James Nakashima

James Nakashima's profile at Sherdog  James Nakashima's profile at Tapology  Rank State: Nevada Birth Date: 1988-10-26 Last 5: L W L W W Association: Kingsway MMA Pro Debut Date: 2015-01-09 Pro Record: 15-4-0

Current Ranking: #232 Lightweight

'Big League' Record: 8-3-0 Last 3 Years: 3-1-0 Win Finish %: 20% Combat Age: 43 Quality Perf. %: 68.4% Last Quality Perf.: 2026-03-27 540 Metric: 1.00 Rating Points: 58

Highest Quarterly Ranking: 10/01/2019 #33 Middleweight

Last Fight Date: 3/27/2026 [Unified MMA] Last Opponent: [#764 LW] Nick Hrabec Opponent's Last 5: W W NC W L Last Loss Date: 8/24/2024 Last Loss: [#182 WW] Jefferson Creighton Opponent's Last 5: W W W L W

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

	Opponent	Outcome
W	Nick Hrabec #527 Lightweight	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	Unified MMA 68 Unified MMA Friday, March 27th 2026
W	Josinaldo Silva	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	Tuff-N-Uff - Tuff-N-Uff 141 Friday, February 14th 2025
L	Jefferson Creighton #180 Welterweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 5
	Melee 3 - Melee Combat Championship 3 Saturday, August 24th 2024
W	Alex Martin	TKO (Doctor Stoppage) Round 2
	Bayou FC 68 - Bayou Fighting Championship 68 Friday, June 28th 2024
L	Saygid Izagakhmaev #121 Welterweight	Submission (Brabo Choke) Round 2
	One Championship - Heavy Hitters Friday, January 14th 2022
L	Shinya Aoki #88 Welterweight	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
	One Championship - Unbreakable Friday, January 22nd 2021
L	Kiamrian Abbasov #37 Middleweight	TKO (Punches) Round 4
	ONE Championship: Inside the Matrix 2 Friday, November 6th 2020
W	Yushin Okami #111 Middleweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	One Championship - Dawn of Heroes Friday, August 2nd 2019
W	Luis Santos #88 Middleweight	TKO (Injury) Round 2
	One Championship - Roots of Honor Friday, April 12th 2019
W	Raimond Magomedaliev #141 Welterweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	One Championship - Conquest of Champions Friday, November 23rd 2018
W	Kyle Stewart #92 Welterweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 5
	LFA 46 - Nakashima vs. Stewart Friday, July 27th 2018
W	Derrick Krantz #71 Welterweight	Decision (Split) Round 5
	LFA 23 - Krantz vs. Nakashima Friday, September 22nd 2017
W	Larue Burley #252 Lightweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	LFA 11 - Frincu vs. Mendonca Friday, May 5th 2017
W	Desmond Hill #448 Welterweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	RFA 46 - Johnson vs. Tucker Friday, December 9th 2016
W	Brad Darrington #450 Welterweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	RFA 35 - Moises vs. Castillo Friday, February 19th 2016
W	Chance Rencountre #225 Welterweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	RFA 30 - Smith vs. Jardine Friday, September 18th 2015
W	Chris Collins	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	Aggression Session 1 - The Aggression Era ... Saturday, August 1st 2015
W	Kris Hocum #611 Welterweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	RFA 26 - Smith vs. Smith Friday, June 5th 2015
W	Victor McCullough	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
	RFA 22 - Smith vs. Njokuani Friday, January 9th 2015

	Opponent	Event	Outcome
W	Nick Hrabec #527 Lightweight	Unified MMA 68 Unified MMA Friday, March 27th 2026	TKO (Punches) Round 2
W	Josinaldo Silva	Tuff-N-Uff - Tuff-N-Uff 141 Friday, February 14th 2025	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
L	Jefferson Creighton #180 Welterweight	Melee 3 - Melee Combat Championship 3 Saturday, August 24th 2024	Decision (Unanimous) Round 5
W	Alex Martin	Bayou FC 68 - Bayou Fighting Championship 68 Friday, June 28th 2024	TKO (Doctor Stoppage) Round 2
L	Saygid Izagakhmaev #121 Welterweight	One Championship - Heavy Hitters Friday, January 14th 2022	Submission (Brabo Choke) Round 2
L	Shinya Aoki #88 Welterweight	One Championship - Unbreakable Friday, January 22nd 2021	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
L	Kiamrian Abbasov #37 Middleweight	ONE Championship: Inside the Matrix 2 Friday, November 6th 2020	TKO (Punches) Round 4
W	Yushin Okami #111 Middleweight	One Championship - Dawn of Heroes Friday, August 2nd 2019	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Luis Santos #88 Middleweight	One Championship - Roots of Honor Friday, April 12th 2019	TKO (Injury) Round 2
W	Raimond Magomedaliev #141 Welterweight	One Championship - Conquest of Champions Friday, November 23rd 2018	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Kyle Stewart #92 Welterweight	LFA 46 - Nakashima vs. Stewart Friday, July 27th 2018	Decision (Unanimous) Round 5
W	Derrick Krantz #71 Welterweight	LFA 23 - Krantz vs. Nakashima Friday, September 22nd 2017	Decision (Split) Round 5
W	Larue Burley #252 Lightweight	LFA 11 - Frincu vs. Mendonca Friday, May 5th 2017	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Desmond Hill #448 Welterweight	RFA 46 - Johnson vs. Tucker Friday, December 9th 2016	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Brad Darrington #450 Welterweight	RFA 35 - Moises vs. Castillo Friday, February 19th 2016	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Chance Rencountre #225 Welterweight	RFA 30 - Smith vs. Jardine Friday, September 18th 2015	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Chris Collins	Aggression Session 1 - The Aggression Era ... Saturday, August 1st 2015	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Kris Hocum #611 Welterweight	RFA 26 - Smith vs. Smith Friday, June 5th 2015	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3
W	Victor McCullough	RFA 22 - Smith vs. Njokuani Friday, January 9th 2015	Decision (Unanimous) Round 3

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