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Akihiro Gono

37–24 · 70 recorded bouts · 1994–2025

MMA record

37–24

Akihiro Gono finished 43% of 37 wins inside the distance — the 3rd percentile for heavyweight MMA, where the median is 85%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

1990200020102020loss v Yasunori Okuda, 1994, submissionloss v Egan Inoue, 1995, submissionwin v Kazunari Murakami, 1995, koloss v Kazuhiro Kusayanagi, 1996, submissionwin v Masanori Suda, 1996, submissionloss v Todd Bjornethun, 1996, submissionloss v Kazunari Murakami, 1996, decisionwin v Yasushi Warita, 1996, submissionwin v Tatsuharu Doi, 1996, decisionloss v Larry Papadopoulos, 1997, decisiondraw v Jutaro Nakao, 1997, drawwin v Tsunemichi Nagano, 1997, decisionwin v Masato Fujiwara, 1997, decisionwin v Adriano de Souza, 1998, submissionwin v Matt Rocca, 1998, submissionwin v Tomoki Kanuka, 1998, koloss v Lance Gibson, 1999, decisionloss v Matt Hughes, 1999, decisiondraw v Marcos da Silva, 1999, drawwin v Masanori Suda, 2000, decisionwin v Andy Wang, 2000, decisiondraw v Larry Papadopoulos, 2000, decisionloss v Yuki Kondo, 2001, kowin v Keiichiro Yamamiya, 2001, decisiondraw v Dustin Denes, 2001, drawwin v Daisuke Watanabe, 2001, kodraw v Murilo Rua, 2001, drawwin v Ivan Salaverry, 2001, kowin v Keiichiro Yamamiya, 2002, kodraw v Osami Shibuya, 2002, drawwin v Kousei Kubota, 2002, decisionwin v Nilson de Castro, 2003, decisionwin v Daisuke Watanabe, 2003, kowin v Flavio Luiz Moura, 2003, decisionwin v Chris Haseman, 2003, decisiondraw v Chael Sonnen, 2003, drawwin v Tim McKenzie, 2004, kowin v Tsuyoshi Kurihara, 2004, koloss v Maurício Rua, 2004, koloss v Dan Henderson, 2005, kowin v Daniel Acacio, 2005, decisionwin v Crosley Gracie, 2005, decisionwin v Yuki Kondo, 2006, decisionloss v Denis Kang, 2006, decisionwin v Gegard Mousasi, 2006, submissionwin v Hector Lombard, 2006, decisionwin v Dae Won Kim, 2006, submissionwin v Tamdan McCrory, 2007, submissionloss v Dan Hardy, 2008, decisionwin v Hayato Sakurai, 2009, submissionwin v Yoon Young Kim, 2009, decisionloss v Dan Hornbuckle, 2009, koloss v Jon Fitch, 2009, decisionloss v Jadamba Narantungalag, 2010, decisionwin v Diego Gonzalez, 2010, decisionloss v Michael Chandler, 2012, koloss v Daisuke Nakamura, 2012, decisiondraw v Yuki Okano, 2013, drawloss v Taisuke Okuno, 2013, kowin v Andre de Jesus, 2014, decisionwin v Eduardo Garvon, 2014, submissionwin v Akhmat Akhmedov, 2016, decisionloss v Miroslav Strbak, 2016, koloss v Akira Okada, 2017, decisionloss v Killys Mota, 2017, koloss v Adriano Balby, 2018, decisionwin v Kyohei Wakimoto, 2018, decisionloss v Yuki Kondo, 2019, decisionwin v Tetsuya Izuchi, 2023, decisionwin v Yuki Kondo, 2025, decision
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1994–2025

SOURCE·Akihiro Gono — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-05-24

How this record is compiled

  1. Measurements come from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the bout list is parsed from the results table on the same article, read on 2026-05-24. Boxing tables are read by header name and MMA records by the fixed column order of the MMA record template — two different parsers, because reading MMA rows as a boxing table returns a fighter's boxing record in place of their real one.
  2. A bout enters the ledger with whatever fields the source states: result, opponent, method, round, year. Any field the source leaves empty stays empty here. A date that cannot be established is left blank rather than inferred, and the bout is still counted.
  3. A no contest is counted and printed as a no contest. It is never folded into the wins, the losses or the draws, and it never disappears to make a total balance.
  4. Where the article's infobox total disagrees with its own results table, both figures are published and each is labelled with where it came from. Nothing is averaged and nothing is reconciled against a second database.
  5. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 324 heavyweight MMA fighters in the dataset — the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.

