFC 40 | Mar 14, 2026 |
| L | Kiichi Kunimoto21-12-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Deep | Sep 15, 2025 |
| L | Kohei Kadono7-2 | KO/TKO | Head Kick | R2 | 4:44 | Deep | May 5, 2025 |
| W | Shingo Suzuki13-15-2 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:03 | Deep | Jul 14, 2024 |
| W | Ibuki Shimada13-6 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 0:52 | Deep | Apr 13, 2024 |
| D | J.J. Ambrose36-11-1 | Draw | Time Limit | R2 | 5:00 | Brawl | Oct 13, 2023 |
| W | Ibuki Shimada13-6 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Deep | Sep 11, 2022 |
| W | Yutaka Kobayashi17-21-3 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Deep | May 29, 2022 |
| L | Ezechiel Lebana | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:19 | Deep | Mar 13, 2022 |
| L | Daichi Abe14-11 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | Deep | Aug 23, 2020 |
| L | Decision | Majority | R2 | 0:39 | Deep | Sep 8, 2019 | |
| L | Yuta Watanabe23-14-3 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Deep | Jun 29, 2019 |
| W | Nao Yoneda6-7-1 | Decision | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | Deep | Mar 9, 2019 |
| W | Seung Dae Baek | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 0:27 | Deep | Dec 22, 2018 |
| L | Ryuichiro Sumimura27-8-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Deep | Apr 28, 2018 |
| W | Yoshiyuki Katahira8-6-2 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R2 | 3:59 | Deep | Sep 16, 2017 |
| W | Ryuta Sakurai30-28-6 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R2 | 1:22 | Deep | Mar 18, 2017 |
| L | Ken Hasegawa18-6-1 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | Deep | Oct 18, 2016 |
| L | Tahar Hadbi16-9 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:29 | ADW | May 24, 2016 |
| W | Carlos Moyano | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | MFP | Dec 12, 2015 |
| W | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 3:00 | Pancrase | Apr 26, 2015 | |
| W | Shigeaki Kusayanagi | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R3 | 2:16 | Pancrase | Nov 2, 2014 |
| L | Kenta Takagi17-21 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 4:59 | Heat | Jun 8, 2014 |
| W | Eiji Ishikawa31-26-3 | KO/TKO | Punches | R3 | 2:26 | Pancrase | Mar 30, 2014 |
| W | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Heat | Dec 15, 2013 | |
| W | Hiroshi Takahashi | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 4:00 | Deep | Oct 20, 2013 |
| W | Kenta Takagi17-21 | Decision | Split | R2 | 5:00 | Shooto | Mar 16, 2013 |
| W | Yusaku Inoue | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Shooto | Jul 16, 2012 |
| W | Sojiro Orui6-6-5 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Apr 1, 2012 |
| L | Keita Nakamura36-12-2 | Decision | Majority | R3 | 5:00 | Shooto | Jan 8, 2012 |
| L | Akihiro Murayama25-15-9 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Shooto | Jun 11, 2011 |
| D | Akihiro Murayama25-15-9 | Draw | Split | R3 | 5:00 | Shooto | Feb 26, 2011 |
| L | Kenta Takagi17-21 | KO/TKO | Doctor Stoppage | R1 | 0:42 | GCM | Nov 28, 2010 |
| W | Takasuke Kume26-8-4 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Shooto | Aug 7, 2010 |
| W | Jung Min Kang8-10-2 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 2:13 | Shooto | Mar 22, 2010 |
| W | Takuya Sato | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 2:25 | Shooto | Jan 23, 2010 |
| L | Jung Min Kang8-10-2 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:48 | VTJ 2009 | Oct 30, 2009 |
| W | Yoshitaro Niimi9-7-2 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 2:16 | Shooto | Sep 20, 2009 |
| W | Akihiro Murayama25-15-9 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Shooto | Jun 6, 2009 |
| W | Naoki Hirayama | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Shooto | Apr 10, 2009 |
| W | KO/TKO | Submission to Punches | R2 | 1:04 | Shooto | Jan 31, 2009 | |
| L | Taisuke Okuno13-12-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Shooto | Oct 5, 2008 |
| D | Takasuke Kume26-8-4 | Draw | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Shooto | Aug 3, 2008 |
| W | Toru Ishinaka1-7-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Shooto | Mar 21, 2008 |
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.