Yoshinobu Ota
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
L1
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Okazaki, Aichi
- Born
- Japan
- Camp
- Shiojuku
- Weight class
- Featherweight
- Height
- 5'5" · 165 cm
Before the UFC
Yoshinobu Ota 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
184-124-42
.597 win rate
Winning-record opponents
8 of 12
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
13
12 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 13 bouts · 5 promotions · wins by 2 sub · 2 decShooto · Pancrase · GCM · Deep · Rings
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Seiji Ozuka16-13-5 | Submission | Straight Armbar | R1 | 1:40 | GCM | Dec 27, 2003 |
| D | Daichi Fujiwara11-4-1 | Draw | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Oct 4, 2003 |
| L | Miki Shida13-5-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Jun 7, 2003 |
| D | Miki Shida13-5-2 | Draw | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Aug 25, 2002 |
| W | Takashi Takeuchi | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R1 | 0:42 | Deep | Jul 14, 2002 |
| L | Naoyuki Kotani37-20-7 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 1:41 | Rings | Feb 15, 2002 |
| D | Takumi Yano10-9-3 | Draw | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Aug 25, 2001 |
| L | Masahiro Oishi31-26-9 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 2:48 | Shooto | Mar 2, 2001 |
| L | Mamoru Yamaguchi31-13-5 | KO/TKO | Knee | R3 | 2:21 | Shooto | Aug 27, 2000 |
| W | Norio Nishiyama2-3-1 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 0:28 | Shooto | Mar 17, 2000 |
| L | Jin Akimoto12-13-4 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Shooto | Nov 4, 1999 |
| W | Norio Nishiyama2-3-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Shooto | Aug 4, 1999 |
| W | Hiroaki Yoshioka6-10-2 | Decision | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | Shooto | Jan 27, 1999 |
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.