Sotaro Yamada

Sotaro Yamada's profile at Sherdog  Sotaro Yamada's profile at Tapology  Birth Date: 1983-09-23 Last 5: W W W L W Association: Panda Gym Pro Debut Date: 2004-07-25 Pro Record: 14-7-2

Current Ranking: #619 Middleweight

'Big League' Record: 7-6-1 Last 3 Years: 1-0-0 Win Finish %: 85.7% Combat Age: 45 Quality Perf. %: 65.2% Last Quality Perf.: 2021-01-31 540 Metric: .000 Rating Points: 17

Highest Quarterly Ranking: 4/01/2006 #172 Lightweight

Last Fight Date: 12/13/2025 [Roots of Martial Arts Network] Last Opponent: [NR] Jian Kai Chee Last Loss Date: 3/21/2022 Last Loss: [#296 LW] Yamato Nishikawa Opponent's Last 5: W L L W L

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

	Opponent	Outcome
W	Jian Kai Chee	TKO (Submission to Elbows) Round 1
	ROMAN - Vale Tudo: Resurgence Zero Saturday, December 13th 2025
L	Yamato Nishikawa #177 Lightweight	Submission (Armbar) Round 3
	Shooto - Professional Shooto 2022 Vol. 2 Monday, March 21st 2022
W	Gunther Kalunda #296 Middleweight	Submission (Heel Hook) Round 1
	Shooto - Professional Shooto 2021 Sunday, January 31st 2021
W	Tatsuhiko Nishizaka #574 Welterweight	Submission (Omoplata) Round 1
	Zst - Zst 57 / Swat! 161 Sunday, September 10th 2017
W	Jung Min Kang #673 Lightweight	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 1
	Zst - Zst 52 / Swat! 154 Sunday, August 7th 2016
L	Masayuki Hamagishi #324 Welterweight	Decision (Split) Round 3
	Zst - Zst 48 Sunday, October 18th 2015
W	Teruhiko Kubo #791 Welterweight	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 1
	Zst - Zst 44 Sunday, February 22nd 2015
W	Makoto Kawawa	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Round 1
	Zst - Zst 42 Sunday, August 31st 2014
W	Yoshinori Takahashi	TKO (Punches) Round 2
	Rings - Vol. 2: Conquisito Sunday, September 23rd 2012
W	Shinichi Taira	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 1
	Zst - Zst 31 Saturday, March 17th 2012
D	Masayuki Hamagishi #730 Welterweight	Draw Round 2
	ZST: SWAT! in Face 10 Sunday, January 22nd 2012
W	Yi Sak Kim	TKO (Punches) Round 1
	SRC - Soul of Fight Thursday, December 30th 2010
L	Leonardo Santos #149 Lightweight	DQ (Knees to the Groin) Round 1
	SRC - Sengoku Raiden Championship 14 Sunday, August 22nd 2010
D	Ryoji Suzuki #551 Lightweight	Draw Round 2
	Deep - Megaton Grand Prix 2008 Finals Saturday, August 2nd 2008
L	Yasushi Kitazaki #161 Welterweight	Decision (Split) Round 2
	Deep - clubDeep Tokyo Saturday, May 24th 2008
W	Kiichi Kunimoto #262 Middleweight	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
	Pancrase - Shining 1 Wednesday, January 30th 2008
L	Takuya Wada #309 Welterweight	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
	Pancrase - Rising 4 Friday, April 27th 2007
L	Naoki Seki #329 Welterweight	TKO (Doctor Stoppage) Round 1
	Pancrase - Blow 5 Tuesday, June 6th 2006
W	Kazuhiro Inoue	Technical Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
	Pancrase - Spiral 9 Friday, November 4th 2005
W	Minoru Chujo	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
	Pancrase - 2005 Neo-Blood Tournament Finals Saturday, August 27th 2005
W	Naoki Yoshimura	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
	Pancrase - 2005 Neo-Blood Tournament Semif... Sunday, June 5th 2005
W	Mitsuo Matsumoto	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Round 2
	Pancrase - 2005 Neo-Blood Tournament Elimi... Sunday, February 27th 2005
L	Yuji Oba	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
	Pancrase - 2004 Neo-Blood Tournament Semif... Sunday, July 25th 2004

	Opponent	Event	Outcome
W	Jian Kai Chee	ROMAN - Vale Tudo: Resurgence Zero Saturday, December 13th 2025	TKO (Submission to Elbows) Round 1
L	Yamato Nishikawa #177 Lightweight	Shooto - Professional Shooto 2022 Vol. 2 Monday, March 21st 2022	Submission (Armbar) Round 3
W	Gunther Kalunda #296 Middleweight	Shooto - Professional Shooto 2021 Sunday, January 31st 2021	Submission (Heel Hook) Round 1
W	Tatsuhiko Nishizaka #574 Welterweight	Zst - Zst 57 / Swat! 161 Sunday, September 10th 2017	Submission (Omoplata) Round 1
W	Jung Min Kang #673 Lightweight	Zst - Zst 52 / Swat! 154 Sunday, August 7th 2016	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 1
L	Masayuki Hamagishi #324 Welterweight	Zst - Zst 48 Sunday, October 18th 2015	Decision (Split) Round 3
W	Teruhiko Kubo #791 Welterweight	Zst - Zst 44 Sunday, February 22nd 2015	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 1
W	Makoto Kawawa	Zst - Zst 42 Sunday, August 31st 2014	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Round 1
W	Yoshinori Takahashi	Rings - Vol. 2: Conquisito Sunday, September 23rd 2012	TKO (Punches) Round 2
W	Shinichi Taira	Zst - Zst 31 Saturday, March 17th 2012	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Round 1
D	Masayuki Hamagishi #730 Welterweight	ZST: SWAT! in Face 10 Sunday, January 22nd 2012	Draw Round 2
W	Yi Sak Kim	SRC - Soul of Fight Thursday, December 30th 2010	TKO (Punches) Round 1
L	Leonardo Santos #149 Lightweight	SRC - Sengoku Raiden Championship 14 Sunday, August 22nd 2010	DQ (Knees to the Groin) Round 1
D	Ryoji Suzuki #551 Lightweight	Deep - Megaton Grand Prix 2008 Finals Saturday, August 2nd 2008	Draw Round 2
L	Yasushi Kitazaki #161 Welterweight	Deep - clubDeep Tokyo Saturday, May 24th 2008	Decision (Split) Round 2
W	Kiichi Kunimoto #262 Middleweight	Pancrase - Shining 1 Wednesday, January 30th 2008	Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
L	Takuya Wada #309 Welterweight	Pancrase - Rising 4 Friday, April 27th 2007	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
L	Naoki Seki #329 Welterweight	Pancrase - Blow 5 Tuesday, June 6th 2006	TKO (Doctor Stoppage) Round 1
W	Kazuhiro Inoue	Pancrase - Spiral 9 Friday, November 4th 2005	Technical Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1
W	Minoru Chujo	Pancrase - 2005 Neo-Blood Tournament Finals Saturday, August 27th 2005	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
W	Naoki Yoshimura	Pancrase - 2005 Neo-Blood Tournament Semif... Sunday, June 5th 2005	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2
W	Mitsuo Matsumoto	Pancrase - 2005 Neo-Blood Tournament Elimi... Sunday, February 27th 2005	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Round 2
L	Yuji Oba	Pancrase - 2004 Neo-Blood Tournament Semif... Sunday, July 25th 2004	Decision (Unanimous) Round 2

Quarterly Generated Historical Rankings
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