Yukiya Naito
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
L2
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Kagawa
- Born
- Japan
- Weight class
- Light Heavyweight
- Height
- 6'1" · 185 cm
Before the UFC
Yukiya Naito 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
183-136-26
.574 win rate
Winning-record opponents
11 of 18
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
23
18 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 23 bouts · 10 promotions · wins by 7 KO · 7 sub · 1 decGCM · Pancrase · K-1 · Sengoku · Deep +5
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Ryo Kawamura19-11-4 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Pancrase | Jun 7, 2009 |
| L | Muhammed Lawal21-10 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 3:54 | Sengoku | Jan 4, 2009 |
| W | Yuta Watanabe23-14-3 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:25 | Deep | Dec 10, 2008 |
| W | Alex Silva | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 4:29 | GCM | Nov 8, 2008 |
| W | Takenori Sato20-12-7 | KO/TKO | Doctor Stoppage | R1 | 4:45 | GCM | Dec 1, 2007 |
| W | Bat Baojuru0-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 0:00 | IMPERIAL | Sep 19, 2007 |
| W | Makoto Kawawa3-12-1 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 1:58 | GCM | May 27, 2007 |
| W | Dong Wook Kim0-3 | KO/TKO | Punches | R3 | 1:11 | K-1 | Dec 31, 2006 |
| L | Mikko Rupponen20-5-2 | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 0:13 | FF 19 | Sep 16, 2006 |
| W | Yasuhiro Katsura0-1 | Submission | Toe Hold | R1 | 0:23 | Team Kings | Jul 8, 2006 |
| W | Koji Kanechika6-2 | Submission | Triangle Choke | R2 | 1:32 | GCM | Apr 1, 2006 |
| W | Hirotaka Fujiyama0-4 | KO/TKO | Corner Stoppage | R2 | 4:12 | GCM | Dec 11, 2005 |
| D | Kazuhiro Hamanaka5-7-1 | Draw | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | GCM | Sep 17, 2005 |
| L | Chalid Arrab7-3 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | K-1 | Mar 26, 2005 |
| D | Roberto Traven6-4-1 | Draw | — | R3 | 5:00 | WR 3 | Mar 12, 2005 |
| L | Yuki Sasaki25-22-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Pancrase | May 28, 2004 |
| W | Mitsuyoshi Sato5-9-3 | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 3:30 | Pancrase | Mar 29, 2004 |
| W | Seung Jin Ha | Submission | Arm-Triangle Choke | R1 | 2:34 | Pancrase | Dec 21, 2003 |
| W | Tsuyoshi Kurihara10-8-2 | Submission | Kimura | R1 | 3:57 | GCM | Oct 25, 2003 |
| L | Egan Inoue13-8 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | SB 28 | Feb 8, 2003 |
| W | Tony Nelson | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | GCM | Oct 13, 2002 |
| W | Takeshi Kusaka | Submission | Triangle Choke | R1 | 2:44 | GCM | Jun 16, 2002 |
| W | Tsuyoshi Ozawa | KO/TKO | Corner Stoppage | R1 | 4:17 | GCM | May 12, 2002 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.
Amateur
2-1across 3 amateur bouts · 1 promotionPRIDE
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Ken Orihashi8-7-1 | Decision | Split | R1 | 5:00 | PRIDE | Jul 20, 2002 |
| L | Yushin Okami38-15 | Decision | — | R3 | 5:00 | PRIDE | Mar 17, 2002 |
| W | Shinichiro Takamura | Decision | — | R3 | 5:00 | PRIDE | Mar 17, 2002 |
Amateur (pre-professional) bouts — shown for context only and excluded from the professional record and every UFC-scoped metric.