Yusaku Nakamura
UFC Debut
Record
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Osaka, Osaka
- Born
- Japan
- Camp
- Team Faust
- Weight class
- Flyweight
- Height
- 5'5" · 165 cm
Before the UFC
Yusaku Nakamura 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
431-283-43
.604 win rate
Winning-record opponents
21 of 30
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
32
30 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 32 bouts · 9 promotions · wins by 8 KO · 12 decDeep · RIZIN · Shooto · Vale Tudo Japan · Bellator +4
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | Yuto Sekiguchi15-7-2 | Draw | Majority | R3 | 5:00 | Shooto | Mar 29, 2026 |
| W | Daichi Mizuta | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Shooto | Nov 22, 2025 |
| W | Arman Ashimov12-4-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | RIZIN | Mar 23, 2024 |
| W | Hiroya Kondo10-16-1 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | RIZIN | Oct 1, 2023 |
| L | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:23 | RIZIN | Apr 1, 2023 | |
| W | Takaki Soya13-8-1 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | RIZIN | Nov 6, 2022 |
| L | Yuki Ito20-7 | KO/TKO | Elbow and Punches | R1 | 4:52 | RIZIN | Oct 24, 2021 |
| L | Tatsuki Saomoto18-3 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 4:06 | RIZIN | Aug 10, 2020 |
| L | Makoto Takahashi23-5-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Bellator | Dec 29, 2019 |
| W | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | RIZIN | Jun 2, 2019 | |
| W | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 1:57 | Shooto | Mar 24, 2019 | |
| L | Manel Kape22-7 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R3 | 4:27 | RIZIN | Sep 30, 2018 |
| L | Riley Dutro12-6 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 2:14 | Shooto | Oct 15, 2017 |
| W | Lawrence DiGiulio19-9-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R5 | 5:00 | Deep | Dec 17, 2016 |
| W | Tim Moore13-9 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | WSOF-GC 3 | Jul 30, 2016 |
| W | Lawrence DiGiulio19-9-1 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | WSOF-GC 2 | Feb 7, 2016 |
| W | KO/TKO | Knee and Punches | R2 | 0:30 | Vale Tudo Japan | Sep 13, 2015 | |
| W | Kana Hyatt16-20 | KO/TKO | Knee to the Body | R2 | 2:22 | Vale Tudo Japan | Jun 21, 2015 |
| W | Kiyotaka Shimizu25-16-3 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | Tribe Tokyo Fight | Apr 5, 2015 |
| W | Kenji Yamamoto6-3-1 | Decision | Split | R3 | 5:00 | Vale Tudo Japan | Jun 28, 2014 |
| W | Hiroshi Nakamura16-7-4 | KO/TKO | Flying Knee | R3 | 0:53 | Deep | Nov 24, 2013 |
| W | Naoyuki Kato11-11-3 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 2:16 | Deep | Aug 10, 2013 |
| L | Tatsumitsu Wada26-14-2 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 2:10 | Deep | Apr 26, 2013 |
| D | Tatsumitsu Wada26-14-2 | Draw | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | Deep | Dec 8, 2012 |
| W | Decision | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | Deep | Aug 18, 2012 | |
| L | Daiki Hata23-15-6 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 3:57 | Deep | Feb 18, 2012 |
| W | Yoshiki Harada | Decision | Unanimous | R1 | 5:00 | Deep | Dec 16, 2011 |
| L | Seiji Akao21-15-3 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R2 | 1:17 | Deep | Sep 4, 2011 |
| L | Atsushi Yamamoto19-12-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 8:43 | DREAM | May 29, 2011 |
| W | Isao Terada7-13-5 | KO/TKO | Punch | R2 | 3:48 | Deep | Oct 24, 2010 |
| W | Yuichiro Shirai4-9-4 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:55 | Deep | Jun 6, 2010 |
| W | Hiroto Hattori3-5-1 | KO/TKO | Doctor Stoppage | R1 | 4:21 | Deep | Jan 24, 2010 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.