Sources, exclusions and known limits →

Bout record

Every bout the article's own results table lists, in order. A dash is a field the source leaves empty — it is not a zero and it is not a guess.

Bout-by-bout recordAUG 2026
YearResultOpponentMethodRd
2025 W Yuki Kondo Decision2
2023 W Tetsuya Izuchi Decision3
2019 L Yuki Kondo Decision3
2018 L Adriano Balby Decision3
2018 W Kyohei Wakimoto Decision3
2017 L Akira Okada Decision3
2017 L Killys Mota KO/TKO3
2016 W Akhmat Akhmedov Decision2
2016 L Miroslav Strbak KO/TKO2
2014 W Andre de Jesus Decision3
2014 W Eduardo Garvon Submission3
2013 D Yuki Okano Draw3
2013 L Taisuke Okuno KO/TKO2
2012 L Michael Chandler KO/TKO1
2012 L Daisuke Nakamura Decision3
2010 L Jadamba Narantungalag Decision3
2010 W Diego Gonzalez Decision3
2009 W Hayato Sakurai Submission2
2009 W Yoon Young Kim Decision3
2009 L Dan Hornbuckle KO/TKO3
2009 L Jon Fitch Decision3
2008 L Dan Hardy Decision3
2007 W Tamdan McCrory Submission2
2006 W Yuki Kondo Decision2
2006 L Denis Kang Decision2
2006 W Gegard Mousasi Submission2
2006 W Hector Lombard Decision2
2006 W Dae Won Kim Submission1
2005 L Dan Henderson KO/TKO1
2005 W Daniel Acacio Decision2
2005 W Crosley Gracie Decision2
2004 W Tim McKenzie KO/TKO2
2004 W Tsuyoshi Kurihara KO/TKO1
2004 L Maurício Rua KO/TKO1
2003 W Nilson de Castro Decision3
2003 W Daisuke Watanabe KO/TKO2
2003 W Flavio Luiz Moura Decision2
2003 W Chris Haseman Decision3
2003 D Chael Sonnen Draw2
2002 W Keiichiro Yamamiya KO/TKO3
2002 D Osami Shibuya Draw3
2002 W Kousei Kubota Decision3
2001 L Yuki Kondo KO/TKO3
2001 W Keiichiro Yamamiya Decision3
2001 D Dustin Denes Draw3
2001 W Daisuke Watanabe KO/TKO2
2001 D Murilo Rua Draw3
2001 W Ivan Salaverry KO/TKO1
2000 W Masanori Suda Decision3
2000 W Andy Wang Decision3
2000 D Larry Papadopoulos Decision3
1999 L Lance Gibson Decision3
1999 L Matt Hughes Decision3
1999 D Marcos da Silva Draw3
1998 W Adriano de Souza Submission1
1998 W Matt Rocca Submission1
1998 W Tomoki Kanuka KO/TKO1
1997 L Larry Papadopoulos Decision3
1997 D Jutaro Nakao Draw3
1997 W Tsunemichi Nagano Decision5

Showing 60 of 70 recorded bouts, most recent first.

26 of these opponents have their own page here.

