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Daisuke Nakamura
Fighter

Daisuke Nakamura

"Die Hard Spirit"
35-29-1JapanJapanLast 5
Kickboxing 0-0-1Grappling 5-3-9pro-wrestling 1-0
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CAREER SUMMARY

Daisuke Nakamura holds a professional MMA record of 35-29-1. Their full professional MMA career spans 65 bouts on record. Daisuke Nakamura has won 35 fights: 8 by KO/TKO, 19 by submission, 8 by decision. Of 29 career losses, 5 came by KO/TKO and 3 by submission. Daisuke Nakamura also has 1 recorded Kickboxing bout. Daisuke Nakamura also has 17 recorded Grappling bouts. Daisuke Nakamura also has 1 recorded wrestling bout. Most recent fight: May 4, 2025. Tracked organizations: RIZIN.

Profile

Height
5'9"175 cm
Weight
146 lbs66 kg
DOB
1980-06-10
Age
46
Nationality
Japan
Birthplace
Adachi, Tokyo, Japan

Career history

  1. LOSS
    vs Yu Karino
    DEEP 131 Impact· May 4, 2026· Featherweight· 35-28-1 vs 10-4
    UD
  2. WIN
    vs Taisei Sakuraba
    RIZINRIZIN: Otoko Matsuri· May 4, 2025· 34-28-1 vs 1-0
    SUB
    R2 · 2:01
  3. LOSS
    vs Hiroto Gomyo
    DEEP 124 Impact· Mar 15, 2025· Featherweight· 34-27-1 vs 7-4
    UD
  4. LOSS
    vs Jae Yoon Lim
    Black Combat Rise 05· Oct 26, 2024· Featherweight· 34-26-1 vs 1-1
    TKO
    R3 · 1:22
  5. LOSS
    vs Rikuto Shirakawa
    DEEP 120 Impact· Jul 14, 2024· Featherweight· 34-25-1 vs 11-10-1
    SD
  6. LOSS
    vs Chan Soo Park
    Black Combat 10· Jan 20, 2024· Featherweight· 34-24-1 vs 5-2
    UD
  7. LOSS
    vs Jin Aoi
    DEEP 113 Impact· May 7, 2023· Featherweight· 34-23-1 vs 10-5-1
    TKO
    R2 · 3:35
  8. LOSS
    vs Min Woo Kim
    Black Combat 5· Feb 4, 2023· Featherweight· 34-22-1 vs 10-2
    SUB
    R3 · 3:49
  9. WIN
    vs Tatsuhiko Iwamoto
    DEEP Osaka Impact 2022 4th Round· Dec 17, 2022· 33-22-1 vs 12-8-1
    SUB
    R2 · 2:57
  10. LOSS
    vs Kouya Kanda
    DEEP 110 Impact· Nov 12, 2022· Featherweight· 33-21-1 vs 9-4
    UD
  11. WIN
    vs Yuta Sato
    DEEP 108 Impact· Jul 10, 2022· Featherweight· 32-21-1 vs 9-0
    UD
  12. LOSS
    vs Sora Yamamoto
    RIZINRizin FF - Rizin 34· Mar 20, 2022· 150 lb Catchweight· 32-20-1 vs 13-6-2
    SD
    R3 · 5:00
  13. WIN
    vs Michihiro Omigawa
    DEEP 106 Impact· Feb 26, 2022· Featherweight· 31-20-1 vs 18-14-1
    SUB
    R3 · 0:51
  14. WIN
    vs Suguru Nii
    RIZINRizin FF - Rizin 31· Oct 24, 2021· Bantamweight· 30-20-1 vs 14-9
    SUB
    R1 · 2:16
  15. LOSS
    vs Juntaro Ushiku
    DEEP 102 Impact· Jul 4, 2021· Featherweight· 30-19-1 vs 18-8-1
