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Japan
Hachioji, Tokyo
Kota Yamaguchi
AGE
26
/
Dec 9, 1998
HEIGHT
5'6"
/
167.64 cm
WEIGHT
136 lbs
/
61.69 kg
ASSOCIATION
Paraestra Hachioji
CLASS
Bantamweight
Wins
3
KO
/
TKO
1
33%
SUBMISSIONS
1
33%
DECISIONS
1
33%
Losses
7
KO
/
TKO
3
43%
SUBMISSIONS
3
43%
DECISIONS
1
14%
FIGHT HISTORY - PRO
Result
Fighter
Event
Method/
Referee
R
Time
loss
Taiga Ikuta
Deep - Tokyo Impact 2025 2nd Round
Apr / 13 / 2025
Decision (Split)
Akira Shibata
2
5:00
loss
Arihito Yamamoto
Deep - Tokyo Impact 2024 5th Round
Nov / 23 / 2024
TKO (Knee and Punches)
Naoya Uematsu
2
1:58
win
Fernando Inafuku
Deep - Tokyo Impact 2024 4th Round
Sep / 08 / 2024
KO (Punches)
Naoya Uematsu
2
1:06
loss
Shoui Urushima
Deep - Tokyo Impact 2024 1st Round
Mar / 24 / 2024
TKO (Knee to the Body and Punches)
Naoya Uematsu
2
4:17
loss
Kiyotarou Teruya
Deep - Tokyo Impact 2023 5th Round
Sep / 10 / 2023
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Takashi Hashimoto
1
2:45
win
Ryo Iwami
Deep - Tokyo Impact 2023 2nd Round
Mar / 25 / 2023
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Naoya Uematsu
2
0:49
win
Tatsuya Komaki
Deep - Tokyo Impact 2022 4th Round
May / 29 / 2022
Decision (Unanimous)
Takashi Hashimoto
2
5:00
loss
Sho Hiramatsu
Deep - Tokyo Impact 2022 2nd Round
Mar / 13 / 2022
TKO (Knee to the Body and Punches)
Yasuhiro Tazawa
1
2:58
loss
Taisei Nishitani
Deep - Tokyo Impact 2021 1st Round
Oct / 17 / 2021
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Naoya Uematsu
1
0:32
loss
Kaito Yoshimura
Deep - Tokyo Impact 2021 1st Round
Jun / 18 / 2021
Submission (Guillotine Choke)
Yasuhiro Tazawa
2
2:02
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