SOURCE·Akihiro Gono — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-05-24

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height69″ (175.3 cm)
StanceOrthodox
DivisionHeavyweight MMA
competed at 5: lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight, heavyweight — compared here against the last
Most active decade2000s — 34 of 70 dated bouts
CountryJapan

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Akihiro Gono, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

2000 2010 2020 loss vs Yasunori Okuda (1994)loss vs Egan Inoue (1995)win vs Kazunari Murakami (1995)loss vs Kazuhiro Kusayanagi (1996)win vs Masanori Suda (1996)loss vs Todd Bjornethun (1996)loss vs Kazunari Murakami (1996)win vs Yasushi Warita (1996)win vs Tatsuharu Doi (1996)loss vs Larry Papadopoulos (1997)draw vs Jutaro Nakao (1997)win vs Tsunemichi Nagano (1997)win vs Masato Fujiwara (1997)win vs Adriano de Souza (1998)win vs Matt Rocca (1998)win vs Tomoki Kanuka (1998)loss vs Lance Gibson (1999)loss vs Matt Hughes (1999)draw vs Marcos da Silva (1999)win vs Masanori Suda (2000)win vs Andy Wang (2000)draw vs Larry Papadopoulos (2000)loss vs Yuki Kondo (2001)win vs Keiichiro Yamamiya (2001)draw vs Dustin Denes (2001)win vs Daisuke Watanabe (2001)draw vs Murilo Rua (2001)win vs Ivan Salaverry (2001)win vs Keiichiro Yamamiya (2002)draw vs Osami Shibuya (2002)win vs Kousei Kubota (2002)win vs Nilson de Castro (2003)win vs Daisuke Watanabe (2003)win vs Flavio Luiz Moura (2003)win vs Chris Haseman (2003)draw vs Chael Sonnen (2003)win vs Tim McKenzie (2004)win vs Tsuyoshi Kurihara (2004)loss vs Maurício Rua (2004)loss vs Dan Henderson (2005)win vs Daniel Acacio (2005)win vs Crosley Gracie (2005)win vs Yuki Kondo (2006)loss vs Denis Kang (2006)win vs Gegard Mousasi (2006)win vs Hector Lombard (2006)win vs Dae Won Kim (2006)win vs Tamdan McCrory (2007)loss vs Dan Hardy (2008)win vs Hayato Sakurai (2009)win vs Yoon Young Kim (2009)loss vs Dan Hornbuckle (2009)loss vs Jon Fitch (2009)loss vs Jadamba Narantungalag (2010)win vs Diego Gonzalez (2010)loss vs Michael Chandler (2012)loss vs Daisuke Nakamura (2012)draw vs Yuki Okano (2013)loss vs Taisuke Okuno (2013)win vs Andre de Jesus (2014)win vs Eduardo Garvon (2014)win vs Akhmat Akhmedov (2016)loss vs Miroslav Strbak (2016)loss vs Akira Okada (2017)loss vs Killys Mota (2017)loss vs Adriano Balby (2018)win vs Kyohei Wakimoto (2018)loss vs Yuki Kondo (2019)win vs Tetsuya Izuchi (2023)win vs Yuki Kondo (2025)
winlossdraw / NC1994–2025

Record

MMA record

37–24

69 bouts on record

Finish rate

43%

of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight MMA median 85%, 3rd percentile

KO/TKO: 7 (19%)Submission: 9 (24%)Decision: 21 (57%)
  • KO/TKO 19%
  • Submission 24%
  • Decision 57%

The career, bout by bout

70 recorded bouts from 1994 to 2025. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

32y

1994–2025

Longest unbeaten run

11

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1996

6 bouts

Recorded bouts

70

70 with a date

Records in more than one sport

Every incumbent database is siloed by sport. Akihiro Gono competed in 2, so the records sit together here.

DisciplineWonLostBy KO
MMA37247
Kickboxing571
Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Akihiro Gono's record?
37–24 in MMA. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 70 bouts individually.
Does a no contest change a record here?
No. A no contest is not a win, a loss or a draw, and it is never folded into one. It is counted and printed separately, so a 20–0 record with two no contests is shown as exactly that rather than as 22–0 or as 20–0 with the no contests dropped. The same applies to a bout overturned after the fact where the source records the change.
What happens when sources disagree about a fight?
This site publishes one source — the fighter's English Wikipedia article, read on the date printed under every table — and it does not silently reconcile that against anyone else's database. Where the article's own infobox total and its own results table disagree, both are shown and the page says which one each figure came from. Nothing is averaged, and no field is filled in from a second source to make a total balance.

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