Yuji Arai
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
L1
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Nagano
- Born
- Japan
- Camp
- Akatsuki Dojo
- Weight class
- Middleweight
- Height
- 6'0" · 183 cm
Before the UFC
Yuji Arai 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
99-65-12
.604 win rate
Winning-record opponents
7 of 10
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
16
10 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 16 bouts · 5 promotions · wins by 1 KO · 2 sub · 4 decPancrase · Shooto · Fighting Nexus · Deep · Heat
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Taiga Iwasaki11-2 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 0:28 | Shooto | Jul 20, 2026 |
| W | Yutoku Sakaguchi | Decision | Majority | R3 | 5:00 | Shooto | Mar 29, 2026 |
| L | Ikkei Nagamura15-11-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Fighting Nexus | Nov 22, 2025 |
| W | Kazuki Okamura | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Pancrase | May 6, 2025 |
| W | Akira Hirata | Submission | Keylock | R2 | 2:54 | Pancrase | Feb 25, 2024 |
| L | Ryutaro Sato | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Nov 12, 2023 |
| L | Ryo Kawamura19-11-4 | KO/TKO | Knee and Punches | R1 | 3:03 | Pancrase | Sep 12, 2021 |
| L | Yura Naito8-2 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 0:17 | Pancrase | Dec 13, 2020 |
| W | Yudai Hirono4-4 | KO/TKO | Corner Stoppage | R1 | 4:30 | Pancrase | Sep 27, 2020 |
| W | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Jul 24, 2020 | |
| L | Ikkei Nagamura15-11-2 | Submission | Armbar | R2 | 2:14 | Pancrase | Nov 25, 2018 |
| L | Bob Armstrong12-8-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R3 | 2:26 | Pancrase | Aug 9, 2015 |
| W | Joshua Robison | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 3:00 | Pancrase | Apr 26, 2015 |
| W | Joshua Eddy0-1 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 1:21 | Pancrase | Aug 10, 2014 |
| L | Luke Mori | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Deep | Jul 21, 2012 |
| L | Hiroki Tanaka15-12-3 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Heat | Mar 18, 2012 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.
Amateur
0-1across 1 amateur bout · 1 promotionDeep
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Tamotsu Kitada5-17-2 | Submission | Ankle Lock | R1 | 2:55 | Deep | Dec 9, 2007 |
Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.