Danny Sabatello vs Naoki Inoue

Danny Sabatello is 9-1-0; Naoki Inoue is 11-1-0. Danny Sabatello is 4 years older than Naoki Inoue. Danny Sabatello is 1" · 3 cm taller than Naoki Inoue. They have met once: Danny Sabatello 1, Naoki Inoue 0.

Danny Sabatello

“The Italian Gangster” · 9-1-0

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Met once

Naoki Inoue

11-1-0

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Style & credentials

Danny Sabatello

No background on record

Camp · American Top Team · United States

Naoki Inoue

No background on record

Camp · Longo-Weidman MMA · Japan

Sig. strikes by zone

Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes

67%

Head

77%

19%

Body

14%

Leg

17%

Time in position

Share of fight time at distance, in the clinch and on the ground

Danny Sabatellolast 6 fights

40%18%42%

Naoki Inouelast 6 fights

55%19%26%

■ Distance■ Clinch■ Ground

How good, really

Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words

Danny Sabatello· from fights outside the UFC Naoki Inoue· from fights outside the UFC

Strikes landed / min

3.463.42

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Danny Sabatello · Average · better than 52% of UFC fightersNaoki Inoue · Average · better than 51% of UFC fighters

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

1.332.39

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Danny Sabatello · Elite · better than 98% of UFC fightersNaoki Inoue · Good · better than 82% of UFC fighters

Takedowns landed / 15 min

4.840.14

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Danny Sabatello · Elite · better than 97% of UFC fightersNaoki Inoue · Poor · better than 9% of UFC fighters

Takedown accuracy

56%20%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Danny Sabatello · Elite · better than 85% of UFC fightersNaoki Inoue · Poor · better than 14% of UFC fighters

Takedown defence

77%35%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Danny Sabatello · Good · better than 79% of UFC fightersNaoki Inoue · Poor · better than 10% of UFC fighters

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.501.10

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Danny Sabatello · Average · better than 56% of UFC fightersNaoki Inoue · Good · better than 83% of UFC fighters

Ranked against 1483 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.

Striking & grappling

Same scale left and right on every row

3.46

Strikes landed / min

3.42

1.33

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

2.39

4.84 / 8.6

Takedowns landed / 15 min

0.14 / 0.7

56%

Takedown accuracy

20%

77%

Takedown defence

35%

7:24

Control time / fight

3:25

0.50

Submission attempts / 15 min

1.10

Bars in a row share one scale. The stronger side is solid; the pale tail behind takedowns is attempts.

Where the strikes land

Range × target

Danny Sabatello7 fights · by range and by target

Range

32%Distance · 173

38%Clinch · 204

30%Ground · 159

Target

67%Head · 223

19%Body · 63

14%Leg · 46

The range × target cross-tab is logged for UFC fights only.

Naoki Inoue8 fights · by range and by target

Range

65%Distance · 294

21%Clinch · 93

14%Ground · 65

Target

77%Head · 286

6%Body · 22

17%Leg · 65

The range × target cross-tab is logged for UFC fights only.

Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.

When it ends

Every early finish of their careers, placed at the minute it ended

Danny Sabatello12 of 24 ended early · 50%12 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

Naoki Inoue11 of 26 ended early · 42%15 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

finished the opponent got finished· placed at the minute the fight ended

Recent form · last 5

Danny Sabatello5-0

W
Jinnosuke Kashimura
RIZIN LANDMARK 15 in HIROSHIMA · Jul 18, 2026
Knockout · R3 · 0:40 · Bantamweight
W
Joji Goto
RIZIN LANDMARK 13 in FUKUOKA · Apr 12, 2026
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Naoki Inoue
RIZIN Shiwasu no Cho Tsuwamono Matsuri · Dec 31, 2025
Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Shoko Sato
RIZIN 51 · Sep 28, 2025
Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Shinobu Ota
RIZIN: Otoko Matsuri · May 4, 2025
TKO · R3 · 0:20 · Bantamweight

Full record · 24 fights

D
Lazaro Dayron
PFL 8: 2024 Playoffs · Aug 16, 2024
DRAW · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
L
Raufeon Stots
Bellator 301: Amosov vs. Jackson · Nov 17, 2023
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00
L
Magomed Magomedov
Bellator MMA vs. Rizin 2 · Jul 30, 2023
SUB · R1 · 3:55
W
Marcos Breno
Bellator 294: Carmouche vs. Bennett 2 · Apr 21, 2023
SUB · R2 · 4:10 · Bantamweight
L
Raufeon Stots
Bellator 289: Stots vs. Sabatello · Dec 9, 2022
Split Decision · R5 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Leandro Higo
Bellator 282: Mousasi vs. Eblen · Jun 24, 2022
Unanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00
W
Jornel Lugo
Bellator 278: Velasquez vs. Carmouche · Apr 22, 2022
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00
W
Brett Johns
Bellator 259: Cyborg vs. Smith 2 · May 21, 2021
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00
W
Da'Mon Blackshear
Titan FC 67 · Feb 12, 2021
Unanimous Decision · Bantamweight
W
Taylor Moore
Dana White's Contender Series 35 · Nov 10, 2020
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Raymond Ramos
Titan FC 61 · Jun 26, 2020
SUB · R1 · 1:56 · Bantamweight
W
Chris Johnson
Titan FC 60 · May 29, 2020
SUB · R3 · 1:54 · Bantamweight
L
Irwin Rivera
Titan FC 58 · Dec 20, 2019
TKO · R4 · 4:26 · Bantamweight
W
Philip Keller
Titan FC 56 · Aug 23, 2019
TKO · R1 · 1:41 · Bantamweight
W
Earnest Walls
War at the Rock 2 · Jun 19, 2019
SUB · R1 · 1:34 · Catchweight
W
John Barragan
Underground Cage Fighting Championship 3 · Mar 30, 2019
TKO · R1 · 2:29 · Bantamweight
W
Jeremias Fernandez
War at the Rock 1 · Feb 16, 2019
Unanimous Decision · Bantamweight
W
Cesar Danny Gonzalez
Underground Cage Fighting Championship 2 · Nov 17, 2018
TKO · R1 · 0:53 · Bantamweight
W
Ray Paige
Underground Cage Fighting Championship 1 · Jul 21, 2018
SUB · R1 · 2:55 · Bantamweight