    SD
  16. WIN
    vs Juntaro Ushiku
    DEEP 100 IMPACT· Feb 21, 2021· Featherweight· 29-19-1 vs 18-7-1
    TKO
    R2 · 0:26
  17. WIN
    vs Tatsunao Nagakura
    DEEP 97 Impact· Sep 20, 2020· Lightweight· 28-19-1 vs 11-9
    TKO
    R2 · 0:16
  18. LOSS
    vs Amarsanaa Tsogookhuu
    MGL-1 vs DEEP· Sep 24, 2016· Lightweight· 28-18-1 vs 2-0
    TKO
    R3 · 1:50
  19. LOSS
    vs Yuki Kawana
    VTJ 7th· Sep 13, 2015· 28-17-1 vs 9-0-5
    TKO
    R3 · 2:26
  20. LOSS
    vs Yuki Okano
    DEEP 72 Impact· May 16, 2015· Lightweight· 28-16-1 vs 9-7-1
    UD
  21. LOSS
    vs Eiji Ishikawa
    TTF CHALLENGE 04· Apr 5, 2015· Lightweight· 28-15-1 vs 26-20-3
    UD
  22. WIN
    vs Yoichi Fukumoto
    DEEP 70 Impact· Dec 20, 2014· Lightweight· 27-15-1 vs 15-9-1
    TKO
    R3 · 0:11
  23. DRAW
    vs Shinji Sasaki
    DEEP 69 Impact· Oct 26, 2014· Lightweight· 27-15 vs 13-8-2
    DEC
  24. LOSS
    vs Mizuto Hirota
    DEEP 66 Impact· Apr 29, 2014· 27-14 vs 14-7-1
    UD
  25. LOSS
    vs Satoru Kitaoka
    DEEP 62 Impact· Apr 26, 2013· Lightweight· 27-13 vs 29-12-8
    UD
  26. WIN
    vs Takafumi Ito
    DEEP 60 Impact· Oct 19, 2012· Lightweight· 26-13 vs 36-31-13
    TKO
    R2 · 0:35
  27. WIN
    vs Yasuaki Kishimoto
    DEEP 58 Impact· Jun 15, 2012· Lightweight· 25-13 vs 11-3-2
    UD
  28. WIN
    vs Akihiro Gono
    DEEP 57 Impact· Feb 18, 2012· Lightweight· 24-13 vs 33-16-7
    UD
  29. WIN
    vs Chang Hyun Kim
    DEEP· Oct 29, 2011· 23-13 vs 16-7
    SUB
  30. LOSS
    vs Katsunori Kikuno
    Dream: Fight For Japan!· May 29, 2011· Lightweight· 23-12 vs 12-3-2
    UD
  31. WIN
    vs Toshikazu Iseno
    Deep 51 Impact· Dec 11, 2010· Lightweight· 22-12 vs 7-6-2
    SUB
    R2 · 1:54
  32. WIN
    vs Jai Bradney
    Nitro MMA· Aug 27, 2010· 21-12 vs 9-4-1
    SUB
  33. WIN
    vs Ganjo Tentsuku
    Astra: Yoshida's Farewell· Apr 25, 2010· Lightweight· 20-12 vs 9-4-2
    UD
  34. LOSS
    vs Justin Wilcox
    Strikeforce· Dec 19, 2009· Lightweight· 20-11 vs 7-3
    UD
  35. LOSS
    vs Naoyuki Kotani
    Fighting Network ZST· Nov 23, 2009· 20-10 vs 19-9-6
    SUB
  36. WIN
    vs Ferrid Kheder
    M-1: Breakthrough· Aug 28, 2009· Middleweight· 19-10 vs 16-4
    UD
  37. LOSS
    vs Mitsuhiro Ishida
    Dream 7· Mar 8, 2009· Lightweight· 19-9 vs 17-4-1
    UD
  38. WIN
    vs Hideo Tokoro
    K-1: Dynamite 2008· Dec 31, 2008· Lightweight· 18-9 vs 24-18-2
    SUB
    R1 · 2:23
  39. WIN
    vs Carlos Valeri
    M-1 Challenge 8· Oct 29, 2008· Lightweight· 17-9 vs 0-7
    SUB
    R1 · 0:26
  40. WIN
    vs Wim Deputter
