Kang vs Gono Result: Kang wins by UD · PRIDE, Sun, Nov 5, 2006

PRIDE FCPRIDE: Bushido 13

Denis KangWIN

“Super Korean” · 35-16-2 (2 NC)

TKOTKOTKO

RESULT

Unanimous Decision

ROUND 2 · 5:00

Welterweight2 rounds scheduled

Full card

Akihiro Gono

“The Magic Man” · 35-21-8

UDUDUD

Sunday, November 5, 2006Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan

Denis Kang defeated Akihiro Gono by Unanimous Decision in round 2 (5:00) in the Welterweight bout of PRIDE: Bushido 13, held Sunday, November 5, 2006 at Yokohama Arena, Yokohama.

Insights

Denis Kang lands 2.51 takedowns per 15 minutes, more than 80% of UFC fighters.
Denis Kang's last two losses were both stopped early.

Style & credentials

Denis Kang

No background on record

Camp · American Top Team

Akihiro Gono

No background on record

Sig. strikes by zone

Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes

74%

Head

37%

22%

Body

29%

Leg

34%

Time in position

Where their significant strikes are thrown

Denis Kanglast 3 fights

46%9%46%

Akihiro Gonolast 3 fights

82%10%

■ Distance■ Clinch■ Ground

How good, really

Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words

Denis Kang Akihiro Gono

Strikes landed / min

2.272.18

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Denis Kang · Poor · better than 16% of UFC fightersAkihiro Gono · Poor · better than 14% of UFC fighters

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

1.652.67

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Denis Kang · Elite · better than 95% of UFC fightersAkihiro Gono · Good · better than 74% of UFC fighters

Takedowns landed / 15 min

2.511.01

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Denis Kang · Good · better than 80% of UFC fightersAkihiro Gono · Average · better than 42% of UFC fighters

Takedown accuracy

65%84%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Denis Kang · Elite · better than 92% of UFC fightersAkihiro Gono · Elite · better than 98% of UFC fighters

Takedown defence

38%46%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Denis Kang · Poor · better than 14% of UFC fightersAkihiro Gono · Below avg · better than 21% of UFC fighters

Submission attempts / 15 min

1.200.50

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Denis Kang · Elite · better than 86% of UFC fightersAkihiro Gono · Average · better than 54% of UFC fighters

Ranked against 1498 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.

Striking & grappling

Same scale left and right on every row

2.27

Strikes landed / min

2.18

1.65

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

2.67

2.51 / 3.9

Takedowns landed / 15 min

1.01 / 1.2

65%

Takedown accuracy

84%

38%

Takedown defence

46%

5:50

Control time / fight

1:54

1.20

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.50

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

Denis Kang3 UFC fights · 68 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

34%23/97

10%7/13

1%1/3

Clinch

4%3/9

1%1/2

3%2/2

Ground

35%24/40

10%7/7

0%0/0

Akihiro Gono3 UFC fights · 90 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

28%25/70

20%18/30

34%31/46

Clinch

3%3/8

7%6/7

0%0/0

Ground

6%5/8

2%2/2

0%0/0

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

Denis Kang43 of 53 ended early · 81%10 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

11 early stoppages have no logged time

Akihiro Gono30 of 71 ended early · 42%41 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

5 early stoppages have no logged time

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

Recent form · last 5

Denis Kang1-4

L
Melvin Manhoef
Dream 18: Special NYE 2012 · Dec 31, 2012
TKO · R1 · 0:50 · Middleweight
W
Hye Seok Son
Road FC 8: Bitter Rivals · Jun 16, 2012
TKO · R1 · 4:57 · Middleweight
L
Shungo Oyama
Road FC 5: Night of Champions · Dec 3, 2011
TKO · R1 · 4:30 · Middleweight
L
Seung Bae Wi
Road FC 3: Explosion · Jul 24, 2011
TKO · R2 · 3:18 · Catchweight
L
Jesse Taylor
BFL 8: Island Beatdown · May 28, 2011
Submission · R1 · 1:57 · Middleweight

