Naoyuki Kotani

Naoyuki Kotani's profile at Sherdog  Naoyuki Kotani's profile at Tapology  Age: 43 Last 5: L W L L L Association: Rodeo Style Pro Debut Date: 2000-09-05 Pro Record: 37-20-7

Current Ranking: #1307 Lightweight

'Big League' Record: 5-9-0 Last 3 Years: 0-3-0 Win Finish %: 89.2% Combat Age: 77 Quality Perf. %: 56.3% Last Quality Perf.: 2020-09-20 540 Metric: .682 Rating Points: 16

Highest Quarterly Ranking: 1/01/2004 #12 Lightweight

Last Fight Date: 12/22/2024 [Grachan] Last Opponent: [#921 LW] Shunsuke Kusawake Opponent's Last 5: W W L W L

UFC Record: 0-5-0 Octagon Time: 0:53:51 UFC Debut: 2007-04-05 Last UFC Fight: 2015-09-26

Complete Professional MMA Fight History
Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight

	Opponent	Outcome
L	Shunsuke Kusawake #1133 Lightweight	KO (Punches) Round 2
	Grachan - Grachan Presents: Helios Sunday, December 22nd 2024
L	Youta Hayashi #686 Lightweight	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	Grachan - Grachan 65: 15th Anniversary Tou... Sunday, October 15th 2023
L	Shin Haraguchi #276 Lightweight	TKO (Elbows and Punches) Round 1
	Grachan / Brave - Grachan 59 / Brave Fight 27 Sunday, February 12th 2023
W	Yutaka Ueda #399 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
	Grachan - Grachan 45 Sunday, September 20th 2020
L	Koshi Matsumoto #226 Lightweight	TKO Round 4
	Shooto 30th Anniversary Tour at Korakuen Hall Monday, May 6th 2019
W	Shutaro Debana #573 Lightweight	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 2
	Shooto - Professional Shooto 11/17 Saturday, November 17th 2018
W	Akihito Mamiya #1095 Lightweight	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	Grachan - Grachan 35.5 Monday, July 16th 2018
L	Marif Piraev #156 Welterweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	WFCA 44 - Grozny Battle Sunday, December 17th 2017
L	Yuki Kawana #153 Lightweight	Decision (Majority) Round 3
	Shooto - Professional Shooto 10/15 Sunday, October 15th 2017
W	Yoichi Fukumoto #429 Lightweight	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
	Shooto Sunday, April 23rd 2017
L	Dmytro Parubchenko #522 Lightweight	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	Real 5 - Real Fight Championship 5 Sunday, June 12th 2016
L	Kajan Johnson #276 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC Fight Night 75 - Barnett vs. Nelson Saturday, September 26th 2015
L	Yan Cabral #122 Welterweight	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 2
	UFC 179 - Aldo vs. Mendes 2 Saturday, October 25th 2014
L	Norman Parke #70 Lightweight	TKO (Punches and Elbows) Round 2
	UFC Fight Night - McGregor vs. Brandao Saturday, July 19th 2014
W	Yoshihiro Koyama #221 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	Vale Tudo Japan - VTJ 4th Sunday, February 23rd 2014
W	Daisuke Hoshino #1046 Welterweight	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
	Vale Tudo Japan - VTJ 3rd Saturday, October 5th 2013
W	Vitali Krat #382 Lightweight	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
	Rings - Rings/The Outsider Sunday, June 9th 2013
W	Jung Min Kang #620 Welterweight	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
	Zst - Zst 35 Sunday, April 7th 2013
W	Koji Mori #422 Lightweight	Submission (Kneebar) Round 1
	Zst 33 - 10th Anniversary Friday, November 23rd 2012
W	Shinichi Taira #532 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
	Zst 33 - 10th Anniversary Friday, November 23rd 2012
W	Darius Minkevicius	Submission (Kimura) Round 1
	Zst - Zst 32 Monday, September 17th 2012
W	Ryuki Ueyama #401 Lightweight	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	Rings - Reincarnation Friday, March 9th 2012
W	Daisuke Hanazawa #233 Lightweight	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	Rings - Battle Genesis Vol. 9 Sunday, January 22nd 2012
W	Katsuya Inoue #230 Lightweight	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
	Pancrase - Impressive Tour 9 Sunday, September 4th 2011
W	Ryo Asami	TKO (Doctor Stoppage) Round 1
	Rings - The Outsider 17 Sunday, July 17th 2011
W	Keigo Hirayama #695 Lightweight	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 1
	Zst - Zst 27 Sunday, February 6th 2011
W	Eriya Matsuda #334 Lightweight	Submission (Heel Hook) Round 1
	Zst - Zst 25 Sunday, September 26th 2010
L	Jorge Masvidal #20 Lightweight	Decision (Split) Round 3
