Yusuke Kawaguchi
UFC DebutNickname“Crusher”
Record
Streak
L2
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Akita, Akita
- Born
- Japan
- Camp
- Blue Dog Gym
- Weight class
- Heavyweight
- Height
- 6'0" · 183 cm
Before the UFC
Yusuke Kawaguchi 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
278-225-8
.553 win rate
Winning-record opponents
14 of 23
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
31
23 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 31 bouts · 17 promotions · wins by 8 KO · 1 sub · 9 decDeep · IGF · M-1 · Road FC 34 · Grachan / Blue Dog Gym +12
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Ryo Sakai15-15 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:36 | Deep | Jun 30, 2018 |
| L | Aorigele | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:38 | Road FC 34 | Nov 19, 2016 |
| W | Kozo Urita17-21-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Grachan / Blue Dog Gym | Oct 10, 2016 |
| L | Richard Odoms14-6 | KO/TKO | Knee | R1 | 3:29 | WSOF-GC 2 | Feb 7, 2016 |
| W | Yoon Seob Kwak7-16 | Submission | Arm-Triangle Choke | R1 | 3:18 | RFC | Dec 5, 2015 |
| L | Mu Bae Choi14-8 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 4:50 | Road FC 24 | Jul 25, 2015 |
| L | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:43 | IGF | Dec 31, 2014 | |
| W | Fumio Yoshimura | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:17 | BFC | Jun 29, 2014 |
| L | Brett Rogers17-10 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:28 | IGF | Apr 5, 2014 |
| L | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | IGF | Oct 26, 2013 | |
| W | Se Yun Kim0-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:20 | Gladiator 61 | Sep 29, 2013 |
| W | Justin Morton10-4 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Tenkaichi Fight | Sep 8, 2013 |
| L | Submission | Arm-Triangle Choke | R1 | 2:00 | IGF | Dec 31, 2012 | |
| L | Jorgen Kruth | KO/TKO | Punches and Elbows | R1 | 3:18 | ROTK | Nov 26, 2011 |
| L | Soa Palelei22-5 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | — | AFC | Jun 25, 2011 |
| L | Peter Graham11-10 | KO/TKO | Elbows | R1 | — | XMMA | Nov 5, 2010 |
| W | Edmund Cavalcante Jr. | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Gladiator 11 | Oct 9, 2010 |
| W | James Thompson20-17 | Decision | Split | R2 | 5:00 | DREAM | Sep 25, 2010 |
| L | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | KSW 13 | May 7, 2010 | |
| W | Roque Martinez19-11-2 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | Deep | Dec 19, 2009 |
| W | Seigo Mizuguchi18-27 | KO/TKO | Corner Stoppage | R3 | 1:27 | Deep | Oct 10, 2009 |
| W | Cirio Tejera | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | M-1 | Aug 16, 2009 |
| L | Rob Broughton16-7-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | M-1 | Apr 29, 2009 |
| W | Baru Harn1-2 | Decision | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | Deep | Oct 23, 2008 |
| W | Shunsuke Inoue16-11-2 | Decision | Split | R2 | 4:00 | Deep | Aug 2, 2008 |
| W | Shunji Kosaka | KO/TKO | Corner Stoppage | R1 | 0:45 | Deep | Aug 2, 2008 |
| W | Yoichi Babaguchi2-6-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:16 | Deep | May 24, 2008 |
| W | Nobuyoshi Takahara | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:40 | Deep | Mar 29, 2008 |
| W | Seigo Mizuguchi18-27 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:07 | Deep | Oct 9, 2007 |
| W | Kosaku Shikimasu2-4 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 1:06 | Deep | Aug 5, 2007 |
| W | Hirotaka Fujiyama | Decision | Majority | R2 | 5:00 | Deep | Apr 13, 2007 |
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.