Full record · 55 fights

W
Eun Soo Lee
Road FC 2: Alive · Apr 15, 2011
Unanimous Decision · Light Heavyweight
D
Paulo Filho
Impact FC 2 · Jul 17, 2010
DEC · Middleweight
W
Dae Won Kim
Warrior One · Jun 19, 2010
Submission
L
Michael Bisping
UFC 105: Couture vs Vera · Nov 14, 2009
TKO · R2 · 4:24 · Middleweight
W
Xavier Foupa-Pokam
UFC 97: REDEMPTION · Apr 18, 2009
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Middleweight
L
Alan Belcher
UFC 93: FRANKLIN vs HENDERSON · Jan 17, 2009
Submission · R2 · 4:36 · Middleweight
W
Marvin Eastman
Alberta Regional · Oct 25, 2008
TKO
W
Jae Young Kim
Spirit MC 18 · Aug 31, 2008
TKO · R1 · 2:13 · Middleweight
L
Gegard Mousasi
Dream 2 · Apr 29, 2008
Submission · R1 · 3:10 · Middleweight
L
Yoshihiro Akiyama
K-1 HERO'S: Hero's In Korea 2007 · Oct 28, 2007
TKO · R1 · 4:45 · Middleweight
W
Jung Gyu Choi
Spirit MC Interleague 5 · Mar 11, 2007
Unanimous Decision · Heavyweight
L
Kazuo Misaki
PRIDE: Bushido 13 · Nov 5, 2006
Split Decision · R2 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Akihiro Gono
PRIDE: Bushido 13 · Nov 5, 2006
Unanimous Decision · R2 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Amar Suloev
PRIDE Bushido 12 · Aug 26, 2006
Submission · R1 · 4:10 · Welterweight
W
Murilo Rua
PRIDE: Bushido 11 · Jun 4, 2006
TKO · R1 · 0:15 · Welterweight
W
Albert Vasconcelos
Spirit MC 8 · Apr 22, 2006
TKO · R1 · 0:12 · Heavyweight
W
Mark Weir
PRIDE: Bushido 10 · Apr 2, 2006
TKO · R1 · 4:55 · Welterweight
W
Ron Fields
Absolute Fighting Championship · Dec 10, 2005
Submission
NC
Robert Villegas
Spirit MC 7 · Oct 29, 2005
NC · R1 · 4:25
W
Andrei Semenov
PRIDE: Bushido 8 · Jul 17, 2005
Unanimous Decision · R2 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Takahiro Oba
PRIDE: Bushido 6 · Apr 3, 2005
Submission · R1 · 4:24 · Middleweight
W
Alexey Veselovzorov
M-1: Heavyweight Grand Prix 2004 · Dec 4, 2004
Submission · R1 · 1:17 · Heavyweight
W
Jin Ho Yang
Spirit MC 5 · Sep 11, 2004
TKO · R1 · 0:49 · Heavyweight
W
Jae Young Kim
Spirit MC 5 · Sep 11, 2004
Submission · R1 · 1:38 · Heavyweight
W
Junpei Hamada
Spirit MC 5 · Sep 11, 2004
Submission · R1 · 2:35 · Heavyweight
W
Kobus Huisamen
Spirit MC 4 · Jun 12, 2004
TKO · R1 · 1:06 · Heavyweight
W
Hyun Chul Cho
Spirit MC 3 · Apr 10, 2004
Submission · R1 · 2:06 · Heavyweight
W
Hyung Jun Kim
Spirit MC Interleague 1 · Feb 7, 2004
TKO · R1 · 1:13 · Heavyweight
W
Jae Young Kim
Spirit MC Interleague 1 · Feb 7, 2004
TKO · R1 · 0:38 · Heavyweight
D
Andrei Semenov
M-1: Russia vs. The World 7 · Dec 5, 2003
DEC · Middleweight
W
Stephan Potvin
TKO Major League MMA · Sep 6, 2003
TKO · R3 · 2:22 · Middleweight
W
Kaipo Kalama
Superbrawl 30 · Jun 13, 2003
MD · Middleweight
W
Brendan Seguin
Superbrawl 30 · Jun 13, 2003
Submission · R1 · 2:24 · Middleweight
W
Keith Rockel
USMMA: Ring Of Fury 3 · May 3, 2003
TKO · R2 · 2:59 · Catchweight
W
Chris Peak
British Columbia Regional · Apr 4, 2003
Submission
L
Jason Miller
Extreme Challenge 50 · Feb 23, 2003
Submission · R2 · 1:41 · Middleweight
L
Joe Doerksen
TKO Major League MMA · Oct 11, 2002
Submission
W
Pat Healy
Washington Regional · Jul 20, 2002
Submission
W
Shane Biever
British Columbia Regional · Jun 22, 2002
Submission
NC
Dennis Hallman
British Columbia Regional · Apr 13, 2002
NC · R2 · 3:15
L
Marty Armendarez
IFC: Warriors Challenge 15 · Aug 31, 2001
TKO · R1 · 3:52 · Middleweight
L
Osami Shibuya
Pancrase 95 · May 13, 2001
Submission · R3 · 3:45 · Heavyweight
L
Keiichiro Yamamiya
Pancrase 90 · Dec 4, 2000
MD · Light Heavyweight
W
Minoru Suzuki
Pancrase 88 · Sep 24, 2000
TKO · R1 · 3:43 · Middleweight
W
Lonnie Canida
British Columbia Regional · Mar 18, 2000
TKO
L
Joe Slick
Extreme Challenge · May 15, 1999
Submission
L
Jacen Flynn
Bas Rutten Invitational 2 · Apr 24, 1999
Submission · R1 · 4:07 · Middleweight
W
Tom Bolger
Bas Rutten Invitational 2 · Apr 24, 1999
Submission · R1 · 1:55 · Middleweight
W
TBA
British Columbia Regional · Nov 1, 1998
TKO
W
TBA
British Columbia Regional · Aug 2, 1998
Submission