	Astra - Yoshidas Farewell Sunday, April 25th 2010
D	Kenichi Ito #275 Lightweight	Draw Round 2
	Zst - Zst 23 Saturday, February 20th 2010
W	Daisuke Nakamura #51 Lightweight	Submission (Leg Scissor Choke) Round 1
	Zst - Zst 22 Monday, November 23rd 2009
W	Yojiro Uchimura #429 Middleweight	Submission (Ankle Lock) Round 1
	Zst - Zst 21 Monday, September 21st 2009
L	Kuniyoshi Hironaka #74 Welterweight	Submission (Crucifix) Round 2
	Zst - Zst 20 Sunday, May 24th 2009
W	Katsuhiko Nagata #72 Lightweight	Submission (Heel Hook) Round 2
	Zst 18 - Sixth Anniversary Sunday, November 23rd 2008
L	Koji Oishi #73 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	Pancrase - Shining 8 Wednesday, October 1st 2008
D	Masanori Kanehara #419 Lightweight	Draw Round 2
	Zst 15 - Fifth Anniversary Friday, November 23rd 2007
L	Dennis Siver #141 Welterweight	KO (Punch) Round 2
	UFC 75 - Champion vs. Champion Saturday, September 8th 2007
L	Thiago Tavares #33 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	UFC - Fight Night 9 Thursday, April 5th 2007
W	Masayuki Okude #429 Welterweight	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
	Zst - Zst 12 Monday, February 12th 2007
D	Erikas Petraitis #89 Lightweight	Draw Round 2
	Zst - Zst 11 Thursday, November 23rd 2006
W	Shinya Sato #177 Lightweight	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
	Zst - Grappling Tournament Featherweight 2 Saturday, May 27th 2006
D	Darius Skliaudys #61 Lightweight	Draw Round 2
	Zst - Zst 9 Saturday, February 18th 2006
W	Vito Woods	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
	XFO - Xtreme Fighting Organization 8 Saturday, December 10th 2005
L	Luiz Azeredo #17 Lightweight	KO (Punch) Round 1
	Pride - Bushido 9 Sunday, September 25th 2005
D	Darius Skliaudys #44 Lightweight	Draw Round 3
	Zst - Grand Prix 2 Final Round Sunday, January 23rd 2005
L	Roger Huerta #47 Lightweight	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	XFO 4 - International Friday, December 3rd 2004
L	Yves Edwards #2 Lightweight	TKO (Head Kick and Punches) Round 1
	Euphoria - Road to the Titles Friday, October 15th 2004
W	Hideo Tokoro #32 Lightweight	Submission (Heel Hook) Round 1
	Zst - Zst 6 Sunday, September 12th 2004
W	Remigijus Morkevicius #115 Lightweight	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
	Zst - Battle Hazard 1 Sunday, July 4th 2004
L	Marcus Aurelio #3 Lightweight	TKO (Doctor Stoppage) Round 2
	Zst - Zst 5 Wednesday, May 5th 2004
L	Rich Clementi #68 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
	Zst - Grand Prix Final Round Sunday, January 11th 2004
W	Mindaugas Smirnovas #87 Welterweight	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
	Zst - Grand Prix Opening Round Sunday, November 23rd 2003
W	Mindaugas Smirnovas #78 Welterweight	Technical Submission (Heel Hook) Round 1
	Zst - The Battlefield 4 Sunday, September 7th 2003
D	Mindaugas Smirnovas #121 Welterweight	Draw Round 3
	Rings Lithuania - Bushido Rings 7: Adrenal... Saturday, April 5th 2003
W	Antoine Skinner #119 Light Heavyweight	Submission (Toe Hold) Round 1
	Zst - The Battlefield 2 Sunday, March 9th 2003
W	Mindaugas Laurinaitis	Technical Submission (Triangle Choke) Round 1
	ZST 1: The Battlefield 1 Saturday, November 23rd 2002
W	Kenichi Serizawa #89 Middleweight	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	GCM - Demolition 020908 Sunday, September 8th 2002
W	Masaya Takita	Submission (Triangle Armbar) Round 1
	GCM - ORG 3rd Sunday, June 16th 2002
W	Yoshinobu Ota	Technical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Round 1
	Rings - World Title Series Grand Final Friday, February 15th 2002
W	Takahito Iida	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
	Rings - World Title Series 5 Friday, December 21st 2001
W	Hideo Tokoro #164 Heavyweight	Decision (Majority) Round 3
	Rings - Battle Genesis Vol. 8 Friday, September 21st 2001
D	Jiro Wakabayashi	Draw Round 3
	Rings - World Title Series 1 Friday, April 20th 2001
W	Curtis Brigham	Submission (Kimura) Round 2
	Rings USA - Battle of Champions Saturday, March 17th 2001
W	Kiyohito Sugata	TKO (Cut) Round 1
	Rings - Battle Genesis Vol. 6 Tuesday, September 5th 2000
W	Tashiro Nishiuchi	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
	Rings - Battle Genesis Vol. 6 Tuesday, September 5th 2000