Naoki Inoue4-1

W
Marcirley Alves
PFL Brussels: Habirora vs. Henderson · May 23, 2026
Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Featherweight
L
Danny Sabatello
RIZIN Shiwasu no Cho Tsuwamono Matsuri · Dec 31, 2025
Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Ryuya Fukuda
Super RIZIN 4 · Jul 27, 2025
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Yuki Motoya
RIZIN 50 · Mar 30, 2025
Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Soo Chul Kim
RIZIN 48 · Sep 29, 2024
TKO · R1 · 3:55 · Bantamweight

Full record · 26 fights

W
Shoko Sato
RIZIN LANDMARK 9 · Mar 23, 2024
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
L
Juan Archuleta
RIZIN 42 · May 6, 2023
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Kenta Takizawa
RIZIN 40: Bellator MMA vs. RIZIN · Dec 31, 2022
SUB · R2 · 3:53 · Bantamweight
L
Hiromasa Ougikubo
RIZIN 33 · Dec 31, 2021
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Yuto Hokamura
RIZIN 30 · Sep 19, 2021
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Shintaro Ishiwatari
RIZIN 28 · Jun 13, 2021
Knockout · R1 · 1:58 · Bantamweight
W
Yuki Motoya
RIZIN 26 · Dec 31, 2020
SUB · R1 · 3:00 · Bantamweight
W
Shuto Watanabe
RIZIN 22 · Aug 9, 2020
SUB · R1 · 1:40 · Flyweight
W
Trent Girdham
RIZIN 21 · Feb 23, 2020
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Toshiaki Kitada
DEEP 93 Impact · Dec 15, 2019
SUB · R1 · 2:41 · Bantamweight
L
Sean Santella
CFFC 72: Brady vs. Abdul-Hakim · Feb 16, 2019
Unanimous Decision · Flyweight
L
Matt Schnell
UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Edwards · Jun 24, 2018
Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
Carls John De Tomas
UFC Fight Night: Holm vs Correia · Jun 17, 2017
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Flyweight
W
Tomohiro Adaniya
DEEP 78 Impact · Mar 18, 2017
MD · Flyweight
W
Yuya Shibata
DEEP Cage Impact 2016 in Osaka · Oct 9, 2016
SUB · R2 · 2:51 · Flyweight
W
Go Minamide
DEEP 77 Impact x DEEP JEWELS 13 · Aug 27, 2016
MD · Flyweight
W
Naoyuki Kato
DEEP Nagoya Impact · Jun 12, 2016
SUB · R1 · 0:44 · Flyweight
W
Iyori Akiba
DEEP Cage Impact 2016 · Apr 23, 2016
SUB · R1 · 4:32 · Flyweight
W
Chikara Shimabukuro
DEEP 74 Impact · Dec 20, 2015
Unanimous Decision · Flyweight
W
Kenji Yamanaka
DEEP 72 Impact · May 16, 2015
SUB · R1 · 2:21 · Flyweight
W
Kanta Sato
DEEP Nagoya Impact · Mar 7, 2015
SUB · R1 · 2:49 · Flyweight

Head-to-Head History

RIZIN Shiwasu no Cho Tsuwamono Matsuri
Wed, Dec 31, 2025
Danny Sabatello
Split Decision · ROUND 3 · 5:00

Common Opponents

How each fared against the same opponents.

Danny SabatelloNaoki Inoue

WSplit Decision · ROUND 3 · 5:00Sun, Sep 28, 2025
Shoko Sato
WUnanimous Decision · ROUND 3 · 5:00Sat, Mar 23, 2024

Frequently asked questions

Have Danny Sabatello and Naoki Inoue ever fought?

Yes, once. Most recently at RIZIN Shiwasu no Cho Tsuwamono Matsuri (Wed, Dec 31, 2025), where Danny Sabatello won by Split Decision.

What are the records of Danny Sabatello and Naoki Inoue?

Danny Sabatello is 9-1-0 and Naoki Inoue is 11-1-0.

Who has the longer reach, Danny Sabatello or Naoki Inoue?

Neither. Both have a 71" · 180 cm reach.

Who is taller, Danny Sabatello or Naoki Inoue?

Danny Sabatello is taller at 5'10" · 178 cm; Naoki Inoue stands 5'9" · 175 cm.

Who is older, Danny Sabatello or Naoki Inoue?

Danny Sabatello is 33 and Naoki Inoue is 29.

Who has more finishes, Danny Sabatello or Naoki Inoue?

Danny Sabatello has 10 wins inside the distance (5 by KO/TKO, 5 by submission); Naoki Inoue has 11 wins (2 by KO/TKO, 9 by submission).

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