Yuya Wakamatsu
UFC DebutNickname“Little Piranha”
Record
Streak
L1
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Satsumasendai, Kagoshima
- Born
- Japan
- Camp
- Tribe Tokyo MMA
- Weight class
- Bantamweight
- Height
- 5'6" · 168 cm
Before the UFC
Yuya Wakamatsu 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
365-174-25
.677 win rate
Winning-record opponents
22 of 25
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
27
25 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 27 bouts · 4 promotions · wins by 14 KO · 6 decONE · Pancrase · Zst · Vale Tudo Japan
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | Avazbek Kholmirzaev | KO/TKO | Spinning Back Elbow | R2 | 4:53 | ONE | Apr 29, 2026 |
| W | Joshua Pacio24-5 | KO/TKO | Knees | R2 | 0:54 | ONE | Nov 16, 2025 |
| W | Adriano Moraes22-6 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 3:39 | ONE | Mar 23, 2025 |
| W | Gilbert Nakatani9-4 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | ONE | Dec 6, 2024 |
| W | Danny Kingad15-6 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | ONE | Jan 28, 2024 |
| W | Wei Xie20-9 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:03 | ONE | Jul 14, 2023 |
| L | Sung Hoon Woo12-4 | KO/TKO | Elbows and Punches | R1 | 2:46 | ONE | Nov 19, 2022 |
| L | Adriano Moraes22-6 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R3 | 3:58 | ONE | Mar 26, 2022 |
| W | Yong Hu13-6 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | ONE | Dec 3, 2021 |
| W | Reece McLaren19-10 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | ONE | Apr 7, 2021 |
| W | Kyu Sung Kim12-6 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 1:46 | ONE | Oct 30, 2020 |
| W | Dae Hwan Kim15-12-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | ONE | Oct 12, 2019 |
| W | Geje Eustaquio | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 1:59 | ONE | Aug 2, 2019 |
| L | Demetrious Johnson25-4-1 | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R2 | 2:40 | ONE | Mar 31, 2019 |
| L | Danny Kingad15-6 | Decision | Unanimous | R3 | 5:00 | ONE | Sep 22, 2018 |
| W | Mamoru Yamaguchi31-13-5 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 0:39 | Pancrase | Jul 1, 2018 |
| L | Senzo Ikeda13-4-1 | KO/TKO | Knees and Elbows | R5 | 2:18 | Pancrase | Feb 4, 2018 |
| W | Shohei Masumizu11-3 | KO/TKO | Punches | R2 | 2:53 | Pancrase | Oct 8, 2017 |
| W | Takahiro Furumaki5-4 | KO/TKO | Punch | R2 | 2:27 | Pancrase | May 28, 2017 |
| W | Yuki Uejima14-12-4 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:49 | Pancrase | Mar 12, 2017 |
| W | Yusuke Ogikubo16-12 | Decision | Split | R3 | 3:00 | Pancrase | Dec 18, 2016 |
| W | Kazuhisa Tanaka3-6 | KO/TKO | Knee to the Body | R1 | 2:06 | Pancrase | Sep 11, 2016 |
| W | Masayuki Watanabe16-11-2 | KO/TKO | Punches | R3 | 1:35 | Pancrase | Jun 12, 2016 |
| W | Naoki Tanada7-3 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:50 | Pancrase | Mar 13, 2016 |
| W | Sadashi Hamamatsu1-5 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:40 | Pancrase | Dec 20, 2015 |
| W | Yoshiya Shinba10-10-9 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:37 | Zst | Oct 18, 2015 |
| L | Yuto Sekiguchi15-7-2 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 2:43 | Vale Tudo Japan | Jun 21, 2015 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.