	Opponent	Event	Outcome
L	Shunsuke Kusawake #1133 Lightweight	Grachan - Grachan Presents: Helios Sunday, December 22nd 2024	KO (Punches) Round 2
L	Youta Hayashi #686 Lightweight	Grachan - Grachan 65: 15th Anniversary Tou... Sunday, October 15th 2023	TKO (Punches) Round 2
L	Shin Haraguchi #276 Lightweight	Grachan / Brave - Grachan 59 / Brave Fight 27 Sunday, February 12th 2023	TKO (Elbows and Punches) Round 1
W	Yutaka Ueda #399 Lightweight	Grachan - Grachan 45 Sunday, September 20th 2020	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
L	Koshi Matsumoto #226 Lightweight	Shooto 30th Anniversary Tour at Korakuen Hall Monday, May 6th 2019	TKO Round 4
W	Shutaro Debana #573 Lightweight	Shooto - Professional Shooto 11/17 Saturday, November 17th 2018	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 2
W	Akihito Mamiya #1095 Lightweight	Grachan - Grachan 35.5 Monday, July 16th 2018	TKO (Punches) Round 1
L	Marif Piraev #156 Welterweight	WFCA 44 - Grozny Battle Sunday, December 17th 2017	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
L	Yuki Kawana #153 Lightweight	Shooto - Professional Shooto 10/15 Sunday, October 15th 2017	Decision (Majority) Round 3
W	Yoichi Fukumoto #429 Lightweight	Shooto Sunday, April 23rd 2017	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
L	Dmytro Parubchenko #522 Lightweight	Real 5 - Real Fight Championship 5 Sunday, June 12th 2016	TKO (Punches) Round 2
L	Kajan Johnson #276 Lightweight	UFC Fight Night 75 - Barnett vs. Nelson Saturday, September 26th 2015	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
L	Yan Cabral #122 Welterweight	UFC 179 - Aldo vs. Mendes 2 Saturday, October 25th 2014	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 2
L	Norman Parke #70 Lightweight	UFC Fight Night - McGregor vs. Brandao Saturday, July 19th 2014	TKO (Punches and Elbows) Round 2
W	Yoshihiro Koyama #221 Lightweight	Vale Tudo Japan - VTJ 4th Sunday, February 23rd 2014	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Daisuke Hoshino #1046 Welterweight	Vale Tudo Japan - VTJ 3rd Saturday, October 5th 2013	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
W	Vitali Krat #382 Lightweight	Rings - Rings/The Outsider Sunday, June 9th 2013	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
W	Jung Min Kang #620 Welterweight	Zst - Zst 35 Sunday, April 7th 2013	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
W	Koji Mori #422 Lightweight	Zst 33 - 10th Anniversary Friday, November 23rd 2012	Submission (Kneebar) Round 1
W	Shinichi Taira #532 Lightweight	Zst 33 - 10th Anniversary Friday, November 23rd 2012	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
W	Darius Minkevicius	Zst - Zst 32 Monday, September 17th 2012	Submission (Kimura) Round 1
W	Ryuki Ueyama #401 Lightweight	Rings - Reincarnation Friday, March 9th 2012	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Daisuke Hanazawa #233 Lightweight	Rings - Battle Genesis Vol. 9 Sunday, January 22nd 2012	TKO (Punches) Round 2
W	Katsuya Inoue #230 Lightweight	Pancrase - Impressive Tour 9 Sunday, September 4th 2011	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
W	Ryo Asami	Rings - The Outsider 17 Sunday, July 17th 2011	TKO (Doctor Stoppage) Round 1
W	Keigo Hirayama #695 Lightweight	Zst - Zst 27 Sunday, February 6th 2011	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 1
W	Eriya Matsuda #334 Lightweight	Zst - Zst 25 Sunday, September 26th 2010	Submission (Heel Hook) Round 1
L	Jorge Masvidal #20 Lightweight	Astra - Yoshidas Farewell Sunday, April 25th 2010	Decision (Split) Round 3
D	Kenichi Ito #275 Lightweight	Zst - Zst 23 Saturday, February 20th 2010	Draw Round 2
W	Daisuke Nakamura #51 Lightweight	Zst - Zst 22 Monday, November 23rd 2009	Submission (Leg Scissor Choke) Round 1
W	Yojiro Uchimura #429 Middleweight	Zst - Zst 21 Monday, September 21st 2009	Submission (Ankle Lock) Round 1
