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Izuru Takeuchi

25–11 · 42 recorded bouts · 1997–2009

MMA record

25–11

Izuru Takeuchi finished 24% of 25 wins inside the distance — the 1st percentile for lightweight MMA, where the median is 69%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

19902000loss v Masanori Suda, 1997, submissionwin v Motohiko Sugiyama, 1997, decisiondraw v Ryuta Sakurai, 1998, drawloss v Yuki Sasaki, 1998, decisiondraw v Ryuta Sakurai, 1999, decisionwin v Ahmed Lazizi, 1999, decisionwin v Nobuhiro Tsurumaki, 1999, decisionloss v Patrick Fortrie, 2000, decisionwin v Frederique Ferrera, 2000, submissionwin v Florentim Amorim, 2000, decisionwin v Shiko Yamashita, 2000, decisiondraw v Martijn de Jong, 2001, drawwin v Chris Lytle, 2002, decisionwin v Nate Marquardt, 2002, decisionloss v Dustin Denes, 2002, decisionwin v Ronald Jhun, 2002, decisiondraw v Eiji Ishikawa, 2003, drawwin v Kosei Kubota, 2003, decisionloss v Nate Marquardt, 2003, kowin v Seiki Ryo, 2004, kowin v Mitsuhiro Ito, 2004, submissiondraw v Osami Shibuya, 2004, drawwin v Kiuma Kunioku, 2004, decisiondraw v Marcel Ferreira, 2004, drawwin v Kozo Urita, 2005, decisionwin v Hiromitsu Miura, 2005, koloss v Nate Marquardt, 2005, submissionwin v Yuji Hisamatsu, 2005, decisionloss v Yuichi Nakanishi, 2006, decisionwin v Hikaru Sato, 2006, decisionloss v Yushin Okami, 2006, kowin v Azat Askerov, 2006, decisionwin v Myung Ho Bae, 2006, kowin v Yuichi Nakanishi, 2007, decisionwin v Bryan Rafiq, 2007, decisionwin v Daisuke Watanabe, 2007, decisionloss v Kyacey Uscola, 2007, decisionloss v Joe Doerksen, 2008, kowin v Junior Santos, 2008, submissionwin v Hiromitsu Kanehara, 2008, decisionloss v Ichiro Kanai, 2009, decisiondraw v Takenori Sato, 2009, draw
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1997–2009

SOURCE·Izuru Takeuchi — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2025-02-08

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 2025-02-08. 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 304 lightweight 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
2009 L Ichiro Kanai Decision3
2009 D Takenori Sato Draw3
2008 L Joe Doerksen KO/TKO3
2008 W Junior Santos Submission1
2008 W Hiromitsu Kanehara Decision3
2007 W Yuichi Nakanishi Decision3
2007 W Bryan Rafiq Decision3
2007 W Daisuke Watanabe Decision3
2007 L Kyacey Uscola Decision3
2006 L Yuichi Nakanishi Decision3
2006 W Hikaru Sato Decision3
2006 L Yushin Okami KO/TKO1
2006 W Azat Askerov Decision2
2006 W Myung Ho Bae KO/TKO1
2005 W Kozo Urita Decision2
2005 W Hiromitsu Miura KO/TKO2
2005 L Nate Marquardt Submission3
2005 W Yuji Hisamatsu Decision3
2004 W Seiki Ryo KO/TKO1
2004 W Mitsuhiro Ito Submission2
2004 D Osami Shibuya Draw3
2004 W Kiuma Kunioku Decision3
2004 D Marcel Ferreira Draw3
2003 D Eiji Ishikawa Draw3
2003 W Kosei Kubota Decision3
2003 L Nate Marquardt KO/TKO1
2002 W Chris Lytle Decision3
2002 W Nate Marquardt Decision3
2002 L Dustin Denes Decision3
2002 W Ronald Jhun Decision3
2001 D Martijn de Jong Draw3
2000 L Patrick Fortrie Decision—
2000 W Frederique Ferrera Submission—
2000 W Florentim Amorim Decision—
2000 W Shiko Yamashita Decision2
1999 D Ryuta Sakurai Decision2
1999 W Ahmed Lazizi Decision2
1999 W Nobuhiro Tsurumaki Decision2
1998 D Ryuta Sakurai Draw2
1998 L Yuki Sasaki Decision2
1997 L Masanori Suda Submission1
1997 W Motohiko Sugiyama Decision2

14 of these opponents have their own page here.

SOURCE·Izuru Takeuchi — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2025-02-08

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height71″ (180.3 cm)
Stance—
DivisionLightweight MMA
competed at 2: middleweight, lightweight — compared here against the last
Most active decade2000s — 35 of 42 dated bouts
CountryJapan

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

2000 loss vs Masanori Suda (1997)win vs Motohiko Sugiyama (1997)draw vs Ryuta Sakurai (1998)loss vs Yuki Sasaki (1998)draw vs Ryuta Sakurai (1999)win vs Ahmed Lazizi (1999)win vs Nobuhiro Tsurumaki (1999)loss vs Patrick Fortrie (2000)win vs Frederique Ferrera (2000)win vs Florentim Amorim (2000)win vs Shiko Yamashita (2000)draw vs Martijn de Jong (2001)win vs Chris Lytle (2002)win vs Nate Marquardt (2002)loss vs Dustin Denes (2002)win vs Ronald Jhun (2002)draw vs Eiji Ishikawa (2003)win vs Kosei Kubota (2003)loss vs Nate Marquardt (2003)win vs Seiki Ryo (2004)win vs Mitsuhiro Ito (2004)draw vs Osami Shibuya (2004)win vs Kiuma Kunioku (2004)draw vs Marcel Ferreira (2004)win vs Kozo Urita (2005)win vs Hiromitsu Miura (2005)loss vs Nate Marquardt (2005)win vs Yuji Hisamatsu (2005)loss vs Yuichi Nakanishi (2006)win vs Hikaru Sato (2006)loss vs Yushin Okami (2006)win vs Azat Askerov (2006)win vs Myung Ho Bae (2006)win vs Yuichi Nakanishi (2007)win vs Bryan Rafiq (2007)win vs Daisuke Watanabe (2007)loss vs Kyacey Uscola (2007)loss vs Joe Doerksen (2008)win vs Junior Santos (2008)win vs Hiromitsu Kanehara (2008)loss vs Ichiro Kanai (2009)draw vs Takenori Sato (2009)
winlossdraw / NC1997–2009

Record

MMA record

25–11

43 bouts on record

Finish rate

24%

of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight MMA median 69%, 1st percentile

KO/TKO: 3 (12%)Submission: 3 (12%)Decision: 19 (76%)
  • KO/TKO 12%
  • Submission 12%
  • Decision 76%

The career, bout by bout

42 recorded bouts from 1997 to 2009. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

13y

1997–2009

Longest unbeaten run

5

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

2004

5 bouts

Recorded bouts

42

42 with a date

Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Izuru Takeuchi's record?
25–11 in MMA. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 42 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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