    M-1 Challenge 6· Aug 29, 2008· Lightweight· 16-9 vs 17-2
    UD
  41. WIN
    vs Andy Ologun
    Dream 5· Jul 21, 2008· Lightweight· 15-9 vs 1-0
    SUB
    R1 · 3:41
  42. WIN
    vs Bogdan Cristea
    M-1 Challenge 5· Jul 17, 2008· Lightweight· 14-9 vs 4-2-1
    UD
  43. WIN
    vs Bu Kyung Jung
    Dream 3· May 11, 2008· Lightweight· 13-9 vs 0-2
    TKO
    R2 · 1:05
  44. WIN
    vs Yuri Ivlev
    M-1 Challenge 2· Apr 3, 2008· Welterweight· 12-9 vs 13-3
    MD
  45. WIN
    vs A-Sol Kwon
    K-1 HERO'S: Hero's In Korea 2007· Oct 28, 2007· Catchweight· 11-9 vs 5-2
    SUB
    R3 · 3:09
  46. LOSS
    vs Vitor Ribeiro
    Cage Rage· Dec 9, 2006· 11-8 vs 16-1
    SUB
  47. WIN
    vs Seichi Ikemoto
    Pride Bushido 12· Aug 26, 2006· Lightweight· 10-8 vs 14-13-4
    SUB
    R1 · 3:36
  48. WIN
    vs Michael Johnson
    Cage Rage· Apr 22, 2006· 9-8 vs 3-3
    SUB
  49. WIN
    vs Hirohide Fujinuma
    Deep 23 Impact· Feb 5, 2006· 8-8 vs 6-3-2
    SUB
    R1 · 0:52
  50. LOSS
    vs Hidehiko Hasegawa
    Deep 22 Impact· Dec 2, 2005· 8-7 vs 9-7-2
    UD
  51. LOSS
    vs Marcus Aurelio
    Pride Bushido 6· Apr 3, 2005· Lightweight· 8-6 vs 11-2
    UD
  52. LOSS
    vs Jutaro Nakao
    Deep 16 Impact· Oct 30, 2004· Welterweight· 8-5 vs 16-9-2
    TKO
    R3 · 3:16
  53. WIN
    vs Yuji Hoshino
    Deep 16 Impact· Oct 30, 2004· Welterweight· 7-5 vs 8-5-4
    TKO
    R1 · 4:33
  54. WIN
    vs Tetsuya Onose
    Deep 15 Impact· Jul 3, 2004· Welterweight· 6-5 vs 3-1
    TKO
    R1 · 0:50
  55. LOSS
    vs Keita Nakamura
    Greatest Common Multiple· Apr 8, 2004· 6-4 vs 2-0-1
    DEC
  56. LOSS
    vs Hikaru Sato
    Greatest Common Multiple· Jan 18, 2004· 6-3 vs 8-11-1
    DEC
  57. WIN
    vs Kazuhiro Hanada
    Greatest Common Multiple· Sep 23, 2003· 5-3 vs 1-1-1
    SUB
  58. WIN
    vs Yutaro Miyamoto
    Greatest Common Multiple· Jun 29, 2003· 4-3 vs 1-0
    TKO
  59. LOSS
    vs Hidehiko Hasegawa
    Greatest Common Multiple· Mar 23, 2003· 4-2 vs 3-0
    DEC
  60. WIN
    vs Sen Nakadai
    Greatest Common Multiple· Feb 23, 2003· 3-2 vs 2-4
    SUB
  61. WIN
    vs Nobuhiro Tsurumaki
    Greatest Common Multiple· Jan 26, 2003· 2-2 vs 1-11-1
    SUB
  62. LOSS
    vs Dai Moriyama
    Deep 7 Impact· Dec 8, 2002· 2-1 vs 1-0
    UD
  63. WIN
    vs Hitoyo Kimura
    Deep 7 Impact· Dec 8, 2002· 1-1 vs 1-5
    SUB
    R2 · 0:50
  64. LOSS
    vs Yuji Hisamatsu
    Greatest Common Multiple· Oct 13, 2002· 1-0 vs 6-5
    DEC
  65. WIN
    vs Shannon Ritch
    Pride The Best Volume 2· Jul 20, 2002· 0-0 vs 14-30
    SUB
    R1 · 4:28