L	Kuniyoshi Hironaka #74 Welterweight	Zst - Zst 20 Sunday, May 24th 2009	Submission (Crucifix) Round 2
W	Katsuhiko Nagata #72 Lightweight	Zst 18 - Sixth Anniversary Sunday, November 23rd 2008	Submission (Heel Hook) Round 2
L	Koji Oishi #73 Lightweight	Pancrase - Shining 8 Wednesday, October 1st 2008	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
D	Masanori Kanehara #419 Lightweight	Zst 15 - Fifth Anniversary Friday, November 23rd 2007	Draw Round 2
L	Dennis Siver #141 Welterweight	UFC 75 - Champion vs. Champion Saturday, September 8th 2007	KO (Punch) Round 2
L	Thiago Tavares #33 Lightweight	UFC - Fight Night 9 Thursday, April 5th 2007	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Masayuki Okude #429 Welterweight	Zst - Zst 12 Monday, February 12th 2007	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
D	Erikas Petraitis #89 Lightweight	Zst - Zst 11 Thursday, November 23rd 2006	Draw Round 2
W	Shinya Sato #177 Lightweight	Zst - Grappling Tournament Featherweight 2 Saturday, May 27th 2006	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
D	Darius Skliaudys #61 Lightweight	Zst - Zst 9 Saturday, February 18th 2006	Draw Round 2
W	Vito Woods	XFO - Xtreme Fighting Organization 8 Saturday, December 10th 2005	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
L	Luiz Azeredo #17 Lightweight	Pride - Bushido 9 Sunday, September 25th 2005	KO (Punch) Round 1
D	Darius Skliaudys #44 Lightweight	Zst - Grand Prix 2 Final Round Sunday, January 23rd 2005	Draw Round 3
L	Roger Huerta #47 Lightweight	XFO 4 - International Friday, December 3rd 2004	TKO (Punches) Round 1
L	Yves Edwards #2 Lightweight	Euphoria - Road to the Titles Friday, October 15th 2004	TKO (Head Kick and Punches) Round 1
W	Hideo Tokoro #32 Lightweight	Zst - Zst 6 Sunday, September 12th 2004	Submission (Heel Hook) Round 1
W	Remigijus Morkevicius #115 Lightweight	Zst - Battle Hazard 1 Sunday, July 4th 2004	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
L	Marcus Aurelio #3 Lightweight	Zst - Zst 5 Wednesday, May 5th 2004	TKO (Doctor Stoppage) Round 2
L	Rich Clementi #68 Lightweight	Zst - Grand Prix Final Round Sunday, January 11th 2004	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
W	Mindaugas Smirnovas #87 Welterweight	Zst - Grand Prix Opening Round Sunday, November 23rd 2003	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
W	Mindaugas Smirnovas #78 Welterweight	Zst - The Battlefield 4 Sunday, September 7th 2003	Technical Submission (Heel Hook) Round 1
D	Mindaugas Smirnovas #121 Welterweight	Rings Lithuania - Bushido Rings 7: Adrenal... Saturday, April 5th 2003	Draw Round 3
W	Antoine Skinner #119 Light Heavyweight	Zst - The Battlefield 2 Sunday, March 9th 2003	Submission (Toe Hold) Round 1
W	Mindaugas Laurinaitis	ZST 1: The Battlefield 1 Saturday, November 23rd 2002	Technical Submission (Triangle Choke) Round 1
W	Kenichi Serizawa #89 Middleweight	GCM - Demolition 020908 Sunday, September 8th 2002	TKO (Punches) Round 1
W	Masaya Takita	GCM - ORG 3rd Sunday, June 16th 2002	Submission (Triangle Armbar) Round 1
W	Yoshinobu Ota	Rings - World Title Series Grand Final Friday, February 15th 2002	Technical Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Round 1
W	Takahito Iida	Rings - World Title Series 5 Friday, December 21st 2001	Submission (Armbar) Round 1
W	Hideo Tokoro #164 Heavyweight	Rings - Battle Genesis Vol. 8 Friday, September 21st 2001	Decision (Majority) Round 3
D	Jiro Wakabayashi	Rings - World Title Series 1 Friday, April 20th 2001	Draw Round 3
W	Curtis Brigham	Rings USA - Battle of Champions Saturday, March 17th 2001	Submission (Kimura) Round 2
W	Kiyohito Sugata	Rings - Battle Genesis Vol. 6 Tuesday, September 5th 2000	TKO (Cut) Round 1
W	Tashiro Nishiuchi	Rings - Battle Genesis Vol. 6 Tuesday, September 5th 2000	Submission (Armbar) Round 1

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