Akihiro Gono3-2

W
Yuki Kondo
DEEP 127 Impact · Sep 15, 2025
Unanimous Decision
W
Tetsuya Ido
GLEAT ver.MEGA · Aug 4, 2023
Unanimous Decision
L
Yuki Kondo
Pancrase 305 · May 26, 2019
Unanimous Decision · Welterweight
L
Adriano Balby
Rebel FC 7 · Apr 29, 2018
Split Decision · Welterweight
W
Kyohei Wakimoto
Pancrase 293 · Feb 4, 2018
Split Decision · Welterweight

Full record · 71 fights

L
Akira Okada
Pancrase 290 · Oct 8, 2017
Unanimous Decision · Lightweight
L
Killys Mota
Fight2Night 2 · Apr 28, 2017
TKO · R3 · 1:56 · Lightweight
W
Akhmat Akhmedov
Real 5 · Jun 12, 2016
Split Decision · Lightweight
L
Miroslav Štrbák
WSOF Global Championship 2 · Feb 7, 2016
TKO · R2 · 2:42 · Lightweight
W
André de Jesus
The Hill Fighters 2 · Jul 12, 2014
Split Decision · Lightweight
W
Eduardo Garvon
The Hill Fighters 1 · May 1, 2014
Submission · R3 · 4:42 · Lightweight
D
Yuki Okano
DEEP Cage Impact 2013 · Nov 24, 2013
DEC · Welterweight
L
Taisuke Okuno
DEEP 62 Impact · Apr 26, 2013
TKO · R2 · 2:07 · Welterweight
L
Michael Chandler
BFC: Bellator Fighting Championships 67 · May 4, 2012
TKO · R1 · 0:56 · Lightweight
L
Daisuke Nakamura
DEEP 57 Impact · Feb 18, 2012
Unanimous Decision · Lightweight
L
Narantungalag Jadambaa
Sengoku 14 · Aug 22, 2010
Unanimous Decision · Lightweight
W
Diego Gonzalez
Sengoku 12 · Mar 7, 2010
Unanimous Decision · Welterweight
W
Hayato Sakurai
K-1: Dynamite 2009 · Dec 31, 2009
Submission · R2 · 3:56 · Welterweight
W
Yoon Young Kim
Sengoku 11 · Nov 7, 2009
Unanimous Decision · Welterweight
L
Dan Hornbuckle
Sengoku 9 · Aug 2, 2009
TKO · R3 · 2:50 · Welterweight
L
Jon Fitch
UFC 94: ST-PIERRE VS PENN 2 · Jan 31, 2009
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
Dan Hardy
UFC 89: Bisping vs Leben · Oct 18, 2008
Split Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Tamdan McCrory
UFC 78: VALIDATION · Nov 17, 2007
Submission · R2 · 3:19 · Welterweight
W
Yuki Kondo
PRIDE: Shockwave 2006 · Dec 31, 2006
Split Decision · R2 · 5:00 · Welterweight
L
Denis Kang
PRIDE: Bushido 13 · Nov 5, 2006
Unanimous Decision · R2 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Gegard Mousasi
PRIDE Bushido 12 · Aug 26, 2006
Submission · R2 · 4:24 · Welterweight
W
Hector Lombard
PRIDE: Bushido 11 · Jun 4, 2006
Unanimous Decision · R2 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Dae Won Kim
PRIDE: Bushido 10 · Apr 2, 2006
Submission · R1 · 9:00 · Welterweight
W
Daniel Acacio
PRIDE: Bushido 9 · Sep 25, 2005
Unanimous Decision · R2 · 5:00
L
Dan Henderson
PRIDE: Bushido 9 · Sep 25, 2005
TKO · R1 · 7:58 · Welterweight
W
Crosley Gracie
PRIDE: Bushido 7 · May 22, 2005
Unanimous Decision · R2 · 5:00 · Welterweight
W
Tim McKenzie
Pancrase 141 · Nov 7, 2004
TKO · R2 · 2:53 · Light Heavyweight
W
Tsuyoshi Kurihara
Pancrase 135 · Jun 22, 2004
TKO · R1 · 2:15 · Light Heavyweight
L
Mauricio Rua
PRIDE: Bushido 2 · Feb 15, 2004
TKO · R1 · 9:04 · Middleweight
W
Nilson de Castro
Pancrase 127 · Nov 30, 2003
Unanimous Decision · Light Heavyweight
W
Daisuke Watanabe