Career history data via Tapology.

UFCalendar Power Index rating

Current
1577▼7
Peak
1708Oct 19, 2012
Rated fights
64
150016001700200320072011201520192023Jul 20, 2002 · 1533Oct 13, 2002 · 1502Dec 8, 2002 · 1464Dec 8, 2002 · 1498Jan 26, 2003 · 1525Feb 23, 2003 · 1550Mar 23, 2003 · 1536Jun 29, 2003 · 1560Sep 23, 2003 · 1581Jan 18, 2004 · 1559Apr 8, 2004 · 1540Jul 3, 2004 · 1569Oct 30, 2004 · 1575Oct 30, 2004 · 1596Apr 3, 2005 · 1563Dec 2, 2005 · 1544Feb 5, 2006 · 1576Apr 22, 2006 · 1594Aug 26, 2006 · 1607Dec 9, 2006 · 1602Oct 28, 2007 · 1614Apr 3, 2008 · 1625May 11, 2008 · 1634Jul 17, 2008 · 1643Jul 21, 2008 · 1652Aug 29, 2008 · 1665Oct 29, 2008 · 1669Dec 31, 2008 · 1679Mar 8, 2009 · 1672Aug 28, 2009 · 1681Nov 23, 2009 · 1669Dec 19, 2009 · 1658Apr 25, 2010 · 1664Aug 27, 2010 · 1674Dec 11, 2010 · 1682May 29, 2011 · 1673Oct 29, 2011 · 1684Feb 18, 2012 · 1693Jun 15, 2012 · 1701Oct 19, 2012 · 1708Apr 26, 2013 · 1700Apr 29, 2014 · 1691Dec 20, 2014 · 1701Apr 5, 2015 · 1690May 16, 2015 · 1679Sep 13, 2015 · 1668Sep 24, 2016 · 1653Sep 20, 2020 · 1590Feb 21, 2021 · 1606Jul 4, 2021 · 1600Oct 24, 2021 · 1614Feb 26, 2022 · 1625Mar 20, 2022 · 1620Jul 10, 2022 · 1628Nov 12, 2022 · 1619Dec 17, 2022 · 1630Feb 4, 2023 · 1617May 7, 2023 · 1604Jan 20, 2024 · 1596Jul 14, 2024 · 1591Oct 26, 2024 · 1577Mar 15, 2025 · 1569May 4, 2025 · 1584May 4, 2026 · 15771577

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Frequently asked questions

When does Daisuke Nakamura fight next?

Daisuke Nakamura has no confirmed upcoming fight.

What is Daisuke Nakamura's record?

Daisuke Nakamura's professional MMA record is 35-29-1.

Who is Daisuke Nakamura fighting next?

Daisuke Nakamura's next opponent has not been announced.

Who did Daisuke Nakamura fight last?

Daisuke Nakamura most recently fought Taisei Sakuraba at RIZIN: Otoko Matsuri on Sunday, May 4, 2025, WIN (Submission).

What weight class does Daisuke Nakamura fight in?

Daisuke Nakamura fights at Bantamweight.

How many knockouts does Daisuke Nakamura have?

Daisuke Nakamura has 8 wins by KO/TKO and 19 wins by submission.

How tall is Daisuke Nakamura?

Daisuke Nakamura is 5'9" (175 cm) tall.

How much does Daisuke Nakamura weigh?

Daisuke Nakamura weighs 146 lbs (66 kg).

How old is Daisuke Nakamura?

Daisuke Nakamura is 46 years old (born Jun 10, 1980).

Where is Daisuke Nakamura from?

Daisuke Nakamura is from Japan.