Pancrase 126 · Oct 31, 2003
TKO · R2 · 3:49 · Light Heavyweight
W
Nilson de Castro
Pancrase 124 · Aug 31, 2003
DQ · R1 · 0:29 · Light Heavyweight
W
Flavio Luiz Moura
Pancrase 119 · May 18, 2003
MD · Light Heavyweight
W
Chris Haseman
ZST 2: The Battlefield 2 · Mar 9, 2003
MD · Heavyweight
D
Chael Sonnen
Pancrase 116 · Feb 16, 2003
DEC · Light Heavyweight
W
Keiichiro Yamamiya
Pancrase 114 · Dec 21, 2002
TKO · R3 · 3:49 · Light Heavyweight
D
Osami Shibuya
Pancrase 110 · Aug 25, 2002
DEC · Light Heavyweight
W
Kosei Kubota
Pancrase 106 · May 11, 2002
Unanimous Decision · Light Heavyweight
L
Yuki Kondo
Pancrase 102 · Dec 1, 2001
TKO · R3 · 0:52 · Light Heavyweight
W
Keiichiro Yamamiya
Pancrase 101 · Oct 30, 2001
Unanimous Decision · Light Heavyweight
D
Dustin Denes
Deep 2 Impact · Aug 18, 2001
DRAW
W
Daisuke Watanabe
Pancrase 96 · Jun 26, 2001
TKO · R2 · 0:52 · Light Heavyweight
D
Murilo Rua
Shooto: To The Top 4 · May 1, 2001
DEC · Middleweight
W
Ivan Salaverry
Shooto: To The Top 1 · Jan 19, 2001
TKO · R1 · 3:06 · Middleweight
W
Masanori Suda
Shooto: R.E.A.D. 12 · Nov 12, 2000
Unanimous Decision · Middleweight
W
Andy Wang
Shooto: R.E.A.D. 5 · May 22, 2000
Unanimous Decision · Welterweight
D
Larry Papadopoulos
Shooto: R.E.A.D. 1 · Jan 14, 2000
DEC · Middleweight
L
Lance Gibson
Superbrawl 13 · Sep 7, 1999
MD · Middleweight
L
Matt Hughes
Shooto: 10th Anniversary · May 29, 1999
Unanimous Decision · Welterweight
D
Marcos Da Silva
Shooto: Devilock Fighters · Jan 15, 1999
DRAW · Middleweight
W
Adriano de Souza
Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 6 · Nov 27, 1998
Submission · R1 · 2:46 · Welterweight
W
Matt Rocca
Shoot Boxing · Apr 26, 1998
Submission · R1 · 3:12 · Welterweight
W
Tatsuya Kurahashi
Rings Japan · Mar 3, 1998
Lightweight
L
Larry Papadopoulos
Shooto: Reconquista 4 · Oct 12, 1997
Split Decision · Middleweight
D
Jutaro Nakao
Shooto: Gig 1997 · Jun 25, 1997
DEC · Welterweight
W
TBA
Japan Regional · Mar 11, 1997
DEC
W
Masato Fujiwara
Shooto: Reconquista 1 · Jan 18, 1997
Unanimous Decision · Middleweight
L
Kazuhiro Kusayanagi
Shooto: Let's Get Lost · Oct 4, 1996
Submission · R4 · 2:52 · Middleweight
W
Masanori Suda
Shooto: Kawasaki Free Fight · Jul 28, 1996
Submission · R4 · 0:33 · Middleweight
L
Todd Bjornethun
Shooto: Vale Tudo Junction 3 · May 7, 1996
Submission · R3 · 1:12 · Middleweight
W
Yasushi Warita
Japan Regional · Mar 30, 1996
Submission
L
Kazunari Murakami
Japan Regional · Mar 30, 1996
DEC
W
Ryusei Doi
Daidojuku: The Wars 3 · Feb 17, 1996
MD · Welterweight
L
Egan Inoue
Japan Regional · Oct 13, 1995
Submission
W
Kazunari Murakami
Japan Regional · Oct 13, 1995
TKO
L
Yasunori Okuda
Japan Regional · Apr 23, 1994
Submission

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Frequently asked questions

Who won Denis Kang vs Akihiro Gono?

Denis Kang defeated Akihiro Gono by Unanimous Decision in round 2 (5:00) in the Welterweight bout of PRIDE: Bushido 13, held Sunday, November 5, 2006 at Yokohama Arena, Yokohama.